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If you've experienced a USB C male connector being more flimsy than a Micro B male connector then my guess would be it's a result of a poor implementation of the standard or poor luck rather than the design of the standard itself. Micro B was always a very fragile standard (especially the male connector), and as far as I know one of the core principles behind USB C's design was to create a more resilient connector type than both it and USB A (which whilst featuring a very resistant PCB for its terminals always had an easily damaged / misshapen metal casing). And from my understanding and analysis of them both, USB C certainly looks like it'd be a lot stronger (rounded edges instead of square, thicker casing material, considerably thicker PCB than that of Micro B, reversible).

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It might collect lint, dust and dirt more easily than MicroUSB - but on the flipside at least it can be fairly easily cleaned out. MicroUSB could also accumulate things, but was much more difficult to properly clean out. It was also much more fragile for cleaning, as the connector prongs in the middle of the port were somewhat delicate. Design wise, USB C is better than Micro USB on every level. But as with any connector standard it can suffer from poor implementations of the standard.

I find that a little difficult to believe. Microsoft aren't known to waste money on a failing project; if the Surface line were so unreliable or undesirable it would make no sense for them to not only keep the line going but substantially grow the range of products within it. It would be tarnishing the brand they're so badly trying to establish and would lose them a lot of money. That's not to say they're free of issues altogether of course.

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Gay bars tend to have a different vibe and atmosphere to other bars. There are plenty of straight people who enjoy going to them, and there's no rule about needing to be gay or anything.

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Not sure I trust the validity of this claim, at least not yet. I just ran a Geekbench run on my iPhone 7 Plus, and scored a single core score of 3495 and multicore of 5923; within margin of error of my previous test results. I'm currently on iOS 11.2.5 beta 5, too.

I suppose that ultimately until we have more information on the quality and scope of the remaster we can't really judge its worth either way. If it turns out to be just a minor enhancement of the existing game (technical enhancements improving framerates, fixing gameplay bugs previously present when the framerate was unlocked etc) then I'll agree, it won't seem to be worth the price - at least not for those of us who already own the original. But if it's a fairly substantial upgrade over the original with higher poly models, higher resolution textures, improved shading, better lighting, perhaps even somewhat redesigned levels which were previously poorly received or felt constrained by the limits of the hardware available at the time... then I don't think it would be unreasonable for them to charge us money, even if we owned the previous game, because they'd have put a lot of time, effort and money into it.

Damn. I'm sorry.

For the price, they're both pretty damn good to be fair. Even without the current GPU price problem it would be tricky to build a comparably capable 4K gaming PC for a similar price, especially for the price of a PS4 Pro. And the Pro's checkerboard rendering technique seems to work deceptively well in certain games, appearing only a touch blurrier than native 4K would. Neither are perfect by any means, but it's nice to see the console industry finally pushing for higher resolutions. The Xbox One X in particular is pretty compelling because of its ability to render Xbox 360 titles in 4K through its backwards compatibility capability. Granted not all titles support it, but the fact that even some do is quite an important move forward for the console gaming market which has traditionally been all too willing to abandon compatibility with older systems and titles.

Why? The price you pay for the original game covers the development costs for the original game. The remaster itself costs money to develop; where would the logic be in them spending money to make this new version if they wouldn't get money back from it? They don't owe you a remastered version. If you want it buy it, if not don't. They're not forcing you to buy the new version after all.

Only the sith deal in absolutes.

If you really like or need wireless, there's not a direct upgrade to the G700s available yet; the closest thing is the G900 (or the G903, which is the same mouse but with support for Logitech's wireless charging mousepad). It's a great mouse, but it has a very different shape and size and much fewer buttons than the G500s has, so it might not be the right mouse for you.

My ThinkPad X230 still has that resolution. :'(

Woo!

Damn that sucks.

Starbucks charge for Wi-Fi where you are? Here in the UK it's still free as far as I know.

I think someone mentioned earlier that they're really inconsistent from one branch to another, and that's been my experience too. My local Starbucks are alright, one slightly further away that's consistently rubbish then there are a few closer to the middle of town that are really good.

Impossibru. You can't put too much caramel on a caramel macchiato.

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If you want to discuss it, feel free to send me a PM; let's keep this thread on-topic.

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