kineticflow

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by kineticflow 14y ago
An example schedule for an Engineering student is: Year 1: School, coop, School Year 2: coop, School, coop Year 3: School, coop, School Year 4: coop, School, coop Year 5: School, school. 4 years and 8 months. Order may vary slightly.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
- Written by MG Siegler. Spoilers: he tosses his Surface into a trash can at the end. Now that's what I call quality journalism.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>Surface RT selling modestly due to limited distribution [citation needed]
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by kineticflow 14y ago
... and before anyone quotes that the Surface sold "modestly", please cite the source because the original article making rounds this morning was corrected since the quote was taken out of context.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
Probably because Microsoft was deathly afraid of being accused of "bundling".
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by kineticflow 14y ago
Coin-operated lockers are commonplace in commuter stations - this is no different. Your argument seems like a problem specific to the UK, or other countries with such draconian laws.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>Does it have bookmark/password syncing? Yes. >Does it have in browser spell-checking? Yes. >Large library of secure addons? No. >Built in PDF viewer? No. (Although, Windows 8 does have a reader app) >Quick close-able ta
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's "real-time" enough in Japan because trains in Japan are almost always on time.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
How does it work if the slides contain confidential information?
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by kineticflow 14y ago
There already were plenty of ("native") mobile and desktop clients, although they worked by parsing HTML.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
Not every website is in English.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
Regarding your WebGuard issue, I actually had the same problem (they started blocking imgur!). For me, the actual issue was that the opt-out process does not work for prepaid accounts, but no one at T-Mobile call center knows that. I had to
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by kineticflow 14y ago
Fact: starting every paragraph with "Fact:" will make you sound condescending to readers.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>On top of that, for 99% of Americans, having your package dropped off at your door is just fine. You really can't pull numbers out of a hat like that. How many people live in an apartment with no front doorman, or requires a buzz code
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>I don't see the advantage, there are UPS locations everywhere and are easy enough to get to. You must not live in Canada, or any place that isn't super urban. Also, not everyone has a car. I can imagine myself using this if I lived in
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by kineticflow 14y ago
What stops people from using Office (RT) with a mouse/trackpad and keyboard? They're making Office for ARM, not Office for touch devices exclusively. ARM doesn't imply that you have to use touch screens.
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>So yes, your sarcasm aside, American names are an order of magnitude more distinctive. I wouldn't be so quick to say that. Your data is only based on last names. Yes, it is true that Korean last names are an order of magnitude less dis
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>“Fez is a console game, not a PC game,” he states, emphatically. “It’s made to be played with a controller, on a couch, on a Saturday morning. To me, that matters; that’s part of the medium.” I get so many comments shouting at me that
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by kineticflow 14y ago
>So i'll have to give my sources to Microsoft? No, they never said that. In fact, just now (during the developer part of the presentation) the presenter mentioned that it will "just work".