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by ssmoot 11y ago
I can't find benchmarks for the actual devices, but I tried to find something comparable. The Galaxy S4 appears to use the same CPU as the FireTV (the S4 is even clocked slightly higher), and the iPhone 6 Plus has the same CPU as the n
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by ssmoot 11y ago
I really dislike using my phone as a remote personally. The only time I ever did so on the 3rd Gen AppleTV was to access the keyboard if I was doing a lot of Youtube searching or something. Also, it's really nice (now that Hulu+ has fi
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Ludo (which I guess is it's own game, but I've always thought of as Parchesi) is fun if long-ish. "Sweetland" is fun for the whole family. One button control. Pure chance. The youngest gets to be "competitive"
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by ssmoot 11y ago
The rest aren't nearly as powerful as the latest AppleTV though are they? I got a Amazon FireTV Stick for my MiL. It seems like a nice device. The interface is really decent, though it pushes Amazon Videos harder than the AppleTV pushe
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by ssmoot 11y ago
+1 to the notification spam. Being @sam on github sucks sometimes. And as far as I can figure out there's no way to set watching/following/notifications to opt-in only. So every time someone who knows a "Sam" uses @
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by ssmoot 11y ago
But do you feel like the money you earn is "yours" then? I think maybe that's the disconnect. I don't feel the money I earn "belongs to me". Same for my wife. I don't set my own priorities and budgets. We
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by ssmoot 11y ago
From the article: > The PowerVR GR6500 is a mobile GPU. Its die size, GFLOPS performance, bandwidth requirements and power consumption mean that it is comparable to the GPUs already available in smart phones today. But compared with a co
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by ssmoot 11y ago
> And anyone driving their own car needs to pay for parking, plus for full insurance, registration and so on. Those costs don't go away just because you're renting. In the same way property taxes don't disappear just becau
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Not with anyone I know. But I guess we're just talking anecdata now. But yeah, as someone who grew up driving old boats without it, I would never buy a car without ABS.
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by ssmoot 11y ago
> We went from fliphone to total smartphone domination in 5 years. That's glossing over the Nokia video phone, the Treo, and all the Windows handsets. > ABS is a sideshow, not a revolution. I have no idea what you're trying
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by ssmoot 11y ago
I think it's crazy unrealistic that autonomous cars will be the majority in anything short of 20 to 30 years. The tech doesn't even exist yet. It's taken that long just to see ABS become standard equipment across 90% of vehic
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by ssmoot 11y ago
It's always a mix. And is it luck or preparedness and foresight? Either way, there's a strong argument to be made that Ford was in very bad shape, and their timing in 2006 was amazing. Had they held out much longer there might ver
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Ford was in bad shape in 2006. Does anyone even remember the Ford of 2006? With their awful Focus when everyone was clamoring for the euro version? Or the Ford 500? They didn't avoid a "bailout" because they were a strong com
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Once you add history to Slack, it's performance is just awful. One of the worst performing apps I use. It can take over a second to switch rooms. If I have to cycle through 4 rooms to get to the conversation I want, it can take second
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by ssmoot 11y ago
When it comes to diesel emissions in the US, I think that's unfair. How many other diesel vehicles are sold in the US that do not include urea injection? Even "3/4" and "1-ton" trucks required it starting 5 yea
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by ssmoot 11y ago
I think that's a very optimistic view. Full EVs are a drop in the bucket right now. The Model 3 isn't even released, probably won't be widely available for another couple years, will likely cost around $50K comparably equippe
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by ssmoot 11y ago
The Mazda 3 has an option for a regenerative braking system. I'm not really sure how that works in a non-hybrid TBH. Just used to charge for accessories, electric compressor, steering, etc so you can use a clutched alternator and minim
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by ssmoot 11y ago
I assume that's short-hand for taking a loan against your 401K (penalties mentioned as a worst-case-scenario?). Which you pay back "to yourself", with interest. I have an emergency fund because "I'm supposed to&quot
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Being offended is not the same as being bullied. School bullies are effective because their victims can't simply choose to not interact with them. That's not the case here. Unless you're an actual contributor and the offensiv
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by ssmoot 11y ago
My memory failed me. It's the $2,600 package (I had a Mazda3 S-GT earlier this year, nice car, but the sloping roof line makes the 5-door hatch frustratingly impractical for the things you want a hatchback for). Their site sucks so I c
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by ssmoot 11y ago
A used Volvo is pretty affordable compared to a new Subaru 'round where I live. Mazda has a ~$1500 tech package option on the Mazda 3 with CAS. I'm sure Subaru makes a decent car (my brother has a generation old Legacy, which seem
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by ssmoot 11y ago
As a former Ruby dev, and current Scala dev, I actually think Ceylon would appeal more to Rubyists. Syntax-wise, Ceylon is not a very pretty language at first glance. LHS types and semi-colons. Not really a lot to like from a syntax perspec
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by ssmoot 11y ago
I have a PS4. Don't play very often. But one thing you notice real quick is sloppy packaging. The Binding of Isaac needs more than 200MB? Isn't it a handful of sprites and procedural levels? I've only played for... I dunno, 3
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Seems to? I dunno. My success rate was 25% at best. Found a few contractors I really liked and kept contact info for. And had a half dozen that only used the "deals" to try to land big remodeling jobs.
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by ssmoot 11y ago
I feel like this would be much more informative if they were more specific then. It's fairly easy to avoid pink-salt. Hebrew National hot dogs don't have it. "Uncured" bacon doesn't have it. Problem solved without m
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by ssmoot 11y ago
I think the future-proofing was just a "why not?" bonus. The real goal was just to render with system fonts so the page felt as native as possible and they got to take advantage of all the person-hours put into the choice by the O
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Anecdotal, but I've never been witness to a project where requirements changed so drastically it led to failure. I've seen MANY "Agile" projects where effectively no analysis was done however. Which then reliably leads t
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by ssmoot 11y ago
As another top-level comment mentioned, depending on the sheer strength, it could be used in composite structures. Take a 2'x2' 1" thick piece of foam. Laminate some fiberglass onto both sides of it. This is basically how mod
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Never heard of MUBI before this post. Browsing some lists, it makes a ton of sense. I'd probably sign up right now if it were available on AppleTV. I don't really want to add another device to my entertainment center and not inter
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by ssmoot 11y ago
Room to raise prices in very dense areas maybe. Uber is only viable in a lot of places (like DFW) because their rates are much much lower than the per-mile Yellow Cab rates that came before. Here you had to decide wether the (not all that c

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