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by pndy 8y ago
> This is what the average user wants I'd say it's what the average user was tricked into. In first years of existence Chrome was smuggled as "additional software offer" along with default browser setting in many sof
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by pndy 8y ago
Just read the FAQ and it seems that extension installation in this "spin-off" is pain in the ass; which makes protecting one's browsing experience in terms of privacy and ads even more annoying... I wonder, how much it differ
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by pndy 8y ago
> Wouldn’t it be great if the user could just pick a “push notifications provider” in the phone settings and OS managed all these hard details by itself? Having the possibility of choice is a good thing but in this particular case I don&
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by pndy 8y ago
Once old Skype account is connected with Microsoft Account it can't be separated; if I'm not mistaken it was possible to disconnect both shortly before MSN/WL Messenger was terminated completely. I did log into Skype recently
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by pndy 8y ago
While praising, author could use that háček over Čapek last name because that diacritical mark does makes the difference when it comes to pronunciation.
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by pndy 8y ago
I hope you didn't get me wrong: 1,30PLN is just for ATM withdrawals below 100PLN. You can still pay for stuff with card free of charge (all 3 ways - magnetic stripe, chip or contactless; tho, I won't be surprised if they will star
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by pndy 8y ago
One of the banks here, mBank (leader of online banking as it advertises itself for years) rolled in its usual countless cycle of TOS, table of fees changes an entry saying that starting from month Y on day X all ATM withdrawals below 100PLN
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by pndy 8y ago
I've stopped playing with OSX86 around 10.5 release because system on my old machine couldn't get permanently audio and graphics out of Realtek HD and ATI Radeon x1600 back then. Kexts were nuked each time after Apple was releasin
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by pndy 8y ago
I'd more happy if they would implement an option to turn-off link fetching and also ability to use their service without phone number. As for this Passport - I'm not interested in this feature and I can't see where it would b
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by pndy 8y ago
Volumetric display isn't as appealing as holographic when it comes to marketing. And masses often don't care about details, they just want to be thrilled that each day technology brings us closer to Star Wars-like holograms.
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by pndy 8y ago
And that's probably why they gladly removed that piece of software - they would risk being fined in long term in Europe, I believe. Opt-out as someone already noted, is available on red shell company site but I would try to block it in
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by pndy 8y ago
It's kinda amusing I'm reading this "news" by help of HN on BBC News page. Still, it seems to be really not interesting (typical to "silly season" or as we're saying here in Poland "cucumber season&
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by pndy 8y ago
I'd be more satisfied with Netflix and other streaming services operating in my country if these would offer wider content catalogs not limited by licensing agreements - with ability to rent it, as classic vhs or dvd rental was working
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by pndy 8y ago
Right, because every single problem people face nowadays is coming from the outside, from "these evil countries".
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by pndy 8y ago
> will improve ad relevance for the end-user. Do you really believe that people actually care about how relevant they are? Because I'm pretty sure they don't and most of all, that's not what they want while browsing the we
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by pndy 8y ago
It's definitely looking outstanding and simple which is something I like but: there's no backlight even in old-fashioned electroluminescence form and there are situations where external light isn't enough. I'd like to kn
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by pndy 8y ago
Seems like some people still got this ongoing "war" concept in their minds between major desktop OSes. They demand breathtaking features that will make them outstanding placed side by side with competition and all what they'r