Recent content by Grognak

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    What Is Amazon Prime?

    An article about Amazon Prime while Amazon's advertising it? What a coincidence!
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    In Defense of Defense: Why Ad Blockers Are Essential (Op-Ed)

    If one the smartest, most professional members calls 90% of the readers thieves because they don't like being subjected permanently to an obnoxious deluge of ads, I can't imagine what someone with less "talent" would call us.
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    Apple Tax: Apple Watch Costs Just $84 to Make

    It's like the Apple fanboys are asking to be exploited.
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    Apple Watch Doubters Wrong: You Need a Smartwatch Now

    You need a $350 gadget because you can't be bothered to reach all the way into your pocket or bag? Might as well strap the phone to your face and use voice commands, that way you won't even have to move!
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    Gold Apple Watch, Like All Jewelry, is a Rip-Off

    Worst thing is, as some people have pointed out, the gold on the watch isn't even pure. It's an alloy of roughly 75% gold and the rest is ceramics and trace amounts of other metals. And most importantly, even if it was pure, the gold on the watch wouldn't be worth anywhere near the $9000 premium...
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    Tim Cook on Apple Watch: Fighting the 'New Cancer'

    Right, because clearly sitting for an hour is much, much worse than having yet another gadget to make us tech dependant and constantly linked to the "social" network.
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    How Hackers Could Take Over Your Car

    You wouldn't download a car.