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by epicide 9y ago
Again, the only time I think it's unfair is for people who bought v4 in May, for example. I would hope that, for a period after it was known that v4 would not support High Sierra, they were given either a refund or a free upgrade to v5
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by epicide 9y ago
I'd watch that TV show. "Dylan and Luke are bounty-hunters of a new breed. They have to find the long-lost twins of suspects on FBI's Most Wanted list. On this episode of Face Hunters..."
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by epicide 9y ago
I think FaceID won't be as good, either, but Apple has surprised me before (with TouchID, no less). The iPhone X definitely seems to be the experimental phone, which I'm glad to see. I hope they continue the product lines they cur
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by epicide 9y ago
Which recent app would that be? My understanding is that v4 was originally released in 2014. Either way: no. Your product supports a platform, you update it to be compatible. If you don't want to support the new version, that's yo
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by epicide 9y ago
Search Amazon specifically for "chromecast" and see what you get. First result is a Fire Stick. "Amazon's Choice" -- okay, that's fair, I guess. Second result is a Roku Stick. Odd, but at least it's releva
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by epicide 9y ago
I wouldn't say it's their duty. If you're not paying them, they don't owe you anything. If you are paying them, they only owe you what they promised. However, your sentiment is correct since it is a two-way street. You d
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by epicide 9y ago
This is hardly about devices, though. This is about content. Also, your laptop is still a device. It just so happens to be more compatible. Google could just as easily pull support for your laptop. It's highly unlikely for YouTube, but
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by epicide 9y ago
Yeah, I didn't really follow the "maintenance update" argument, either. It didn't introduce many new features to the OS itself, but it changed quite a bit.
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by epicide 9y ago
I think the article's author was specifically annoyed about recent purchases of v4 only to have it not work on the newest OS a few months later. If they have a grace period for free upgrades (say, a few months before v5 was announced),
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by epicide 9y ago
I think the larger issue is that some people bought v4 just in time to not be able to use it. When v4 didn't work with the betas of HS, I would expect them to warn new buyers that they won't be fixing v4. I would also expect them
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by epicide 9y ago
I don't care if heathcare.gov goes down. Heath will just have to be on his own. If healthcare.gov goes down, though...
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by epicide 9y ago
I would generally expect new features designed for newer hardware to run worse on older phones. However, I'll agree that some releases are less about features and more about stability and performance. Admittedly, I can't really sp
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by epicide 9y ago
To add to this: the Nexus 5 was released a month after the 5S. That phone got its last official update last year, I believe. It was also discontinued a full year before the 5S. Granted, the 5S started at 4GB for 500 USD and the Nexus 5 star
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by epicide 9y ago
> the bugs/missing use cases nobody cares to tell you about In the case of fewer frameworks, you would still have these. Arguably more due to lack of competition. > evaluating all the various alternatives Pick one of the "Bi
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by epicide 9y ago
You are trivializing the difference between "using" and "choosing". One is transitive, the other is not.
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by epicide 9y ago
As others have kinda pointed out: it's the amount of data they store. I think it is less about who you should trust to do the right thing and more of how much you trust an individual group to be able and willing to maintain the securit
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by epicide 9y ago
General advice: - Writing code that works is only the first step. - Writing code that works and is written in such a way that other people can understand it and maintain it takes a lot longer. - Treat "yourself in 6 months" as ano
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by epicide 9y ago
Everything seems incomprehensible until you comprehend it.
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by epicide 9y ago
This is basically what I did with my Acer netbook for a few years. I threw Arch Linux on it and used it through most of college. With the largest battery I could find for it, it easily got at least 10 hours, IIRC. I don't believe it ap
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by epicide 9y ago
Other than age and industry, what's different about him and the current US president?
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by epicide 9y ago
When I tried it years ago, I would search DDG first, then use !g if I didn't get what I wanted. I ended up using that a lot, so I switched back to Google. Sounds like they have changed a lot since then, so I'll probably give it an
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by epicide 9y ago
And before Slack there was Skype, Lync/Office Communicator, IRC, AIM, XMPP, Hangouts, and email. It's not like having a lot of chat platforms is a new thing. > I'm not sure when chat rooms became a business tool. As soon a
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by epicide 9y ago
I think the point was: if that's all that you use it for, then of course it won't help productivity. It's like any other tool: it can be used to build or destroy.
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by epicide 9y ago
I definitely see how youtube-mp3 would be infringement since they are the ones actually sending you the bits over a wire. I have a hard time seeing how youtube-dl would even count as unauthorized copying. Not just in an "it's virt
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by epicide 9y ago
It may be my ignorance, but how would using youtube-dl be illegal? I can definitely see it being against ToS or some EULA, but IIRC those aren't legally enforceable and would be a civil case, anyway (i.e. not an actual crime).
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by epicide 9y ago
KDE: not at all comparable to Slack's reach. Not an app. Not even cross-platform? AMD's Radeon: admittedly, I have not used this. VLC: hardly any UI. Mostly menu items. VirtualBox: hardly any UI. Mostly menu items. Edit: formattin
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by epicide 9y ago
First off, the commenter doesn't have the ability to silence anybody (presumably). Regardless, spreading misinformation or at least doubtful information is only going to hurt a cause. Blindly lashing out at things you don't truly
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by epicide 9y ago
> If there is no chance of igniting a community, there is no reason to open source. I see most of this article as a dangerous way of thinking, but especially the above. The mentality I get from this quote (especially combined with its co
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by epicide 9y ago
It's not an analysis of what's available on the market. It is a statement about constraints in manufacturing/production. Also, you're missing #8.
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by epicide 9y ago
It is a statement, but not one that his selection of phone is making. In other words, if he states that's why he got a particular phone, then yes. However, just by having a particular phone, nobody can draw any significant information

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