Leynos

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by Leynos 15y ago
I've pretty much switched from Facebook to Google+. I find G+ a much more comfortable place on the whole, but I get the impression that Facebook isn't really aimed at me. What Google+ is missing when compared with Facebook is the event plan
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by Leynos 15y ago
The volume controls for circles are a great idea. I prefer this to the algorithmic approach taken by Facebook. It's a pitty that pseudonymns are still not mentioned here though. NSFW controls would be nice too (as opposed to the blanket b
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by Leynos 15y ago
What is the common estimate as to how long it will be before we start seeing SSDs using these?
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by Leynos 15y ago
The choice of codecs and container formats gave me a giggle. It's easy to criticize Flash, but web video was an out and out pain prior to Flash video players.
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by Leynos 15y ago
Discoverability. It's a lot easier to find other people on Google+ based on interest. When I started using it, very few of the people I knew already were on there. I was able to search for other people interested in videogames, anime, pro
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by Leynos 15y ago
The central premise, that Google+ suffered for lack of brand pages seems flawed to me. I suspect that like me, people use Google+ to read posts by other people, not to be advertised to. Google+ has users making interesting posts in abundanc
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by Leynos 15y ago
Personally, I'd be happiest if I never had to view or listen to another advert again. I can get away with this by timeshifting TV and listening to the BBC instead of commercial radio (the quality of the BBC output is generally higher anywa
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by Leynos 15y ago
Unfortunately the streaming service seems to be a US only thing which further reduces the value of the service to those elsewhere.
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by Leynos 15y ago
I just used wget, and it seemed to work. Thanks.
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by Leynos 15y ago
If you're looking for a desktop install of FreeBSD, I highly recommend PC-BSD. It's more or less to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian. It's still a little rough around the edges, but it's a lot more straightforward to get set up than vanil
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by Leynos 15y ago
Generally, what someone will do is make a public post with their list of interest based circles, then ask people to reply stating which they'd like to be in. I agree though, this does tend to be rather awkward.
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by Leynos 15y ago
>It seems to me that the only legitimate use of circles is with respect to people you are sharing with that you know in real life. If you want to talk to total strangers, then you want to be pseudonymous but you also have almost no reas
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Stem cells with corrected DNA created from adult tissue(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by Leynos 15y ago|1 comments
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by Leynos 15y ago
If it's missing an SD card slot, I'd miss that. 8GB isn't that much space when you're talking video. That said, $200 is getting dangerously near the comfort zone for a device purely bought with the intention of using it around the house (w
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by Leynos 15y ago
I don't force the font colour in my browser, but I do force the font face, as I have trouble reading sans serif type. (Although I could see why someone might want to force the colours in their global stylesheet for accessibility reasons.)
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by Leynos 15y ago
They missed one obvious disadvantage - it doesn't work where users force their browser to use a specific font. All I see are letters instead of icons. That said, would it not also make more sense to use codepoints within the "Miscellaneous
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by Leynos 15y ago
The trouble is, I think a lot of password crackers now include dictionary words offset on the keyboard in this way, so someone using a dictionary word disguised like this is still at risk of having their password inferred from a hash.
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by Leynos 15y ago
I imagine that there would continue to be the equivalent of "rare breeds" farms if this ever took off.
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by Leynos 15y ago
I use mine mainly to play imports. My Wii games are split roughly evenly between PAL, US and Japanese. Although I doubt my use case is actually that common. I don't think I own enough Wii games (around 20 just now) to justify buying an ex
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by Leynos 15y ago
It kind of scares me that altavista.com still exists. It scares me even more that hotbot.com still exists.
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by Leynos 15y ago
It's used on this page here: http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/mkt-security/support.form.bbscc... Which redirects you to a "down for maintenance" notice.
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by Leynos 15y ago
Is there any chance you could add a function to search non-US Kindle stores? I think this would be a very useful app, but Amazon has placed this annoying restriction on their Kindle shop that prevents me buying any of the books listed. :(
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Introducing the zEnterprise 114 Mainframe(mainframe.typepad.com)
1 points by Leynos 15y ago|0 comments
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The Study of C. Elegans, Unlocking Secrets of the Brain(nytimes.com)
1 points by Leynos 15y ago|0 comments
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by Leynos 15y ago
I actually think Facebook got the balance right. 400 characters (approx) of unformatted in the default status updates, and a notes function (which can optionally be configured to import an external web log) that needs to be accessed throug
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by Leynos 15y ago
You can download nightlies of Chromium from http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/Win/ While not entirely the same thing, it's a start.
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by Leynos 15y ago
The latter: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wiktionary/en/wiki/pessimal The other time I've seen a similar derivation used is in "The Story of Mel" 'Mel called the maximum time-delay locations the "most pessimum". '
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by Leynos 15y ago
Do posts made by others to the group wall show up?
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by Leynos 15y ago
One problem with Facebook Groups I find is that you can't have wall posts from your groups appearing in your primary timeline/newsfeed. Because of this, you have to make a concious effort to visit the group to catch up. Since none of the g
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by Leynos 15y ago
The TV Licencing system in Britain is quite widely publicized, but it isn't unique. See: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Television_li... For example, France, Germany and Japan all have a flat rate licence fee to pay for t

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