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Spooks··on Netflix Replacing Star Ratings With Thumbs Ups and Thumbs Down
It would be neat if they gave each user a set number super thumbs (obviously with a better name). You can use them so many times per month or year. I think month would be ideal, but if they went with the year route, make it possible to remove your super thumb like to use it on another movie.
Spooks··on “Netflix tax” may be coming soon to your bill
wouldn't they go off the billing address if they could not determine it in another way?
Spooks··on Warning: 2016 MacBook Pro is not compatible with Linux
Dual booting maybe?

Though I do agree that there are better laptops for cheaper.

Spooks··on Spotify excessively writing to drive
well yes, my comment was more hypothetical relating to this story (though it will wear out your SSD quicker).

In the terms of lets say something cause your SSD to burn out within a year, with a known bug. I feel the company the software bug should be held responsible.

Spooks··on Spotify excessively writing to drive
This is pretty interesting. Should software that destroy someone's physical items be handled the same way as hardware destroying something physical (Samsung Note 7 for an exaggerated example).
Spooks··on Surface Book – It’s Easy to Switch from Mac to Surface
It seems like the new ones have 13.5 inch screens.

https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/Surface-...

Spooks··on What the Heck Is Happening at Apple?
But the new MacBooks are not upgradable (like the previous models). Will 256 GB SSD and 16 gig RAM be enough in 8 years? It will really depend on what you use your laptop for, but for most professions I would say no.
Spooks··on New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore
I think the trade off of small bezel for the camera being at the bottom really justifies it. I am commuting and bringing my laptop around more than I am on the camera.

If I am skyping and the person I am skyping with has upward view of me, I don't really see an issue with that.

Spooks··on MacBook Pro
probably a valid reason for all that negativity...
Spooks··on MacBook Pro
yeah, 256GB is much too small for a premium laptop, I understand they are trying to push their cloud storage, but programs and files are getting bigger and bigger these days and storage is pretty cheap.
Spooks··on Xiaomi Mi Air 13.3in Notebook Review
I was wondering how the touchpad/keyboard compares to the mac?

The reviewer said it works great in comparison to many other Windows touchpads, just wondering how it stacks against mac

Spooks··on Inside the Chicago Police Department’s secret budget
I was just curious how your insurance handled this? I would guess they would probe an investigation, but maybe not. At least the police would have all the records of the items stolen. Though the family items would be terrible to lose
Spooks··on I quit my job, bought an army truck, and spent 19 months circumnavigating Africa
Well I am not sure how comfortable they would be to live in for 19 months...
Spooks··on iPhone 7
"It's European!"... lots of people carry bags, so I wouldn't say weird. I just don't want to start because of a phone.
Spooks··on iPhone 7
so you would rather 5%+ more battery but have a separate device to charge at more frequent times?
Spooks··on iPhone 7
my pockets are going to be very full with all these things I need to buy/carry around for my iPhone
Spooks··on Highly Available Block Storage
can we see some more info on your benchmarks? what was the performance difference? Kind of need to backup your statement
Spooks··on See the things you’ve searched for, visited, and watched on Google services
I wish they made it even easier, a delete all would be great, or a delete between these dates.
Spooks··on Home Depot Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Visa, MasterCard
We obviously don't hang around the same people/age group. There is always at least one person in my circle of friends that needs a charger.

Obviously 90% of the time a phone could be used (though I don't agree it's faster than credit card tap, roughly the same speed) and a card can be used as backup, but it makes ditching a credit card completely not really an option.

Spooks··on 65M Tumblr Passwords for Sale on TheRealDeal
also, if for some bad reason your Tumblr password is the same as your email, make sure you change that as well. (as they have emails of the accounts)
Spooks··on React Native for Visual Studio Code
what are you going to end up using?
Spooks··on Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone battery life
I definitely prefer the m.facebook.com over the actual app, I haven't used the app for a while, so it would be unfair for me to judge it now. But I have no need to download the official app.
Spooks··on Whatever happened to the laptop computer? (1985)
Well the author was correct about the average person not bringing it fishing. I guess it's still a niche thing.
Spooks··on Technology Will Kill White-Collar Jobs
Not sure that statement is true (I actually think it's almost the opposite). For example if programmers are replaced, who will create the programs for the machines? I imagine even after the first wave of robot overloads, they will want a version 2.0.

If you are a web designer, your connection is through a computer. Not sure robots can be creative (not yet anyways)

If you are a sales person, your connection will be through a phone (I don't think we are anywhere close to where a computer can make a judgement call based on speaking cues)

Spooks··on Raspberry Pi Zero: the $5 computer
why not build a htpc or an arcade box? very straight forward and you'll have more to talk about when your friends come over!
Spooks··on Microsoft’s Very Good Day
A lot of the people that were there when practices were at their worse are no longer there.

I don't think I would be able to use any form of technology if I was to hold a grudge for every large company that performed some sort of bad practice, with slave labor to privacy issues.

Luckily people that perform these bad practices will eventually get ousted and replaced, that's when I proceed with caution.

Spooks··on Show HN: Mockups fixed by making collaboration effortless, built with React
How did you find the process of working with React for this project compared to other js libraries
Spooks··on Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons
Here is a list of who voted yea or nay.

http://www.parl.gc.ca/HouseChamberBusiness/ChamberVoteDetail...

I love how the liberals were saying they are for the bill but it requires some modification, and yet they all vote for it anyways.

Spooks··on Bill C-51 passes in House of Commons
Sorry if I am wrong, but doesn't he have very little experience in politics? And didn't he partially support bill C-51
Spooks··on The Deadly Global War for Sand
"page down" is working for me, the last sentence up to just below the floating header.
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