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by retired 5mo ago
I want to go one step further and be able to add the CPU and GPU myself. Would also make future upgrades easier. Maybe someone can invent a universal system to allow CPU and GPU upgrades on a desktop computer.
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by retired 5mo ago
Great. AirPlay has been nothing but trouble for me. Doesn't work half the time, uses the wrong language channel, needs funky setup on my TV. And when I finally get it working and take out my phone to browse a website, it will replace w
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by retired 5mo ago
I miss the internet of old, where you would meet up with a cute girl you met online and she turned out to be a 39 year old man from Wisconsin.
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by retired 5mo ago
I switched to Apple Music to save some money and I find the curation and the recommendations to be significantly better than Spotify.
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by retired 5mo ago
Not exactly. The Netherlands has an identificatieplicht (an obligation to identify yourself), not a formal draagplicht (an obligation to physically carry ID at all times). Police may require identification only in specific situations connec
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by retired 5mo ago
Guess it is time to retire this account then.
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by retired 5mo ago
I'm paying someone €500 a year to file my taxes and I just want to go back to trading sea shells. Why do systems have to be so complicated. I have to pay my road tax in bills and I get my change in coins what is that about.
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by retired 5mo ago
$500 on Facebook Marketplace in 20 years time.
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by retired 5mo ago
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by retired 5mo ago
At very limited charging speeds though. That goes against the USB-PD mandate.
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by retired 5mo ago
Xiaomi uses a proprietary charging protocol, I believe it is called Hypercharge. It also requires a proprietary cable with an extra pin/chip.
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by retired 5mo ago
Are Xiaomi phones still legal in the EU with their proprietary chargers? All phones need to have USB-C and USB-PD now.
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by retired 5mo ago
He gave everyone an iPhone 5S.
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by retired 5mo ago
Ten years ago, a Dutch company I worked for had a standard protocol after government delegation trips to China: every phone and laptop used on the visit was fed straight into an industrial shredder.
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by retired 5mo ago
That makes sense! When I got a battery replaced recently, the shop kept my car powered with a jump-pack connected in the engine bay while replacing the battery in the boot. They said it was more convenient for customers to not lose any of t
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by retired 5mo ago
On my classic cars I fitted a battery quick disconnect in the boot. Might need to start doing that with modern cars too.
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by retired 5mo ago
It’s horrible since it gets the speed wrong 25% of the time and 25% of the time it beeps because you are doing 33 in a 30kmh zone because you are just going along with traffic. When you get in a car, you have to spend 20 seconds disabling a
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by retired 5mo ago
Apple never colored their ports because up until the Neo all ports were the same speed. No need to distinguish them.
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by retired 5mo ago
The assortment of cheap USB sticks I have do not surpass 400mbit/sec. Not even the ones labeled USB3.0 or High Speed.
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by retired 5mo ago
You get a message on screen that you should be using the other port. But yes, labeling should have been better. One of the USPs of MacBooks is that all USB ports are the same. Unlike other computers where you have to look where you are plug
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by retired 5mo ago
In The Netherlands you can be involuntarily committed to a mental hospital due to risk of suicide, still get a weapons license, buy half a dozen guns and then go on a shooting rampage killing 7 and wounding 17 (Alphen a/d Rijn shooting
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by retired 5mo ago
Since when is the Mac App Store a necessity? It's still possible to download DMGs straight from the internet and install the .app by dragging it to /Applications The only restriction to 3rd party apps are unsigned apps. Very rare
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by retired 5mo ago
I still remember the Maxipad jokes.
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by retired 5mo ago
Big difference is that you can use macOS without a user account. Can't do that with Windows without some hidden terminal magic.
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by retired 5mo ago
So with a single flip of the switch, the president of the USA can shut down our EU Digital Identity Wallet. Why was this decision ever made?
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by retired 5mo ago
Emerich Juettner would approve of bypassing a paywall for a news article.
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by retired 5mo ago
Being able to enjoy/tolerate a cup of coffee from my cheap machine at home saves me €2 and 30 minutes of my day. I’m happy that I am not a connoisseur.
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by retired 5mo ago
Buying something specifically to resell at a profit is called commerce. Walmart does it every day.
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by retired 5mo ago
Back then you had to go to Rotton to see dead bodies. Nowadays you can go to a mainstream news website. It's wild how national news websites will just have a casual warning of "O hey, the video you are about to see has dead people
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by retired 5mo ago
Unironically yes. Plenty of millennials I know learned how to program on their TI-83.

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