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jimbobjim
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Comment #47995335
Those are out of spec though so should be used with caution.
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Comment #46589981
The blank cards they sell are great. We borrow audio books from the library and I rip them to a card, you can reuse them as well so don’t need to buy too many. I also put radio str…
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Comment #41010180
I’ve had an issue with it before in my work MacBook. It would just keep causing the system to hang, making the computer unusable. Had to get IT to remove it.
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Comment #35375940
The Phillips bulbs I bought have a ridiculously high failure rate. About half have failed within 6 months. Much worse than the supermarket own brands, or cheaper ones from Amazon.
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Comment #22881979
I’d never used a case until I got the iPhone 8 and had to buy one because of how slippery it is! Unless you put it on a perfectly flat surface it will just slide off on to the floo…
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Comment #19053748
You’re able to create custom apps for businesses where you can distribute to selected businesses, although you still need to go through the App Store approval process. You can also…
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Comment #18629863
There’s a toggle for it in one of the menus, the status bar shows when you hover over a link.
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Comment #18259591
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there are any cases of people with brain injuries speaking languages they couldn’t speak before. And any foreign accent is a case of some…
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Comment #14903143
The reason the LinkedIn app is so big is the number of frameworks they use. 87 frameworks accounting for 248MB of the 277. The swift runtime takes up about 20MB, and something call…
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Comment #7109648
This is exactly what happens to me when the batteries around 10-20%. If I leave it for 10 minutes it will switch on again and the battery isn't drained, it usually switches off whe…
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Comment #6572249
I thought Nokia 'owned' the squircle http://interuserface.net/2011/06/own-a-shape/
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Comment #6225020
Hyperventilating actually reduces the amount of CO2 in the body, a build up of CO2 is what creates the need to take a breath. (One of the few things I remember from scuba diving).
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Comment #5304385
That's what Apple call them now, like it or not.
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Comment #5109551
I like how they manage to quote themselves from a TechCrunch article. "Bringing Data Together" says their CEO.