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by schwank 8y ago
I would disagree. I despise voice interfaces and despite working for one of the major tech companies that build these devices and interfaces, I use exactly zero. I do trust my employer to do it correctly based on the processes I witness eve
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by schwank 8y ago
As a kid in Michigan I remember my parents waiting in long lines to vote. After 20 years as a voter in Oregon I have to say our system is great. We recently received the voter guide by mail, and will receive our actual ballot shortly. Take
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by schwank 8y ago
Really wish I could be there this week to check out the festivities. Detroit born and raised but I relocated after graduating from MSU almost 2 decades ago, however my immediate family still lives in the 'burbs'. I took my wife to
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by schwank 8y ago
I've been running Mint Cinnamon as my primary OS for a few years on both a Dell Latitude E74xx and a homebuilt mini-ITX box with no such issues. The laptop is integrated gfx and the desktop is a 1050gtx at 4k. FF is my main browser and
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by schwank 8y ago
I was already unhappy with Amp and the last redesign. I have used GNews more than most other sites in the past but it's already gotten pretty bad. Add in YouTube and I'm done. Really could use a new aggregator... Will have to chec
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by schwank 9y ago
I grew up in Detroit, and my whole family worked in the industry. My parents met working at GM, but now they refuse to buy GM after how former employees were screwed during the Old/New GM transition. Add in the ignition switch debacle
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by schwank 9y ago
Elastic Transcoder could not handle 4K video, and only worked with static files stored in S3 - it wasn't designed for streaming content. AWS purchased Elemental in 2015. There is some overlap but Elemental Media* services are more flex
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by schwank 9y ago
Huh? You can open a Fidelity account with $2500, and buy any stock you want including US and Int'l markets.
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by schwank 9y ago
Not really trying to ding the Nexus line itself, honestly I loved them overall. My N1 far surpassed my expectations, and lived on yet another year after I gave it to a friend. I liked the 6P quite a lot. The 5X/6P generation does seem
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by schwank 9y ago
My Nexus 6P died last night after <2 years of service, and my wife's first 5X died after only 4 months. Now that the Pixel is priced as a premium device in line with the iPhone and other flagships, I find myself considering a non-Go
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by schwank 10y ago
Appreciate the link... after many years as a Windows/.Net developer, I made the jump to Linux full time after the release of Windows 8. I don't game much anymore but every once in a while I get the itch. I bought Cities:Skylines t