Commented 8 years ago2015-12-13 22:29:49 UTC
in journal: #8635Comment #46177
I had a 19" Samsung monitor on my old computer (4:3) and it could pull off 85Hz. I did notice the difference when I switched to this laptop that is fixed at 60Hz. I much prefer 85Hz, it seems so much steadier. Even if I can't tell the individual frames apart (thankfully) 60Hz feels kind of flickery.
Commented 8 years ago2015-10-06 18:38:28 UTC
in journal: #8609Comment #62780
Strider wins.
If that was mine, I'd have changed it even if I wasn't into the smart features, if only because it's held together with sticky tape. See, Captain? Mine wasn't so bad.
I'd be sticking with this type of phone but sadly I have already been absorbed into convenient things like group chats in WhatsApp and other equally convenient features. But they're better.
Commented 8 years ago2015-09-29 15:55:58 UTC
in journal: #8609Comment #62777
Fun facts about mobile internet:
The HSPA+ standard has a nominal data transfer speed of 21mbps. My old phone had a max speed of 7mbps. I used to think I was missing out until I found out my carrier caps 3G at 1mbps anyway. Now it makes sense how my friend in the US can do video calls on Skype through 3G and I can barely get a single page to load.
The LTE standard has a nominal data transfer speed of 150mbps. I thought that was pretty fancy, until I found out my carrier caps 4G at 5mbps. That's right, a quarter of 3G speed in other regions.
I can't come up with a single reason to do this. Isn't it better for everyone to leave data rates uncapped? Transactions finish faster, which causes less network congestion, which in turn results in a better service for everybody. I guess not understanding it is probably the reason I wouldn't be a good businessman.
Glad I only wanted 4G as an extra lane to get around network congestion, otherwise I'd probably be really pissed.
Commented 8 years ago2015-09-19 02:37:50 UTC
in journal: #8606Comment #46131
Happy birthday Archiman! Now you have one year per each hour of the day. Maybe some interesting calculation could be extracted from that but I can't be arsed at this time of the night.
Commented 8 years ago2015-09-07 18:21:31 UTC
in journal: #8602Comment #51081
"Life is what happens to you while you're trying to make plans" or something like that.
Don't stress yourself, I had something similar happen to me. I worked a whole year and saved up a lot of money that was very useful later on. Then I started again and things went well. I can't complain, I made some good friends that I wouldn't have come across if I had done things on schedule.
Commented 8 years ago2015-09-02 16:56:04 UTC
in journal: #8601Comment #62757
Neither is listed in the cyanogen site, so I can't do much about that for now. Also I've had bad experiences with LG in the past. Don't know anything about Nexus though.
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Commented 8 years ago2015-08-06 21:26:35 UTC
in journal: #8589Comment #52912
Ha! I think I haven't done any either. Maybe I will.
For some reason my computer has a crapload of fonts, but they all look pretty much the same. I don't know where they came from. Aside from all the ISO* that come with AutoCAD, those ARE all the same.
Commented 8 years ago2015-07-31 20:03:43 UTC
in journal: #8584Comment #62722
Yes Stojke, I am completely stupid and agreed to the download without knowing.
Now that he's out of here, for everyone else, I did not. I'm completely sure I never once agreed to anything, and all this did indeed happen without asking or telling me. Then I was told I was supposed to "opt out" rather than opt in, which would kind of explain it. Still doesn't explain why I didn't see any option to do that anywhere. Everything looked too opt-in.
When I turned on my computer today it BSOD'd on me on boot (I think it was the first BSOD since I got this computer three years ago) and I feared it was going to boot to W10. Thankfully it didn't and I hope it was just a coincidence.
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I did get the (almost forced) update to Android 5.1.1 a few hours after getting the update to 4.4.4, after which somehow word prediction got worse.
If that was mine, I'd have changed it even if I wasn't into the smart features, if only because it's held together with sticky tape. See, Captain? Mine wasn't so bad.
I'd be sticking with this type of phone but sadly I have already been absorbed into convenient things like group chats in WhatsApp and other equally convenient features. But they're better.
As for the caps, I don't mind, it works for me.
The HSPA+ standard has a nominal data transfer speed of 21mbps. My old phone had a max speed of 7mbps. I used to think I was missing out until I found out my carrier caps 3G at 1mbps anyway. Now it makes sense how my friend in the US can do video calls on Skype through 3G and I can barely get a single page to load.
The LTE standard has a nominal data transfer speed of 150mbps. I thought that was pretty fancy, until I found out my carrier caps 4G at 5mbps. That's right, a quarter of 3G speed in other regions.
I can't come up with a single reason to do this. Isn't it better for everyone to leave data rates uncapped? Transactions finish faster, which causes less network congestion, which in turn results in a better service for everybody. I guess not understanding it is probably the reason I wouldn't be a good businessman.
Glad I only wanted 4G as an extra lane to get around network congestion, otherwise I'd probably be really pissed.
Don't stress yourself, I had something similar happen to me. I worked a whole year and saved up a lot of money that was very useful later on. Then I started again and things went well. I can't complain, I made some good friends that I wouldn't have come across if I had done things on schedule.
I probably won't be getting it though, it will definitely get a very high imports fee that I won't like at all.
Consider me in Antarctica.
I've only been on the Canary Islands for a grand total of about 4 hours. It was a refuelling stop for the plane
For some reason my computer has a crapload of fonts, but they all look pretty much the same. I don't know where they came from. Aside from all the ISO* that come with AutoCAD, those ARE all the same.
Waiiit a minute. Yeah... I'm pretty sure I've met that girl. That must be it. Can I have her number so I can check?
Now that he's out of here, for everyone else, I did not. I'm completely sure I never once agreed to anything, and all this did indeed happen without asking or telling me. Then I was told I was supposed to "opt out" rather than opt in, which would kind of explain it. Still doesn't explain why I didn't see any option to do that anywhere. Everything looked too opt-in.
When I turned on my computer today it BSOD'd on me on boot (I think it was the first BSOD since I got this computer three years ago) and I feared it was going to boot to W10. Thankfully it didn't and I hope it was just a coincidence.