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by veridies 14y ago
A bit late, but... I actually pay for Netflix. It's a great, simple experience. I paid for Hulu Plus too for a month, and found the commercials unbearable (especially since, on my connection, it would stop to buffer whenever it went to co
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by veridies 14y ago
They're okay with a demo (as they say in the Kickstarter FAQ) and you can sideload apps. That's not anti-freedom.
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by veridies 14y ago
If a Steam console does come out, we'll get to see that for ourselves.
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by veridies 14y ago
I own a 32" TV 720p that I bought for only about $230. It's nice to be able to recline on a couch and watch shows with a larger screen. I watch everything from a computer running XBMC, though.
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by veridies 14y ago
I've been comparing this to the GP2X, which I loved. Great emulators, great ports, and some fun original games, with no need for a giant userbase. That coupled with a media center would be entirely worth it to me.
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by veridies 14y ago
But it's intrusive as hell. It takes me out of the world of the TV show and kills the immersion. I would much prefer, for instance, just watching a five-minute short film / ad at the beginning and then getting to watch the whole show.
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by veridies 14y ago
How would Padmapper be using "government violence" when they successfully counterargue Craigslist's attempt to use "government violence" against them, resulting in no damage to Craigslist?
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by veridies 14y ago
Absolutely true. But being able to invoke both would make the software incredibly powerful.
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by veridies 14y ago
It would be great if it would allow R functions; it's a much better engine for stats than Sage.
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by veridies 14y ago
I want to see something like this for music; I hate how badly sorted most public music trackers and search engines are. What.cd is fantastic, but I hate that they're private and don't use them.
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by veridies 14y ago
But if you offer a link to any Watch Instantly-available film in the same frame as the torrent links, I think that would be great. Same with Amazon's and YouTube's streaming movie offerings.
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by veridies 14y ago
This is beautifully done and rather well integrated. But it needs a few things to be better; I need to be able to see the codec, instantly. If I'm stuck with a DVD rip, there's a huge difference between 600MB DivX and 600MB H264. As for d
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by veridies 14y ago
Showed it to my sister, who is much more interested in shoes than I am. She disliked the small size of the icons, and she had trouble finding the brands of shoes she was interested in. She also wanted to be able to more easily sort by sty
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by veridies 14y ago
It does have something with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a fully digital currency which isn't guaranteed by any bank or company. It requires its users to be way, way safer with their computers than almost anyone is.
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by veridies 14y ago
This is the biggest problem for me; I'd love one of these if I had stable OS X or Linux software to run it.
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by veridies 14y ago
Similar to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#Euphemism_treadmill , but in a positive way. I can't think of any other non-negative examples.
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by veridies 14y ago
Admittedly, and I avoid it as much as possible. But while pretty much everyone assumes that anything they do online will be public, they don't assume that anywhere they go will be public too. Passive browsing has a very strong expectation
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by veridies 14y ago
Ugh. The feature has no purpose besides notifying people you're ignoring or haven't yet gotten around to. Not to mention that it's way too close to OKCupid's design where you can see visitors; I'd like to browse with some semblance of pri
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by veridies 14y ago
Yeah, but off of overpriced ad revenue with relatively low profit to the purchasers. It's very likely because of how popular and new Facebook is that companies are trying to figure out whether they can use it effectively. But the novelty