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jasonsync

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    Comment #39445403

    Perhaps rephrase the Q: Why isn't there an independent Rotten Tomatoes for x ... Rotten Tomatoes is owned by: Warner Bros. (25%) NBCUniversal (75%) If there was a Rotten Tomatoes f…

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    Comment #36699804

    Peter principle? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

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    Comment #36293751

    ... or the "Pro" label is a hint that this is not an MVP (for the masses). Perhaps over-engineered to the point that they expect early adopter feedback will provide guidance on wha…

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    Comment #34928359

    We speculate that when Microsoft bought that part of Nokia, somewhere in the process the Sync.com domain name went up for auction (which appeared to be owned by Nokia just prior to…

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    Comment #32853005

    But doesn't a lot "good tech" have nefarious roots? The internet got its start as a government weapon in the Cold War?

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    Comment #32750216

    We used this tactic as a growth hack in our early days (2016), and it worked great! It also inspires sharing on Twitter, which helps drive the recommendation flywheel: https://twit…

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    Comment #30248806

    Perhaps they start adding quality of life micro-transactions? Some of which provide enough value that a significant portion of the user-base ends up paying for something?

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    Comment #29998857

    It's their primary personal email account for everything. Mine too.

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    Comment #29998392

    A long, long time ago I registered a domain name for a close group of friends, and the 4 of us have been happily use the free Gsuite for email @thedomain ever since. From what I ca…

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    Comment #29031129

    We offer high speed email support at that level. It's in-house and fast.

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    Comment #29026835

    Looking for a Dropbox alternative? We were M1 native at launch ( https://www.Sync.com ).

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    Comment #29026823

    Looking for a Dropbox alternative? We were M1 native at launch ( https://www.Sync.com ).

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    Comment #28709198

    We once utilized an ad agency that relied heavily on "AI" to pre-test ad creative. The agency presented regional branding campaign creative with our national flag flying at half ma…

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    Comment #25257811

    The Mini in Mac Mini is no longer Mini. But it could be More Mini. Make it Mini. Storage has been external for years now. None of the upgradable internals need a large footprint.

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    Comment #25115049

    I surprised myself last week! When one of my older Macs became unresponsive due to that Apple network failure problem issue, I spent countless hours running various system cleaner …

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    Comment #23651236

    This article is bi-polar, which summarizes my feelings on the topic as well. I'm in the same boat as the author and have been trying (slowly) to move towards using an iPad full tim…

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    Comment #23639672

    I mean my 2019 Mac Mini can just barely run StarCraft (1998) ...

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    Comment #22107996

    https://www.sync.com provides end-to-end encrypted cloud storage options. Disclaimer I work there.

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    Comment #22100488

    I would suggest change "Amateur" to "Starter". Amateur definition: "sloppy, not professional looking." https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=amateur "a person who is not …

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    Comment #21703493

    > that do everything possible to defend their "turf". In my experience, some of these "little hitlers" appear to be (controlled by) larger corporate entities in some way, shape or …

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    Comment #21597433

    Yes, was looking for this post. I rarely used the markup in the previous editor, but the new editor is so buggy I keep looking for an icon to switch to markup.

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    Comment #21538506

    Sounds so simple. And you are correct. Just got back from the Genius Bar, they have to replace the entire top case because the R key tends to stick or misfire. 2 week repair becaus…

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    Comment #21524638

    The Butterfly mechanism was tainted by a number of design flaws that forced Apple to provide a soft recall: https://support.apple.com/keyboard-service-program-for-mac-n... I'm lite…

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    Comment #21081514

    The Sync apps provide end-to-end encryption, so the entire file is uploaded when it changes. Agreed differential sync can be a good thing, especially with super large files that ch…