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by abawany 6y ago
Republican money tends to be generally effective. The threat of withholding the same will certainly work to bring them more in line. Also, https://www.axios.com/trump-ginsburg-supreme-court-10bf5f37-... .
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by abawany 6y ago
If you are thinking about Senator Susan "Concerned" Collins and etc., you are pining for fool's gold. They make token noise and then comply.
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by abawany 6y ago
You accuse me of pessimistic gut feeling while laying out yours. The election outcome is far far far from certain. I used to deal with coworkers who were similarly smug in 2016 and they were proven to be equally wrong.
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by abawany 6y ago
Here are some guesses I've heard from various news sources: Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, and William Barr.
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by abawany 6y ago
It really does seem the cosmos has decided that America's time of greatness (however broad the meaning of that word is) is at an end. I hope my comment turns out to be another "who needs dropbox". Edit0:s/this/my.
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by abawany 6y ago
It was pretty bad - the Android sub-system does not seem to be available to external adb instances afaict. Also, this was a recent 'improvement': previous versions of ChromeOS required putting the device in dev mode to allow exter
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by abawany 6y ago
One minor counter-example: to enable third-party apps on my Android-supporting Chromebook, I had to go through considerable contortions (1). It was not as easy as it is on typical Android devices. 1: Install Linux sub-system, install androi
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by abawany 6y ago
It has some flaws (e.g. inability to get changes in an update) but it has been a handy way to keep track of apps that I have picked and install them on multiple machines.
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by abawany 6y ago
I still use my DS Lite along with my 3DS XL: Nintendo really builds things to last, ime. Looking forward to the release of the retro Game And Watch Mario Bros in November.
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by abawany 6y ago
Thanks for acknowledging my point. I acknowledge your concern about Audible but still say that they are currently too-big-to-fail and as a result, unlike in video-on-demand (Netflix vs. its competitors) and perhaps ebooks (Amazon vs. Kobo v
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by abawany 6y ago
You have probably hit upon the core of the disagreement: when I buy a book, I want to keep it and I will refer to it in the future. Books that aren't keepers, I will borrow from the library. I don't read much fiction but the stuff
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by abawany 6y ago
What is your fear here for comments opposing Audible's hegemony? This discussion and your other discussions have devolved into "yes it does!" and "no it doesn't!". Could you just explain why Audible and its sch
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by abawany 6y ago
My comment as I recall was: "You probably meant to say 'convenience' instead of 'connivance' but your misspelling perfectly captures my sentiment about Audible." I'm sorry if you thought that was worded ab
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by abawany 6y ago
Because it just doesn't affect you: Audible has sucked the oxygen out of the room by virtue of its Amazon leverage so most people can't even name an alternative. Eventually alternatives die and all of us unwillingly get put in the
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by abawany 6y ago
When you corrected your spelling mistake ('connivance'), my comment became useless so I removed it. You are dismissing other's concerns about walled gardens so it seems a bit hypocritical to call my contribution negative.
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by abawany 6y ago
Thank you for that recommendation - I am now a customer: the membership price was cheaper than Audible and the selection looks great so far.
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by abawany 6y ago
There are a few ways to convert epubs to mobi but they are elaborate. I have never bought a Kindle for this reason: Kobo devices tend to be nice and open and they accept external/drm-free epubs/pdfs.
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by abawany 6y ago
I've been wanting to cut a little window in the back cover to get access to those, plus another to ventilate the SoC.
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by abawany 6y ago
Some of Garmin's devices allow copying of data to software of your choice. This gives you a mature device that is excellent at managing your health but as long as you never connect it to the Garmin app, your data remains yours.
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by abawany 6y ago
This article was amusing while also providing more context as to why this may have happened, quoting Munro Associates: https://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-y-owners-have-found-home-de... .
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by abawany 6y ago
Here is an example: https://teslaownersonline.com/threads/panel-gaps.8168/#lg=at... - notice the unevenness? I would guess that not only does it look bad, it will eventually start to rub out paint or cause wear on
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by abawany 6y ago
I wonder if the technical stack you are working with is not a good fit for you. I was miserable when working with PHP (5.x) and considered quitting my job/industry altogether. Would you consider exploring different languages lightly to
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by abawany 6y ago
For me, this was sadly hilarious ( https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-06/it-s-a... ): "More impressive is that Nikola’s revenue for the second quarter was very small ('immaterial,&#x27
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by abawany 6y ago
I believe it generates a unique/obfuscated email address that is provided to the provider but their messages to that address arrive at your real icloud address. Edit0: reference https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT21
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by abawany 6y ago
I specify in the note where I want the donation to go to when I send a donation (e.g. "for Thunderbird"); I have received notes back from the Thunderbird team referencing the donation, which satisfies the question in mind as to wh
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by abawany 6y ago
The lack of fall detection in smartwatches other that AW4+ is a bit baffling. Garmin has an implementation but it only works during activities and not generally afaik. I got the AW4 for a parent primarily for the fall detection.
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by abawany 6y ago
I love the scale as well - the body fat measurements and the wifi-based sync makes it a pleasure to use. I got around the approval delay for the Withings BPM Core by ordering the item from Amazon.fr and I suspect I will need to do the same
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by abawany 6y ago
iFixit gave the latest Surface a fairly decent reparability rating. I was surprised to see how much more improved the teardown was compared to the mess of the earlier versions.
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by abawany 6y ago
I guess usb might have compromised water proofing but certainly a qi charger interface makes a lot of sense.
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by abawany 6y ago
In fact you complain a lot on any thread where Apple or Android are mentioned. Even your response above appears to be dripping with contempt about Android manufacturers and users. Your comment about "rights" sic is surprising: you

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