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Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
Well, it was way off on my age, but it correctly gendered me ad female. Which I find quite impressive as I am a transgender woman, I've only been on hormones for 4 months, and most humans aren't even correctly gendering in me yet.

More than anything, I'm curious to know what features it was that registered me as female. Was it as simple as the long hair, or some complicated subtle mix of many small details?

Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
Using the calculator for that service, I put in 50TB and 25 hard drives, and the estimated charges came out to $2435.75. The point where snowball is cheaper is fairly low. 4TB on 2 drives is 194.86. Basically more than 5TB over 2 or more drives and it's cheaper to use snowball. Plus you have to pay to have the drives returned back to you.
Comment · 11 years ago
So, you clearly do not have social phobia. Yes, it is a legitimate disorder, and it can be quite disabling when it's severe.

It's not about not being able to speak in public. Imagine suffering from panic attacks and not being able to leave your house for days, because you're afraid someone will say hi to you. That's social anxiety.

Your attitude "STOP IT. tell them to fit in" is the reason many people with social anxiety, and many other psychiatric disorders end up committing suicide.

Comment · 11 years ago
And it's $99 a month.
Comment · 11 years ago
> What happens next depends on if there are living aliens there, or just an old city.

But, when that mission arrives to inspect the lights, couldn't we expect that contact with alien technology, even if it is just an alien laser, to profoundly change our science?

Comment · 11 years ago
Because they only have to live long enough to reproduce. There are studies showing people with adhd have a much higher risk of accidental (and non accidental) death.

Adhd is not a superpower. It's an incurable brain disorder. It fucking sucks.

Comment · 11 years ago
Pretty much the same here. Its easy to downplay depression or anxiety, but SSRIs are a literal lifesaver for many people, myself included.
Comment · 11 years ago
Exact same story here. I wonder if it was this.
Comment · 11 years ago
Yup, as a Canadian, apparently I'm not part of 'everyone'.
Comment · 11 years ago
I've used Google support in 3 different areas:

1 Google apps (paid), there is a phone number to call. I spent several hours on the phone with a very knowledgeable person helping me troubleshoot a sync issue.

2 Hardware, my android watch died. I called the Google play support number, again talked to a very knowledgeable person who gave me a couple of troubleshooting steps, and then promptly replaced the watch.

3 Google adwords. We regularly talk to people at Google adwords, regarding billing and support issues. I also work with people who speak with support people for Google places (or my business or whatever they're calling it today)

In my experience, Google tech support is great when it's for a product you're paying for. That would be my concern getting 60 days free here... If I was using this for business (and not just messing around) I'd rather just pay for it and know I can get support.

Comment · 11 years ago
Why would that be safe to assume? Most of us don't use use usd, just a small, vocal minority.
Comment · 11 years ago
Not for an unfamiliar project. But I have written a bit, for projects i Use. In the past I contributed to the WordPress documentation because I was using it crazy. Recently I contributed to the Chef documentation because I was using & learning it, and found a mistake in the documentation.

I would say if you want to contribute to the documentation, actually use the software (even just in a test environment) and look for holes in the documentation... little pain points like that really important thing they forgot to tell you about installing it, or additional things like how to back up the data.

Just like contributing code, don't try to write big parts on your own at first. Look for little things to fix; missing words, incorrect logic etc.

Comment · 11 years ago
But, it doesn't exist. This will be interesting, when it exists.

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