thewordis

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by thewordis 7y ago
It appears they get their money from subscriptions, yes. There aren't any ads in the magazine. They also do some classes on how to make infographics and write articles.
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by thewordis 7y ago
I subscribed to Delayed Gratification quarterly for this purpose. https://www.slow-journalism.com/
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by thewordis 12y ago
I use Secure Shell ChromeOS app to connect to a DigitalOcean machine for all my terminal stuff. Works surprisingly well. The default ChromeOS terminal is far too restricted for me, and Dev Mode has quite a few hurdles. The Browser is just l
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by thewordis 12y ago
I dropped Dropbox because of better pricing elsewhere for a commodity service.
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by thewordis 12y ago
I think they're doing a wonderful job of moderating the comments and submissions, as well. Duplicates are down, and discussions seem to be trending toward the informative and useful.
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by thewordis 12y ago
Fire TV lacks iTunes and Google Play. Apple TV lacks Google Play and Amazon Prime Instant Video. Chromecast lacks iTunes and Amazon Prime Instant Video. And now we have a million and one ways to watch Netflix.
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by thewordis 13y ago
I propose musicians and artists become salaried positions. They get an office, instrument, materials, and a manager, jam rooms and display rooms instead of conference rooms, etc.
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by thewordis 13y ago
From the Penny Arcade blog on this incident, specifically Gabriel: http://www.penny-arcade.com/2013/09/04/some-clarification "So let me start by saying I like the Dickwolves strip. I think it’s a strong
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by thewordis 13y ago
I tried using a week's worth of Ensure Complete as a meal replacement. It didn't provide satiation.
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by thewordis 13y ago
I bought a week's worth of Ensure Complete and was unable to sustain any sort of meal replacement plan on it. Each drink only seemed to alter the 'flavor' of my hunger rather than sate it in any way.
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by thewordis 14y ago
According to another blog post, you can still "switch to it" for the next 30 days. So maybe sign up for paid and then immediately switch to free? http://googleappsupdates.blogspot.com/2012/12/changes-to-goo...
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by thewordis 14y ago
This worked for me after about 5 minutes of clicking.
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by thewordis 14y ago
My clocks were still showing 2:59 when it went from 'sold out' to 'add to cart' and back to 'sold out', all within 60 seconds. Now, almost every time I hit refresh, it flips between the two. I'm giving up for now. EDIT: The trick from this
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by thewordis 14y ago
Google banned how many accounts, in total? Do we have any numbers or statistics? I can't put the threat in context without knowing its prevalence.
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by thewordis 14y ago
People who flag it (click the 'flag' link) counteract the upvotes.
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by thewordis 14y ago
The 'sharp edges' sign came from a Fark PhotoShop contest many years ago.
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by thewordis 14y ago
Reasons to buy from Amazon: * Cheap * Consistent * Fast shipping * Good product availability * Good return policies * Vendor and item ratings
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by thewordis 14y ago
I went to college there and live one city over (25 minute drive). There are a lot of wealthy people living in the area, multimillionaires in the suburbs, but also a lot of poverty. A _lot_ of poverty. I'm glad to see someone trying somethin
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by thewordis 14y ago
How to turn on multiple accounts (account switching): https://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...
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by thewordis 14y ago
I'd suggest the excellent Heart of the Comet by Gregory Benford (an astrophysicist), a story about mankind's first attempt to live on a comet, including all the hardships that come along with it and the changes which occur there and on Eart
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by thewordis 14y ago
I was able to do this in the previous version.
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by thewordis 15y ago
They're adding 'click-to-play' as an option for plugins like flash in the default browser settings (no extension required) in version 18. It's allowed people to turn on the radio button using about:flags for more than a year. Once enabled,
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by thewordis 15y ago
"Function over form." But the form of clothes is very functional: it determines who you can easily associate with, what strangers think of you, who is attracted to you, what sort of jobs you can have, your promotion potential, and your gene
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by thewordis 15y ago
It works pretty well for me. My feature wishlist: * iOS native app * nested playlists * smart playlists * playlist pictures * playlist export * gapless playback * built-in scrobbling to last.fm * volume control in a
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by thewordis 15y ago
It's caused by the checkbox to deny third-party cookies, and it's on their known issues page. http://support.google.com/androidmarket/bin/static.py?hl=en&...
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by thewordis 15y ago
I'm curious why no one ever brings up the legal status of VLC. It's an incredibly popular program, and is likely illegal in the US. Their FAQ ( http://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html ) used to make this explicit, mentioning who and where
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by thewordis 15y ago
Hit the 'f' key to collapse all the chrome. Mouse-over to get the title bar, including navigation.
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by thewordis 15y ago
I'm using Google Music Beta, primarily because it's free (for now), but also because they sent me a Cr48 and my first question when I got a Google Support Ninja on the phone (had to deal with a 3G problem) was about the best music app. They
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by thewordis 15y ago
> 4) This is the part about the review that confuses me. The CR-48 we had always updated silently. It would update in the background, and then when the laptop was restarted it would install. I don't think I ever saw it prompt for an up
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by thewordis 15y ago
It's a fun little machine, extremely secure, but with a lot of growth still required. 1) Setup took several days and a call from a Google Chrome Ninja (support team) between me and Verizon, since the first time I signed up, it went to a cra

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