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by yohui 12y ago
No, YouTube does have audio-only streams. You can use "youtube-dl -F [url]" to view the available formats and their codes. They're meant to be paired with the video-only streams used for some resolutions (most notably 1080p).
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by yohui 12y ago
That was due to the TLC NAND Samsung used, correct? More cost-effective but not as durable as MLC NAND (which is what most SSDs, including this new Intel drive, use). Incidentally, while Samsung did release a firmware update for the 840 EVO
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by yohui 12y ago
Unfortunately, the Linux edition only has 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, while the Windows version will have 2GB and 32GB respectively.
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by yohui 12y ago
> Nor does Mozilla do a lot of cloud business nor is it in the business of tracking users for advertizing purposes. What does that have to do with how open the devices are?
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by yohui 12y ago
And how many Windows users installed Linux? If it's easier to run Linux or use Crouton on a Chromebook, then that's an argument against the view that they're less open than Windows or iOS.
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by yohui 12y ago
Read on Ars Technica that ZDNet's Ed Bott received confirmation from a Microsoft spokesperson. ZDNet shows a chart. Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/window... ZDNet: h
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by yohui 12y ago
Couldn't users just install Windows 7 without a license key? The trial period initially lasts 30 days and can be extended up to 120 days, I believe.
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by yohui 12y ago
Their FAQ also links to a video demonstrating the parachute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y5AUHw8pRk Project Loon also has a "blooper reel" showing a... somewhat different parachute test: https://ww
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by yohui 12y ago
Yes, nandhp said "USB-powered notebook", and ja27 pointed out that it was actually the "first USB-C powered" notebook. MicroUSB is still USB.
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by yohui 12y ago
> Can you find any way to order that on their site? Yeah, the "Choose Options" menu under the "Hard Drive" section. Currently, the $999.99 and $1299.99 models can upgrade from a 128GB to a 256GB SSD for +$100, and t
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by yohui 12y ago
You can check Dell's Project Sputnik community: https://plus.google.com/communities/114528776750711434800 Based on the latest update from Project Sputnik lead Barton George, it sounds like the release is drawing n
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by yohui 12y ago
Doesn't tallavor address this in the first sentence? > In Windows, even with a filter limiting which directories to process, a FileSystemWatcher object has to examine each event and decide whether or not to call the event handler o
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by yohui 12y ago
The context is choosing folders for Selective Sync, versus synchronizing the entire Dropbox folder. This is not their TOS or something.
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by yohui 12y ago
> ban any previous Oculus Rift support in the Steam store Users would riot. Clearly Valve must look for ways to give itself an edge, but taking away features is a recipe for bad PR. I do hope Valve can pull it off, though. They deserve
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by yohui 12y ago
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by yohui 12y ago
Amazon Instant Video can also use Flash. See "Player Preferences": https://smile.amazon.com/gp/video/settings
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by yohui 12y ago
Even if Firefox were a monopoly, content owners would still desire DRM. Without the option to deliver that in harmony with HTML5, they'd just continue to use Flash, Silverlight, etc. We don't need counterfactuals to imagine a worl
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by yohui 12y ago
> I'd just like to encourage our community to continue applying pressure at all levels and in all channels to ensure that Encrypted Media Extensions doesn't continue to be a part of HTML5 standards Which just means content ow
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by yohui 12y ago
A better comparison would be Microsoft's demos for Project Natal, which eventually became Kinect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5__fZ3GsW8 There was also the other Kinect demo that featured Milo, but Molyneux probab
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by yohui 12y ago
Peter Bright suggests Microsoft should open source Trident: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/its-ti...
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by yohui 12y ago
> Also, is Google legally allowed to only release the app for android ? Are they "legally allowed"? Why wouldn't it be legal? Ask the same question with regards to Apple and iOS, and the answer is patently clear.
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by yohui 12y ago
Rather disjointed, too. Even if Google were developing robots for the military, as the author implies, it's a bit of a stretch to jump from discussing Snowden, to Boston Dynamics, and then back to the NSA within the span of a paragraph
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by yohui 12y ago
That's somewhat misleading. Boston Dynamics made those robots for DARPA before Google acquired them. After Google acquired them, they announced that they would not seek further military contracts in the future.
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by yohui 12y ago
I am not a legal scholar, but to me the intent of the latter half is clearly stated by the first half: "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".
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by yohui 12y ago
Ah, the Gettier case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier_problem
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by yohui 12y ago
I don't think there's any danger of Google taking over the Chinese market... Perhaps Yandex is more at risk, but my impression is that Yandex dominates Russia much as Google leads the US. In Russia, Google is the underdog. Firefox
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by yohui 12y ago
How does promoting Yandex and Baidu in regions where they are already dominant (Russia and China, respectively) align with Mozilla's new mission? I'm not sure how entrenching their hold on their home markets promotes user choice,
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by yohui 12y ago
> On FF33, when I type in a one-word, no-TLD hostname in location bar, it takes me to my default search engine, while asking "Do you want to go to hostname?" Do you mean after you press enter? I can't replicate your findin
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by yohui 12y ago
Since Firefox tells users to "Search or enter address" in the location bar, I don't think it's correct to tell users trying to search that they're using it wrong. The issue described by fpgaminer is a legitimate pro
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by yohui 12y ago
Well, Mozilla is Humble's partner for this bundle, receiving a cut of the revenue, and asm.js is their work. Plus, Chrome users can benefit from Mozilla's work, too, just as Firefox users may appreciate Google. It's the &quot

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