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Comment Re:How relevant are surveys? (Score 3, Insightful) 68

I agree with this. Too many surveys fail to actually give you a way to answer how you really feel about something. Either they are too coarse or don't allow you to choose "irrelevant" or "not applicable". There is also a theshold beyond which I will abandon a survey, either for the time spent or when they insist on asking those supremely annoying "variation on a previous question" to try and tease out some distinction about how you really think/feel.

Comment Re:Too little too late. (Score 1) 27

I've backed 18 projects. Of those the results were:
  • One failed to deliver anything
  • A second one where I didn't request a reward ended up with the funds being misused
  • A third delivered the hardware but only minimally functional software after the development team fell apart and the remaining developer did what he could to provide something
  • The remaining 15 delivered on their promises, most of them on time.

Comment Re:Rent to never own! (Score 1) 106

I don't fully understand how anyone gives in to these companies that take what's already a somewhat premium device, that the end-user has to pay for up-front, then make all the features that you already paid for a forever charge after the fact.

Except for the fact that the DSLR cameras that this is used with never stated in the marketing literature or in the owner's manual that they could be used as a webcam. The utility just repurposed the remote shooting live view mode and made it available as a type of webcam.

Comment Re:Buy from retail stores? (Score 1) 80

I agree for most types of clothing trying on before buying is still essential, given what a joke size markings have become. For hard goods I've typically done research on what I want online, and then often look to see if I can get it locally from a B&M store, but most often it isn't carried locally. It's infrequent that I'll be in a (other than a grocery, outdoor gear or hardware) store and see something new that I actually need.

Comment Re:All legal disputes of any kind forever? (Score 2, Insightful) 205

I doubt this argument will stand other than for disputes arising from his single month of Disney+ service

Exactly. What relationship does the online service have to do with food served in an on site restaurant? The mind boggles at the lengths a corporation will go to to avoid doing the right thing.

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