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  1. Some time ago I watched a video who made a video comparing a Cintiq, a Wacom digitizer and. iPad Pro. He made the same drawing with all of them and compared the time it took and gave his impressions. That was very useful. This is blah, blah, blah.

  2. Windows programs can also make use if vector instructions and GPUs, "new" cide. So what software in Windows is he referring to? From what year? What machine is it tested on?

  3. That doesn't my question. I sometimes had problems opening PDFs to edit them (for example with Libreoffice Draw, some files are "weird") but I never had problems with visors.

  4. " ...errors in how PDFs are displayed by the open-source viewing software". I won't say that's perfect or that there aren't any bugs but I always found the PDF support in open source toola excellent. Libreoffice, for example, generates smaller and better PDF files than Microsoft Office.

  5. UTC time may be useful in aviation or in the army but local time is better for the majority of the rest of the mortals.

  6. Re:Stan Lee and Marvel f***ed him and Kirby on Remembering The Creator of Marvel's Doctor Strange, Steve Ditko (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    I used to idolize the man, with all that "Stan Lee presents" and the cameos he had in the comics long before the movies. But when I read what had happened it infuriated me.

  7. Stan Lee and Marvel f***ed him and Kirby on Remembering The Creator of Marvel's Doctor Strange, Steve Ditko (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 2

    Ditko and Kirby did most of the job while Lee collected the money and the fame. He didn't support them, the two men he owes most of his prestige.

  8. out of step with contemporary audience needs? on Will The New 'Starship Troopers' Reboot Stay Faithful To The Book? (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    Then you can't make a movie based on any book older than 20 years old. Those proslavery romans, those misogynist Knights of the Round Table (and no, Xena didn't defeat those pigs) ...

  9. He is talking about the BOOK. It was clearly said.

  10. Just a bunch of preprogrammed themes on Talking 'Sofia' Robot Tells 60 Minutes That It's Sentient And Has A Soul (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Some years ago I chatted with various AIs that came with a computer magazine and I asked one of them:,"Do you have a girlfriend?". And it answered "Yes and she us very pretty. Do you want to see a photograph? And it showed photo of Cindy Crawford. Funny but hardly impressive.

  11. Re: Already been done on Oracle Formally Proposes That Java Adopt Ahead-of-Time Compilation (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    There are also others: GCJ, Excelsior Jet and others I don't remember now.

  12. Doesn't it make more sense to test the building a colony on the Moon where it is easier to fix problems and send help?

  13. Re: I wouldn't have on What Vint Cerf Would Do Differently (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Make the packet size 96 bytes longer. Problem solved.

  14. Re: Blame most of today's world problems on greed. on Vanity Fair Blames The Failure of Theranos On Silicon Valley (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    The rule of law is one of the pillars of Libertarianism, much more than in other doctrines like socialism. The rule of law is the guarantor of individual freedoms or free market. Without it you have anarchy or tyranny.

  15. Does it matter if he has the right? on A Woman Is Suing Her Parents For Posting Embarrassing Childhood Photos To Facebook · · Score: 1

    He shouldn't post anything that hurts his daughter.

  16. Re: Unacceptable! on Italy Quake Rescuers Ask Locals To Unlock Their Wi-Fi (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Right-wing thinking: "there is a disaster, let's help everyone' Left-wing thinking: "the government has to do it, why should I bother?". Meanwhile let's take advantage of the government aids to the the disaster. Luckily I am alright".

  17. Doesnt this prove that it isnt manmade? on Global Warming Started 180 Years Ago Near Beginning of Industrial Revolution, Says Study (smh.com.au) · · Score: 1

    If the GW began at the same time as the industrial revolution: 1) It should take some time for mens actions to take effect and now you are saying that it happened at the same time? 2) There were few industrialized countries, mostly some western european countries and USA and at the end of the XIX century Japon and Russia.

  18. Android runtime for Chrome on Google Will Kill Chrome Apps For Windows, Mac, and Linux In Early 2018 (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    And there is also the Android runtime for Chrome. That would solve the issue in Windows and Mac.

  19. Re: Nokia doesn't(didn't) just make phones on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    In the past more than 80% of the profit came from "devices and services".

  20. They had one on Former CEO of Angry Birds-Maker Rovio Hired To Revive Nokia's Phone Business (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    It was to standardize the development in Qt and use Symbian foor feature phones and Maemo (then Meego) for smartphones. Yes, there was infighting (the Symbian section wasn't thrilled) but I thought it was a good plan.

  21. Re: Obligatory Star Trek: TNG episode on Maybe There's No Life in Space Because We're Too Early · · Score: 1

    It would be funny than in a few millions of years we were like the Watchers, Celestials or the Elders of the Universe in the Marvel Universe (or the Guardians in DC's).

  22. It can be done on North Korea Hopes To Plant Flag On The Moon Within 10 Years (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    The current leader's father was a super genius acclaimed all over the world. He had photographic, a super high IQ and wrote thousands of books of multiple themes (i think someone calculated that with so many books along his life he wrote more than a book daily). And I ask you, people. Couldn't such a great being have developed technology centuries ahead of us? They are waiting for the right time to reveal it to the world.

  23. Re: Just not excited, won't be watching any Olympi on Olympic Committee Prohibits Streaming Apps, Vines and GIFs From Its Events (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    They also sued a Greek restaurant.

  24. This is fucking ridiculous on Google's New Emoji Aimed At Promoting Gender Equality Are Coming (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    When was the last time the Unicode Consortium did anything useful? It seems they only care about ridiculous emojis

  25. Science fiction vs fantasy on Why Did The Stars Wars and Star Trek Worlds Turn Out So Differently? (marginalrevolution.com) · · Score: 1

    Star Trek is science fiction. Star Wars is fantasy outside of a medieval setting.