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by thirdsun 6y ago
> I had tried it a while back stopped because anytime you go into or out of video streaming it would black out the whole screen for a second or two before starting to buffer the content. It’s particularly annoying if trying to search for
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by thirdsun 6y ago
I can‘t understand why it wouldn’t default to match the content’s frame rate. How can anyone watch content with a frame rate that doesn‘t match (or is a multiple of) the source material? Maybe modern TVs can hide those issues with interpola
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by thirdsun 6y ago
> My iPhone 5 became slower after 1-2 years. If the battery was bad, I never noticed it (no shutdowns or anything like that). So...it worked as expected? Slightly slowing the phone down is exactly what prevented your phone from potential
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by thirdsun 6y ago
It‘s not. Instead it‘s the only reasonable way to deal with degrading batteries - a limitation all manufacturers have to deal with. Apple opted to prevent unexpected shutdowns by slightly throttling performance - the correct decision for mo
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Just to clarify: Of course a 65W CPU will still consume more power due to bursts and boosts but as far as I know AMD has a hard limit of about 90W for their 65W-rated CPUs, which is reassuring. I‘m glad I opted for the 3700X during my last
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Particularly for electronics or expensive items I'd always prefer a shop specialized in the product category in question. Here in germany there's almost always a better, often cheaper alternative to Amazon when it comes to specifi
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by thirdsun 6y ago
While perfectly fair, it would still lead to unhappy customers, which aren't exactly known to be receptive to reason. While I may not always agree with Apple's approach I can understand their reasoning and don't believe that
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by thirdsun 6y ago
> I'm using Windows, OS X and Linux for 30+ years, didn't have a virus or a malware or anything else. Sure, neither did I, but Apple also has to provide a secure platform to my dad, my grandparents or any other non-tech-savvy p
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by thirdsun 6y ago
They don't even need a paywall. If they don't want to be listed on Google they can always use robots.txt. We've been through this in Germany. Publishers demanded to be paid for Google usage of results and news snippets. Googl
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by thirdsun 6y ago
A few brief points: I also grew up during Napster & Co., but it's really not that hard to recognize that albums exist and aren't really tied to a specific medium. You can buy them as digital downloads, on CD or vinyl. As someo
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by thirdsun 6y ago
This should give some perspective: https://www.vulture.com/2012/09/grizzly-bear-shields.html - you'd think that the members of a band like Grizzly Bear, while not outright rich, should be able to live comfort
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by thirdsun 6y ago
> Bandcamp takes only a 15% cut, which is better than Spotify's 30%, but the way people talk about it you would think there's a 10x difference or something. It's not about the relative cut of the services, but the absolute
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by thirdsun 6y ago
I have been saying this again and again, but not every artists is a rock band. There are countless releases that are best enjoyed in a home-listening environment and attract a mature audience that couldn't care less about t-shirts and
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by thirdsun 6y ago
I think that only applies to very few labels. Bandcamp isn't some kind of exclusively niche underground store. These days all kinds of big, critically acclaimed labels and artists sell through them.
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by thirdsun 6y ago
I absolutely hate this development. Admittedly within the genres and niches I listen to the album and the music itself is still the product, but I worry that this will change. Concerning the single format: Going through and listening to my
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by thirdsun 6y ago
I don't think that's a solution. While I really, really like Shopify as an ecommerce platform its usage alone tells you nothing about the legitimacy of the seller. Indexing all products on a certain platform just seems like anothe
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by thirdsun 6y ago
The crucial point is that such a grocery trip basically requires a car. Meanwhile the rest of the world is used to having businesses within walkable reach.
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Much simpler solution as suggested by other commenters: Simply get into the habit of riding a quick 30 minute loop on the bike before working at home. Biking or running just for the sake of exercise is a completely normal thing to do and I
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by thirdsun 6y ago
> The whole account/subscription tacked on for no apparent reason thing is highly irritating, and Garmin is actually better than most. I agree that the Garmin’s app/services should be more useful without an internet connection,
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Same here. These days Amazon has been demoted as my store for everyday items I don't really care about. I enjoy the free next day delivery and the fact that I don't need to register at another shop, but for items I care about (in
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Same here. I order quite frequently from Rapha and Wiggle and hope they'll have EU-based fulfilling in place.
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Yes. Of course the same applies not just to resellers, but also to companies properly located in the UK. I order quite frequently from Rapha and Wiggle and hope they'll have EU-based fulfilling in place.
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Do you really think that sane health care, a problem the rest of the world has figured out long ago, is nothing more than a scheme to serve corporate interests? Or on the same level as intentionally going to war based on misleading, if not
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by thirdsun 6y ago
> I don't think any of the top 1% of front end engineers I know would be able to use CSS grid without looking at the documentation. You probably don't mean it that way, but not having to use the documentation surely isn't
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by thirdsun 6y ago
I'd always prefer the honest path. You could try to explain the problem and why it might seem easier than it is in simplified terms. Also, fast and slow, hard and easy - those terms don't always correlate. Easy tasks can require a
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Why not simply explain that LOC is not a good performance measure?
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by thirdsun 6y ago
That's probably the episode they're talking about but it doesn't render their complaint less valid. It just shows the limits of streaming technology in its current form.
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by thirdsun 6y ago
Minor clarification: GPS is always included. Only cellular is optional. I know what you mean, but your wording makes it sound as if GPS was a paid feature.
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by thirdsun 6y ago
While I haven't used Hey yet, I find Notion on iOS to feel very sluggish and out of place compared to native apps. That's not a benchmark at all in my opinion.
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by thirdsun 6y ago
> Logic isn't worth much without plugins, and I expect many smaller developers not to port to ARM I don't think they can afford not to - mac users make up a signifcant share of their target audience. Furthermore there's al

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