03/17 - For Better or For Worse Friday!

[Yungskell]

I have an HP stream which isn't a chromebook but was only like $100 on sale

How well does it work for just turking? are yo uable to run scripts and what not?

 

[T. Leela]

My advice: Don't buy a butter knife when you plan to eat steak. Buy a real laptop.

I don't see what laptops has to do with steak. Maybe you mean A-1.

 

[Yungskell]

My advice: Don't buy a butter knife when you plan to eat steak. Buy a real laptop.

I'm currently using a custom built gaming computer in my office. just trying to get something i can be mobile and turk off of

 

[Peachy]

 

[lsutiger25]

BUT I am getting paid $120 to watch Bolt. So I guess I can't complain

 

[TylerS]

could you PM me which one?

I'll post it here in case anyone ever googles the phrase, maybe it'll help.

It's a mixed bag, I love how small it is, I HATE how low performance it is. If I run Panda and a few scripts it slows to a crawl. If a big batch comes up I go to Incognito just so it runs quick with no extensions running except for greasemonkey. The battery life is insane, but any task that requires downloading any special program (like Inquisit) can't really be done on the Chromebook.

Overall it's not bad though, I use it only for Turking so it's pretty quick for the most part, not bogged down by random crap.

I use the Samsung Chromebook 3, I got it on Black Friday for 129 bucks at Walmart, it's usually 179ish

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Based on how slow it can be on Pandas, and just sometimes running slow on multiple scripts, I figure I miss out on more HITs than I would like to honestly.

For the price....I dunno, might be worth it. You can run Linux on these Chromebooks, which does make it faster, but I just use the general ChromeOS

 

[T. Leela]

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does this mean you are thinking sarcastically?

 

[Yungskell]

I'll post it here in case anyone ever googles the phrase, maybe it'll help.

It's a mixed bag, I love how small it is, I HATE how low performance it is. If I run Panda and a few scripts it slows to a crawl. If a big batch comes up I go to Incognito just so it runs quick with no extensions running except for greasemonkey. The battery life is insane, but any task that requires downloading any special program (like Inquisit) can't really be done on the Chromebook.

Overall it's not bad though, I use it only for Turking so it's pretty quick for the most part, not bogged down by random crap.

I use the Samsung Chromebook 3, I got it on Black Friday for 129 bucks at Walmart, it's usually 179ish

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Based on how slow it can be on Pandas, and just sometimes running slow on multiple scripts, I figure I miss out on more HITs than I would like to honestly.

For the price....I dunno, might be worth it. You can run Linux on these Chromebooks, which does make it faster, but I just use the general ChromeOS

Hmm i might just buy a full laptop lol might be better then buying a chrome book lol, i see your at taco bell haha

 

[Blue]

I'm currently using a custom built gaming computer in my office. just trying to get something i can be mobile and turk off of

If all you want to do is surveys... you can do that with a crappy cell phone. If you want to do batch work... get a mobile device capable of doing work. Chrome books and netbooks have a half baked half functional OS, and horrendously low performance standards on bottom of the bucket hardware. You get what you pay for... and will affect your earnings.

 

[Jaded]

does this mean you are thinking sarcastically?

I'm always thinking sarcastically.

 

[TylerS]

Hmm i might just buy a full laptop lol might be better then buying a chrome book lol, i see your at taco bell haha

Library, drinking Taco bell, I keep it classy bro. Also, this is one of the cheapest Chromebooks, if you go up in quality it might be much better. I kinda wish I bought a nicer one, it would be much quicker I'm sure. The price was really good though, so I didn't wanna pass it up

 

[The Bad Ash]

My advice: Don't buy a butter knife when you plan to eat steak. Buy a real laptop.

Dell Latitude Laptop. 119.99. Shows up Tuesday. It's older but not even as old (or cheap) as I wanted. If it were up to me I'd buy something with WInxp installed but apparently Chrome doesn't support XP so I had to go a little newer.

 

[T. Leela]

I'm always thinking sarcastically.

The other guys, this made me think of edit: mark wahlberg learning ballet 'sarcastically'.

 

[Yungskell]

If all you want to do is surveys... you can do that with a crappy cell phone. If you want to do batch work... get a mobile device capable of doing work. Chrome books and netbooks have a half baked half functional OS, and horrendously low performance standards on bottom of the bucket hardware. You get what you pay for... and will affect your earnings.

I have a Galaxy S7 Edge lol.

 

[TylerS]

Honestly if you get a cheap laptop and throw Lubuntu or Xubuntu on it, it'll run pretty quick. I've used Linux for years as I just don't game, and don't really care on missing out on small things. The performance difference is insane, and the learning curve for either of them is negligible.

 

[Bode "Emo Barry" Miller]

you almost jinxed it

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[Yatagarasu]

Title: Quick survey for Managers and Executives who are facing a business decision in the next week or two | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Erik Larson [A1NN3FTZJJ1MFE] (Contact) TO: [Pay: 4.94] [Fair: 4.94] [Comm: 5.00] [Fast: 5.00] [Reviews: 23] [ToS: 4] Description: This 3 to 5 minute survey asks you about decision making at work. You must be a manager or executive to complete this HIT. Time: 2 hours HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.25 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 99; Location EqualTo US;

HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.14.9​

 

[Yatagarasu]

Title: Navigation Task | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: LNCC [A39PFY48UFLTTU] (Contact) TO: [Pay: 3.38] [Fair: 4.71] [Comm: 3.81] [Fast: 4.07] [Reviews: 45] [ToS: 0] Description: Learn to move around a maze Time: 1 hour HITs Available: 1 Reward: $1.50 Qualifications: HIT approval rate (%) GreaterThanOrEqualTo 95; Location EqualTo US;

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[kryss]

you almost jinxed it

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That was not my fault. :|

 

[Yatagarasu]

Title: Organization-employee relationship and employees' communication behaviors | PANDA Worker: Preview | Accept | Requester Requester: Yeunjae Lee [A1A7QLQNJN9ESU] (Contact) TO: [Pay: N/A] [Fair: N/A] [Comm: N/A] [Fast: N/A] [Reviews: 0] [ToS: 0] Description: Please participate in this survey (~20 min) if you are a FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE in the U.S. at a company with more than 300 employees. Time: 1 hour HITs Available: 1 Reward: $0.75 Qualifications: Location EqualTo US; One time participation DoesNotExist ;

HIT exported from Mturk Suite v1.14.9​