I don't have a problem with demos, they're great. It's the fact it's not advertised that way that really irked me. Maybe it's buried in the description somewhere, but the first indication I got that it was a demo was…
I got really turned off when it was listed as "Free (with in-app purchases)". Turns out it's basically a 10 minute demo, after which you have to pay $9.99. Maybe it's good, but deceptive enough I uninstalled it.
Documentation. I'm a sort of internal consultant in my company who often interfaces with external customers. I've repeatedly heard that no one else provides as thorough yet easily understood documentation. They value…
I'm not positive, but I think you specifically have to ask for it. Before I found that the best I ever got was a shipping refund if I paid for the 1-day upgrade. Now I just quote that line and paste the link and it's…
There is a bit of compensation available. If an item doesn't arrive in 2 days you can request a free month of Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=... "If you received free shipping through…
It looks like the Focus adblocker they launched last year [1] has been updated to a full browser. 1) https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/12/08/announcin...
I don't think that applies here. According to the FDA Guidelines [1] (page 4) for a dietary supplement: "Furthermore, a dietary supplement must be labeled as a dietary supplement and be intended for ingestion and must…
I count 5 different 3.5mm jacks I use on a regular basis (work headphones, gym headphones, car, girlfriend's car, home stereo). Now I need to buy 4 additional adapters from Apple for $40 or carry an adapter with me…
http://www.govtrack.us/ For example, the most recent immigration bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s744
In addition to what others have posted, it only benefits those who have a mortgage when the deduction is passed. For everyone else it effectively raises the price of the house by the amount of the deduction.
Then what's the incentive to participate at all? Would backing a project be equivalent to a 12 month high interest loan? Or, equivalent to an IPO where "backers" get a certain percentage of the company (which I'm sure…
It would have been the same major metro area, but moved about 8 miles in the middle. Same ISP, different IP. Same computer, but there's no way I didn't completely clear the browser a few times in those 2 years.
Facebook does the same thing and it's just as creepy. I closed my "real" account around 2011. A few months back I created a new blank account because I needed access to a couple organization's pages. The only…
In my experience, the "loyalty" of older generations is largely a myth. I used to work for a company that had an enormous bimodal age distribution - maybe 45% over 50, 45% under 30, and the last 10% between 30-50. The…
The piece that I see ALWAYS neglected is maintenance. I rent and pay nothing additional to maintain the place. Washing machine breaks - landlord fixes it. Carpets wearing out (minus things that are obviously my fault) -…
Definitely agree on the "do something in the gap" aspect. In a lot of technical fields, 6 non-practicing months can be very close to "no experience". My job responsibilities tend to come in waves of 3 different…
Over the years I've evolved the strategy of asking very specific questions like that on forums. Precise code snippets seem to get precise answers. Broader code with the same problem attract many times more answers, but…
It's just a coupling system. If you want to attach Legos to K'Nex, they will work fine in a handful of spots. Building an entire structure out of an AM construction set would be a disaster. Even professional grade…
I don't remember having any trouble with actually ordering the pack. I do remember trying to bump the payment to $10 and not being able to. Adding an option to change the amount paid during checkout or making it much…
I ordered this pack and paid the default $5 by mistake (with a bit of laziness), and would bet quite a few others had the same experience. When ordering, you had to enter your amount before adding it to the cart, with…
I'm not sure which part you're asking about. I'm assuming it's that "correcthorsebatterystaple" is only lower case. I was mainly commenting on the format suggested by the comic - 4 all-lower case words. You could throw…
From what I remember of the comic, the point was not the length of the password. The entropy was calculated based on 4 possible words. Assuming ~2000 common English words, the number of possible passwords in that format…
It should be mentioned it's a slightly stretched definition of "unlimited data". From Virgin Mobile [1]: Once 2.5GB (3.5 if paying for "mobile hotspot") of data is consumed during the monthly cycle, data speeds may be…
I'm really starting to believe that these "critiques" of Khan Academy are just teachers and professors terrified of becoming irrelevant. The question shouldn't be "How well does Khan Academy teach" (well, maybe…
news.google.com - skim the headlines every few hours for anything breaking fivethirtyeight.com - unbiased, non-sensationalist US election news. I got tired of other sources reporting a week to week swing within the…
I don't have a problem with demos, they're great. It's the fact it's not advertised that way that really irked me. Maybe it's buried in the description somewhere, but the first indication I got that it was a demo was…
I got really turned off when it was listed as "Free (with in-app purchases)". Turns out it's basically a 10 minute demo, after which you have to pay $9.99. Maybe it's good, but deceptive enough I uninstalled it.
