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by slantyyz 9y ago
The 2016 model that I have has an aluminum chassis and glass screen. It's pretty much like my 2011 unibody MBP except that it's a little wider (because of the numpad). AFAIK, the 2017 model is just less wide but same build.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
I have an ASUS Zenbook UX501VW laptop, and the build/construction is very similar to my old 2011 15" MBP (unibody). My model has a numeric keypad (but no End key, wtf) but its successor for 2017 got rid of the numpad.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> butterfly keyboards are amazing once you get used to it Curious - what makes them so "amazing"? Speaking only for myself-- going back to the 80s, there has only ever been one keyboard that I've ever used that I could
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Pointless unless you’re a data entry clerk. A lot of heavy Excel users would disagree. You might make the argument that using Excel is like being a data entry clerk, but having actually having had a job as a data entry clerk in the
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What the (Canadian) Supreme Court’s Google V. Equustek Decision Does Not Do(michaelgeist.ca)
1 points by slantyyz 9y ago|0 comments
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by slantyyz 9y ago
That really depends. I've seen a lot of contract engagements where part of "the work" is just being there (or available) during standard business hours (e.g., 40h) regardless of whether you're doing anything. So dependin
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Since we're talking about a case in Canada, it's also worth noting that the RIAA is also trying to exclude "fair use" from the renegotiation of NAFTA. http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2017/06/naftacop
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by slantyyz 9y ago
The multi-core matters more if you're going to call a laptop "pro", imo.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> No. He is working remotely and the employer is paying for getting the job done. To me, the test of whether he is being paid for results or time is whether he is paid more if the work required more than the 40 hours.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Canadian law professor Michael Geist has a pretty good summary/analysis of this case: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2017/06/global-internet-takedown-...
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Slightly related, Facebook lost a case in Canada over a forum selection clause in their standard online contract (that any legal actions have to be brought against FB in California). [1] http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2017/
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> I really want to switch away from Mac, but there doesn't seem to be anything that fits in the intersection of "easy to use UNIX GUI" and "well built hardware. Perhaps you should explain why you want to switch
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Call me a snob, but I consider anything suffixed with a U to be an ultrabook class processor, and anything with an M to be something worse. On the Windows side, those high end U CPUs are typically put in laptops that the manufacturers thems
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Real question: Why would you choose one of these devices over any other pre-existing laptop that can run Linux? Is it the LTE modem? Is there even good Linux support for something like the Qualcomm 835 LTE modem right now?
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> The iPad Pro is already neck and neck with the MacBook Pro A nitpick with the use of "the" with Macbook Pro. I think you need to qualify that as the 13" Macbook Pro. The 13" models use ultrabook class processo
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> On one hand I'm not convinced that ARM chips outperform Intel. What does "Intel" even mean? Intel offers such a wide array of chips, from bad to great. If we're talking about the low end of laptops on sale today
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Even then, for the "everyone who already uses Linux/BSD/etc.", I would posit that most of them are probably using Macs and/or aren't waiting for "The Linux Desktop" to arrive. For a huge swath of *nix
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by slantyyz 9y ago
All fair points, although I do have one nitpick: >> the "year of the Linux desktop" that everyone's been hoping will arrive for at least a decade Everyone might be a little hyperbolic, considering that the majority of
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> I just feel like this project has lost track of priorities I've been following the development of Haiku (OpenBeOS) on and off since BeOS got discontinued -- for something like 16 years now. While the effort and progress of the
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Ontario passed laws saying foreign buyers have to pay an additional 15% tax. And foreign buyers were a large chunk of sales. The latest numbers say sales are down something like 50% or more. Prices will start to sink soon. If price
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Seems to get swept under the rug. But Toronto's 'bubble' is not inside a bubble. I live in Markham (suburb bordering the north end of Toronto) -- houses here get sold over asking within days of the listing, and most
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by slantyyz 9y ago
Banana Republic/Gap/Old Navy does pretty much the same thing and there's no limit on the items you can order. You an also return to a local store as well. My wife loves them because the stores near us don't have a huge
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> Just because they can legally have that name doesn't mean they should keep it. And there's no business reason to keep it either, imo. Changing the name means you've got an entire fan base who needs to buy new merch.
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by slantyyz 9y ago
It begs to ask the question "who is the word really disparaging to"? I grew up in Canada in the 70s, and was called all sorts of epithets, and "slant" isn't even remotely the most disparaging of the things I've
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The Konami exodus(asia.nikkei.com)
391 points by slantyyz 9y ago|291 comments
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by slantyyz 9y ago
That word existed well before Pulp Fiction. From Dictionary.com: >> Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who limps or is lame. >> Origin >> An Americanism dating back to 1920-25; origin uncer
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> 1. Don't pre-purchase games >> 2. Wait a couple of weeks for real gamer reviews I know it's hard to do if everyone you know's playing the latest hotness, but if you can wait a few months, you can usually get th
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> the average consumer doesn't know that Trader Joe's hasn't decided to open a store in Canada. Honestly, the average consumer in Canada doesn't even know what Trader Joe's is (well they probably do now, sinc
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by slantyyz 9y ago
TJ's clearly had a opportunity - there's pent up demand for TJ products in Canada, but instead of investing in a couple of satellite stores in Canada and some bilingual labeling, they chose to spend their money on lawyers and laws
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by slantyyz 9y ago
>> consumers might actually be confused by the name Only problem is those consumers are in a different country - one where Trader Joe's does not operate. I would bet Pirate Joe's would have happily closed down if Trader J

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