theseanstewart

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Comment · 3 years ago
> Second only to a Nvidia Shield Pro downgraded to 8.2.3 firmware.

What's special about 8.2.3 vs the latest firmware? I've only owned my Shield for a few months so I'm curious what I may be missing.

Comment · 5 years ago
Have him check out Dino Dana, Dino Trek, Dino Dan on Amazon Prime. My four year old is a big fan and will randomly drop some amazing Dinosaur facts he's picked up from those shows.
Comment · 6 years ago
We've got a 23-19!
Comment · 6 years ago
Having experience implementing and working with people that have used both, I'd love to hear why you think PayPal handles subscriptions better than Stripe.
Comment · 7 years ago
Hopefully next year. I'm very happy with my 8+ and don't plan on upgrading until Apple gets rid of the notch and has a 128 GB base model. I could live with the 64 GB base model if they figure out how to bring back Touch ID.
Comment · 7 years ago
I would reconsider the "Unlimited Emails" offering for the "Ultimate" $100/mo plan. Assuming you're using SES, a customer sending 1,065,000 emails would cost ~$100. All it takes is one person to abuse it before it's costing you big money.

On the surface, "Unlimited" sounds great, but your target market is developers that know the cost of sending emails. This may result in the opposite effect as it signals your model may not be scalable if there's not enough low usage accounts to subsidize the additional costs of sending emails.

Comment · 7 years ago
I'm guessing it has something to do with how quickly the user returned back to the search results. For example, you're searching for something specific and click on the #1 result. If you visit site #1, go back to the results, click on #2 then visits to #1 could be seen as a "bounce". Of course this could theoretically be gamed, but that's for another discussion.
Comment · 8 years ago
Yes, I am a gamer, and my wife plays occasionally too. We set limits on our kids gaming and use it as a tool for rewarding good behavior. We created a “real life battlepass” for our older kid where he gets 4 weekly challenges (chores, non-gaming learning objectives, etc.) that have to be completed by certain times in order to earn gaming time. We let him come up with one additional challenge that is non-gaming related and then another gaming related challenge (e.g. 5 eliminations in a game of Fortnite). This is all in addition to the normal expectations of keeping your room clean, school work, etc.

Managing their exposure to this type of media is important. They’re going to be exposed to it, and they enjoy it, so instead of fighting it we found a middle ground where we all win.

Comment · 8 years ago
As a parent, I've never understood this sentiment. Gaming is just another "activity" and to say it's "mind numbing" and not productive is disingenuous. Sure, it can be depending on the game, but so can acting and painting and any other activities that kids do.
Comment · 8 years ago
> For parents sick of hearing “Almost done. One last game”: What’s worked for us: (1) Don’t freak, they’re not addicted (the pathologizing of gaming may do more harm than the games themselves) (2) set a timer & provide consistent consequences (without anger) when they go over..13/N

On a semi-related note. When I was a kid my parents used to make us quit our gaming session with little to no warning. This wasn't a big issue with single player games because they can be saved/paused, but that's obviously not possible with online multiplayer games. Unfortunately, that didn't matter to them, and it resulted in many interrupted gaming sessions and unnecessary consequences and behavioral issues from me and my siblings.

Now that I'm a parent, I've made a promise to my kids that I will always let them finish their current game before kicking them off. If they start a new game after they've been given the last game warning, then there's consequences. They know this, and we rarely have any issues related to behavior and gaming.

Comment · 8 years ago
Fortnite has actually helped my son understand the concept of saving money (V-Bucks, the in-app currency). He has started asking himself, "Do I really want this? Or should I save my V-Bucks for something I know I'll love."
Comment · 8 years ago
Thanks for the response. Loving Station so far. Keep up the great work.
Comment · 8 years ago
Any plans to support custom icons/colors for apps? I just set up multiple gmail accounts in Station, but it's really hard to distinguish between the different accounts. I can see the account's avatar at the bottom right of the Gmail icon, but it's really small. Another idea would be to provide an option for adding a separator on the menu bar.

Also, another nitpick. The "on" toggle button is really ugly and doesn't fit with the rest of the UI design (which is really nice looking overall).

Comment · 8 years ago
> the concept of domain authority doesn't exist.

Is that really the case now? It's been 3-4 years since I was involved in SEO, and it was very much a thing back then.

Comment · 8 years ago
There is a missing link in the demo after logging in. 2nd paragraph says...

> Click here to see what info was shared with this website after you authenticated.

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