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Re:Pinebook Pro, First Impressions on Sunday May 31, 2020 @05:50PM (#23373099)
> The display resolution is 1920x1080, equivalent to about 100 dpi

Maybe a typo? Should be around 157dpi for a 14 inch screen. Though I absolutely agree with the general idea, high dpi screens (over 200 dpi) do make the experience much much better.

How many accountants are making these executive decisions?
Re:The Kawaiization of Product Design on Thursday May 21, 2020 @06:26AM (#23256768)
Pretty much. Though it is a very international thing, I think chinese websites in general look more "kawaii" if we use the world like the author(?). For eg. take look at www.ui.cn
Re:The Kawaiization of Product Design on Thursday May 21, 2020 @05:14AM (#23256354)
Why did he decide to call it kawaiization? I don't think this kind of design is inspired from japan, even though the rounded corners, soft color palette can be considered "cute", they exist because they are perceived as "modern web design". I put it in quotes but honestly I don't hate it. It is pleasing to the eyes.
Re:Linux Productivity Tools (2019) [pdf] on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:36AM (#23234710)
eat chicken of the woods
Russia took crimea without any issue. Do you really think anything will happen if china took taiwan by force? It's a matter of time before china takes taiwan.
Re:Facebook Takes $5.7B Stake in India’s Jio on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:06AM (#22943000)
1)What does being a 5000 year old civilisation warrant anything? 2)You're just cherry picking points to your favour.
Re:New brain networks come ‘online’ during adolescence on Thursday January 30, 2020 @08:38AM (#22191187)
I never experienced this...
Re:Lungs heal damage from smoking on Thursday January 30, 2020 @01:32AM (#22189347)
I pick up smoking a few in a gap of a few months. Then I feel guilty and stop for a few months. I have been smoking about 50 cigs year. Truth is I don't think I can really quit. Forget addiction, I just like it that much. It is so much fun. I remember my first cig. It was so much fun. That's all it took
Re:Sci-Hub users cost ASA journals thousands of downloads on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:49AM (#22168497)
My university gives me access to many journals but i still use Sci-Hub. I will never download adobe digital editions just to view a pdf.
I used to run it on node but then I switched to notion I prefer the notion way much more. However I'm looking to move away from notion to something selfhosted.
Re:What can you use instead of Google and Facebook? on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:11PM (#22140215)
What email provider do you use? Do you host your own?
Re:Work on these things on Thursday January 09, 2020 @09:40AM (#22001524)
This.. doesn't make much sense actually.
Re:Firefox’s Test Pilot Program Returns on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:46PM (#20933523)
did clouldflare buy mozilla?
Re:Startups from Y Combinator’s S19 Demo Day 2 on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @08:36AM (#20756677)
I opened their website and they show refilling generators. In india electricity is unrelieable even in the best cities(including bangalore.) So every office and apartment has generators.
Maybe a tool like two sticks that can pin down rioters in the neck hold them there would be more effective.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone on Friday June 21, 2019 @12:44PM (#20244141)
I don't have a aadhar card yet and I don't intend to get one. I have a pan card but I had it made a few years ago. I am not aware if things have changed, I'll ask around tomorrow for ground information.
Re:India has the highest data usage per smartphone on Friday June 21, 2019 @11:43AM (#20243500)
you don't need an aadhar card to open a bank account only a pan card(no biometrics) issued by tax dept, which you can link with your aadhar card by your own choice. The govt wants you to do this but the caanot force you as the supreme court has said.
so fox-cat?
Re:The World Slime Convention on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:52PM (#20076920)
This is the first time I am hearing about this. No slime conventions in India as far as I know.
Re:Aphantasia: 'My mind's eye is blind' on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @02:36AM (#19622372)
>Dreaming actually activates the visual cortex, so it doesn't depend on imagination. I thought imagination also depended on the visual cortex. Dreaming and imagining is not too different to me. One is a bit more conscious, that's it.
Re:Aphantasia: 'My mind's eye is blind' on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @06:35PM (#19619654)
My imagination is not the best, but when I am really high on marijuana and I close my eyes, I can imagine alls sorts of absolutely gorgeously bright and photorealistic visuals. I can imagine anything with remarkable photorealism during that state of mind. It's semi autopilot and spontaneous, though. My imagination also becomes very strong right before I'm about to fall asleep. When I'm sober, my imagination takes effort and is hazier, and not creative. I also want to ask people with Aphantasia, what do their dreams look like?
firefox os had so much potential, now with pwa's being the next big thing, it seem like firefox os could be a game changer. Too bad they killed it.
Re:We Need Chrome No More on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @01:31PM (#19265654)
Agreed, the google homepage wouldn't shut up about it.
I wanted a macbook pro but then keyboard issues stopped me. I was absloutely sure I would buy the new air, but I had seen some youtube videos where some keys would behave abnormally. So I'm still with my old air. Old one has served me well, and I guess I will just have to do without the retina display.
which country?
I would assume the margins are crazy on this. I guess this is how you do profitable hardware
Re:The Squishiest, Sweetest Sleep on Thursday December 06, 2018 @02:51PM (#18621452)
I actually cannot sleep in a soft squishy bed. I almost prefer a hard one, probably because I grew up in them. Once I got a really nice memory foam mattress and it is like sleeping in a cloud, but I found out that I don't like sleeping in cloud.
Re:Tumblr will ban all adult content on December 17th on Monday December 03, 2018 @02:11PM (#18591878)
Yeah but those are not adult content. They are undeniably very bad but tumblr is only banning porn.
Thank you for this thread. I had been feeling pretty bad and had a mental block because of too many things piling up. I found some really nice ideas that I hope to try out.

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