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    Wanted: Chrome Extension to go directly to a Youtube channel's video page instead of home page

    As the title says... I'm looking for a Chrome extension so when I click on a Youtube channel's name... it takes me directly to their full list of videos instead of their landing page. For instance... when clicking on a channel's name... I want to go to...
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    iPad Pro preorders start Wednesday 11/11

    They certainly have. I haven't been to a Best Buy in a while... but I went to one today and I noticed that most mid-to-high-end laptops are now 2-in-1. I understand the idea of a 2-in-1 but the execution is a little wonky. The promise is a "laptop and tablet in one" but some of those...
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    Elon Musk: Apple Is The 'Graveyard' For Fired Tesla Staff

    Tesla Motors was founded by an electrical engineer and a software engineer. Neither of them were "car people" But they obviously hired some "car people" along the way... which eventually made Tesla a car company. So what makes you think Apple can't become a car company too?
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    Apple Makes 92% Of All Smartphone Profits

    The iPhone has NEVER had a significant global market share. It's always been higher in the US... but not the world. And we usually talk about worldwide numbers when we discuss market share. So no... the iPhone's global market share has not "fallen to 20%" It's been between 15-20% for...
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    Why The Apple Watch Is Flopping

    Thanks for the Motley Fool info! Slice had a chart that indicated 5,000 per day... so that's where I got that number: http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/559c5143ecad0458251d42ca-1200-667/apple%20watches%20sold%20by%20day.png The Fool article also raises the question whether or not...
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    Why The Apple Watch Is Flopping

    My issue has less to do with Slice and their testing methodologies... and more to do with whether their data alone can prove if the Apple watch is a "flop" or not. Slice says Apple Watch sales have slowed down to 5,000 per day in the US. If we simply looked at that figure... is the Apple...
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    Why The Apple Watch Is Flopping

    Exactly. "Slice Intelligence bases these numbers on e-receipt data it received from its panel of 2.5 million online shoppers in the U.S." OK... so Slice has a pool of about 2.5 million people they keep track of. But if someone isn't included in that pool of people... their Apple Watch...
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    Should I invest in a new router?

    It depends on how much you plan to spend on a router. You can get a Ubiquiti AP for as low as $65.... and all $65 of that goes towards an excellent wireless access point. It's a device with one purpose. But if you get a $65 router... only a small portion of that money is for the actual...
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    Suggestions for a new backup strategy

    I have 3 copies of most of my data... but it's only on one type of media (hard drives) and none of it is off-site yet. I would have no problem rotating hard drives to a safety deposit box or a family member's house to facilitate the off-site requirement. But backing up to different media...
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    GPU for Rendering Video

    Thanks for the info! I will be building a new computer this summer... including an Nvidia card with CUDA. I guess I'll be experimenting with the various export options :)
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    GPU for Rendering Video

    Gotcha. But can anyone comment on what Liger88 said about "if you're encoding video on a GPU the graphic fidelity is very poor compared to CPU encoding." I understand faster CPUs and tons of CUDA cores... but I'm not finding any evidence that the GPU provides poorer quality.
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    GPU for Rendering Video

    It looks like rendering/exporting in Premiere Pro gets quite a boost with a GPU. I found this (long) article: http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm Here are some of their Premiere Pro results for reference: Timeline Render CPU-only: 327 seconds GTX980 CUDA: 17 seconds...
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    GPU for Rendering Video

    So wait... using the GPU makes the video quality worse? I've never heard that. I assumed it was faster because you were throwing more processing cores at it... not because it was reducing quality. Every article I've read says using the GPU... particularly using CUDA with Adobe products... is...
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    Dell Is Back

    I agree that the XPS 13 and Venue 8 are hot. But Dell is a high-volume PC builder. A couple of new products doesn't exactly explain the headline "Dell is Back" Maybe this is a sign of things to come though. I'd love to see Dell's new philosophy applied across many of their product lines...
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    Facebook Is The New AOL

    What other social media platform has been around for over 10 years? That seems kinda long for a "fad"
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