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It's a definite improvement, but quite disappointing if you want to use the GPU for pro use (e.g. video processing), given that there are other pro laptops out there now that include things like GTX 1060 and 1080 that are up to 5 times
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Even Razer? Razer are one of the best companies out there for well designed high end Windows laptops.
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10y ago
What do you mean? A lot of cameras today use SD cards, e.g. Nikon D810 / D500.
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I don't think there very small bumps to CPU clock speed in your example are in anyway comparable to the suggestion that they will introduce 32GB as an option or the default in a few months. So I don't think this is an example of w
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Surely this is different, as the display is transparent which your phone (which hopefully isn't in the centre of your view) isn't.
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He's quoting Dr Strangelove, these are all quotes from the (excellent) film.
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I would guess in this case the water resistance is a disadvantage given their propensity to explode: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/2/12767670/samsung-galaxy-not...
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Adding another layer isn't going to help them, the tax will need to be paid and the additional layer will incur additional costs.
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If it's OK to shine lights at a building, is it OK to spread smoke towards it?
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Possibly he already had a visa.
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gadders has a point. It'd be leaving one union to 'gain independence' only to join another, with a corresponding loss of sovereignty. Indeed the main reason (according to Lord Ashcroft's poll) people voted to leave the E
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In an extreme circumstance that is the role of the Monarch. In 1975 in an extreme circumstance the Governor-General (the Queen's representative in Australia) dismissed the sitting Prime Minister and appointed a new one: https:/&#
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I have not seen anyone admit that they lied - I have seen several point out that what they said when asked about a policy was more nuanced than what was a slogan, but that is not lieing. Can you please reference where you saw a politician a
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Lord Ashcroft commissioned a poll on the referendum day. That poll is here: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2016/06/how-the-united-kingdom-... The main reason given by Leave voters was "The principle that decisi
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Clause 28 of the 1998 Act notes at sub-clause 7, in dry terms, with regard to legislative competence that "this section does not affect the power of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to make laws for Scotland." In that single
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It is part of the Christian religion to love those who are your 'enemies'.
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A US law which does not apply to the non-US entity TPB, surely?
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Similarly these birds are attacking drones midair which may cause them to spiral to the ground and be destroyed. It seems like fair game to build anti-bird defences in to your drone given that birds are being trained to attack them. Perhaps
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I would guess the high megabyte charge is there to encourage authors to keep their file sizes down, and the reason for this is presumably because Amazon have to pay for book downloads run through their 'Whispernet' (3G) Kindle ser
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11y ago
It sounds like it'd be very easy for Netflix to put a stop to this - they just need to make their webpage / app / whatever check the IP their certain hostnames lookup to and if it's not the whitelisted addresses it refus
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Yes we can't operate and maintain (mostly maintain) without US assistance because we have made a plan where we share that duty. If we changed our minds and decided to go alone we would could do so. The nukes on the subs can be launched
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https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/no-america-doesnt-control-br...
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Google could hold the money for X days (30? 60?) and ensure they respond to complaints within that time so if a new app appears and people complain it can be taken down and the money not sent on. That would prevent the ToS breaking develope
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What is the difference between the Apple process and the Google process such that Google has this problem and Apple does not? Or is this also a problem that occurs on the Apple store?
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Or suing developers who intentionally violate the ToS in a repeated manner like this. Make it financially far more costly to screw Google and the users over than it is currently profitable.
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Does Google not have an app approval process when a developer wants to submit an app to the store? Surely the resubmission of a banned app would be detected at that step?
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Of course you're right, a startup can't do everything -- so why not just put a download link up rather than require people to talk to you to get a download link? Given as a startup you're busy and have a lot to do, why not ju
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Surely it is a company's best interests to have 'good enough' looking security to serve their PR purposes while also secretly providing government access to maximise government kudos and all the benefits that would entail?
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They do not detect uBlock Origins.
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Thank you for that link - I haven't come across a well researched analysis of all of the entire legal history up to this point. I'd say this was required reading before commenting here.
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