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how many of those have never seen real use/adoption above hobbyists/diehards, though? irc and sms is about it from that list. it was a drag getting people to drop skype for telegram, despite telegram being (in my opinion) more use
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8y ago
the xps are some damn fine machines. we give them to c-levels here and i'm always super excited to work with them and super jealous when i have to give them away.
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8y ago
wasn't leicester city a "moneyball" team? a zero-to-hero club with a roster of modest salaried players who have statistical synergy? i don't follow much premier league but from what i remember hearing about it, they buck
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8y ago
and now i have the mental image of a stereotypical terrorist, with a black ski mask and a kalashnikov on a strap on his back, hunched over his pink-and-purple barbie typewriter. amazing. thank you
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satsuma
8y ago
an interesting side effect of something like that is the hop-ons during the games done quick streams -- often times you'll see streamers switch games to whatever's being played on stream in the hopes someone will... misclick, or g
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8y ago
> It also supports adding a transcript (like subtitles or closed captions, but without timing information), and it will use speech recognition to try to line it up with the video. that is genuinely pretty cool and a good compromise betwe
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8y ago
every year i participate in the extra life streamathon fundraiser. i usually get a few viewers here and there but for the most part it's just me the whole time. the concept of streaming for nobody is a little disheartening, especially
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8y ago
from in front of me to on my sides: * laptop w/ dock, keyboard, mouse, second monitor, power supply, etc. * desk phone * personal cell phone * raspberry pi with its own set of keyboard and mouse * empty dr. pepper bottle * ibuprofen bo
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8y ago
now i'm scared to re-read prey. loved that book in high school but i was a simpler man then
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satsuma
8y ago
espn's more long-form storytelling is top notch. check out their 30 for 30 documentary series, they're fantastic.
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satsuma
8y ago
that concept of 'boxes' is pretty interesting -- is there a way for me to check that for myself without handing them a wad of cash? i rarely use facebook aside from messenger (because getting friends and family to use something li
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8y ago
you can't just get a man started on cracktorio like that. you'll ruin him for life
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8y ago
5 years ago we'd send it to the cloud.
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satsuma
8y ago
it's one of the biggest weaknesses that engineers/programmers/logical, problem-oriented thinkers have. doing something quick and hacky when it doesn't need to be flawless just feels so wrong. you miss that feeling, that
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8y ago
not necessarily child soldiers but i've noticed a tonal shift from "this is something that's happening, here are the facts, we sent a guy in with a camera to check it out" to "this is happening! you should feel horr
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8y ago
apple's mo has always been "why go with standardized ports when we can make our own, nearly identical ports and sell you the adapters?" i think usb is one of the only cases where they haven't. and thunderbolt, sort of. a
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8y ago
second for the north korea documentary on youtube. in my opinion it's still one of the best, even so many years later, at showing what lengths they go to in building the facade for tourists and the rest of the world. sidebar: i still f
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8y ago
* therapy visits when i can get them in * being on a regular schedule of waking up/going to bed * at least half an hour of some form of exercise per day, outside preferably. * * seasonal depression especially can kick your ass hard, so
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satsuma
8y ago
joel mchale's show was weekly too. i'm no television expert so i don't know how much more it would take to get a daily show rolling.
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8y ago
i worked as a server last school year for a local korean restaurant, and as a 20-something who grew up in a rural community with nothing more diverse than panda express, holy crap. what amazing flavors. i'm a regrettably picky eater bu
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8y ago
sort of tangental, but i wonder how a drop in/drop out system like teamspeak/vent/discord/etc. would work in a professional setting. you have direct calls still, but if you just want to be available to coordinate through
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8y ago
wouldn't using facebook be a hipaa violation in and of itself? doesn't information like that need to be contained to pre-approved, secure methods?
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8y ago
yup, and it makes sense -- for each one of us that recoils in horror at the mcafee logo when we first boot a fresh laptop, there's two more who shrug and continue on with their lives and one who pays to upgrade to ultimate bad guy stop
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8y ago
>Why is it so hard for a laptop maker to not completely fuck up software? the demand for $400 laptops means you gotta sell out somewhere, sadly. the first thing i always do when a family member gets a new laptop is ask to see it first th
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8y ago
i don't have wsj -- anyone have a pastebin or non-paywalled way to access this? thanks
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there's a disconnect here though because ford offers you the option of direct purchase. you don't have that with macos. i'd be willing to bet people who use hackintosh would be willing to buy a key and do things the right way
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9y ago
I would like to see sites with severely limited usage as well but I imagine that would result in angry customers who don't give a rip one way or the other hurting the bottom line.
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satsuma
9y ago
They currently have a Nitro service that's $5/month for little features, but I don't know how far that takes them towards profitability.
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satsuma
9y ago
Sometimes I have a hard time watching IT Crowd because I see too much of myself/my coworkers in the characters.
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9y ago
Go to class. Break up with him. Get out more.
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