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HD emulation mod makes “Mode 7” SNES games look like new(arstechnica.com)
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by slantyyz 8y ago
At this point, the hardware on the PS5 sounds powerful enough to provide backwards compatibility for the PS3 (and all of its predecessors). That would appeal to some people who have old consoles/games collecting dust in their basements
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It's a nice spec to make it sound future proof, but I am guessing the ability to run at max visual settings at 4K60 will be the criterion most people will judge the GPU on.
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That depends on how ethical the breeder is. My breeder has a waiting list, and you are not guaranteed to be accepted as a potential adopter (i.e., there's a detailed questionnaire to fill, and you have to pass their "smell test&qu
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>> Breed specific health issues could indeed be linked to wanting pure breeds instead of a mixed breed. Demand definitely has something to do with it. I would also argue that quality of supply has something to do with it too. There ar
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Given that it was the BBC, who in my mind would take a "stuffier" approach to these things, I was curious what was in their style guide. This is an assumption, but I would think that all the recommendations in their style guide we
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Looking at the style guide, looks like the title may have been dropped because the length was already longer than 55 characters? I couldn't find a formal rule related to titles in headlines. As long as the BBC is consistent (and not
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Sublime's file search is super fast. Works great for me. My folder tree is fairly flat and folder/file-naming is self-explanatory, so when I have to use the dropbox client on mobile, finding stuff isn't too bad.
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I was an early EN user from way back in the day when the UI metaphor was basically an infinite roll of paper. I abandoned EN around the time everyone else did for a Dropbox synced folder full of markdown files. I use Sublime Text as my clie
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>> * switch default search engine to DuckDuckGo (one can still use the !s bang when one wants to see what Google has) I switched to Bing Search last year to earn Microsoft rewards, and I was surprised to find that I only need to go to
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>> All I can see is a bitter boomer talking down to anyone born from the mid-eighties onward Isn't calling the author a bitter boomer the same type of generalization as that sentence you find so offputting? I'm a Gen X-er, a
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I also gave that comment the benefit of the doubt before I actually looked at the article. "Very condescending" is a stretch. The most suspect thing I could find was the "fortnite" comment. It's a throwaway joke tha
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I was always under the impression that in the US, returns that were not because of a defect were more of a courtesy than a legal requirement: > Many retailers, as part of their business models, allow returns if customers change their min
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I was thinking more like "Oh, to be young again and be able to have the memory of a twenty-something me again. Happy days." I saw the headline, and struggled to remember any details of the book, and ended up having to read a sum
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Taste is obviously subjective, but in terms of "all the greats", Maier's style and work is my favorite. Like you, I can't quite explain why, but she definitely had an eye for great photos.
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>> Whether it's literature is something else entirely. And the bar for whether something is literature is subjective, and can change with the passing of time.
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The interpretation and application of the word varies. Growing up in Canada in the 80s, all of Margaret Atwood's books were always considered Canadian Literature (aka CanLit). Since the Handmaid's Tale TV series thrust her into th
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Anecdotal - I'm in Canada and pay mostly with credit cards. I don't even recall swiping my card in the past two years. I've basically been doing contactless under $100 whenever I can and chip and pin for all other transaction
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Well, it depends. Which particular 2018 XPS are you referring to? Some Passmark CPU comparisons: 2012 iMac with the i7 3770 - 9282 XPS 13 i7-8550U - 8305 XPS 15 i7-8750H -12477 (Note that XPS 15s tend to be thermally throttled also) Deskto
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That's not a high spec Windows machine, that's just a high spec Windows laptop.
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>> they offer the Mac Pro for that use case. I'm not sure I buy this as an argument until the new Mac Pro is released. Having said that, the Mac Pro is prohibitively expensive for a lot of people. I think a lot of people want som
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Yeah, it seems like he's forgotten the about enterprise segment altogether. A lot of companies have OSS but make money charging for support and/or additional features (granted, some of those additional features may not be OSS). Ex
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>> sell it for a couple bucks. I would disagree with you on that point and say charge premium pricing ($10+) if the app is good. People in general seem to think that they are entitled to a lot of support from App Store apps, even if
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> I wouldn't rely on anecdata from HN posters, who may or may not be representative of your potential market. Well, if the OP gets 100 actual responses (as opposed to secondary discussion posts), then that anecdata actually is data.
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If I were building a Mac App store app, I wouldn't rely on the App store for discovery. On the other hand, the App Store is easier for handling downloads, updates, purchase transactions and licensing. If you are doing a Mac App and wan
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I'm an ex-Mac user, and current Windows user. I'd say do Mac first. Mac users are accustomed to and way more likely to pay for apps. Also, people are way more accustomed to buying apps on the Mac App Store than the Windows App Sto
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Back when I was on Mac, I used Glyphs Mini[1] - it wasn't the cheapest, but it had a nice UI, did what I needed as a non-expert, and was much cheaper than the "full" version. [1] https://glyphsapp.com/glyphs-m
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>> Why would a company that makes its money off of selling the closest thing to a unified end-to-end experience take the risk of a dissatisfied customer because of a frustrating defect remediation experience? You make it sound like Ap
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> I think the variation in experiences is the variation of people with Cortana on. With Cortana on, I've never had a bad experience with app search in Windows 10. Using machines (such as work laptop) with Cortana off there are some
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> I've somewhat tried using tools like Everything [0] but never given them more than a few tries before uninstalling. Maybe I should do it again. I've tried a bunch of stuff too, and even bought one (Listary), but from a muscle

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