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People. The OP isn't implying that disabled people are a race. The OP is implying that Kotaku UK was accused of racism because a Japanese singer mangled pronunciation of an English word and they turned it into something about the song intentionally insulting disabled people because of the mangled pronunciation. Reading comprehension helps, yo.

That whole thing sounds retarded.

I cannot imagine a situation in which anyone participates in or takes this law in any way seriously. People aren't gonna pay for porn, they sure as hell aren't gonna give their personal information to porn companies, and they sure as hell won't be going out in public to buy a so-called "porn pass". If the government does actually try to fine sites for not complying, those sites are far more likely to just ban the UK until the UK gets it shit together. Not to mention that if people aren't able to use the more popular porn sites, they'll just go find the smaller, less known sites - sites which will be far more likely to contain malware. And then there's the fact that even if people do participate in this nonsense, there's no way that the data involved will remain secure; if anything, it will be a prime target that bad actors would love to get their hands on. This just seems like a bad idea all around.

But who is actually going to get that. Watching porn is a guilty pleasure and no one likes to oust themselves as watchers by providing photo ID, age proof and your credit card details. Smaller sites will soar and piracy will increase tenfold, which would in fact have the opposite effect in the long term by endangering people more due to unverified sources and possibly illegal content

It's so dumb how these lawmakers waste time and money on such pointless endeavours that nobody should really care about, and then be complete idiots when it comes to bigger issues like climate change, renewables, etc.
 
And tbh, it's not going to work. If a teen wants to watch porn, they'll know how to get around all these dumb hurdles that these people think are effective. It is NOT going to stop people from watching porn

Glad to see PS4 backwards compatibility is a likely feature. I haven't had a PlayStation since the PS2, so this new console being backwards compatible will give me the opportunity to play some of those exclusives I've missed out on - even more so if we get PS3 backwards compatibility as well (unlikely). If it looks like there will be a strong lineup of PS5(?) exclusives coming whenever this thing launches, I may once again buy a console for the first time in quite a long time. Though I would prefer if exclusives were a thing of the past and Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo just competed on hardware and features, that's probably not going to happen anytime soon, so I'll take what I can get.
 
Very unlikely to happen, but kb/m support would be phenomenal as well, and would likely push me to instantly buy this console on release, since I'd no longer hate myself for trying to aim with analog controls.

The clickbait is strong with this one

So... TL:DR: There's going to be significantly less content available in South Africa (assuming this law, unchanged, in actually enforced)?
 
There's no way in hell the vast majority of content "distributors" will go through these hoops, so they'll just block all of their content in South Africa. It would be too much of a legal mess otherwise. Sucks (slightly more than usual) for the people who live there.

Wrong section? Again? 

Really looking forward to this. I have a shit PC, so being able to stream games that I would otherwise be completely unable to play would be great until I can actually afford to build a decent gaming PC.
 
I put 100 hours in AC:Odyssey via Google's Project Stream, the beta to this service, and it worked great - I only had issues maybe 2-3 times total across all 100 hours of playtime, input lag was unnoticeable, and framerates were a consistent 30 at 1080p with ~25mbps (I've heard it goes to 60fps at higher internet speeds, but I can't confirm that), although there were some artifacting at times when my internet decided to shit the bed. The compression looks a bit like YouTube's, so if you're using an inconsistent internet connection, it would likely feel like you're playing a YouTube video - but when my internet decided to stay consistent, it looked wonderful and I didn't notice any artifacting at all.
 
Overall, I think this service will be a great alternative for those that can't afford a decent gaming rig/console - though of course pricing will be the deciding factor here on whether this might become the Netflix of gaming or become a complete bust. After all, if it's too expensive, it would just make more sense to save up to buy your own hardware/games.

If you can experience the content, you can steal it

Investment does not always equal meddling, or even being able to meddle.

then they ask why piracy exists
 
piracy exists because shit like this my man.

I think I saw it called the "Trusted Agent Problem" once before, but my Google-fu isn't coming up with much. Short version: you have to trust the 3rd party with absolutely no way to verify they actually are trustworthy.
 
Thus, always run Adblock.

Many MANY banking and property management systems are still relient on IE, even freakin silverlight. 

I think he meant to say 480p @240FPS, not 4K.

The Anti-GPS Uprisings of the 2060s are going to be an interesting time in history.

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Yeah...nope, nope, and more nope.

I'm apparently one of the few people who never got people's fascination with Twitter. I find it an absolutely frickin' terrible platform. Hm.

literally the only reason people used tumblr was for porn and if you say otherwise, you know damn well you're lying

RIP Tumblr I guess
 
On a side note - I don't get the stigma behind female nipples. It's bullshit if you think about it 

Blasphemy!! ?

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