fsck--off

Joined 13 years ago

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171
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Yes, I regret choosing this username.
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Comment · 8 years ago
The NYT website has gotten worse and worse over the years. Decreased contrast, JS bloat, hamburger menu, etc.
Comment · 9 years ago
Gros Michel bananas are still around.
Comment · 9 years ago
The account is 25 minutes old, so I would assume so
Comment · 9 years ago
It's still there:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R284ZDX360H6HC/

The site you linked to missed the first subheading, which is "Why you are reading this review"

Comment · 9 years ago
The review pointed out the shortcomings of the first generation iPod. It isn't a review of the entire iPod line that would follow in the future. The first generation was only compatible with OS 9 and OS X, had 5G or 10G of storage, was in black and white and had a mechanical click wheel. Apple sold 236,000 in three fiscal quarters before they released the next generation. Meanwhile Nokia was selling an order of magnitude more 3310s, another portable electronic device (cell phone), every quarter. The iPod became the best music player on the market because Apple kept improving it.
Comment · 10 years ago
Correction: it's 5px high
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Comment · 10 years ago
Clinton is projected to win the popular vote once all the ballots (especially those in California) are counted.
Comment · 10 years ago
The difference between this and Brexit is that more people voted for Brexit than against it, while more people voted for Hillary than for Trump.
Comment · 10 years ago
The review has to be looked at in its context. If the sales figures on Wikipedia are correct, the device he reviewed sold just 236,000 units in Q1-Q3 of 2002. Apple didn't sell more than a million iPods in a quarter until 2004, at which point the full-size device had 4x the storage, a click wheel, support for Windows, and a color screen (optional); the Mini was then in its second generation.
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Comment · 10 years ago
You can read the site with JavaScript disabled if you also disable CSS.
Comment · 10 years ago
That analogy doesn't work because your screen cannot reproduce every color that is perceptible to people.

#000 is as dark as your screen is when the screen is turned off, which is not the darkest color that you can perceive. And if at any point it is uncomfortable to look your screen because it is blindingly bright, then the screen brightness is set too high.

Comment · 10 years ago

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