SmellyGeekBoy

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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
It's advertising. Smack bang in the middle of the OS you paid hundreds for.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
One of the many reasons why I hate Windows 10. Just get out of my way and let me use my computer how I want. I'd put on my "smug Linux user" hat but to be honest my distro of choice (Ubuntu) has Amazon search integrated by de
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
This comment seems to be the mail order equivalent of the "they can't legally make you stay after the bell rings in class" kid at school.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
It's mind boggling that they continue to make life so difficult for paying customers when it's possible to go to a site like Pirate Bay and get a bit-perfect rip in less than 15 minutes without Hollywood making a single penny. Jus
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
Ubuntu takes all of about 10 minutes to install a full blown desktop and Just Works™ based on my recent experience. Not to take anything away from the amazing tweakability and customizability of Arch, but the target audience is completely d
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I bought a DEC MicroVAX on ebay a few years ago and the seller lived in Swindon. I passed through the Magic Roundabout on the way there and the way back (during rush hour). Having never encountered anything like it before it was... Well, I&
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
To be fair this exact behaviour has been happening since pretty much day 1, Google no longer being run by engineers is a very recent development.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
The Fastmail app is very good, for example.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
Not just the constant notifications but it even shows messages on the lock screen!
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
Seems you have your answer right there. Time to get hacking!
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
8bitdo make some really nice gamepads.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
To be fair I had to use this very process to book a hotel in the Caribbean just last year - a hotel owned and operated by a British company!
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
You have fake passport and credit card scans? I'm not sure you should admit that on a public forum.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I played the original to death "back in the day" so I'm really sad to hear that they went down this route. Probably also explains why nobody talks about Angry Birds anymore.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
Why assume they're using non-renewable energy? These resorts are in mountainous regions where hydro, wind etc are all very viable options.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
To be fair, Windows 10 does this.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I'm not sure about the others but Minecraft's code was notoriously bad for years, but it didn't seem to hold it back.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
> They did not have any disadvantages besides the high price iPhones couldn't run Flash (which powered all of the interactive content on the internet at the time), couldn't send MMS (which was the way everyone shared photos at
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
> And honestly, if you don't keep data of stuff you host on a server provider like this, you kind of get what you deserve... While I agree that everyone should have their own off-site backups, this does come across as incredibly cra
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
They put a rude word on their homepage, that makes them edgy and cool and anti-corporation!
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I'm not sure why you've been downvoted for this. I thought the same. I read it as: "This type of incident is extremely rare in the web hosting industry, because apparently the overwhelming majority of our competitors aren&#x2
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
Don't tell me, you could have done it yourself in your basement in a couple of hours? Well done.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I play a lot of retro games, so why not 4:3!?
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
This doesn't even make sense, Chrome is non-free to begin with.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
What makes you think it's being treated as insignificant? It's all over the news.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
> it's too late for FF to catch up to Chrome now As someone who's been using FF since the Netscape Navigator days, I remember when people were saying similar things about Chrome and IE. Never say never.
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
> I only need to use uBblock Origin for Youtube (whitelisting only that), since Youtube became nearly unusable due to the massive amount of ads. Depends how much you're using it, but as it's pretty much become the primary sourc
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
> it's not particularly clear what's new here other than the consumer branding Pixel density
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
Yes they are. I have worked with one of these and it looks incredible in person. The edges are seamless (but incredibly fragile).
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by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
I know of a few people who have purchased "The Wall" for home installations. Never underestimate oil money.

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