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It's funny trying to use an Office application on just a laptop's screen. You're left with a tiny slice of real estate because menus have gotten so bloated and don't adjust for the screen real estate you have. What's comfortable to work in on a 2x" monitor is not the same at <15".
I've seen this in webpages too. You load a page and think there's an error but the "login" button is surrounded by so much white space that it doesn't show up in the browser until you scroll down.
The YouTube UX is terrible. From watching a video in full-screen on an iPad to then going back to search (for the next video you want to see) takes three interactions (minimize, swipe down, then click on search).
I want to search, in a search bar, for the next video. This should not take three interactions.
YouTube is fine designing a UX where I am one click away from pulling up an AI-generated list of questions I may have about the video, though.
I was excited to hear it was being rereleased on the Switch's online service. I tried to play it and couldn't get past the first level. Console FPSs have since developed pretty unified controls (with axis inversion really being the main option) that don't cleanly map onto the port. I couldn't get a familiar control scheme in GoldenEye and gave up after about 20 minutes of trying.
I did a very quick search for "kitchen smart hub" and a lot of the devices (including some by Amazon) were in the same price range. Even the Meta Portals were $199 to $349 when released.
Google's Nest Home is only $99, so that is likely the cheapest version from a big company.
Uber is another example of an app that is actively hostile when I want to take a screenshot. Let's say I'm calling a call for someone and want them to know what car it is, driver's info, etc. Uber doesn't let me do that, I have to "share" the result with someone.
The workaround is letting that person take a photo of my phone, which is lower quality.
Even if the transcription was instantaneous, you'd still need to manually vet it, i.e. listen to all of it.
There's skill in being able to manage a declining or non-growth business in a way that still pleases your consumer base (and therefore reduces your attrition rate). Not everyone does it well.
Is the statement in the linked article that "The Internet Movie Database functions as a loss leader for the e-commerce giant" backed up somewhere?
IMDB offers both Pro Subscriptions. IMDB offers data licenses that the company claims are licensed "to a wide selection of businesses including movie studios, cable companies, websites, video retailers, software developers, electronics manufacturers, mobile applications, and more."[1]
IMDB offers advertising and has 250M visitors per month.[2]
None of these point to the likelihood that IMDB is a loss leader.
1 = https://help.imdb.com/article/imdb/general-information/conte...
2 = https://advertising.amazon.com/channels/imdb
Turn 1 Swamp, Dark Ritual into Hypnotic still a magnificent play and one that used cheaper cards in its time (vs. a Mox or something similar).
I've been using Genius Scan for ~15 years and it also lets you send faxes (via credits you buy). My phone works for 99% of my use cases.
Hisense has never operated at the top end of the spectrum. They can sell these TVs for $1000 because they're buying the cheapest panels that the actual high-end TVs aren't using.
This is likely either a YouTube/Roku channel that shows relaxing images but monetizes them via ads.
This product exists because it's fun.
If a business can't pay a living wage, it's not really a successful business. I, too, could become fabulously wealthy selling shoes if someone just have me shoes for $1 so I could resell them for $50.
As long as they keep their hidden illustrations away from my precious Swiss chocolate logos!
Progression is your level of skill as you get better at a game (whether it's something simple or its chess). I've had narrative events happen in games that, because they are guided by decisions of other players, I still remember more than actual stories in video games.
The idea is interesting, but at the same cost (or more) as a console, or the cost of a dozen board games, it falls into a space where the market is going to be limited.
I would definitely try this if it was available at a board game cafe, just not something I need for home.
The PR site as well as the main site refer to it as Apple TV+, so not sure where the renaming announcement is. But it's un-Apple to have the + missing on the press release for F1...
For those interested in the subject, recommend the book The Power of Strangers by Joe Keohane that covers this with further depth. Worth reading!
It's also interesting to see what decisions editors have made about animals. In English, for example, the article for the African elephant[1] is just the animal's name.
In Italian, Spanish, and Tagalog it's the scientific name of the animal.
This makes sense in languages (like Spanish) where an animal may have a lot of different names depending on the country, region, or dialect. If you look at the article for Pig[2], you'll see at least fifteen names listed.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_bush_elephant
[2] https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_scrofa_domestica
Tumble Leaf is really good as well. Highly recommend it.
There are still some wooden escalators inside the flagship Macy's store in Herald Square (Manhattan).
Where are you driving your own car to get groceries easily in lower Manhattan... twice a week?
Especially when other merge games (Triple Town) existed for years.
They're all in the same general genre.
Forget it, Jack, it's Tripletown.
Walmart also uses 3rd Party Sellers; I don't believe Target does. There's enough commentary about false/bootleg products on Amazon that it's no longer my primary destination for any purchases I need delivered.
Scorcese's production company office was based in the Directors Guild of America building on 57th St for many years.
It still is rude... it's just become commonplace.