SmellyGeekBoy

It's advertising. Smack bang in the middle of the OS you paid hundreds for.

One of the many reasons why I hate Windows 10. Just get out of my way and let me use my computer how I want.

I'd put on my "smug Linux user" hat but to be honest my distro of choice (Ubuntu) has Amazon search integrated by default. The only saving grace is that it can be easily, completely, and permanently removed with just a couple of commands.

Seriously considering a Macbook for my next computer at this point.

This comment seems to be the mail order equivalent of the "they can't legally make you stay after the bell rings in class" kid at school.

It's mind boggling that they continue to make life so difficult for paying customers when it's possible to go to a site like Pirate Bay and get a bit-perfect rip in less than 15 minutes without Hollywood making a single penny.

Just let me buy DRM-free movies and download them to my NAS - and without all the tracking bullshit!

Ubuntu takes all of about 10 minutes to install a full blown desktop and Just Works™ based on my recent experience. Not to take anything away from the amazing tweakability and customizability of Arch, but the target audience is completely different.

I bought a DEC MicroVAX on ebay a few years ago and the seller lived in Swindon. I passed through the Magic Roundabout on the way there and the way back (during rush hour). Having never encountered anything like it before it was... Well, I'd love to tell you a horror story, but to be honest it was all very logical and flowed very well.

To be fair this exact behaviour has been happening since pretty much day 1, Google no longer being run by engineers is a very recent development.

The Fastmail app is very good, for example.

Not just the constant notifications but it even shows messages on the lock screen!

Seems you have your answer right there. Time to get hacking!

8bitdo make some really nice gamepads.

To be fair I had to use this very process to book a hotel in the Caribbean just last year - a hotel owned and operated by a British company!

You have fake passport and credit card scans? I'm not sure you should admit that on a public forum.

I played the original to death "back in the day" so I'm really sad to hear that they went down this route. Probably also explains why nobody talks about Angry Birds anymore.

Why assume they're using non-renewable energy? These resorts are in mountainous regions where hydro, wind etc are all very viable options.