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by christoph 4y ago
I’m guessing you’re probably thinking of “The Wizard” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098663/
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by christoph 4y ago
Surprised nobody else posted this one - "Meet the Stans" a great four part travel documentary about Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtxJN3o5kkY https:/&#x2F
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by christoph 4y ago
Same, but slightly disagree about the UI, but can understand why it's not for everyone. I finally upgraded my ageing 935 to a 955 after 3 or more years and I actually find the 955 to be a joyous experience day to day for everything I n
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by christoph 4y ago
For anybody that truly cared about picture quality above all else, Plasma ruled for many years. This is easily validated by going back to reviews/AV forum discussions of Pioneer and Panasonic plasmas around 2008 -> 2012. One big thi
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by christoph 4y ago
I've still got a Panasonic plasma from circa 2008, which still seems absolutely bomb proof. It's only used occasionally now for some retro (Dreamcast or MisterFPGA gaming), but the picture, UI, remote and everything about it still
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by christoph 4y ago
Same. It’s worth noting Disney only has a single plan which includes 4K, HDR, Atmos, etc, and in the UK is far cheaper - Netflix charge nearly £200 a year for their 4K plan (£15.99 x 12). Disney is less than half that on a yearly plan for £
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by christoph 4y ago
Not sure why you are getting downvoted. There are so many basic fundamental things wrong there... A UI framework should at least get some of the very basic things correct with out of the box defaults. Bootstrap, for example, largely gets th
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by christoph 4y ago
I absolutely agree with you on the surface, as I’m of exactly the same mind. However, I’ve forced myself to use a few shiny new things on projects over the last couple of years and it’s been a mixed bag. Some new frameworks like Vue have ab
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by christoph 4y ago
I think that’s what I was ultimately trying to say at the time, but you’ve articulated it far better in one paragraph, than I managed to in five or six.
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by christoph 4y ago
The person who nailed this best for me was Terry Smith, a successful UK fund manager (Fundsmith). He was asked a question at an investor meeting many years ago about why they thought it ethically acceptable to invest in British American Tob
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by christoph 4y ago
You must have missed the part where I said I really don't care about politics. I was just giving honest feedback. I'm sorry if I upset you.
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by christoph 4y ago
You're not alone. Maybe it's lack of knowledge on my part... but too much around node / npm, still seems like copy/pasting random incontations into the command line to try and solve whatever problem I have at a specific
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by christoph 4y ago
Since there's been another thread here tonight about Mac OS tools (screenshot utility), I feel somebody needs to mention Mac OS ships with "Grapher", which is a great little tool for doing graphs/equations (and animating
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by christoph 4y ago
Mister also, just works. But yes, it's really not beautiful (in terms of living room aesthetics). I'm not being facetious, but Mister is really cheap and easy to get running and as I always say, the community is amazing. One of th
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by christoph 4y ago
It's not often these days that a project pops up where I start thinking about re-imagining our whole build/deployment strategy around it. This project easily hits that high watermark. I'm already thinking about how we re-arch
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by christoph 4y ago
Where do I sign up?
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by christoph 4y ago
I came here to say this... maybe consider a rebrand/rename? I don't suggest that lightly, but their name has some serious negative (for some people) connotations (not for me... it's politics, which I frankly just don't c
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by christoph 4y ago
Well yes. But the pay off for a "blockbuster" (or two) more than makes up for all the aggregated losses. Hence why the massive pharma companies still exist, operate and, generally post massive profits YoY. You can easily absorb mu
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by christoph 4y ago
Anecdote warning as well... Same with my somewhat local (UK) Porsche dealership. They've been stellar over 4 years of looking after me with a 10+yr old car. They typically give me a cost and say it might be a bit more in labour if the
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by christoph 4y ago
Or MisterFPGA can do all this and more. Well worth checking out for anyone into old systems. Great community as well.
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by christoph 4y ago
Archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220605234940/https://www.cpush...
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by christoph 4y ago
I've actually found myself using this feature a lot, probably almost daily. BTW, you can switch it off globally easily - it's in language/region settings on both iOS and Mac.
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by christoph 4y ago
Sounds like bliss. Not just the end result, the process as well. I think that’s what people who haven’t gone down the audio highway don’t understand. The constant tweaking and adjusting is sometimes a very cathartic experience. You really d
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by christoph 4y ago
Honestly.. just drop 400 to 500 bucks on a recent Marantz or Denon amp, your experience will be infinitely better. Five bucks might have been extortion and/or theft. Also, a decent sub (or two ;)) and spending time tuning it to your
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by christoph 4y ago
Isn’t it lovely when you realise you have electronics that have lasted nearly three decades and are still useful? Onkyo were always well known for packing cutting edge features into home cinema amps. They always had way more features and
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by christoph 4y ago
Absolutely. 100%. Last night we turned the “stereo” up really loud after Eurovision to listen to Mikas album for the first time in years - Full height Revel fronts, monitor audio rear effect speakers, dual subs, blasted it. I spent hours t
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by christoph 4y ago
Poor/late timing, as DTS is essentially dead at this point[1] in the streaming market which I’m guessing is generally what they are catering for. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30942269
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by christoph 4y ago
It’s exactly this. “Audiophiles” are a weird bunch. Much of what they claim to hear is scientifically proven as total nonsense. Audio Science Review is a great place where they scientifically analyse audio equipment. The quality of speaker
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by christoph 4y ago
Weirdly in the last couple of weeks we’ve been clearing out our house and I found three(!) Onkyo home cinema amp boxes in the attic. I don’t own a single Onkyo amplifier anymore. Every single one got returned due to a serious fault (from su
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by christoph 4y ago
It's been a while since I fiddled with it, as my Mac OS set up kind of just works at the moment for me (or rather... I've learnt it's general nuances), so I don't change things unnecessarily, but I think this is related

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