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throwaway54_56

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    Comment #38417119

    I understand the problems with people using your email to register for sites. My confusion was the claim that verifying the email for some random stranger causes fewer problems tha…

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    Comment #38417084

    I have seen patents. The whole point is to share a method of doing something, in return for exclusive use of that method for a period of time. That's the theory, anyway.

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    Comment #38416962

    > Violating patents is one thing, as you're only violating the concept/idea, but the implementation is still up to you The concept/idea is not what is patented. The patent is (or s…

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    Comment #38370069

    Less of an ad and more of a "here, watch this instead"

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    Comment #38234671

    Yes, but I don't understand what problem that poses for him. After he verifies the incorrect email address, they have full functionality.

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    Comment #38233818

    I get these every so often and I'm curious what you mean my ignore at your own peril. My approach has been to ignore it and assume they will realize their mistake and reregister.

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    Comment #37730903

    24 fps is the standard for cinema because that gives the preferred look for most content, with nice looking motion blur and whatnot. High frame rate may make sense for some movies,…

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    Comment #37638486

    Here, here. I'm a bigger fellow than average, and the best size for me is the smallest one I can fit in comfortably.

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    Comment #37526581

    > “We find that three years of security and OS updates still provides users with a great experience for their device.” Terrible non-answer. It's a great experience for the first th…

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    Comment #37499498

    I'm not underestimating the impact of the switch and I am as in favor of it now as I was years ago. All else being equal, I would go for the USB-C device every time. The point I wa…

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    Comment #37486302

    The charging cable was obviously not the leading factor when the purchase decision was made. It doesn't matter much that a different platform that runs different software and has d…

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    Comment #37486208

    The lifespan of those phones remains for the people that buy them used/refurbished. There is a strong secondary market for iPhones.

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    Comment #37386831

    I moved a mile away from my old house and had to switch cable providers. I preferred the old one, but apparently I crossed the boundary.

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    Comment #37225956

    I'm not a contract expert by any means, but this is what it says on the order page: "The currently enabled features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle au…

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    Comment #36991899

    Subscription is a pretty generic term and it means the same with apple as it does everywhere else.

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    Comment #36275043

    "We" doing some heavy lifting here

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    Comment #35964086

    > It's just like a phone call from 30 years ago Disagree that it's the same at all. Sending discrete messages at your leisure is quite a different experience than a real-time conve…

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    Comment #33928229

    I think "touch based" is used here to mean knobs and buttons, not a touch screen.

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    Comment #33927937

    I was able to order a pi 4 B+ this morning by watching this site. They sell very quickly once listed so it took couple weeks before I could land one. https://rpilocator.com/

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    Comment #33381661

    If their efforts yielded minimal results, somebody else must have had success. Online discord seems to have been sown somehow.