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by ferongr 11y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. Here in Greece (and most of Europe AFAIK) manufacturers don't sell directly to consumers, hence my confusion.
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by ferongr 11y ago
It's been some time (10 years or so) since I've last bought a prepackaged computer (I build my desktops from parts) but do you really have to register your personal information with the manufacturer when you buy a prebuilt compute
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by ferongr 11y ago
Also, toolbar/dock/taskbar location matters. I'm aware that due to my vertical taskbar I have a rather unique viewport size. The usability improvements of not wasting limited vertical viewing area trump that though (and I don
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by ferongr 11y ago
My experience comes from an Ivy Bridge machine with a B75 chipset and 4 RAM slots, YMMV. I had a single 2GB 1333MHz stick and bought another one second-hand. The sticks had different densities (one had 4 and the other 8 memory chips on) but
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by ferongr 11y ago
I have no horse in this race (I don't even live in the USA) but I've seen people use "Reality has a liberal bias" on HN unironically so I guess this could answer your question.
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by ferongr 11y ago
Personally after KB3035583 that I had hidden before, was re-enabled and installed automatically, I started feeling bothered by that fact. That was the final push that led me to nuking my Windows 7 partition and jumping to Xubuntu GNU/L
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by ferongr 11y ago
It's not actually all that surprising for people that use styled subtitles with antialiased edges. In extreme cases (lots of glyphs on the screen) you can end up with a noticeable framerate reduction.
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by ferongr 11y ago
Chrome won by being bundled as shovelware into Windows installers.
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by ferongr 11y ago
Not to detract from anything you said, but a DIY phono stage with RIAA EQ is trivial to build.
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by ferongr 11y ago
Actually, those requirements are par of the course when designing mains-powered devices . You'd be surprised the kind of transient voltage spikes AC motors generate when starting, and I'd assume all devices sold in the US satisfy
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by ferongr 11y ago
Great unsprung weight seriously affects comfort and handling. I'm not sure this tradeoff is a good one.
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by ferongr 11y ago
Assuming an intersection, wouldn't it be better to be rear-ended hard than having a vehicle slam into the driver's side door?
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by ferongr 11y ago
They essentially designed the Econic [1] series by Mercedes. Those have been available for quite some time, before the 2013 date of the article and video. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Econic
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by ferongr 11y ago
Train bogies can rotate around their center and follow the curves, I'd be very suprised if the actual car bent.
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by ferongr 11y ago
Deep discharge does not make LiIon cells explode (or vent), it only reduces their cycle life a bit. Though personally, I swap the batteries in mech way earlier than the point where they start getting damaged. At 3.6-3.7V the battery is weak
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by ferongr 11y ago
>equipment like torches, power banks, and portable fans which take 18650s are gaining in popularity Don't forget e-cigarette mods (power sources). I'd wager they're the most popular application of free-standing (not packag
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by ferongr 11y ago
You won't get much power (Wh, as opposed to mAh) from a cell at a low state of charge. The initial lower voltage of the almost empty cell, combined with the increased voltage sag under load due to the converter pulling increased amount
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by ferongr 11y ago
>CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video Too bad for him that such things do not exist.
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by ferongr 12y ago
Google should just block French citizens from using any search-related functions on its properties (even things like Youtube search for example). The bill will be repealed in no time.
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by ferongr 12y ago
The cells themselves are COTS Panasonic NCR18650A without built-in protection circuits.. The management circuits are probably developed by Tesla but are external to the batteries, most likely a circuit per array of parallel cells. Having a
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by ferongr 12y ago
Applying Replaygain or EBU R128 loudness equalization will not change the perception of dynamic range and, all other things being equal will actually slightly decrease the DR rating. And TFA is not talking about Replaygain-like algorithms f
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by ferongr 12y ago
I don't get it. Loudness normalization past the mastering stage (i.e. at the audio track uploaded by the label) will only make all audio louder or quiter, it can't increase the actual dynamic range of the track. Furthermore, the D
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by ferongr 12y ago
It's probably Chrome that enabled the software renderer for users with unsupported GPU configurations. Note that the software renderer is extremely slow (it barely manages to and unsupported systems are more likely than not to have a
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by ferongr 12y ago
Facebook uses WebRTC for calls on the release versions of Firefox. That probably counts for something.
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by ferongr 12y ago
I was about to make the same comment. It's really hard to distinguish between those two colors as implemented on the sign. Green and red colors by themselves are okay but there should be another clear identifying characteristic like sh
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by ferongr 12y ago
Per capita or per mile driven? This is a really important distinction that hugely changes the conclusions that can be drawn from the data.
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by ferongr 12y ago
Some suspension of disbelief required for that "full-fledged" claim (whatever that means). The mediocre performance, low complexity graphics and Doom-like movement and shooting mechanics are not comparable to any of the "full
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by ferongr 12y ago
They're widely used for PCB inspection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTij7Juj5qE&feature=youtu.be...
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by ferongr 12y ago
The volume control operates on the preamp section, the thump of amplifiers is usually generated on the power amplifier section, usually a sign of a bipolar power supply that at startup and power down rises/lowers voltage unevenly, resu
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by ferongr 12y ago
>That is fairly standard precaution with the higher end of audio equipment No it's not, that's called bad design. Unless high-end now stands for "poorly designed gear sold for 10 times what they're worth".

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