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News, reviews, and short-form videos for PCWorld. Formerly Android Police, Review Geek, How-To Geek, Digital Trends. Opinions are my own. I have a personal website, almost never updated: thegumshoe.com I write fiction: http://amazon.com/author/crider

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Rich people aren't morally reprehensible criminal freakazoids, they're "eccentric"

06.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today I Will Look The Burrito Man In The Eye and other stories of manifesting success

06.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 9280 πŸ” 1732 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 115

More Firefly: naw, I'm good. Maybe ten years ago. But now it's in the past. I feel the same way about Scrubs, Malcolm in the Middle, Frasier.

That said...more stories in the SETTING of Firefly? New characters, dynamics, exploration? Maybe with some of the main crew showing up later? Possibly.

05.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The only guy in the entire series ever to be outsmarted by Dewey Crowe

05.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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We messed up with the Windows 12 article. What we got wrong and how it happened We published a Windows 12 article that did not meet PCWorld's editorial standards. We're sorry. Here's how we'll get better.

We messed up. We're sorry. Here's how it happened, and how we'll be better going forward. I want to personally apologize for this and hope the transparency helps to rebuild your trust. www.pcworld.com/article/3079...

05.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I see a lot of AI "artists" posting links to Patreon, like real artists.

Motherfucker, even if I wanted this, why would I pay you for it if the whole point is that anyone can generate it?

05.03.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

When someone says β€žScientists do not want you to knowβ€œ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

03.03.2026 12:10 πŸ‘ 9420 πŸ” 4099 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 163

This made me really happy though.

Colluding with racists because you think trans people are expendable should cost you your job

04.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 257 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I held on to a copy of Creative Suite 6, the last one before subscription only, for almost 15 years. Just getting it to run on new machines became an issue since it can't properly scale on high-res laptops.

I finally switched to Photopea, and I'm fine paying $5 a month to get rid of the ads.

03.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I accidentally pressed the "show all my windows at once" button.

I have 28 windows active.

Not tabs. Windows.

I think I may have a problem.

03.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Woah."

03.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bastion from Overwatch with the Overgrown skin, holding a yellow bird.

Bastion from Overwatch with the Overgrown skin, holding a yellow bird.

27.02.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've seen someone so used to filters on themselves, presumably including live video filters, that they had a physical revulsion response when I sent them an unfiltered photo I took of them.

I think about it a lot.

27.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
three fluffy orange pomeranians that progressively get bigger and more fluffy

three fluffy orange pomeranians that progressively get bigger and more fluffy

this is the only thing I will accept for the pombon evolutions

27.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 4417 πŸ” 1343 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 15
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Lenovo's new folding handheld gaming tablet thing is ridiculous Lenovo's Legion Go Fold Concept will apparently debut next week, according to a report. It's a fantastically weird folding gaming tablet, sandwiched between two controllers.

Lenovo has another weird one. And by this, I mean truly weird.
www.pcworld.com/article/3072...

26.02.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

I don't like this Smiling Friends, it just doesn't appeal to me. But I can respect the hell out of creators bringing something to a natural conclusion.

They're leaving SO much money on the table, money no one could blame them for taking. It is genuinely impressive to end it after three seasons.

26.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If wishes were horses.

26.02.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Prediction markets making a stink about insider trading at the same time that they tout their markets as authoritative information simply boggles my mind

25.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Why are half of the Audible daily deals self-help junk?

I'm looking for sci-fi and fantasy junk, dammit, with occasional bouts of extreme horniness.

And don't tell me you don't have it, it's all over the regular sales.

25.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Companies aren't people, you can bully them.

And you should. It works.

25.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)
When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take) YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen

youtu.be/XDkhzVw0yBs

25.02.2026 00:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

[whispering to paramedic before I pass out] save me but not enough that I have to go to work tomorrow

24.02.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 1855 πŸ” 308 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2
Turn the whole company off and turn it back on again #xboxgames #redfall #gearsofwar #microsoft
Turn the whole company off and turn it back on again #xboxgames #redfall #gearsofwar #microsoft YouTube video by Ron Funches

www.youtube.com/shorts/1bB3B...

24.02.2026 04:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's an old Christian axiom that imperfect people can't create a perfect system. And as flawed as the dogma is, I think there's something to that.

We've tried thousands of different times in almost every imaginable way. Eventually it falls apart or gets corrupted by power and greed.

24.02.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remember when Musk said he was going to get rid of the bots? I guess they just weren't the right kind of bots.

Not enough AI-generated sexual assault, for one.

24.02.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Toronto harold satire site headline: "Canadian Olympic hockey teams to bring back silver medals to home country that has healthcare and stable democracy"

Toronto harold satire site headline: "Canadian Olympic hockey teams to bring back silver medals to home country that has healthcare and stable democracy"

okay, this is funny, though

23.02.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 4917 πŸ” 904 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 34

Given its medical policies, anything floating in from the Trump regime is more likely to be a plague ship.

23.02.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
washington post headline saying "the power of AI transfixed wall st and washington. recent research suggests it may be a mirage" as if these idiots just crawled out of a cave

washington post headline saying "the power of AI transfixed wall st and washington. recent research suggests it may be a mirage" as if these idiots just crawled out of a cave

oh word???? no shit????? for real????????

23.02.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 3410 πŸ” 614 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 63