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Jaecen

159 karma · joined July 5, 2011

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Jaecen··on Gmail was down
Gmail, Youtube, Drive, etc. are working in Oregon.
Jaecen··on Visual Studio 2012 RTM Available to MSDN Subscribers
The site is really slammed right now.
Jaecen··on Apple is in danger of being boring
Simple extrapolation indicates every three to four years.
Jaecen··on Back up your precious files on ordinary paper
EM would not erase optical media like CD's either.
Jaecen··on Beware the Nocebo Effect
The last sentence: "Words are the most powerful tool a doctor possesses, but words, like a two-edged sword, can maim as well as heal."

I would really like to get one of those swords that heal on one side and maim on the other. Think of the possibilities!

Jaecen··on HTC wins swipe to unlock patent dispute against Apple
Apple didn't invent the touch paradigm, not even for "swipe to unlock", as demonstrated by the Neonode N1 mentioned in the ruling.
Jaecen··on Yahoo Axis
Automatic syncing of bookmarks and open tabs (among other things) is available on desktop and Android versions of Chrome. It's a feature I use frequently.
Jaecen··on The iPad Is Unbeatable
You're right, I stated the claim wrong. The correct claim is "None of Apple’s rivals has managed to even match the iPad’s battery life." On that count, they are, for practical purposes, incorrect. Additionally, Engadget's test have shown The Galaxy Tab 7.7 significantly besting the iPad 2 in battery life (http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/07/samsung-galaxy-tab-7-7-re...).
Jaecen··on Mika Mobile ends Android development
Perhaps Mika Mobile's problem is that they are trying to provide support like a large company without the resources to do so. I certainly applaud their effort, but would it have been more economical to simply tell people that they can give a refund and that's it?

It seems a shame that they're giving up their position in the Android market and abandoning some hard-won experience.

Jaecen··on The iPad Is Unbeatable
A couple easy points:

They claim it can't be beat on price, but, due to the varying size and features of other tablets, that's simply not true (see Asus' MeMo 370T http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-57393947-64/google-asus-to...).

They claim it can't be beat on battery life, but reviews have shown that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Transformer Prime both come within a few percentage points of usable time. Certainly close enough for practical use.

Jaecen··on Headphones for Hackers
Surely you can't argue with Priceonomics' "objective indicator"!
Jaecen··on Headphones for Hackers
Any debate about the quality of various headphones is pointless, as Priceonomics has already indisputably answered that question among the models listed.

If you remember back to their post about phone price deprecation (http://priceonomics.com/phones/#cell-phone-depreciation), you might recall their statement that, "... we firmly believe that resale value is the best objective indicator of product quality." In this current article, they state that "... the popular Bose QuietComfort 15 stood out as having the best resale value."

There you have it: incontrovertible proof that the Bose QuietComfort 15 is the highest quality headphones in the sample set.

Jaecen··on Samsung airs $10 million anti-iPhone ad during Super Bowl [video]
I know. I hated the part where they had that chick throwing a sledgehammer at a giant screen.

Er, wait, maybe that was somebody else.

Jaecen··on The Humble Bundle for Android (and Mac / Windows / Linux)
I assume you're talking about the Anomaly icon, which is the only one without gameplay (and is also the third icon, but maybe that changed). I'm not sure why you'd base your opinion of a game, let alone the continued success of the bundle and the indie game industry itself on the content of a single video link. The Humble Bundle continues to provide what it always has, and the game it promotes continue to be created by small independent studios, distributed DRM free on a large number of platforms. The choice of using a cinematic rather than gameplay video hardly impacts these other factors.

If you're concerned about the game itself, it's been out for a while on a number of platforms and is well-reviewed, so finding gameplay videos should not be difficult.

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