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by jsz0 6y ago
Mobile app compatibility is becoming really important now that so many popular apps/services spend all their money into iOS/Android development. If they even offer a web version it's pretty much guaranteed to be a crippled ba
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by jsz0 6y ago
> It is troubling enough to see these ideas on social media I think the attempts to censor conspiracy theories are far more troubling. They are works of political fan fiction or at worst someone's erroneously held opinion. Sometimes
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by jsz0 6y ago
Be careful to mid the gap between personal preference and obsessive/compulsive like behaviors. When personal preferences start to become a burden it time to re-evaluate them. Some preferences will be worth keeping but many will not.
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by jsz0 6y ago
Sounds a lot like post lyme disease syndrome which I believe is still not very well understood decades after it was first observed.
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by jsz0 6y ago
Impossible to understate how cool and innovative Growl was many years ago before anyone knew what a notification system was. It was a killer app for me back when all we really had was terminal bells or Windows system tray bubbles.
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by jsz0 6y ago
Almost all the security features are getting progressively less sensible to disable though. You gotta be for real Jedi to be using a computer with easily modifiable system files these days.
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by jsz0 6y ago
It's always fascinating to read this type of stuff with the knowledge the authors influenced the way people use technology in such a fundamental way. It's like the inventor of the screwdriver modestly writing about how their curio
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by jsz0 6y ago
Open or at least documented file formats pretty much solved the file format problem. It's incredibly rare for me to encounter any file format I can't use natively or easily convert into something else.
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by jsz0 6y ago
Seems reasonable enough considering many other instruments are available in a range of common sizes. The bigger problem I see is the ergonomics of most instruments are terrible and that will continue to be a burden at any size until they ar
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by jsz0 6y ago
The only easy part of vintage computing was simplicity gained from highly limited software and hardware.
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by jsz0 7y ago
> follow all possible contacts. Not a practical strategy for thousands of conference attendees packed closely together for a short period of time before flying back home. This virus is too infectious and has too long of an incubation per
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by jsz0 7y ago
I have to admit I'm nostalgic for the straight forward nature of NS/WM and even some of the less powerful interfaces of the time. Most modern desktop environments including macOS feel like an exercise in evading landmines of unpre
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by jsz0 8y ago
The larger fixed position display is easier to read at a glance than a SmartPhone display.
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by jsz0 9y ago
> Once the sweet spot is reached the experience becomes less enjoyable Not much different than alcohol in that respect. Some people abuse high dosages but most don't because it's usually an unpleasant experience. The problem wi
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by jsz0 9y ago
Out of curiosity did you do regular oil changes for the first 40-60k miles? In my experience once the engine is broken in there's little harm in changing oil only as needed. I've gone 60k between oil changes before. As long as the
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by jsz0 9y ago
I think gasoline engines will stick around much longer than most people expect. They are a known commodity and many people have invested time and money into learning how to operate and maintain them. For example it's been brutally cold
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by jsz0 9y ago
If you think this is important you should definitely buy an Android device instead. No need to belittle and mock people who have different priorities than you. That's a nasty way to be.
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by jsz0 9y ago
The iPhone X is thicker than previous generation models.
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by jsz0 9y ago
For the same reason auto makers don't offer free lifetime oil changes. A battery is expected to degrade over time so if you expect to use a device for 2-3+ years it's your own responsibility to factor that into the cost of ownersh
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by jsz0 9y ago
People who constantly re-charge their batteries (more charging cycles) are more likely to have the problem.
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by jsz0 9y ago
> doesn't degrade horribly after only a year That doesn't happen unless you have an absurd number of charge cycles. It usually takes 2-3 years of normal use to reach a point where the battery degradation is a major problem.
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by jsz0 9y ago
Not even that much of a pain. Apple makes the batteries fairly easy to replace (with the right tools) to lower their own cost of warranty repairs, staffing, etc.
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by jsz0 9y ago
Charging and usage stats are logged so it should be pretty easy for Apple to spot the problem.
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by jsz0 9y ago
> For years I knew that my iphones were becoming obsolete The clock down feature is new so your past experiences are very likely unrelated.
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by jsz0 9y ago
There's a huge second hand market for iPhones so I'm guessing the majority of devices get trade/sold or at least held onto as spares until they are no longer viable.
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by jsz0 9y ago
The home/swipe related bugs seem to be related to accidental touch detection and/or swiping before animations fully complete. For example this morning I had to reboot my phone because I couldn't swipe to unlock from the lock
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by jsz0 9y ago
The iPhone X hardware is great but they dropped the ball big time on software quality/reliability. I still encounter major home/swipe related glitches that require a reboot a couple of times per week. It seems like the point relea
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by jsz0 9y ago
The US government is like old legacy software. It's not as good as modern software but it's too difficult and expensive to replace.
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by jsz0 9y ago
> Why do you think millions of people bought an Echo Dot or a Google Home? Probably because they emulate human conversation well enough to make people feel less lonely.
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by jsz0 9y ago
Almost all of these mysteries are all easily explained by acknowledging we under estimated the abilities of ancient anatomically modern humans.

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