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So you'd have us call out every metaphor, turn of phrase, expression, hyperbole, etc., because it's imprecise or ambiguous?

You can buy 360 controllers for £25 ($33) new here in the UK.

I personally doubt that scarcity will be too big an issue with Xbox 360 controllers for the foreseeable future — development of new 360 hardware only ended in April last year. I can think of no piece of consumer electronics cheaper to source and repair than the 360 controller.

I'm sure, though, that both 1. and 2. are concerns the US Navy will have given ample consideration before making this move.

Well, I'd say NoScript (or equivalent) and HTTPS Everywhere are rather important, too. I believe a resource blocker and HTTPS redirect could both be things built into browsers, true. But as it stands they're extensions, and pretty important ones IMHO.

And this is assuming you only use your browser for general web surfing; there are a plethora of other extensions I use that really simplify my browsing experience, but that I wouldn't consider crucial. I similarly can't live without RedditEnhancementSuite for reddit, for example. There's just so much that extensions have to offer.

The idea of an extension-free browsing experience is horrific, to me. I couldn't live without uBlock Origin.

Browsing without extensions is fine if you're okay with being tracked and bombarded with advertisements ad nauseam.

I could cope with using few extensions — and I do try to use as few as possible — but I would not enjoy using none.

That's why I like the BBC; they link to the study the article is discussing, and have always done so.

Ha, small world indeed. I mostly play as an Anon, after losing my last account (can't even recall the username).

I think you've bested me a fair few times. :)

Off topic, but are you the BatFastard in Generals.io, by chance?

I was reading about the UK's upcoming GDPR implementation on the BBC earlier, and I assumed the ban on reidentification would apply to service providers and businesses etc., and not to researchers or private individuals with legitimate intentions.

Is this not the case?

I appreciate you summarising the article, thanks!

I really couldn't stand the writing style the author used — I understand peppering your writing with jokes, but there were far too many attempts at 'humour' for my taste.

Hopefully some people step forward, I'd hate to see MPC-HC come to an end. :(

Paracetamol is the far more common name. In the US and a handful of other countries they call it "acetaminophen", though.

As a Brit, I would have no idea what "Tylenol" is, so I'd question the usefulness of using brand names.

Same here -- I'm a British male, 20s. I use kk casually and always have. I've never thought of it as being "feminine" in any shape or form.

Same. Maybe I'll make a point of not appending the "mdn" and just scrolling down until I find the MDN result, in the future.

You pay for BBC's TV programmes; you don't pay for the BBC's online news.

Probably a silly question, but what's the "obvious reason" for using XXXYYY in this paragraph?

"Some DEC code seems to have gone really overboard with this, with single source files having half a dozen different XXXYYY identifiers. (Sorry, had to use YYY as the placeholder there for obvious reasons)."

You can disable the displaying trusted ads, no?

No, people use 'definition' in that way too.

There's many of the CS videos in a torrent (with magnet link) here, over 400GB: https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/5xqnc6/uc_berk...

Awesome. :)

I know how difficult affiliate advertising can be, sometimes. Perhaps conventional ads would work better for the site?

There's a referral link in the lower right corner of your site. A few seconds after the page loads, clicking anywhere on the page takes you to hidemyass.com.

I don't know if this was intentional on your part, but if so it's pretty deceptive.

It's the idea you need a caloric deficit of 3,500 kcal in order to lose 1lb of fat that they're describing as 'overly simplistic', based on this study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035446/

At the end of the day, weight loss is still calories in, calories out -- as frustrating as that can be.

The Wikipedia article.

I like this one a lot personally, all CC0:

https://www.pexels.com

I'd be happy, but happier if it came without the hyperbole (personally).

Does it? I have never experienced this.

Coca Cola definitely tried to market Coke Zero to a male audience (it was described as 'Bloke Coke' in UK newspapers [1] around launch), but I think it's popular today not because of the marketing, but because it's a good product. To me, Diet Coke tastes artificial and... bland. Coke Zero tastes similar to regular Coca Cola, but has a distinct enough character to be appealing in its own right. In my experience, this is what most Coke Zero drinkers will say.

[1]: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/introducing-bloke-co...

Out of interest, if I may ask, did you start using Huel to fix a nutritional deficiency of some sort, or did you simply like the appeal? I've heard a fair few people say they feel generally healthier or 'better' after beginning it, which I find interesting.

I've been using Huel on-and-off for a few months — to replace my lunches for a few days each week, or when I don't fancy breakfast, or if I realise I haven't eaten enough calories in a day. I might start regularly replacing my breakfast with it, now.

I wonder if this applies to Huel (https://huel.com), essentially the British version of Soylent.