Friedduck

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by Friedduck 8y ago
Committed FF user after finding you can stop auto playing HTML5 videos without the need for an extension. Plus: Google’s auto-login debacle which precipitated the move.
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by Friedduck 8y ago
I don’t know if my experience in the mid-2000s is unique. A company I worked for laid off thousands of American workers and replaced them with H-1B and off-shore labor. Many (most?) of the H-1B workers were utterly unqualified. Right out of
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by Friedduck 8y ago
Google has increasingly moved away from strictly honoring advanced search terms. Excluding terms (-) or using the exact phrase search no longer returns the desired result. Frustrating.
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by Friedduck 8y ago
We’re fortunate enough to have a Warby Parker retail store nearby. $95 all-in for glasses. This is 15-25% of what I’ve spent elsewhere. It’s considerably more if you have progressive lenses. Nearly $300. Still far off the norm.
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by Friedduck 8y ago
I was curious and checked the specs for my bike computer: “Supported Satellites: GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU Galileo, and QZSS.” This is in a $250 unit so clearly neither cost nor geopolitics seem to be obstacles.
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by Friedduck 8y ago
To OP: your easiest path is to try to make contact with someone in a chosen company that is NOT HR. HR won’t look beyond your resume if you have a requirement unchecked. Leverage your network. If you don’t have one start building it. I pers
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by Friedduck 8y ago
I share in the hate. It’s the worst keyboard I’ve used in memory. The trackpad is first rate however. The touchbar is so much less functional than the keys it replaces. Some key combinations now require serious acrobatics, and you can’t tou
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by Friedduck 8y ago
Seems the new normal is to wipe your devices of anything you don’t want made public regardless of country. I give pause when pondering international business travel. I can’t very well wipe my laptop, nor could I hand it over given what’s on
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by Friedduck 8y ago
Has everyone forgotten that these people are all convicted of a crime and serving their sentences? For all the issues that exist (gouging for common services, violence, the judicial process, etc.) complaining about the terms of their punish
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by Friedduck 8y ago
I personally wouldn’t use their services for fear insurance companies obtain the data. Not just now but at any point in your life (through bankruptcy, change of ownership , etc.)
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by Friedduck 8y ago
I’m at the point where I still greatly prefer MacOS, but Windows hardware. Unless things have changed dramatically, my 2017 MBP will be my last when it’s time for a replacement. Hundreds of dollars in add-ons to make it functional and a ter
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by Friedduck 9y ago
I know someone who took Effexor, who went through one of the most harrowing experiences of her life trying to quit. Her doctor seemed vested in keeping her taking the drug (I personally suspect some kind of incentive to sell the drug but do
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by Friedduck 9y ago
Imagine what the MPAA will do if they find this as another means of disincenting piracy.
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by Friedduck 9y ago
I fully expect to see that someone’s figures it out from micro vibrations, or preferred aperture, when comparing it to clearly credited photos. I’m amazed what human ingenuity is capable of in situations like this. Related: when I used to t
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by Friedduck 9y ago
I’ve held off on High Sierra until the issues subside which doesn’t seem to be soon. The keyboard is second-rate on my 2017 MBP compared to previous models, and had I known what a nightmare USB-C would be I wouldn’t have bought it—full stop
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by Friedduck 9y ago
How is this an improvement over VR headsets already on the market?
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by Friedduck 9y ago
Downvote. Pocketnow redirects to a scam site. Face ID is an answer to a question no one asked. I’m sure I’d acclimate but the fingerprint reader works brilliantly.
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by Friedduck 9y ago
It’s a perfect storm. Kill net neutrality and then restrictions preventing local media monopolies. People have been manipulated by their chosen media like no other time in history, and I can’t see where we go from here. Enterprises will hav
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by Friedduck 9y ago
Disney has reversed its LA Times ban after backlash by other media outlets. Apologies if this was updated before and I missed it. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/business/disney-la-times....
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by Friedduck 9y ago
After a month or so of owning a brand-new 15” MBP my regret is that I didn’t buy one of the holdover 2015s. The charger is absurdly large and I have a growing collection of dongles that need to accompany me depending on the task. I’m curren
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by Friedduck 9y ago
UltraEdit does column editing so much better than ST. I think I prefer ST overall but that one feature, when it's needed, is wonderful.
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by Friedduck 9y ago
The $1k price might be easier to stomach if iPhone managed content as well as it used to. I've stopped using the apple ecosystem for photo + music management, and now find it isn't managing contacts well across devices any longer.
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by Friedduck 9y ago
@xenadu02, I feel the same way as a client. Everything I've used that they've purchased has turned out for the worse. Be it neglect or price increases the promises always exceed what's actually delivered. Moreover they'r
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by Friedduck 9y ago
Every story I've ever read about PayPal is a cautionary tale not to ever use or rely upon PayPal. Of course like others I use it for eBay but never, ever, for anything important.
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by Friedduck 10y ago
@ericseppanen, I agree, that there seem to be two distinct practices. I experienced the latter, where a company performed wholesale off-shoring of several thousand jobs. I don't understand how the stewards of that program approve such
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by Friedduck 10y ago
I don't think I'm alone in saying I'm disappointed by the new MBPs, and also haven't found a reasonable alternative. I buy for a small office (<100 people) and it's a constant challenge to find decent quality and
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by Friedduck 10y ago
I've seen firsthand how difficult and time-consuming the buildout is of Google and AT&T fiber is in Atlanta. Idle fiber runs just 100 yards from my house, where it's been sitting for months. Just for this single run it's
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by Friedduck 10y ago
We were stopped by a TSA agent, who took great care to inspect our Cards Against Humanity deck, and ask lots of questions. Where'd you buy them? What is this? She revealed in the course of the conversation that she'd been banned f
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by Friedduck 10y ago
^This. Had Apple gone this direction instead of the OLED bar I'd be placing an order.
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by Friedduck 10y ago
The people who disagree with the post are ignoring the argument because it may not apply to their specific circumstance. It is a real setback to those of us who rely on those keys (features, really) but more worryingly a design direction th

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