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   by flurpitude 14y ago

   Sigh... I'd settle for someone giving me $100 per hour.
2. 152.▲
   by flurpitude 14y ago

   There's also the problematic panel used in the Sony S15 and others, which is 15" 1900x1080 IPS but has poor colour accuracy that makes reds look orange.
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   by flurpitude 14y ago

   I'm not very keen on those two-factor approaches like this that use text messages to your phone. The text message often does not arrive. And in some places you have to pay to receive text messages so it can cost money to log in. It would be
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   by flurpitude 14y ago

   The explanation of what causes the effect is very poor on that page. Does anyone have a better one?
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   by flurpitude 14y ago

   I had a Toshiba with one of these, around 1999/2000. Didn't like it much though - it made my finger sore.
6. 156.▲
   by flurpitude 14y ago

   Isn't hexa-core six cores? Whereas this has sixteen.
7. 157.▲
   by flurpitude 14y ago

   By their reckoning, a 3GHz i5 or i7 with 4 cores would be a 12GHz processor. Not so different from their promised "13GHz". Their hype makes me suspicious.
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   by flurpitude 14y ago

   "Fragmentation is not a problem because Google still is the primary Android services provider." Doesn't the article point out that some of the bigger companies using Android, like Amazon and (in the linked article about TVs) Lenovo, are doi
9. 159.▲
   by flurpitude 14y ago

   Also the storage space. Tablets and ultrabooks still don't give you enough space if you need to install a lot of development software, database servers, etc. Oh, and if you need to develop in more than one OS, then a tablet isn't going to c
10. 160.▲
    by flurpitude 14y ago

    I hope Fiddler benefits from the backing. It is a great tool. But will it remain free?
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    Hacked Apple UDID data came from BlueToad, not FBI(washingtonpost.com)

    1 points by flurpitude 14y ago|0 comments
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    by flurpitude 14y ago

    How is that different from what Kobo does? I have a Kobo Touch (and my family have their own Kobo Touches on the same account) and I have Kobo apps on my Android phone and tablet, Windows and Chrome/Chromium browser. They all stay in sync,
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    by flurpitude 14y ago

    I feel a bit sorry for Kobo, who have announced essentially the same thing but with less fanfare: http://www.kobo.com/koboglo/
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    by flurpitude 14y ago

    Crowdsourced funding does have the advantage of spreading the risk among the crowd though. When I fund a Kickstarter project I know full well that these people might run off with the money or the project might fall flat, but I take the risk
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    by flurpitude 14y ago

    From the Engadget review ( http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/14/lenovo-thinkpad-x1-carbon... ): "Maximum brightness here is 300 nits, a figure that's a bit underwhelming. It's a fair bit dimmer than the Samsung Series 9, for example, which cl
16. 166.▲
    by flurpitude 14y ago

    "Windows Server 12 will also boot into Metro" Is that true? Are Microsoft seriously forcing a tablet UI on a server OS?
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    by flurpitude 14y ago

    I just made a pledge anyway. Whatever we can do to help make this a reality seems like a worthwhile use of money to me. It looks like a great piece of software.