ExpendableGuy

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by ExpendableGuy 3y ago
Thank you. I will fight this new trend of 100% Slack/Teams/Etc. as long as I possibly can. Email provides a barrier between you and the work -- email isn't a real time form of communication. Chats, meanwhile, imply immediate
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by ExpendableGuy 3y ago
Blu Ray is really going through a renaissance. After extra features were stripped from releases in 2010s, boutique Blu Ray labels have made buying movies on physical media fun again.
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by ExpendableGuy 3y ago
I'm sure the HN audience already knows this, but Tubi is basically an ad-supported version of what Netflix was back in the late 2000s / early 2010s: a handful of marquee movies and TV shows with a ton of filler and diamonds in the
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by ExpendableGuy 3y ago
The golden age of streaming is long over. Pricing is going up, options are going down, and we're arguably in a worse place now than we were when cable was all but required.
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by ExpendableGuy 10y ago
Worth noting -- two of the startups mentioned in this article, Homejoy and Washio, are closed. Also, services that delivery groceries, cooked meals, or laundry/drycleaning are not new -- they were just given a facelift for a different
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by ExpendableGuy 10y ago
So Comcast is proposing charging customers $9.95, minus a $2.50 credit, for using a Roku instead of a second set-top box? What is incentive to the consumer for using a Roku instead of a second set-top box then?
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by ExpendableGuy 10y ago
This issue is murky for two reasons: 1. The Yes Men is assumedly not paying to promote this video (so it's not "an ad"), 2. The message is not electioneering. We're used to seeing, "paid for by" and "I ap
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by ExpendableGuy 10y ago
Aren't DVDs still a major profit-winner for Netflix? Last I checked 5 million people were still subscribed to receive DVDs, and their subscriptions were more profitable than streaming-only ones. DVD subscriptions, however, are declinin
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by ExpendableGuy 12y ago
So I logged into eBay for the first time in over a year to change my password, and noticed that eBay edited my reply to a buyer's feedback. Has anyone else heard about eBay doing this? I have no way to edit it back to the way it was fr
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by ExpendableGuy 12y ago
Bummer. I really liked Cover. Based on "Cover will remain available in the Play Store while we focus our attention on our work at Twitter," it's unlikely that it will receive updates, and may get pulled altogether soon.
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by ExpendableGuy 12y ago
Reminds me of this: http://youtu.be/IC3W1BiUjp0 .
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
Beggar Prince was one of my favorite games of the 2000s. I played the hell out of that game. I miss the SNES versus Genesis debates on the playground.
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
I laughed. At one of the song's dramatic points, it showed a picture of a fork that you can split in half to become chop sticks.
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
Just thought I'd share this for context: > "It takes about 10-15 years to develop one new medicine from the time it is discovered to when it is available for treating patients. The average cost to research and develop each succ
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
It's easy to say now that this mass Myspace migration happened, but its downfall was much more than Facebook showing up. e.g., It had a ton of technical issues, and it got really ugly / unwieldy. If you're interested, the boo
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
"Social" isn't a fad, but channels dedicated to being "social" might be. This is pure conjecture, but I think a major component of Twitter's success was that participating did not require you to use an official
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the average user buying $1 apps on a whim is a different audience than the user willing to spend >$5 on an app. I've purchased $5+ apps that I've binned after not being impressed (even after be
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
It's very hard to imagine how an iWatch or Apple TV would be perceived as "revolutionary" like the iPhone, iPad or iPod were. They're not new ideas. Even if the iWatch and Apple TV are the best choices in their field, I
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
Seeing as how the HDTV in my bedroom is about 7 years old and only has two HDMI ports right next to each other, I'm willing to bet I'm going to need that when my Chromecast arrives Saturday.
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
I ordered mine on the play store on 7/24, but haven't received a promo code yet -- anyone know if I'm still owed one? I know Amazon is giving out codes to people who ordered before 5:31 pm PST on 7/25. Honestly I'm
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by ExpendableGuy 13y ago
I was buying it until the part about him catching a VP in the act.