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SentientNo4

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    Comment #44513472

    It's time you stop telling people how to enjoy things.

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    Comment #35972683

    The first game to offer a trial is Dead Space which uses Denuvo. Game is also published by EA which would be at the tail of my list of consumer friendly publishers.

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    Comment #33941257

    In a world where the de-facto language is English but most people are not native speakers, it's actually really hard to compose official or neutral sounding messages. I can navigat…

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    Comment #33426713

    Location: Romania, EU Remote: Yes (location agnostic) Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Java, Spring Boot, Micronaut, ElasticSearch, Redis, Google Cloud Platform (PubSub, Compu…

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    Comment #30828571

    > Cosmetic items are not just visual though. They are real elements in the game. Yes, I really hate this argument that cosmetics are not gameplay. Visuals are a huge part of what m…

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    Comment #24809651

    > People also got lazy, why bother hosting your own website when you can just upload to Instagram ? Why bother changing your car oil when you can take it to the service? Why bother…

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    Comment #19969169

    I assume they bet on people who want to use the Chromium engine without all the Google stuff and corporate people who use macs but work with MS infrastructure (like Exchange and Sh…

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    Comment #19451544

    I don't know a single person that uses the mark as spam option to "delete legitimate emails". In fact, almost everybody just leaves those emails in their inbox after reading them. …

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    Comment #18724736

    Simple: it costs them money and resources to go through the process you described, whereas it costs them almost nothing to directly close the account and send an automated message.…

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    Comment #18068248

    In that case, all that is leaked is your email address, which is probably in every email database already. Email addresses are not terribly easy to keep secret anyway.

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    Comment #18009674

    The "new" app is actually not so new, and it was previously called Workflow ( https://www.workflow.is/ ). Looks like they bought it and rebranded it as Shortcuts.

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    Comment #17940300

    I personally believe your definition is somewhat flawed. Computers are ubiquitous; my dentist's receptionist sits in front of a computer all day, using it to manage appointments an…

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    Comment #17142684

    > Because it's there I will type stuff in the "Search" box in Finder, expecting to filter on the filename of the current folder--instead it it searches "This Mac" http://osxdaily.c…

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    Comment #16519806

    If you run a blog, yes, the global nature of Internet ensures that. If you're running a business, you must abide the law of every jurisdiction you operate in. Companies invest lots…

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    Comment #16275032

    > but I was a fan of Allen Pike's mockup of bottom navigation on the iPhone X (or, "Pro", at the time) That looks too much like how Android navigation works. Apple will never go fo…

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    Comment #15357539

    Computer software does not exist in isolation; it is built upon layers and layers of abstractions, starting from hardware and ending with your framework/language of choice, resulti…

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    Comment #15216787

    But you throw your phone at the wall once a week? I think your problem requires a different solution.

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    Comment #15104590

    I believe the battery drain would be an even better indicator. I'm sure if an app would constantly do audio processing in the background it would dramatically lower the battery lif…

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    Comment #15070744

    We don't have to entirely rely on Apple doing something. The users have a voice also. I went on and left a 1 star review, explaining that the apps tracks your location and sells th…