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by pgrote 6y ago
How many people learned to type by typing in programs from magazines? I did. By the time I took "typing" freshman year in high school I could type 80wpm. No issues. I received an F in typing and couldn't understand why. When
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by pgrote 6y ago
For those like myself that are unaware of what Plaid does: https://plaid.com/what-is-plaid/ "Connecting your bank to your apps We power thousands of the apps that people rely on to manage their financial lives. Ve
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by pgrote 6y ago
The golden age of streaming has come to an end. There are no longer streaming services offering a wide selection of shows and movies, but silos of self-produced or owned content. In the next 12-24 months it'll be obvious the way to con
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Google weighs in after Stadia director says streamers should pay publishers(androidcentral.com)
4 points by pgrote 6y ago|1 comments
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by pgrote 6y ago
>Until they killed the comments section Excellent take. The comments were filled with additional information and there was a community. I understand why they got rid of them due to creeping toxicity, but they didn't even try to impr
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by pgrote 6y ago
When Netflix comes out with a new show I won't watch it until it gets into a third season. Learned early on the investment of time doesn't pay off as they quickly pull the shows. Unsure what the future holds for netflix as more an
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by pgrote 6y ago
> toxic by design and should not exist I have the same opinion; there are like three of us. They are failed experiments and need to end. There is no fixing them at this point and society is worse due to what they've become.
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by pgrote 6y ago
I thought the movie was well made and did a good job explaining things, especially to people who don't follow the business. There is one consideration no one seriously thinks about when it comes to social media companies, in particular
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by pgrote 6y ago
Acronis True Image works well for me. Scheduling with notifications of success/failure. You can backup locally to whatever windows can attach to or to a cloud. I've used to restore twice: same machine and new machine. Worked witho
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by pgrote 6y ago
I guess I am one of the few who thinks GoDaddy is a decent service. Yes, they front run, which sucks. Could I move? Sure. Moving a large amount of domains with differing end dates is painful and expensive.
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Instagram Hashtags and Explore Getting 501 Error on Desktops(reddit.com)
1 points by pgrote 6y ago|0 comments
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by pgrote 6y ago
I had no idea. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6308116?hl=en Is this the replacement for google play music?
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Self-Hosted RSS Feed Readers (May, 2020)(lukesingham.com)
3 points by pgrote 6y ago|0 comments
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by pgrote 6y ago
I don't know if Google can compete with them on this. I subscribe to Google One (excellent live customer service), YouTube Premium, YouTube TV. All services I think are good values. With apple coming out with this I am left shaking my
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by pgrote 6y ago
I used a chromebook professionally for 4.5 years. Acer C720 with an i3, external monitor and keyboard. Did everything I needed, reliable and never had an issue. Chrome remote desktop stepped in when I needed something it couldn't handl
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by pgrote 6y ago
What cloud provider does TikTok use now?
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by pgrote 6y ago
>All it takes is one major "trust incident" and accompanying press coverage to destroy "brand loyalty". What event could meet that rise to that level that already hasn't happened?
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Man used online ticketing glitch to scam American Airlines out of $160K(stltoday.com)
1 points by pgrote 6y ago|3 comments
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by pgrote 6y ago
I think that problem has been solved for the most part. https://reelgood.com/ and other services are excellent for it. To me, the real issue is finding movies/tv shows where you cannot buy or rent them. Amazingly, it i
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Amazon KindleGen is no longer available for download(amazon.com)
1 points by pgrote 6y ago|0 comments
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Coronavirus Is Causing a Can Shortage(wsj.com)
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Anti-Piracy Lawyer Files Application to Register Rarbg Trademark(torrentfreak.com)
3 points by pgrote 6y ago|0 comments
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by pgrote 6y ago
My wife and I have "OG" name based gmail addresses. We only get about 5 emails a week not to us nowadays, but we have also given up trying to route the stuff to people. Somehow we've made it onto government distro lists, busi
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by pgrote 6y ago
For those unfamiliar, this was the last bill introduced. https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/112...
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by pgrote 6y ago
It was front page of the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/17/us/at-t-pinpoints-cause-o... "Company executives said the malfuction occurred in a program at a giant computer switching station
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by pgrote 6y ago
>Let me know if you'd like some recommendations. I would be thankful. I appreciate your time.
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by pgrote 6y ago
We are in the same situation with kids of the same temperament. The extrovert has discovered self initiative play and done some creative things. The introvert discovered roblox and picsart and is now more social than ever before. It has sor
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by pgrote 6y ago
Elementary and middle school students. Local school district is virtual for the 1st quarter, but we had made the decision it would be virtual for our kids until a working vaccine arrives or the virus transmission rate is under control. Our
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by pgrote 6y ago
> eBay does not actually touch the funds. They do now. They are in the middle of moving most of their sellers to a program called Managed Payments. eBay handles the payment processing through the program. Sellers do not receive money via
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by pgrote 6y ago
I subscribe to scribd. My use case is finding impossible to find documents on the web. About once a month I'll need something; a marketing study, example spreadsheets, documentation, manuals, etc. Scribd seems to have vacuumed up a ton

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