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by pentae 8y ago
According to Apple, someone who can afford to spend $1300-$6000 on a laptop.
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by pentae 8y ago
It's big alright. A big $300 extra for Apple on every laptop.
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by pentae 8y ago
As a counterpoint, the 13" finally now has a quad core processor - that's a game changer.
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by pentae 8y ago
Except you would't need to, they have local offices.
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by pentae 8y ago
And I can't think of any other countries imposing their laws on the rest of the world like the EU is doing.
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by pentae 8y ago
I wonder how many people running smaller non commercial sites (or SME's with < $1M a year income, or sites aiming for non-EU audiences) will just end up blocking all EU IP ranges from accessing their servers. Between the EU and Chin
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by pentae 8y ago
It actually runs deeper - the reason 'probability of fraud is higher' may as well be called 'probability of buyers remorse' is higher. In the industry we call it friendly fraud. When a customer finishes what he came to f
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by pentae 8y ago
Nice ideology. I guess you'll need to stop using all your favourite products - wouldn't want to be a hypocrite, right?
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by pentae 8y ago
It always surprises me why people choose Dubai because theres so many better countries you can effectively get this type of tax arrangement in with some basic legal advice. A few that come to mind: Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, England (n
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by pentae 8y ago
This Article sums it up well (2015): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11936981/Who-in...
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by pentae 8y ago
Almost all of these 'influencers' have fake followers. If they didn't buy them, the majority of their followers are auto following bots or people using bots to auto-follow to get more followers. Working inside this industry i
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by pentae 8y ago
And how many non Tesla cars are on the road vs Teslas?
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by pentae 8y ago
Well it's not a feature for me. Not sure how allowing vendors to install apps onto iOS without the app store (and having a few warning popups) has anything to do with OS fragmentation on Android. Isn't it an interesting coincidenc
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by pentae 8y ago
It's fun but you can't leave the park. If I want to install a 3rd party app on my $1100 iPhone without using the App store i'm shit out of luck. I think it's unacceptable that if I'm paying that much for a phone I h
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by pentae 8y ago
It's an iPhone company that has a lucrative little side business selling computers. And all those enthusiasts who got them there are now left out in the dark like wet dogs.
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by pentae 8y ago
Do you remember when Apple laptops had the best keyboards in the business? I miss those days.
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by pentae 8y ago
It still amazes me that so many people don't get this.
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by pentae 8y ago
.. And make an absolute fortune on chargeback fees in the process. What problem?
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by pentae 8y ago
Sorry, since when did credit card companies start discouraging reckless spending behaviour? This is dimension C-137 right?
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by pentae 8y ago
Theres literally nothing preventing them from adding another port on the other side. It was a design decision not a technical limitation - there's plenty of ultralights the same size for a lot less money that have two USB-C's. It&
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by pentae 8y ago
It's ridiculous. Thankfully, many insider reports state that they are indeed changing out the other end that goes into the charger from USB-A to USB-C on the next generation iPhone lineup so at least you'll be able to plug the dam
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by pentae 8y ago
I'm guessing you missed this in the Article: But relying on suppliers got Tesla into trouble with the Model X, when its engineers designed an extremely difficult-to-make “monopost” seat and an impossible-to-hit timeline. Problems with
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by pentae 8y ago
This nails it. What I don't get is; why don't these companies focus on scaling production for really efficient and cost effective Co2 scrubbers that can attach to any factory exhaust ventilation system and then have governments ma
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by pentae 8y ago
Another week goes by, another reason never to set foot in mainland China.
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Ask HN: What SaaS business tools are you using that has let you down?
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by pentae 8y ago
Skype wasn't ruined because they attempted to merge it into their other platforms. Skype was just flat out ruined with bloat, horribly inefficient code, turning it into a spying tool and not listening to their vocal users. Everyone was
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by pentae 8y ago
Well the market has responded and it seems your pain points just don't matter to the regular person. You're seriously underestimating the number 1 and number 2 thing people care about.. convenience. Who wants to own something and
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by pentae 8y ago
I would still prefer we called it FuckOracleScript, or FoScript, for short.
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by pentae 8y ago
No. Apple needs to allow its customers to install apps from outside the store with a bunch of warning pop-ups.
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by pentae 8y ago
I agree - Gambling is rolling the dice to make back more money than you put in. Loot box is rolling the dice to get digital items you want with no expectation to profit. There is a difference.

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