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Comment · 9 years ago
I live in South Africa. I can stream 1080p from YouTube with no issues, but Twitch is usually one of two outcomes: stuttering/lag across all browsers or, since the auto quality feature has been implemented, jumping between 720p and 144p, constantly adjusting quality.

Occasionally I can watch 720p just fine, but this is rare. I've resorted to watching tournaments like TI on YouTube, with the Twitch chat popped out for extra entertainment.

Comment · 9 years ago
But your argument basically boils down to:

Stop using the operating system where everything works: apps, games, hardware, good office package, etc.; rather use an operating system on which debugging to a layman translates to a plane of hell itself, where your hardware may or may not work, and half your game library certainly won't.

I would happily switch to Linux permanently the day the flagship office package UI doesn't resemble Office 97 (the ribbon UI is absolutely fantastic in MS Office), I can get all of my games to work, and I don't need to recompile a kernel to get something as basic as a graphics driver running.

Comment · 9 years ago
Wow, this thread. Plenty of people insisting on gaining access to source code they didn't write and had no part in developing.

News flash: it's not your product, you don't own it, and you have no rights to insist on hijacking someone else's product for your own gain.

Comment · 9 years ago
Yeah... I don't think Johannesburg conforms to your ideas at all.
Comment · 9 years ago
Even worse in South Africa! I only got to play the shareware versions as a kid from floppies included with (I think) Computer Shopper magazines, which my dad used to buy.
Comment · 9 years ago
I found that jump mechanic very frustrating, but mostly because I could never time it perfectly!
Comment · 10 years ago
"View your emails messages and settings"; you must be insane to think I'd give you that kind of information.
Comment · 10 years ago
I prefer my writing as unambiguous as possible, so I also like that way of writing it. Like someone else mentioned, "mousewritten" is not necessarily the same as handwritten, so that could be part of the problem.
Comment · 10 years ago
That's bad news for me, because I also plan to use the MNIST data in a project of mine. :)
Comment · 10 years ago
Add to that list, when I draw an 8, it's also recognised as a 2.
Comment · 10 years ago
I draw my 1's the way it's often displayed on screen, with a little tail at the top and a line at the base. Your system keeps detecting this as a 2. I've also had 3's detected as 2's.
Comment · 10 years ago
Last I checked, France was not a "war torn country".

He was already in France, then obtained a fake passport to illegally cross into the UK.

Comment · 10 years ago
I agree. I find this terrifying. This just shows how easily a terrorist could have done something similar.
Comment · 10 years ago
I must be missing something. Why didn't he apply for asylum in France then?

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