Sentences with phrase «of turned me off of»

The long refresh times, the flashing, the bad contrast, all of it turned me off of the Sony product entirely, not to mention that by reducing the font size so you can read a full page at a time, it's a strain on the eyes.

The whole thing kind of turned me off of writing for about six or seven years, and it was only when the Kindle came around that I decided that I'd give that a shot because a friend of mine had had some limited success.

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As a founder of a small business, my brain is constantly going and turning it off to get some much - needed quiet time can be pretty difficult.

The experimental device shot a beam of X-rays at its infinitesimal target, which in turn yielded a pattern on some photographic film resting behind it as the radioactive waves diffracted off of the molecule's atoms and etched a smudgy outline of its shape.

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.

Hungary was one of the first European countries to turn against foreign ownership of utilities back in 2013 but there are growing signs that borders are springing up again in an industry that has struggled to make international deals pay off.

That's why Moore says he's opted to turn off all of his email notifications to help him set boundaries.

And, not exactly able to announce that fact or ask his sick wife to sign off, the wealthy Edwards turned to some wealthy backers to take care of the woman and the baby and hide the whole thing from Elizabeth Edwards and presumably everyone else.

And the iPhone X's $ 1000 price tag has turned a lot of people off from upgrading.

Matthias Dopfner, CEO of German media giant Axel Springer told the Financial Times that after implementing a similar block at its newspaper Bild, more than two - thirds of users chose to turn off their ad - blocking software.

One poor experience, of which there will likely be many, is likely all it will take to turn consumers off, Pao said.

It took its logos off the building and shut off the marquee lights — though after years of public outcry, AMC began turning on the lights in the evenings.

As a result, the company plans to try a number of different strategies to convince readers to turn off their ad blockers in the new year, including a message that tells them the publisher relies on ad revenue for its survival.

While it's impossible to turn off your reactions to what others think of you, you don't have to compare yourself to others, and you can always take people's opinions with a grain of salt.

Since AGOGO doesn't create any of its own content, you might think publishers would be turned off by it.

A feature highlighted is the ability to wave your hand in front of a smoke detector that has signaled an alarm to make it turn off; no climbing up on ladders or chairs or swinging towels required.

One morning late last year in sunny Los Angeles, Laurent Potdevin turned off his alarm clock, got out of bed and padded down the hardwood stairs to his kitchen.

There's no option to simply turn off the offending parts of its access.

But our smartphones and various other devices make it especially tough to turn off all of the distractions in our lives.

As it turns out, this sort of rip - off of the multi-billion-dollar Medicaid Personal Care Services program administered by the states is fairly common, according to a recent Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General's advisory report.

Not all hair straighteners come with this feature, and if you don't have an issue remembering to turn these types of things off it may not be necessary.

While the lack of versatility could be a negative for some, there is a «lock» option that provides a solution to the button placement and will prevent you from turning off the straightener on accident.

Read More: The Power of Mornings: Why Successful Entrepreneurs Get up Early Skip the nightcap and turn off your smartphone.

The nice thing about «God of War»: You can choose to turn all of these options off, or back on, on the fly.

«I took off what I thought was going to be 6 months of work, that turned into a year and I had already been to about 160 countries by then,» Lavallo told CNBC.

The game also has an «Immersion mode» you can toggle, which quickly turns all of the indicators off, in case you want to forget you're playing a game at all.

This created a flat company that was neither growing quickly nor extremely profitable, turning off potential investors in a market with thousands of investment options.

Some of the most respected news sources turned out to be way off the mark about Donald J. Trump's chances of securing the Republican nomination, or even remaining in the race for as long as he has.

However, be wary that overconfidence can be a turn - off or a sign of insecurity.

Such clots, in turn, can break off and get stuck in the narrow blood vessels of the brain, causing a stroke.

Some of the business analysts responsible for this function, however, were turning it off — purposely.

The South African city has gone three years with hardly any rain, and is warning that it will be forced to turn off most of its taps at an unspecified date in 2019, leaving people to queue up outside for their water.

In Southern California, a company called Advanced Microgrid Solutions is spearheading a project that involves replacing the energy that was once provided by a large (now decommissioned) nuclear power plant with a series of solar arrays and batteries that AMS can turn on and off based on when the prices for conventional energy are low and when there's the most demand.

But Kathryn Haun, a former federal prosecutor who signed off on the indictment, says Vinnik's use of Bitcoin helps clearly connect him to the crime: «At first blush what seemed unsolvable turned out to be traceable through the use of digital currency.»

While it's impossible to turn off your reactions to what others think, you don't have to compare yourself to others, and you can always take people's opinions with a grain of salt.

This will set off a vicious cycle of higher deficits that lead to higher debt, which in turn will mean higher interest costs and less funding available for healthcare, education and other provincial services.

Don't make the mistake of turning off even one customer.

It's best if the emails are designed with mobile in mind every step of the way, so consider fonts, layout and even hyper - text as many mobile devices have images turned off.

Instead, the command will need to «not appear as being part of the task at hand — which means the robot must think it's deciding to turn itself off instead of obeying the orders of a pesky human.

I am not kidding here, I'm probably forced to turn off my laptop and read a book (or write a blog like this one) at least 50 percent of the time.

«They are paying early termination fees in order to get customers to switch, and everyone followed, so if you look at the major changes that have occurred in the industry, from payment plans (to) turning off termination fees, no contracts, getting rid of roaming (charges), it's a longer list of things that are precipitated by them doing it first,» he told CNBC by phone.

CNBC's Jane Wells reports on the difficulties people have with turning off their digital devices for those hoping for a national day of digital detox.»

Turn it off early and it's a tragic tale of Maverick accidentally killing his best friend, Goose.

As the computer began processing the data, the lights in the room were turned off so that the audience would be awed by the blinking Ping - Pong balls, a spectacle that became a staple of movies and TV shows.

When you constantly post for the sake of posting and don't really have anything to say, it turns people off.

, fitness breaks legitimized in the work schedule, requiring all employees to take a substantial part of their vacation time off, turning off email while on vacation, providing paid parental leave for new parents and encouraging both mothers and fathers to take advantage with no adverse career impact, paid time off for volunteer activities, and more.

«Any attempt to turn off the flows of capital and people around the world will be like trying to divert a river into lakes and creeks,» said Xi.

A company - commissioned survey found 49 % of Canadians who travel with their mobile devices simply turn off data roaming when in the U.S.

Under certain conditions, the ignition switch can move out of the «run» or «on» position, causing a partial loss of electrical power and the engine turning off, according to GM.

In a wonderful essay on this, our age of pluralist popularity, Adam Sternbergh wrote, «we've turned off Top 40 and loaded up Spotify; we've clicked away from NBC and fired up Netflix.»