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I've also tried a thumbdrive icon on its own - it also looked weird.
But your idea of using it as an overlay with a floppy disk makes more sense. I'll have to try that out at some point.
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I always think something, but actually it was a little embarrassing to say it until recently, because it sounds like a bad joke of teens or their dream.
Therefore - in advance and to my defense - is to mention that my SF-Con is a very long time ago, and I (hopefully) with my 40+ already arrived in life.
Especially after the appearance of Windows 10 and its UI appearance, I increasingly recognize a special trend and change with a certain similarity of the UI to the good old ST TNG.
Looking back at the past 20 years and the current direction, first the good old fold-out phone, then iPhones, pads, and other mobile devices. In addition, then a little loose connection with Linux, and the growing storm clouds, whereby a certain weakening of the desktops in the direction of mainframes is tried.
So also in now relatively flat and now universally expectant UI, which should now get more and more tabs.
Maybe someday our dear windows will disappear completely.
Something about which we often break our head:
"In the name of the Compiler, the Stack, and the Bug-Free Code. Amen."
(source unknown)
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Yeah, when was the last time you saw a 20 year old web-developer worrying about anything else, other than what flavor of fashionable tech they're using? Who cares if you have a 5% contrast between the grey background and the grey text? Who care about 25 MB for the landing page. Who cares about the fact that a core-i7 at 5 GHz still can't run your page responsively, let alone fluidly.
Native development is only a tiny bit less worse, because they can't just import a magic 300 MB library to show a button.
PS: I add and test accessibility features to all the apps I make, even though I never use them. Why? Because I make apps for users, not for store ratings.
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My biggest peeve with latest designs is the missing Apply/OK buttons in windows 10. Once you change something there used to be an OK button that gives you an immediate confirmation that what you have done is actually applied. These days you make some changes and there is no buttons to confirm and it makes me confuse did it work or not and then most of the time I go back to same screen just to be sure.
Some designer ( Self proclaimed artist ! ) is getting paid a million bucks somewhere to come up with such a stupid design.
Zen and the art of software maintenance : rm -rf *
Maths is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
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virang_21 wrote: latest designs is the missing Apply/OK buttons in windows 10
I have noticed that too and I always wonder if the new state is applied or not.
Very confusing. Things are much easier to overlook in the new UI style.
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That's actually very easy. Under the new paradigm, there's no such thing as "apply". Apps aren't databases with commits, if you change a font size or enable a background service, everything should be completely dealt in the background. Think of the WiFi on/off button in your smartphone. You don't change the wifi to off and then press apply: you turn it off and wait for the darn thing to actually turn off, which is relayed by the button changing color, indicating status.
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Already know bout the lounge before one smartarse suggests that.
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Soapbox!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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No E.Y!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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WUWT
DailyMail
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Rogue or Dungeon Crawl.
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Ahhh....
I saw them as a pre-band [if that is a word] to The Pretenders in 1983
Here: Radio City Music Hall (nice photo)
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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A fine band, very popular here in Chicago. They had a unique almost midwestern sound that appealed to me. 'Behind the Wall of Sleep' a great song, sadly applies today.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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The who?
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OK, so years ago, I was a huge fan of the original Gran Turismo game and owned it on a PS2, played the hell out of it and enjoyed it immensely. At the time it was a big expenditure for me (50 EUR for the game, 300 EUR for the console) but it was worth every penny.
Now just this month, wandering around my local shop/warehouse, I spotted the PS4 running Gran Turismo Sport in demo mode, and started slavering. I can't stop thinking about it, it looks awesome and I'm getting nostalgia in the worst way. I have this tradition of buying myself one utterly useless and completely luxurious thing/toy on Christmas (within reason), so I'm seriously considering investing in a PS4. My question is: should I stick with a PS4 slim for a couple hundred bucks? Or spring for the PS4 with its 4k display, massive processing power etc?
The price difference is pretty steep... I can get a reconditioned PS4 here for around 200 CHF, and a new PS4 Pro is more like 379 CHF.
The dude in the shop reckons I HAVE to go for the PS4 Pro, but then he would, wouldn't he. I'm wondering if there is a worthwhile and noticeable difference in rendering speed. I already have a 4K TV, and my eyesight is thankfully still very keen. So I would notice a real difference.
I am also considering investing in the VR headset, which looks badass, and hell, I might even go for the full experience with a flightstick for flight sims, a wheel and pedals. Always had a secret desire to have a fully kitted out ManCave. If I do that though I'm gonna be running up a bill of close to 1000 CHF for my little Geek Paradise. On the other hand, it will definitely keep me at home, out of the pub, I'll save on food because I'll probably never leave the flat, or eat, or sleep again...
I can afford it, so it's more a question of "You can, but you probably shouldn't..."
Anyone have any experience with the difference between the Ps4 and Ps4 Pro?
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Mel Padden wrote: I was a huge fan of the original Gran Turismo game and owned it on a PS2
Um... I have no valuable input, but that was at least version 3 or 4, not the original. Unless you played PS1 games on the PS2 (who am I to judge - I did it ).
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IIRC I bought the PS1 and then upgraded a couple years later after playing it to death. I was so stoked about getting Gran Turismo that I had it the day it was released in Ireland...
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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No experiences, but read something about it in the German computer magazine c't.
Their conclusion:
It makes only sense to buy a Pro when using a 4K TV or VR. Then they recommend the Pro version.
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If you have a 4k TV the pro could be a better investment.
ps4pro vs ps4 - YouTube[^]
However what you should actually do is get an XBOX ONE X
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I went through the same process as you, except I had the added question of PS4 Pro with Gran Turismo or XBox One X with Forza 7. For you, given the price difference, I'd argue for the PS4 Pro or XBox One X. 4K isn't going away, more content will come out for it, and it will sustain for longer. The only question is how many years until the PS5 comes out? Plus you don't have to get the VR headset right away.
For the normal or pro question... I have decent eyes and while the difference was noticeable, it wasn't nearly as striking as the jump from SD to HD back in the day. How do I know this? Well the one thing that I didn't do right away was enable 4K on the console. I had my TV set up for 4K but apparently one side or the other didn't auto-sense and the option wasn't enabled by default. Check into that for whatever you end up with.
Between PS4 and XBox, the XBox has more under the hood in the processor and graphics department. The inclusion of a 4K blu-ray player in the XBox vs a non-4k in the PS4 wasn't a big factor for me. My thought was, who actually buys physical media anymore? If that is a factor for you, then that might need to consider that as well.
For the available game library, I like PS4 a lot more. For the racing series, I prefer the recent Forza iterations over the Gran Turismo ones. Plus PS4 does VR so much better (also read "it actually has VR"). I also prefer the PS4 controller over the XBox's. Plus back in the PS2/PS3 days, you could do multiplayer without a yearly membership. Not sure if that is still the case with the PS4 though.
Media Center wise, I like the One X options a little more. That said I wish Microsoft would stop tweaking the layout so often.
And you won't save any money on food, instead of being out at the pub you'll just order in so you don't have to pause the game to cook.
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Mel Padden wrote: I can get a reconditioned PS4 here for around 200 CHF Just a hint about reconditioned : If you are interested in playing online - which is usually the case with games like GT, pay attention to reconditioned PS4 -> Lots of them are "banned" or "blocked"[^], so that you cannot play online anymore - which is also why they are sometimes cheap. Unblocking is complicated or even impossible. My BIL bought one for his son, turned out it was a banned one, so now he has to pay the debts of the previous owner (you read that well), or it will remain blocked and his son cannot do any online multiplaying.
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