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by thirdsun 9y ago
I can't imagine that this is actually the reason. SMS has long been replaced by iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram and similar services. Nobody uses or values SMS these days and the carriers know it, which is why the service comes free with
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by thirdsun 9y ago
You can't compare absolute wages between the US and europe. This kind of money will buy you a way better life in europe if you consider health care, social security and overall working conditions.
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by thirdsun 9y ago
Yes, I see this issue with Netflix very often. Watching Narcos doesn't mean I'm interested in every mediocre drug-related documentary. Instead I'm looking for high quality, detailed, in-depth productions covering a wide array
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by thirdsun 9y ago
I'm rarely satisfied with recommendation engines, but I actually got good results with https://movielens.org/ - maybe worth a try for you. Also, Mubi is a great resource for films, curated by themes, topics and users.
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by thirdsun 9y ago
With that needlessly arrogant attitude you might be surprised to learn that there's lots of music, new and particularly old, rare material, that has never been available via streaming. Or might disappear one day due to ending licensing
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> The amp version of this page takes my browser 1.39 seconds to load with about 616KB of data over 27 requests. The non-AMP version takes over 10 seconds, and loads 2.2 MB over 300+ requests. AMP isn't a requirement to build small,
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by thirdsun 9y ago
By leak you mean people giving consent when presented with the list of permissions the app / quiz requested? I think the outrageous part is that app developers could get data of their users' friends - those are the people that nev
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by thirdsun 9y ago
I think Apple is needlessly re-inventing the wheel here. While their intent to analyze real world usage and optimize every detail by bringing in actual pro users is admirable, I‘d prefer them to use a simpler, more streamlined approach and
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by thirdsun 9y ago
In the article it sounded as if they actually intend to achieve modularity fort the Mac Pro with eGPUs, or peripheral hardware in general. A mistake in my opinion.
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by thirdsun 9y ago
That‘s really up to the game developer, who can (and often do) use Steam DRM, but it‘s certainly not mandatory.
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by thirdsun 9y ago
Speak for yourself. Surely you understand that there's a wide spectrum between watching a film on a laptop with built-in speakers and the true theatre experience you mentioned. Personally, I use a good projector and a high quality audi
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by thirdsun 9y ago
Don't forget the people that abuse the "mark as spam"-button as unsubscribe link. I saw that beahvior with non-techy users - it's often easier to find than the unsubscribe link and has the same effect to them.
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> It is a game FFS. It is designed to maximize enjoyment, realism is way down the list... I see this argument often, but it always fails to consider that some players, including me, get enjoyment from realism, simulation and faithful rep
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> And the solution to toxic ingredients in food is to make everyone a competent chemist who can analyze the stuff they buy? Well, you obviously don't have to be a competent chemist to buy healthy food in the same way that you don&#x
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by thirdsun 9y ago
Same here. However for me it's not only an annoyance, but since I'm on a metered connection (LTE with severe throttling after 50 GB only avoidable by buying extra volume), this is costing me real money. Opening a Bloomberg article
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> but a large group of people simply can't reach the level of critical thinking necessary to fully grasp the nudging and political weaselling they are submitted to. Isn't that exactly the kind of problem that education can solv
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by thirdsun 9y ago
I agree with you. Let's imagine all you know is handling a full-featured framework like Rails or Django - while relatively mundane and boring I'd argue that alone turns you into a very capable developer who's able to make thi
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by thirdsun 9y ago
To be honest I was not aware that Facebook invited anyone to take out that data merely asking them to delete it shortly after. That's the part that's new and offending to me. Meanwhile I tolerate political campaigns using targette
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by thirdsun 9y ago
That's one of the reasons I love Basecamp's pricing model - a flat $99/month for as many users as you'd like.
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by thirdsun 9y ago
That's one side of the story. There are still huge numbers of casual and home users who are much better off with automatic updates and the reflex to disable them due to being a minor annoyance has to go.
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> This is actually one of the major advantages retail still has over online purchases: returns to online providers require paying for shipping, and the initial shipping costs aren't refunded either. I disagree. At least here in euro
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> Here is the dirty little secret of the music streaming industry : how to present all this in a way that allows random users (not geeks) to efficiently interact with the app : nobody knows how to do that :/ I said it before and I&#
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by thirdsun 9y ago
- Hydrogen Audio for digital music library management: https://hydrogenaud.io/ - Gearslutz for music production and audio engineering: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/ - Head-Fi for headphones and port
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by thirdsun 9y ago
There's also RailsPanel which I found quite useful when I was still using Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/railspanel/gjpfobp...
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by thirdsun 9y ago
I'd like to add American Honey: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3721936/
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> But did they do the right thing by participating in a court that has no jurisdiction? Good question - I was wondering myself. What's stopping them from simply ignoring the ruling and walking away? It's certainly not Project G
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by thirdsun 9y ago
Yes, I see this argument everywhere, but I really don't like the idea of artists earning their money with cheap merchandise instead of the product itself: The music. The album should be the good to sell, not some unnecessary accessoire
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by thirdsun 9y ago
> 18 years later, and majors are quite fine. And they did literally nothing for 18 years. No investments, no development, nothing. Well, except enabling you to buy your music from anywhere, DRM-free, playable with the software of your ch
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by thirdsun 9y ago
Another avid Bandcamp user reporting in. Streaming isn't an option at all - there's just too much music missing, or it might be missing someday. However I maintain a very large collection of music with lots of obscure and rare mus
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by thirdsun 9y ago
Ok, but do those listeners earn you any significant money? Maybe compared to a traditional album sold on Bandcamp?

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