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by gareim 14y ago
With a quad-core CPU and an NVidia 650M and that beast of a screen, will heat be an issue? They've put a lot of powerful components in a relatively small package.
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Yes, I've definitely seen many people extolling the virtues of prepaid and I agree that prepaid is a fantastic option for many, but there are reasons why contracts are fine too. Besides the psychological barriers to putting down an extra co
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by gareim 14y ago
I don't have ADD, but this is absolutely true for me. I prefer seeing exactly what I need to do and having the freedom to tackle components of them one at a time. With that said, are you using any special applications for your TODO list? I'
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by gareim 14y ago
Misleading (and possibly flat-out wrong) title: "There is no specific information in the deal as to exactly how much additional free space Dropbox will be providing on Samsung devices beyond the 2 GB. " Can't we find a way to ban accounts t
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by gareim 15y ago
Exactly, this. It's hard to be truly anonymous. But I have considered one day modding a satellite dish + network adapter to use the local library's WiFi instead (or the neighbors' if the library's walls are too thick). I've heard of people
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by gareim 15y ago
"Again you're drawing from the notion that Apple's choice is right and everyone else's is wrong, which is a pretty questionable starting point." Like how your opinion that 16:9 is better somehow isn't a questionable starting point? Sure, yo
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by gareim 15y ago
The argument against Android has always been that manufacturers using it have no power over their users. By that, I mean that customers could pick up another brand and it would still be Android. I remember reading some tech sites opinions o
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by gareim 15y ago
I'm a little bit paranoid about physical buttons breaking down over time, so if the power button got increased usage, I'd probably get a bit worried. That is the reason I dislike the idea of a physical home button, but at the same time, it
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by gareim 15y ago
Hey guys, thanks for all the suggestions! I took a look at the links (especially the wiki one) and after a lot of thinking, I've decided to go ahead with 2.7 for now. With 2.7, I can take advantage of LPTHW and some courses at Udacity. And
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Ask HN: Python 3 or Python 2.7?
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by gareim 15y ago
The statistics separated the iPod Touch from the iPhone and didn't seem to have any mention of the iPad either.
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by gareim 15y ago
Having a customer service page is not synonymous with being accountable. The thing is, whether or not we are satisfied with them, we still have to deal with them until the government changes it. So they aren't held directly accountable. Ins
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by gareim 15y ago
Oh, you're right. Maybe there's a few songs here and there not available through no fault of Amazon's. Maybe you have to download a piece of software freely available on all major platforms to download an album. Or, you know, just click buy
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by gareim 15y ago
Amazon answered your demands already. You can buy music via a browser, there's a large selection, it's DRM-free, you can stream or download as many times as you'd like, and you can play it while offline. Amazon also offers a pretty fair pri
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by gareim 15y ago
I seem to remember reading in a business law textbook that the "innocent till proven guilty" only applies to criminal law. A quick Google search managed to pull up a Hacker News comment that's interesting to read as well: http://news.ycomb
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by gareim 15y ago
The author addresses that in the article: "There’s a lot of talk of “channel-stuffing” which ignores a salient fact: electronics retailers aren’t in business for their health. Carrying inventory costs money, and non-performing product categ
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by gareim 15y ago
My point still holds valid since any company that uses Chinese manufacturing instead of US manufacturing would come under fire from you. The thing is, Apple can't get the results they want from companies here and so they go where they can (
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by gareim 15y ago
Apple pays its employees much better than what they would have been paid working at something else. That's why people flock there for a chance to work. My parents and grandparents are those exact people that would have had a much better qua
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by gareim 15y ago
Your examples are of cultural icons whose lifeworks were in music. It's possible that many who had not known of those music artists bought their albums after their deaths because they wanted to understand why people were grieving and perhap
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by gareim 15y ago
The author makes the argument that "movie studios, often cited as the driving force behind the two controversial bills, are losing money to online pirates, but that doesn’t tell the whole story" but I disagree. From my own experience, peopl
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by gareim 15y ago
As I understand it, the AT&T case determined that clauses restricting consumers from engaging in class action lawsuits were legal. But in the Sony case, their clause restricts a consumer from suing in court and instead, must bring the a
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by gareim 15y ago
The difference between your examples and the music industry is that buggy whip makers lost because they had an inferior product; who would want a horse-driven carriage when they could have a car? But here, people are still TAKING the music,
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by gareim 15y ago
Your stats refer to smartphones only whereas mine specifically says iPod touches, ipads, and iPhones. Given that the company doing the research is the same in both, but the labels are different, this difference could hold significance. Furt
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by gareim 15y ago
I found a better source arguing that iOS is ahead (at least in February of 2011): http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/4/A... This is now 3 sources claiming iOS has greater share than Android, and even if they are a bi
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by gareim 15y ago
Ahh, that's a good point. I usually like to leave others to google it up, but I guess it really is stupid for me to not put a source down since then I could just be making things up. I may be mistaken for what these stats show, since things
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by gareim 15y ago
What did I say that was wrong? The guy had the idea that Android has greater market share than iOS, I stated my belief that he was wrong, and then I got downvoted. Some of you guys are too trigger happy with your downvoting buttons. If you'
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by gareim 15y ago
Look again, because iOS has greater market share than Android does. But it's a moot point anyways, because one OS is limited to a few devices that sell at high price points and the other is used by tens of manufacturers and hit low, medium,
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by gareim 15y ago
Finally, an answer to the tax question! I don't have much experience with taxes so far, but $15,500 after taxes seems pretty livable because even in higher cost cities, there are still low cost areas. Health insurance seems to be a problem
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by gareim 15y ago
Wow, that's some really good numbers you gave me! Your costs per week doesn't seem very high at all considering you have things like gym membership, mobile and broadband, entertainment, and eating out. I'm starting to think it's very hard n
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by gareim 15y ago
I guess for all those people who can't figure out how to live on 20k a year, they should take a look at college students, haha. I've heard that a lot of money can be saved simply by never eating out, so if you can get by on 13k, then it sho

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