Recent content by James LaBarre

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    News How Natalie Portman got in serious shape to become The Mighty Thor

    It's "Woke Hollywood", why would anyone there think they'd actually have to prepare for a role? That would be like doing actual work, and would require making an effort to not suck.
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    Review NordicTrack iSelect Voice-Controlled Dumbbells review

    Seems to me if a user requires voice control for exercise weights, it isn't the weights that should be considered "dumbells"...
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    News Google Assistant can now find your lost iPhone — here’s how

    How about a version of Google Assistant (at least the Voice Dialer part) that works OFFLINE. My older phone (Moto Droid Razr) was able to voice dial offline, so being forced to use mobile data to do the same thing is a REGRESSION. Mobile data doesn't work on my phone, and even if it did I'd...
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    Review Roku Voice Remote Pro review: Finally, a rechargeable remote

    Yet another device that's always on and always listening??? No thanks. No such devices are allowed in my house (the closest such device I have, my phone, has voice control shut OFF). Rechargable battery? Yep, that would be good. But if I want to find the remote, I'd rather have a paging...
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    News Here’s the one reason to buy OnePlus phones instead of Samsung

    So download speed is the only thing you can offer to promote the OnePlus over any other phone? Seeing as I don't even use mobile data, that's of absolutely NO significance to me. Things like does it have a MicroSD slot, does it have a headphone jack, does it have decent battery life, etc...
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    Question Have you "cut the cord" or are you considering doing it?

    Dropped cable-TV some 4 or 5 years ago. I was out of work, and dropping my bill by $80/month was quite useful. Especially since I was already subscribing to Netflix, and also watching Crunchyroll and Funimation (with commercials) It was a good excuse to drop it at that point (the family...
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    Best Toys of Toy Fair 2018

    I wonder if you could use MMD to create animations for that "SeeMeez" toy. You could have your own tiny Hatsune Miku or Megurine Luka performing their own songs on your phone.