Documentation. I'm a sort of internal consultant in my company who often interfaces with external customers. I've repeatedly heard that no one else provides as thorough yet easily understood documentation. They value…
I'm not positive, but I think you specifically have to ask for it. Before I found that the best I ever got was a shipping refund if I paid for the 1-day upgrade. Now I just quote that line and paste the link and it's…
There is a bit of compensation available. If an item doesn't arrive in 2 days you can request a free month of Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=... "If you received free shipping through…
It looks like the Focus adblocker they launched last year [1] has been updated to a full browser. 1) https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/12/08/announcin...
I don't think that applies here. According to the FDA Guidelines [1] (page 4) for a dietary supplement: "Furthermore, a dietary supplement must be labeled as a dietary supplement and be intended for ingestion and must…
I count 5 different 3.5mm jacks I use on a regular basis (work headphones, gym headphones, car, girlfriend's car, home stereo). Now I need to buy 4 additional adapters from Apple for $40 or carry an adapter with me…
http://www.govtrack.us/ For example, the most recent immigration bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s744
In addition to what others have posted, it only benefits those who have a mortgage when the deduction is passed. For everyone else it effectively raises the price of the house by the amount of the deduction.
Then what's the incentive to participate at all? Would backing a project be equivalent to a 12 month high interest loan? Or, equivalent to an IPO where "backers" get a certain percentage of the company (which I'm sure…
It would have been the same major metro area, but moved about 8 miles in the middle. Same ISP, different IP. Same computer, but there's no way I didn't completely clear the browser a few times in those 2 years.
Facebook does the same thing and it's just as creepy. I closed my "real" account around 2011. A few months back I created a new blank account because I needed access to a couple organization's pages. The only…
In my experience, the "loyalty" of older generations is largely a myth. I used to work for a company that had an enormous bimodal age distribution - maybe 45% over 50, 45% under 30, and the last 10% between 30-50. The…
The piece that I see ALWAYS neglected is maintenance. I rent and pay nothing additional to maintain the place. Washing machine breaks - landlord fixes it. Carpets wearing out (minus things that are obviously my fault) -…
Definitely agree on the "do something in the gap" aspect. In a lot of technical fields, 6 non-practicing months can be very close to "no experience". My job responsibilities tend to come in waves of 3 different…
Over the years I've evolved the strategy of asking very specific questions like that on forums. Precise code snippets seem to get precise answers. Broader code with the same problem attract many times more answers, but…
It's just a coupling system. If you want to attach Legos to K'Nex, they will work fine in a handful of spots. Building an entire structure out of an AM construction set would be a disaster. Even professional grade…
I don't remember having any trouble with actually ordering the pack. I do remember trying to bump the payment to $10 and not being able to. Adding an option to change the amount paid during checkout or making it much…
I ordered this pack and paid the default $5 by mistake (with a bit of laziness), and would bet quite a few others had the same experience. When ordering, you had to enter your amount before adding it to the cart, with…
I'm not sure which part you're asking about. I'm assuming it's that "correcthorsebatterystaple" is only lower case. I was mainly commenting on the format suggested by the comic - 4 all-lower case words. You could throw…
From what I remember of the comic, the point was not the length of the password. The entropy was calculated based on 4 possible words. Assuming ~2000 common English words, the number of possible passwords in that format…
It should be mentioned it's a slightly stretched definition of "unlimited data". From Virgin Mobile [1]: Once 2.5GB (3.5 if paying for "mobile hotspot") of data is consumed during the monthly cycle, data speeds may be…
I'm really starting to believe that these "critiques" of Khan Academy are just teachers and professors terrified of becoming irrelevant. The question shouldn't be "How well does Khan Academy teach" (well, maybe…
news.google.com - skim the headlines every few hours for anything breaking fivethirtyeight.com - unbiased, non-sensationalist US election news. I got tired of other sources reporting a week to week swing within the…