HelloMcFly

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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
> Personally, I can't see how anything that replicates reality better can be intrinsically bad. I'd agree if you were trying to display reality, like in a documentary, or a reality TV show. But when it comes to fictional settings, peopl
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
"Crippling" seems a bit hyperbolic. I'd reckon most PC gamers probably don't even notice, though once you start noticing it's hard to "unsee" it, but that doesn't make the game unplayable.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I've seen that too, but also seen that it the effect isn't quite as dramatic when typing vs. writing.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I've got a job interview tomorrow for a position in Seattle. I'm now even more motivated.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
If you need the user to visit the website of their intended destination to figure out how to search for it then you need to hit the drawing board.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
SurveyAnalytics does all of the things you mentioned above, and I feel like Qualtrics does as well. Not that every system isn't limited in someway though. For examples, I've not seen anywhere that can branch based on a ranking question, whi
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
You can use Plex to get YouTube on Roku.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
If you want more information on this topic you can start by looking up articles by Alice Stuhlmacher, a professor and researcher at DePaul University.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
For those of us that don't feel like we need cable and only rarely watch OTA broadcasts the ability for GoogleTV to connect to cable or an antenna isn't very attractive. Roku's extensive list of additional channels, simplicity, and compactn
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
Yeah, another social science guy here. My employer has found my statistical and behavioral knowledge very valuable, but I'm not much of a coder yet so it doesn't seem like I'm yet able to market myself as a data scientist. I've been doing s
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
Who cares? Their points are valid. HN does seem, at times, ridiculously anti-Microsoft and Windows 8. As an informed user of Apple, Google (well, HTC) and Microsoft products I find myself disagreeing with the prevailing attitude much of the
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
Google Hangouts works with apps too, not just a computer browser. I've been using it with my work team for about a year since we're often spread across the country and it's been amazing. We tried Skype, but it often didn't load the video fe
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I agree. I was surprised that many people planned to switch to Windows 8 already.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
No, it doesn't need to be in order for the illustration to be apt. "If it isn't broke, don't fix it" is a mentality asking for disruption.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
But that's so short-sighted! You know what worked? The Motorola RAZR. But then the iPhone came out and it was a radical change and, even though many said at the time "I just need to make calls and text", it set the standard. If your mentali
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
This isn't change for the sake of being different, it's a radical (and risky) attempt at change such that the mobile and desktop environments become merged. And you Microsoft Office ribbon example is great! That was another change that many
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
The point is a lot of those "figures" aren't real or objectively driven, they're just numbers being shuffled around within the company to make the movie seem more expensive. There's a wikipedia article on it that may make the concept more c
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
Just opt-out. I always did. It's not a great situation, but slow progress beats no progress.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
If something is harmful, I consider the situation "better" every time significantly fewer people are exposed to the harm. I'd rather have three backscatter scanners operating at Yeager Airport in Charleston, WV than operating in Hartsfield
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I've tried it and found it pretty much intolerable. Way too much page turning for my liking, not enough on-screen text, and I don't like looking at a backlit screen right right before I go to bed.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around this. You'd prefer to read 1.5 paragraphs at a time on your smartphone to reading something that approximates the size of a book?
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I got the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet on release, and the difference in quality (favoring the Nook) was dramatic. The Fire felt and performed like a cheap Chinese knockoff tablet.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I can't get Swype to stop autocorrecting normal words to gibberish, no matter how many times I remove the gibberish word from the dictionary. For example, every time I type "do" it becomes "siop" and nothing I can do impacts this.
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
> Motivation. Most people know what they need to do in order to lose weight. Maybe. But I think the issue is some people, based on bad advice, focus their motivation on eating right and exercise. Many times that split focus leads peo
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by HelloMcFly 14y ago
I really don't see this happening. They might give it a try, sure, but I'd bet the lion's share of them would be back on Windows in a week. Linux is just not as easy to use for most people, and when push comes to shove they'll go back where