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by vondro 6y ago
Not sure why you're being downvoted, it's completely true! If the SSD in my computer dies, I can just buy another one for cheap (500GB for what, 80 dollars?). If the SSD in my Macbook/Mac Mini dies, either I can buy a new mot
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by vondro 6y ago
OLED's are very nice, but if the phone is used for example as a car navigation, then burn in might be an issue. I am very sensitive to it, to the point that I am very happy having an LCD screen.
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by vondro 6y ago
It actually makes sense for Climate Change Deniers to deny it's man made. Think about it - if it's not man made, then people don't need to adjust behavior at all since their behavior didn't cause the problem in the first
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by vondro 6y ago
I recommend episode #1513 of JRE with Andrew Huberman. They discuss, among other things, exactly how this works.
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by vondro 6y ago
Unrelated to the argument, but I can imagine Sean Connery having such problem.
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by vondro 6y ago
Oh, I see. Thanks for pointing it out. It's funny how the brain can interpret the text based on your mood and bias. Feels kinda like those optical illusions that seem to rotate in one direction, until you change your perception somehow
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by vondro 6y ago
My Huawei P10 also received security update few weeks ago. It got 2 major Android updates (7 -> 8 -> 9) and while the last update was probably the last, it got more than 3 years of SW support (released March 2017). I really think Goog
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by vondro 6y ago
My personal opinion: Of course it is a feature! I can use cheap generic headphones (Blackberry headset user here) and charge at the same time. I can use the same headphones with my computer. I can also switch between phone and computer in a
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by vondro 6y ago
>can your mom upgrade windows 7 to windows 10 without you helping her? Quite possibly, yes! I recall Microsoft pushed upgraded to Windows 10 quite aggressively at the beginning to the point it basically scheduled automatic upgrade. That
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by vondro 6y ago
Don't fall into that trap of "I cannot do anything about it if I wasn't born rich". The commenter above gave perfectly sensible and practical advice on how to reduce costs (e.g. choose your hobbies according to your inco
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by vondro 6y ago
Re: trying to get friends to install Signal Been there, but <rant>it got even harder as Signal makes it mandatory to set a PIN now which cannot be skipped, all because of future 'cloud backup' feature. It kinda stinks to me,
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by vondro 6y ago
I had a problem with Facebook use, you could call it addiction even. Because I like some features of it (instant messaging to anybody connected, events), I decided to unfollow everything and everybody. Now I have almost empty main page&#x2F
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by vondro 8y ago
Hey! I've been fighting the same battle, mainly with facebook and smartphone usage. With facebook, I unfollowed all the people and groups and pages, rendering my wall totally empty. Now I can still use it as an actual SOCIAL network -
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by vondro 8y ago
Nice photos. They represent personal view of the photographer, as every photo does in the end. One thing can be captured in many ways, showing different points of view or emotions. Enjoy one point of view from one specific place, one photo