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jamstruth

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    Comment #13596999

    Why would Microsoft behave any differently to this new API when they have not officially supported previous open attempts? Adding another standard to the mix just seems to be compo…

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    Comment #12752525

    Its not running x86 like the PS4 and XBone that's for sure. Its apparently running a Tegra chip[1]. Exact specs... well we can only guess at this point. So its more similar to an A…

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    Comment #12054141

    Something cool for BBC Micro fans. The Pi is being used to emulate a co-processor communicates via an interface available on the BBC Micro called "Tube". For more info: https://en.…

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    Comment #11769277

    Android 6 introduced individual permission prompts when they are needed.

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    Comment #11762341

    It's also much bulkier than the watch and has no screen. It has a lot less to deal with and they can carefully control what apps it's running since the user has no input.

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    Comment #11762323

    They state in the Kickstarter that the Core runs Android. So basically it runs the Spotify android app. Chances are that support could be added easily for other apps.

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    Comment #11762212

    I agree, every Android Wear watch I've seen has the same issues of lag, screen time-out time and battery life. They feel like they're trying to be something that can't exist yet be…

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    Comment #11762102

    And here I just bought a Pebble Time. Guess I know why it seemed so cheap. Hopefully this won't fragment the app marketplace and it will maintain universal app coverage across all …

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    Comment #11635448

    There is an option when you turn on Google photo to backup "High Quality" (Unlimited) or "Original" (with limited capacity, I think it uses Google Drive capacity but am not sure)

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    Comment #11572787

    The companies get to sell the distribution rights more than once. Its more chances to get a good deal for the producers of the content. Then they need to maintain this barrier so t…

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    Comment #11447510

    In this case though the statement about "privacy" is seriously marred by the marketing of the product as "Hey, find out if your partner is cheating" rather than going "Hey, see how…

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    Comment #11437365

    "I wanted to make a statement about privacy" - Charges $5 to search a "public" database. No. You wanted to make money. Get off your high horse.

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    Comment #11387697

    I seem to remember seeing a lot of commenters in the iPhoneSE announcement thread saying that they'd completely forgotten that 3DTouch even existed. It may be "smoothly" integrated…

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    Comment #11380594

    I'm interested in collecting old machines, mainly older British machines like the ZXSpectrum and BBC Micro. I have nowhere near the space required though. Then there's also the que…

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    Comment #11359455

    Definitely think there should be some way of sharing the revenue with devs, especially indie devs. Take "Life Is Strange" for instance. I watched a Let's Play on it and it killed a…

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    Comment #11351490

    Yes but they won't accidentally pull a malicious version of the tweet pretending to be the original. They'll just stop working

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    Comment #11303709

    Do you work in the High Energy Magic building of the Unseen University? Giving Hex[1] the keys to summon demons sounds like a bad idea. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex_(Discw…

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    Comment #11158060

    So I'm a little confused by this. Is he running Fedora as the main boot operating system or something on top of/beside Android (which he can switch to like an app within Android)?

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    Comment #10745040

    There was a little while when AMD had the advantage, wasn't there? Putting out 64-bit and dual-cores while Intel was struggling with the Pentium 4 architecture.

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    Comment #10552542

    Doesn't the WiFi standard already do this for devices running in the same channel? I.e. if 3 devices are on Channel 1 they will talk to each other to avoid conflicts. Hence why you…