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by slantyyz 9y ago
IIRC, I grabbed the 3DO in 1995 for around $500 CAD (and the dollar was weak against the USD at that point). This was just prior to the North American release of the Saturn and PS1. It's been so long but I think I got a Japanese import
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I bought Dropmix for my niece for Christmas. It's an NFC-based card game made by Harmonix and Hasbro. It's actually an interesting music mixing game that works really well... but.. While it comes with 60 cards, the biggest critici
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by slantyyz 9y ago
It didn't have Mario or Sonic, but looking back, you could argue that it laid the foundation of next generation of EA (like 'em or hate 'em) titles. FIFA and Road Rash were vastly better on the 3DO than they were on 16 bit ma
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Wasting the police's time is calling them to arrest the kid next door for stealing an apple from your tree. Calling the police for a large armed response for a fake domestic violence situation is on a whole other level. IIRC, domestic
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by slantyyz 9y ago
In the "old days", there used to be a big genre separation between PC and consoles. Prior to consoles being powerful enough to drive FPS games, they were generally the best way to play arcade ports, Japanese RPGs and communal mult
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Ok, if you read my post, I did say "In the case of these iPhone batteries, I think Apple's response was relatively timely." But even then, my comment is only with respect to the response being timely relative to the problem b
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Ok, now that I see a photo. I don't know if there are any vendors that have single junction box switches that control three lights. In general though, the smart switches tend to be deep and don't leave a lot of room in the junctio
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by slantyyz 9y ago
How about be more open and acknowledge problems sooner? While Apple always eventually gets to the right response, they can sometimes take too long to do so. In the case of these iPhone batteries, I think Apple's response was relatively
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I currently have 3 WeMo on/off light switches and a couple of plug in light switches. I am planning to get some Z-wave light switches for my 3-ways (Zooz seems to make the switches that work the way I want). 1) Can you clarify this que
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I found it to be a game changer with respect to smart home. Most of my stuff was underutilized, i.e., Nest, Wemo, Harmony Hub. Since I got my Echos, I've accelerated my timeline to put more smart switches throughout the house. My favor
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Nest, which never worked because I guess you have to use Heat/Cool mode on your thermostat which is dumb. I have mine on "Heat" mode right now and it works fine. I think the problem is the name of your Nest. Mine was
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Most of our use of Alexa revolves around skills. But they are all around smart home products we have like Wemo, Harmony Hub, etc. The bugbear I have (being a Canadian user) is the region lockouts. A lot of existing skills aren't ticke
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I'm so "sensitive" that watching an FPS like Doom on a 2D monitor makes me want to hurl.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Seems they have a pretty negative view of Kodi. That's hilarious because Amazon is probably the biggest seller of Kodi boxes in Canada.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I find the Alexa is less accurate at recognizing commands when music or the TV is playing.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> while an echo dot has that aux out already. It can also stream to a bluetooth speaker.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
The locations and maps are a little peculiar with Alexa for me. Granted, Echo is new in Canada, so I guess it needs time. Alexa gives me my specific neighborhood as my location (as opposed to my city). The thing is, I don't really live
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> wait, VR is freaking awesome, please don't put it in the same box. It's not freaking awesome for everyone. I feel like throwing up any time I spend more than a couple minutes on it.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
My wife rolled her eyes when I told her I pre-ordered an Echo Dot. When she actually saw it in action and found out I had only paid $50CAD for one, she told me to get another one. I've only had Echo since Dec 5, but we're both bec
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I can tell you why I chose the Echo. I'm probably significantly older than the mean at HN, and I'm starting to forget stuff. My wife and I find the shopping list and reminders very handy compared to using the phone. I also have un
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Why not consider putting a good extender placed near your balcony? I use one at my Dad's house (next door to mine) so that I can access my wifi. Our houses are brick, and in spite of that, the extender I got does a pretty good job. I&#
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I hadn't heard about that deal but that explains all the surveys recently about whether Ooma customers were interested in video as part of their security offering.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Yes, but we also have to consider that today's 60 year olds didn't grow up with the same types of video games (if at all), and video games didn't have the same profile that they do now. The 40ish players in the FGC - they all
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by slantyyz 9y ago
FWIW, there are a lot of still relevant "older" players approaching their 40s in the fighting game community.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Nah. For some reason, I just couldn't get into SFII back in the day. I didn't really start playing SF until Alpha came out. Like a lot of other people, I took a break from video games for a few years, but my interest in SF (and f
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I developed plantar fasciitis in both feet after a year of standing only (using a pad on the floor). I switched to a drafting stool to help clear it up. One heel got better after a couple of months but the other one took about six months to
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I thought the headline was amusing until I realized that I'm only a little more than a decade away from being a sexagenarian who will probably still be playing Street Fighter.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I'm partial to Fujitsu ScanSnap document scanners. It's worth paying the extra money for a Fujitsu, imo. The only catch is that you are supposed to replace the pick roller and pad assembly every year or so. I would recommend buyin
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Also let's not forget that it gave the world WebKit And let's not forget that WebKit started as a fork of KHTML and KJS.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
But how do they display remaining battery life? %? Range in distance?

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