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by slantyyz 8y ago
Same for my zenbook ux501. I find the build quality to be not far away from a 2011 15" MBP.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Gogs is also available for some NASes as a package. I have an instance installed on my Asustor NAS for my personal stuff, and it works great.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
All those links are from before Jobs' return to Apple. He matured a lot after Next/Pixar.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
With respect to Ive, I think there's something to be said of being in the right place at the right time. Steve Jobs was the rare executive who truly valued design. He did not nickel and dime on design even when it added cost. Most desi
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by slantyyz 8y ago
> Why is 3:2 better than standard 16:9? It's not better. It's usually just people projecting their personal preferences as though they should apply to everyone else. Every one is different, so as long as the individual is conte
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Notes and Excel as apps were quite stable on Win95 in my experience. On the other hand, I found anything made by Corel to be extremely fragile in the early days of Win95.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> Giving you the ability to use a computer now is not the same as it was back then and that's why Windows 95 was so important. This is only true if you lived in a vacuum. Windows 95 was important in terms of Windows/x86 use
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by slantyyz 9y ago
> The fact that Tesla can simultaneously demonstrate brilliance and incompetence in the same vehicle is not surprising, considering it is a high-tech software company trying to master complex manufacturing processes that took established
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> (I disagree with the level of his vitriol against Apple, but I appreciate his deep teardowns and clear explanations. He just doesn't seem to understand how valuable the Apple software is vs. Windows to those who need or apprec
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by slantyyz 9y ago
What you're saying is true -- sarcasm, English as a second language, etc. can heavily influence meaning and interpretation of a message. On the other hand, there are plenty of negative opinionated commentary that is given under the gui
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> These questions feel like showing up on a medical website and saying something like “I think my kidney has been hurting. How can I remove it?” While I laughed at this example for a few seconds, I also think this is a question that
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> SO has never quite cracked the "be nice" rule. From my experience, the thing with online forums, whether they be about programming, photography, coffee or whatnot is that they seem to be dominated by people who think they
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Why do they have to choose only one? Just offer options for people who don't want widescreen. Isn't the answer kinda simple? If Apple were to decide to offer non-widescreen laptops and they sold like hotcakes, everyone wo
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Aspect ratios are one thing but a number of tasks are just better in portrait. Aspect ratios and orientation are moot if you have more real estate and pixels. If you were to have something like a 55" curved 8K monitor and good
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> It's not more space. My 4:3 monitor has a resolution of 1600x1200. That's 180 lines of pixels more than a 1080p screen which is about 13 lines of text. And it's 320 less lines horizontally. What matters to you may no
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I don't think they're very popular today, but when I was a kid, I had a Radio Shack Electronic Project Kit [1], and I learned so much from it. Looks like you can still buy them though. [2] [1] https://www.flickr.com&#x2
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I think it depends on the subreddit. The ones I subscribe to aren't that bad with respect to downvotes.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
> Reddit is far worse, I would re-characterize it as "some Reddit subreddits are far worse" - because your experience can vary widely. All the subreddits I subscribe to (hobby and interest related, not news/politics) are a
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> HN is the most moderated platform I currently use, but despite its rules and frequent mod intervention, it seems to have a higher overall quality of discussion compared to what I can find on Reddit or Twitter. I find Reddit to be p
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Common among a particular age group or demographic doesn't necessarily mean it's a universal behavior.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> It’s informal yes, but this isn’t a place for formal writing. >> So it’s mostly just you. It's more likely a generational thing, so not just him/her. It's also less about formal writing than it is with familia
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by slantyyz 9y ago
> And though it was big and heavy, it had an integrated PSU. It was noisy as hell (from the fan) too.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Plex began as a fork of XBMC (Kodi's name at the time). Ah, XBMC... I still have an original Xbox that I modded to specifically run XBMC collecting dust in my spare room. It definitely has come a long way.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> I really don't think the audience for Kodi is that big. It requires you to have DRM-less, local copies of any TV or movie you want to watch, and how many people - legally - have that? This is partially true. While all the &quo
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> The sensor was 8.80×6.60 mm FWIW, this sensor is more commonly known as a 2/3" sensor, which was used in some recent Fujifilm compact cameras (X10-X30, XF1 etc) and is also commonly used for broadcast television cameras.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Yeah, I get it. The first thing I disable on any Windows machine is the "search the web" part of search. I never ever want a web search when I'm using the Windows search box. That default behavior drove me nuts. The only th
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> These self-congratulatory articles are always a bit off-putting. Are they self-congratulatory or self-promoting? Or both? Just from the headline (before I clicked through), I wondered to myself "How hard can it be? Give notice
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by slantyyz 9y ago
It works about 70% of the time on the first couple of keystrokes. On obviously easy stuff like the examples you mention, it's fine. On others, i.e. multiple apps that share the same words or prefix, like `photo`, or multiword apps wher
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I bought a license for Listary when I switched from Mac to Windows 8. It's ok, but it's not quite as clean as just hitting the Windows key with your pinky finger and starting to type away.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Sometimes the high-resolution sensor is used in place of a zoom lens (i.e., use "digital zoom" to 1:1). This way the camera's primary lens is simpler because it has a shorter focal length and there's less to break down.

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