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From the Fast & Furious review

about 20 hours ago on 90 Seconds on The Verge: Hulu, Xbox One, and a Lego X-Wing 1 recommend

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Thanks. Being awesome is part of the screening process.

1 day ago on HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works 2 recommends

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Right now, Microsoft is on two different screens of mine, the PC and the TV, but only through one device — the PC. I use a desktop as my main computer and as a HTPC for Blurays, YouTube, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and DVR. I started to get excited about some of the XbOs TV capabilities, but it looks like it won’t quite replace my PC as my TV companion, and I’ve been pretty happy with my PC as a gaming platform (and I am reasonably certain that any new PC I get can play all of my old games). Maybe with the more PC-like architecture, we will see some benefit to the PC platform from developments on the XbO, but I feel like Microsoft has long neglected the PC platform when it comes to making a great gaming experience, so it’s hard to be optimistic.

tl;dr, XbO sounds good for gaming, but not my TV needs, while the Microsoft’s offerings on the PC are the opposite.

1 day ago on Microserfs: a weekly community thread- Three screens and a cloud (May 24 - 30) 1 reply

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I hope everyone realizes that the above commenter is the current reigning Yeopardy! champion.

We stand in the presence of greatness.

1 day ago on On The Verge is coming back 17 recommends

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1 day ago on HTC One 'Google Edition' with stock Android reportedly in the works 1 reply 17 recommends

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That moment got more negative reaction from the audience than the suicide nets.

1 day ago on 'The Daily Show' rips fawning Senators at Tim Cook's tax hearing 3 recommends

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Thermoplastic polymers? Psh. Thermosetting polymers are where it’s at.

1 day ago on 90 Seconds on The Verge: AT&T, HTC First, and Kinect for Windows

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Looking through some of the data on Wikipedia, predictions made in April/May have had mixed accuracy; some overestimation, some underestimation, and a couple of years pretty accurate. But I’m sure there is a lot of worry about it in Florida.

2 days ago on This year's hurricane season might be 'extremely active,' federal forecasters warn 2 replies

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I feel like I have heard this sort of thing each year since the crazy 2005 season (the one that spawned Katrina, Rita, and had so many named storms, they had to name some after the Greek alphabet).

It’d be interesting to dig up some of the old numbers and see whose predictions stacked up the best.

2 days ago on This year's hurricane season might be 'extremely active,' federal forecasters warn 2 replies

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I am fed up with the way Facebook is encroaching on the real world, and how it affects your interactions. When you say you’re leaving Facebook, people think you are actually insane.

I know that feeling. Quit Facebook a year and a half ago. Got a lot of skeptical feedback from friends

Another reason is that I’m tired of being a product, a commodity sold to others. I know that people will compare this to Google but at the end of the day I am (very) happy with the services I receive from Google and I’m safe in the knowledge that my information isn’t sold to others.

This seems to be a common feeling — many people feel comfortable with giving Google our data, but not Facebook. On it’s face, it seems like there is some sort of contradiction, but in the end, I don’t mind Google having more access to my data because (1) a lot of it is boring stuff and (2) I reap tangable benefits from it. That’s just my take, though.

2 days ago on Why I quit Facebook 1 reply 2 recommends

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Cool hack. We have some other user-made hacks for tracking. I like the RSS feed.

2 days ago on Is there a way to get email notifications when people reply to your comments?

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If you’ve not seen Freeman’s Mind, you should check it out. It’s a weird mashup between a machinima and a “let’s play” video. Ross Scott plays through the game Half LIfe and performs a voiceover of what is really happening in Gordan Freeman’s mind during the apocalyptic events of the game. What comes out is the person who is able to survive a resonance cascade and mow down scores of army soldiers is a really intriguing character, completely unlike how Gordon is portrayed in the game itself, full of brains, laziness, and a good deal of psychopathy. Here is episode one.

2 days ago on At the mercy of the Internet: YouTube success hampered by algorithms and contracts 1 recommend

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So happy I could cry

3 days ago on Watch NASA's Hangout with Chris Hadfield and other astronauts 10 recommends

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Ain’t it funny? Love don’t cost a thing, but I’m sure Jenny from the Block demands a pretty penny. I’m Real-ly sure she is Waiting for Tonght when she gets a giant check.

3 days ago on The Verge Mobile Show 047 - May 22nd 2013

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Maybe there is reason to be upset

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/22/4356284/verizon-jennifer-lopez-viva-movil

3 days ago on Why isn't The Verge Covering the Verizon CTIA Announcement? 1 reply 1 recommend

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Poetic

3 days ago on Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' digitally stitches actors' faces to naked body doubles 2 recommends

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Didn’t even notice, but absolutely true.

3 days ago on Watch this: Arrow of Time

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Air force ones

4 days ago on Things called One 2 replies 10 recommends