dayjobpork

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by dayjobpork 6y ago
So you want people to discuss the economy without mentioning the genocide camps of forced labour that underpin manufacturing?
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
You think it is bad that a company provides good documentation on how their product works and how to use it?
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Bizarre. In Australia I can literally call up a new ISP and get switched over in minutes, and it automatically terminates my old ISP (and many will refund the remaining monthly charge)
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Apple is also the company that decides that 'x port' is the new greatest thing ever and drops support for previous ports
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
You are opening it wrong /s
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
If my kids are asleep we turn the TV volume down. Why would you wear headphones with your spouse, you can't have any conversation so it defeats the purpose of watching together
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Anti radiation missile.
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
To be clear, you are against other workers benefiting from something if you yourself don't benefit?
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Apart from a terribly selfish attitude, I'd like to see proof of the wait for CT scans. Australia has mostly socialised healthcare and I've always had xrays same day and CT, Pet and MRI within a couple of days at most. Also all th
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
They don't like some patterns, I suspect that straight dark lines are detected as possible drops
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Epic Games brings Apple legal fight to Australia(smh.com.au)
3 points by dayjobpork 6y ago|0 comments
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Lawyers are expensive.
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Why should a user pay for something that is useful for a multi billion dollar multinational ad company?
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
It's almost like the roles of government, such as medical access, social security and law enforcement, should not be run as a business
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
So what happens if/when Ferrari stops supporting the remote hardware, or the mobile tech is no longer available (ie none of my 2g mobile network stuff works anymore because no telecoms company here does 2g anymore)
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Depends if you want a convertible or not
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
This literally makes no sense. Australian unions have been giving free representation to immigrants bring exploited by employers
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
As a full time software documentation writer, all I ever do on github is correct docs and text (because nothing looks more unprofessional than terrible spelling, especially in your UI, expect maybe for when the directions are wrong and don&
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
The cases get posted on ars, but there is an army that downvotes any comment on that isn't Apple positive.
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Ten bucks says that by you 'accepting the risk' your accounts are now flagged as not be covered for any losses that the bank 'says' are due to hacking as per some legalese in one of their 100 page agreements. Just saying
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Possibly taking one of the best parts of Firefox, the addons, and replacing it with a system that doesn't bother to support many of the most popular addons.
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
The nvidia shield it depends on the app. Kodi you can adjust volume in app and on the sound receiver, while Netflix just shows a message every time you hit the shield volume control. I hate the Netflix option, is my bloody hardware it shoul
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Every single one of your examples the creator could self publish. Apple apps you are forced to use their services, and you have to pay for the privilege
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Don't worry Apple hates users too. I've once had a Windows update break software, and I was easily able to downgrade the broken update (and it wasn't really MSvs fault entirely, graphics driver issue). Multiple times I'v
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
It's nice to live in a country where not only do various parts of the government actively try to help someone with a really bizarre issue, but no one got arrested (or shot) for bullshit trumped-up hacking charges. I can't think of
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
See I find this an example of a user being lazy, and I experience this frequently. They are not even bothering to read what the computer is saying, just giving up and knowing/assuming that you will figure it out. They don't valu
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Bingo It really annoys me when they bitch about not being able to bring in skilled workers from overseas because they can't find skilled people here... Hey, maybe they should fucking train someone! Usually when a tech boss is complaini
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
You do realise Apple could still do this in their app store AND allow 3rd party app stores?
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
And what happens when old hardware is resold? How can anyone trust any future excorp hardware?
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by dayjobpork 6y ago
Australian Consumer Law would make Dell liable for damages if anyone bought a computer from them that damaged a CPU by design. I don't even think that having a warning attached would be a sufficient shield, because it's impossible

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