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by ericabiz 8y ago
I count six different apps here: Allo Duo Messages Hangouts Hangouts Chat Hangouts Meet I’m technical and I follow news about Google, and I can still barely tell what app does what and for whom. How is the vast majority of the world suppo
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by ericabiz 8y ago
For #2, might be the same issue I posted about on HN a while back, particularly if you have a 13” MBP. I corresponded with Mozilla employees, but I still don’t think it has made much movement toward getting fixed. https://news.yc
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by ericabiz 8y ago
From the article: "Multiple tax files of Dutch citizens had been published via www.docplayer.nl" I don't speak or read Dutch, so I couldn't watch the video clip, but my guess is these tax files contained important and se
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by ericabiz 8y ago
The problem, as I understand it from talking to Google employees, is twofold: 1) Many of these products rely on internal infrastructure and/or hosting that isn't readily available outside of Google. (They're basically built o
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Although I don’t have OCD, I have ADHD. Your condition causes you to have anxiety about it, and my condition makes me more likely to actually do one of those things :) How I’ve gotten around the anxiety (as I actually have left doors unlock
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by ericabiz 8y ago
One of the more interesting pieces is buried in the linked PDF: "Excessive alcohol: Harassment is never acceptable and alcohol is never an excuse. But one of the most common factors among the harassment complaints made today at Google
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by ericabiz 8y ago
I can shed a bit of light into this as a Myers-Briggs INTJ (so common in Silicon Valley it's called the "programmer type.") I'd definitely rather be behind a computer than out talking to people, especially people I don&#
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by ericabiz 8y ago
If you’re thinking about having your child attend a Waldorf school, you should know they are a haven for anti-vaxxers. I found out about this when I looked into one for my daughter. More info: https://www.precisionvaccinations.co
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Not the person you replied to, but look at a Dell XPS 13 or a Lenovo X1 Carbon. I have been recommending the XPS 13 to our customers and they love it.
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by ericabiz 8y ago
This isn’t a thing currently. (I run repair shops and the #1 thing we do is fix iPhone screens.) Independent, non-Apple-authorized repair shops do significant enough volume that Apple has been forced to fix anything that trended toward this
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Repair shop owner here. A 2015 MBP is basically 3 parts: the screen, the logic board, and what Apple calls the “top case” (the metal component where your keyboard and trackpad hang out.) RAM went bad? Tough, it’s soldered onto the board. LC
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by ericabiz 8y ago
The good news is that the back glass price should change here in the next few weeks. I run independent repair shops (not affiliated with Apple) and literally today we did our first test on a new back glass removal tool we bought. We success
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by ericabiz 8y ago
I run repair shops for a living, so I can tell you the #1 thing people do is give them to their kids or other family members. Trade-ins with carriers are big as well, and of course selling them will still net some money as well. You can sel
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Interesting, as this is the same MBP I have, and same Firefox version. I now have a perf file showing the issue. Can't upload it (it gives an error), but would be happy to send it to anyone who thinks they can help.
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Totally agree in general; I've gone down the "Reddit rabbit hole" almost too many times to count. Private groups on FB can be more discerning about their membership, which is also what makes them interesting. Many of the cell
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Steps to reproduce: 1) Pick a rMBP. Any one. 2) Set display options - "more space" under System Preferences. 3) Run Firefox. Load any website. No extensions; safe mode doesn't matter. 4) 100%+ CPU, fans kick up and run high,
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Facebook is super relevant for our business. Not only do we advertise on there, but I also sit on Messenger and answer computer and phone repair questions from friends, and get tagged in "Help! My computer stopped working" types o
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by ericabiz 8y ago
It happens when you set your rMBP display to "Scaled" in display preferences, which is what most developers do. (Edit to your edit: Try the "More Space" option in your display preferences! It's amazing.)
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Agreed. Now: does Mozilla read these? I tried to switch to Firefox, but was stymied by a bug where Firefox consumes 100%+ CPU on MacBook Pro Retinas. Firefox is basically unusable with this bug; Facebook takes forever to load, and even Redd
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Good. It seems like science needs more experiments and fewer naysayers. No one really knows if this will work, but it's relatively cheap ($23M--a rounding error on the scale most governments work at.) I get tired of the folks who bash
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Car2go handles it like this: When you get in the car, you rate its cleanliness. If it’s not drivable (flat tire, puke, etc.), they have a team of people on-call to fix them. If it’s just not clean but still drivable, it alerts them and at s
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by ericabiz 8y ago
The cleaning supplies aren’t the only issue. From a driver’s standpoint, if they’re in their first hour of a long shift and get a puker, they have significant lost income for the rest of the night. That’s what this is to reimburse for. And
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Yes, this is a "cobbler's kids have no shoes" moment. (Author here.) I have been busy building other sites. I promise I will make the time investment on my blog soon. :)
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Hey rbliss, article author here. I've been out of pocket all day. I was getting ready for bed when I saw my article on the front page of Hacker News! Your comment is fair. It's late here, so I don't have the mental energy rig
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Update: I stuck my ear next to the keyboard and I do hear coil whine on it. I actually hadn't heard it before because the fans are usually pushing hard on it (I sit in the Adobe suite most of my day) and I also have it off to the side,
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by ericabiz 8y ago
No issues whatsoever, except the fans get loud when I’m pushing it hard. I blame the i9. Other than that, no problems.
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by ericabiz 8y ago
I definitely recommend you check out the Dell XPS 15. I just picked one up and it has plenty of ports, an excellent display, and it’s super fast. As an added bonus, the one I got (core i9, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) was $1100 cheaper than the equiv
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by ericabiz 8y ago
> What kinds of tasks require more performance than a standard laptop but less than a desktop? I suppose it depends on the desktop! I just moved from a MacBook Pro to a Dell XPS 15. I thought I'd replace the MBP with the Dell, but I
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by ericabiz 8y ago
Although I don't agree with it, I am knowledgeable about the side in favor of civil forfeiture. (I grew up in Indiana, and my dad was an attorney there.) The "other side" says: Seizing Land Rovers from drug dealers helps fund
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by ericabiz 8y ago
You've got a couple options, both of which involve seeing someone to help. First, consider a psychiatrist for some anxiety medication. Mine put me on gabapentin, which is mild, but yours may recommend something different. That takes th

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