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by thirdsun 8y ago
You are making quite a lot of assumptions prematurely presented as facts, although they may not apply at all to the person you're talking to. Personally, while I don't doubt that the Motorola works fine for you, I wouldn't ev
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I‘d expect an NVMe SSD to be about 5 times as fast as a traditional SSD like the T5, at least in theory. However as an owner of the T5 I can assure you it’s still very performant and ideal for large media storage. If peak performance is a r
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by thirdsun 8y ago
They do. Apple calls this technology ProMotion and it’s listed in the specs.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Yes, that's how I see and use Facebook as well. It's there if someone not close enough to have my phone number wants to reach me, but other than that I simply don't open and use the app, let alone post content. It's just
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by thirdsun 8y ago
GOG releases often includes compatibility and even unofficial community patches. You can generally assume that even their old games will work on modern computers.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> Most programmers I know tend to be handy in some way, whether that's fixing their own cars (myself), wood working, or some other skill which requires them to think through problems and work with their hands. I can relate to that.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> Not updating the os does not make a phone work less well, it simply prevents you from using new features, which is fine. Speak for yourself. I expect my devices to be updated and enhanced by new features, which don't require new h
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I like the idea as well, but I think the benefits should be dedicated to the cities and areas you actually grew up in, not a region of your choice. It takes a village to raise a child. Well, if that village turned you into someone who lives
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Additional advice: Bring some headphones and listen to great music or continue your favorite podcasts. Time will fly if you add a soundtrack to your walk.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Yes, at this point I'm considering cancelling my Prime subscription since I noticed that for many product categories I frequently buy (audio equipment, HIFI, biking gear, clothing, hardware) Amazon is a subpar option. - Product explora
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by thirdsun 8y ago
To be fair, a good amount of the information outlined on government websites is actually pretty dense, complex and requires resources from different branches of the government - it's a difficult task and easy to drown the user in a sea
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I agree, I think it's the gold standard when it comes to accessible, performant, lightweight and functional design systems. It quickly provides information and solves real everyday problems for a wide range of people from all walks of
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Sounds like you used it as a replacement for a sane queue system. Rdio had it and it allowed to persistently queue songs, albums or even playlists across any rdio client.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Not quite as configurable as Foobar, but on Mac I always recommend Swinsian: https://swinsian.com/
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> The way Grooveshark was slaughtered was despicable Well, maybe they should have licensed the content they offered. They streamed unlicensed music - what did they expect?
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> FYI, for others reading. You can watch the abacus documentary in the link below. *unless you live outside the US.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
When someone recommended DeepL to me I almost didn't take it seriously expecting mediocre translations that aren't bad, but hardly usable without heavy editing. However after trying it I'm very impressed with its results and
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by thirdsun 8y ago
On a sidenote: Please be aware that they didn't start free - I used them before their current pricing tiers and happily paid about about 25 € for their entry- or mid-level tier. Sometime after the new plans kicked in, I realized that I
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> Being good at writing helps me transmit knowledge and instructions across time and space to other people, helping them understand faster and better. It also saves me time; I work with people who genuinely struggle to express precise te
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Craigslist might be a better comparison.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Not exactly what you asked for, but for what it's worth Firefox will happily accept and open a list of URLs that you drag and drop from your text file into the browser. I just tried it.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Yes, that's my experience as well. I listen to and discover a lot of obscure, often rare music and Shazam isn't very helpful in these niches. Although that might be expected. On a sidenote: It's surprising that Google isn&#x2
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I wish. While I could see dedicated apps for the conversion and tagging tasks (on macOS this is done by apps like XLD[1] or Meta[2] respectively), the ability to download, extract and move files requires a good, powerful, ideally first-part
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by thirdsun 8y ago
It is. One feature I'd like to see added is a separate history for every container. Currently the global history is shared between all containers.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
As a daily and happy user of an iPad I think these devices still have a long way to go before they become a desktop replacement. Let me illustrate this by outlining a bunch of small tasks I, as a music collector, am confronted with several
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I use their calendar with various apps like Fantastical or Timepage. It's standard CalDAV and should work with any decent calendar app, including defaults like Apple calendar.app.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I just read some of his other posts - entertaining writing style.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I'm sure you already know about this gem, but just in case: https://github.com/voormedia/rails-erd
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I agree and I'm surprised potential data models aren't as often discussed and debated as the choice of technology and stacks. At least to me considering and planning a lasting data model, despite knowing that it'll change, is
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> But that's not true. The problem being described is not caused or implied by a one-to-many relationship between customers and addresses. The actual problem is that the address table has unique constraints defined in such a way tha

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