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cool_scatter

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    Comment #38538769

    That's all fair, I definitely see the appeal (especially regarding the controllers, which is something third-party companies have struggled to get right for decades). They're a goo…

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    Comment #38538718

    Oh wow, I forgot all about that. That was a strange trend.

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    Comment #38535763

    As someone who does often play retro games on a CRT TV, this monitor wouldn't cut it either. Same reason I never understood those "retro consoles", even the official ones made by N…

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    Comment #38535608

    Any opportunity to plug SponsorBlock: https://sponsor.ajay.app/

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    Comment #32696998

    I found myself frustrated with the headache involved in getting a simple web app with hot refresh and full JIT tailwind working. One of tailwind's big advantages is its speed, so w…

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    Comment #32193304

    Is this how you talk to people in real life?

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    Comment #32193286

    > to realize that your redesign didn't help Did you miss the part where it led to a very large increase in sales?

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    Comment #32193229

    I find it hard to feel bad for him. Big N jobs are cushy but there's so much operational headache. Not that owning your own business is much better in that regard, but at least you…

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    Comment #29307945

    It uses an IR camera as a proximity sensor. A video isn't good enough. You would need AI to construct an accurate 3D model of the face based on it.

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    Comment #29307910

    Fingerprints are stored as data, and data is hashable. As someone who doesn't know the ins and outs of fingerprint readers, that sounds ludicrous. I also don't see why it would nee…

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    Comment #29150668

    >I am not on social media That's wrong. You are on social media right now.

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    Comment #28671630

    Which is the reason for the very common stance "tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment".

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    Comment #28643489

    > At best, you replace trusting your ISP with trusting a different group of unknown people with similar motivations. I'm not sure what country you live in, but in the US, all the b…

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    Comment #28512619

    I've never understood this. I think if you have a relationship with social media that elicits a desire to "quit", it's not because social media is terrible, it's because the relati…