abawany

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by abawany 6y ago
I don't understand why this makes you and the other guy so angry. "Bully for you"? "Buy the shit you want.."? It's just sad that you can't or won't appreciate a different viewpoint.
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by abawany 6y ago
You never answered the question. Not once. You are not even trying. You changed the topic to me 'advocating' for this phone when I, to clarify to you for the third time, was responding to someone who I felt was stating that it&#x2
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by abawany 6y ago
You keep changing the narrative to one that favors your Apple advocacy. You can think of no reason why I might strongly prefer this Samsung over your Apple? Not one? I have seen hundreds of your comments on this site on Apple threads and yo
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by abawany 6y ago
These are irrelevant digressions to the post that I was responding. The parent comment appeared to be implying it was technically impossible and that does not seem to be true. Your ad hominem and irrelevant attack on Samsung is weird: 1) yo
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by abawany 6y ago
That's the one that came to mind - I am sure there are others. You appeared to be claiming it was technically impossible and I found a good example. You keep asserting that you know what is good for me or other consumers with no eviden
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by abawany 6y ago
yet the new Samsung Xcover Pro, targeted for the rugged/business market, managed to make a modern high quality phone with a removable battery: https://www.samsung.com/us/business/products/mobile/phon
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by abawany 6y ago
To the point that an aberration of the US flag is considered the preferred symbol of display for some: https://www.npr.org/local/305/2019/11/04/776060800/barring-o... .
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by abawany 6y ago
The thought of arbitrary shutdown and their 'legendary' customer service got me moving off Google services. I started with Runbox using my own domains, which works well though some emails just never got delivered. I'm now on
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by abawany 6y ago
I use a combination of Mailo, Mailbox.org, and Runbox with my domains. They have their varying quirks but I am happy with my choice esp. wrt. their host countries.
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by abawany 6y ago
They are also very responsive on Github for logged issues and questions. They responded within the hour to an update to an existing issue that I logged.
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by abawany 6y ago
In a defensive driving course I took in the prior decade, the instructor informed us that these collect data in a rolling 5 minute window until an adverse event occurs.
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by abawany 6y ago
I believe these have existed in vehicles for quite a while and have been used as evidence for/against the driver. According to [1], 85% of all vehicles in 2010 were expected to already have these things installed. [1] https:/&#x2
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by abawany 6y ago
(alert: has spoilers) It was sad to see that he supported and evangelized Apple for 24 years (FTA) and yet they dumped him with nary a thought for helping an elderly neighbor with a data transfer.
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by abawany 6y ago
I remember the earlier Surface machines got a pretty bad repairability rating from iFixit but it seems newer models get better ratings. I bought the HP precisely because of its repairability.
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by abawany 6y ago
I didn't mind - just wanted to clarify that I did try to make this work :) . Thanks for clarifying your intent. Edit: you lucked out that your eBay battery was good - mine was unfortunately a total dud even though it claimed to be OEM
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by abawany 6y ago
After my futile efforts to get it repaired at the independent shop and the Apple Store (they never came for me even with my appointment and I wasted an hour sitting in that place for no reason), I bought a third party battery and a set of g
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by abawany 6y ago
IME, they've really hobbled the functionality of independent repair shops, making it necessary to supplicate to the Apple Store. I was trying to get the battery replaced in a 2015 MBP and the independent shops were 'required'
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by abawany 6y ago
It cost me $50 to get a 1GB plan in Montreal because they bundled it with a useless 'calling plan' that only worked in the province. There has to be a special place in Hades for the people in charge of Canadian telecoms and banks,
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by abawany 6y ago
Sam's Club has this really crazy-understated product (imo) that I like because it contains fish oil and 2000IU VitD in a fish gelatin capsule: https://www.samsclub.com/p/mm-fish-oil-dbl-d3-200ct-fish-gel... .
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by abawany 6y ago
Thank you. Somewhat related: I wanted to inform that ublock hides the submit button on the blog - if someone is having difficulty subscribing, they should trying disabling ublock for a bit before the submit button becomes visible.
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by abawany 6y ago
Surprisingly, that is the default behavior for me: if I click a link in the reddit container for e.g., it opens a new reddit container tab with the link.
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by abawany 6y ago
Yes, I switched to it fairly wholesale (1) when the paying plan became available. It is eye opening what all my devices look up in the course of their operation. 1: apps on my Windows, Android, iOS devices along with specifying it as the de
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I tried to live without the tech giants. It was impossible(nytimes.com)
1 points by abawany 6y ago|1 comments
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by abawany 6y ago
This is not directly answering your query but you might sometimes be surprised at the positions available at major companies that work towards your goal of nature conservation. For example, I had a stint at Siemens working on an project tha
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by abawany 6y ago
I recommend going to https://mobileread.com/forums to read about user experiences with Onyx and other makers. They are interesting devices but the support level is not at the same level as a Kobo/Nook/Kindle. I us
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by abawany 6y ago
AFAICT, Cardbook doesn't work with TB78 ( https://gitlab.com/CardBook/CardBook/-/issues/574 ) . The built-in Calendar integration is real nice though - was able to pick up various CalDAV options well.
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by abawany 6y ago
I will concede that cheaper ceramic knives may chip easily but I have been using my set for about 6 years without any issues. The very first cheap ceramic knife I got chipped because I inadvertently dropped it from counter height on a tile
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by abawany 6y ago
I am no knife nerd and it is heresy to bring it up in this thread but I am a big believer in ceramic knives. They cut clean, maintain an edge with no fuss, and just work. I recommend ones from Kyocera (made in Japan) since those have worked
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Covid-19 Risk Doesn’t Depend (Much) on Blood Type, New Studies Find(nytimes.com)
2 points by abawany 6y ago|0 comments
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by abawany 6y ago
Plus with their announced usb-c hub, it seems that one could connect to a screen+keyboard+mouse and work on things for a bit if one forgot the laptop.

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