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felxh
16y ago
well it might explain the "overpriced" reaction but not the "toy" part
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16y ago
I certainly agree with article that complex looking appliances subconsciously make us think that the said appliance is more powerful and has more features. I also agree that this would be a selling point to many people. OTH I also know many
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well it certainly might explain the "overpriced toy" reaction to their products from some people
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16y ago
7) +1 Spotlight or Quicksilver if you prefer. There is also Alfred http://www.alfredapp.com/ If you listen to music while working, I also find Coversutra http://www.sophiestication.com/coversutra/ or Bowtie http://bowtieapp.com/ very
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Your reasoning doesn't work if the language in question really doesn't have a word for 'left' or 'right'. Whether this is the case because they never though of it or because it was strongly stigmatized in the past and as a result these word
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The website with the original data is quite confusing, but as far as I understand the UK is only number one since this year. In 2008 and 2009 it was still number 6. Initially I also thought it must have to do with the empire/commonwealth, b
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That is what I got from the previous article as well. However, from reading Kurzweil's article get that this point is irrelevant, because he never suggested to reverse engineer the brain in that way. He used the genome argument as an estima
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and their parents caused the great depression of the 30s ...
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I always wondered about that myself. How exactly do huge UI elements make an UI cleaner and easier to use (we are not talking about touch screens or accessibility features here)? I would say that proper spacing and layout/grouping are much