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    We test Herman Miller’s $1,499 gaming chair: All business—to a fault

    I have now owned three of these chairs, the first two replaced under warranty because they broke. The first two chairs broke in the same way: The top portion of the back is hinged so the top-third of the back can curve more sharply (as part of their 'posturefit' system), and its support-trees...
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    People asked for a Mazda 3 with more power: The 2021 Mazda 3 Turbo review

    Unanswered in this review is my main question: In the FWD 3, the rear suspension is a torsion-beam. What is the rear suspension geometry in the AWD turbo?
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    Apple adds pricey Radeon Pro 5600M graphics to 16-inch MacBook Pro

    Now all Apple needs to do is get off its ass and help Blender with a Metal renderer for Cycles.
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    Porsche "Sponsored Content"

    I thought the LG ad was bad, but this? You guys have just dropped all pretense, haven't you. Cashed out, given up, and let the Old Media overlords do their bit. I'm out. I unsubscribed when you got into cars because the first Porsche article was questionable enough. But here it is, out in the...
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    LG ad subverting "dark on light" format for home page.

    I quit subscribing because of the "Now featuring Porsche car reviews" that popped up along with Porsche ads when I forgot to log in. I realize that this is the sort of accusation of Payola that causes Aurich to stop paying attention, but it was... unseemly. This ad is a problem because it...
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    How to make your own bootable OS X 10.11 El Capitan USB install drive

    "Part 1: The actually hard way." "Part 2: The one-liner way." Ars Technica not for techies anymore: CONFIRMED. FILM AT 11.
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    The Windows Start menu saga, from 1993 to today

    I can't be the only person for whom those Chicago screenshots elicit a palpable sense of yearning nostalgia for a time when PC UIs sucked so bad that any level of crazy innovation seemed like a breakthrough. "3d tiles as minimized tasks? Gorgeous!" "Command prompt on the toolbar? Genius!" Now...
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    Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current

    TL;DR: "I'm an idiot who doesn't understand the energy footprint of Soylent Green and shipping cotton to china for cheap underwear, then shipping those underwear to my house on a weekly basis. I am so far up the ass of my OCD neurosis that I am living a contrafactual life and pretending it's not...
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    Valve begins offering refunds for all Steam games

    Those poor Rust developers....
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    Apple announces new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch and other upgrades

    Dear Apple: At this point, 16GB is not enough RAM in a $3,000 laptop that will last 5 years. But just keep soldering that RAM on, thanks! Sincerely, A guy who thought he would upgrade his MBP this year but won't.
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    Failed Christian shoe promoter makes anti-gay first-person shooter

    So will the GamerGaters defend this guy or not?
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    Microsoft brings Android, iOS apps to Windows 10

    If you're going to have an environment for Android, why not also bring "Services for Unix Applications" up-to-date and do a full GNU stack and let MSVC++ create configure scripts and makefiles so you can write your shit and run it anywhere. I only bought a Mac because the universe of "unix"...
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    The evolution of the interface, from text through touch

    am I the only one who expected a Siracusa-style Compleat Retrospective?
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    Match.com’s HTTP-only login page puts millions of passwords at risk

    Match.com: come for the STDs; stay for the Identity Theft!
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    The Windows 10 free upgrade for pirates: More confusing than it seems

    here's one question I want answered: will an upgrade from Licenced Win7 to Win10 TP to Win10 RTM be possible
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    Homeworld Remastered impressions: A refined masterpiece

    One key to the greatness of Homeworld and Homeworld 2 is the music. Both games had scores that captured the Sci-Fi battle; and leaned heavily on the mountain built by Peter Gabriel (clearly the composer had been given `Passion` and told to go wild). And yet the demo movie for Homeworld...
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    Chevrolet to build a Tesla-killer

    That Design... wow. I can only imagine the conversation: "We need more sex-appeal. Fifty Shades is hot. What have we got?" "We don't need a front grille. We could make the car look like it's wearing a ball-gag" "Great! Go with that!"
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    Don’t read the comments—they can make you mistrust real experts.

    As a leading Infectious Diseases expert with a Ph.D. in Virology from Johns Hopkins, I can assure that reading Internet comments gives you AIDS.
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    Stuck on Mars with nothing but disco: Ars talks with The Martian’s Andy Weir

    I know what'll happen: there'll be Script Troubles, and Ridley will make a frantic call to Damon Lindelof, who will take the hard SF, crumple it up in his monkey-paws because he can't understand big words, or how far five trillion miles is, or why he just made Starfleet pointless, and he'll say...
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    GNOME open source project fights Groupon over “Gnome” trademark

    "We'll cut you a deal. We can guarantee 1000 people through your door if you'll accept that you'll only make as much as if you had your usual 250 people! It's called "networking"! And those people will be back! Our customers aren't just penurious coupon-clipping scrimpers, honest!" -Groupon