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by sosborn 8y ago
> What is the improvement I am missing here? I think what you are missing is that different people value things differently. These don't make sense for you? That's fine, don't buy them. They don't make sense for me ei
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by sosborn 8y ago
The default Activity Monitor does all of that plus energy usage. It won't go in the menu bar however.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> no discernible reason What if the "no discernible reason" is just poorly coded software?
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by sosborn 8y ago
> Has Apple offered an upgrade able laptop alongside a non-upgradeable one? No, but I would be shocked if they have never run focus groups for this type of stuff.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> It is what separates us from everyone else. I think everyone is curious, the only difference is what people are curious about. Not everyone gives a rip about computers, that doesn't make them fundamentally uncurious.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> with no hope of ever being human again I think what's difficult is the combination of hope that it will get better, and the fear that you are ending life before it has a chance to get better. I absolutely feel the same away about
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by sosborn 8y ago
> I’m sitting in front of a 2017 MBP that has been used as a stationary desktop and babied with a keyboard cover and much TLC that has strange screen artifacts that seem to indicate that it was pinched https://support.apple.co
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by sosborn 8y ago
The person you say "yes" to now isn't the same person you will say "yes" to in 10 years.
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by sosborn 8y ago
The fact that something already exists doesn't exclude the possibility of making money off of that idea. In fact, it actually validates the thought that the idea is viable.
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by sosborn 8y ago
How do those two elections show that? Because of the popular vote in the presidential elections? Don't forget that our representatives (the people who actually are responsible for legislation) are voted in directly. No electoral colleg
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by sosborn 8y ago
> I've voted in every election I since I turned 18 and nothing seems to have been done about this and many other things. It is also possible that the majority doesn't feel (read: vote) the same way about these issues as you. Wo
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by sosborn 8y ago
Meh, it isn't that difficult with ripped blu-rays either. Plex can do it quite well.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> At least present news as it is? This is exceptionally difficult. My favorite example is choosing which photo to run for a story. Let's say a photographer take photos of Trump at an event. He has a photo of Trump smiling, a photo o
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by sosborn 8y ago
The prisons aren’t that nice: https://www.economist.com/asia/2015/12/03/silent-screams
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by sosborn 8y ago
I believe that the existence of unions is necessary. Without any unions worker rights would degrade pretty significantly. I also strongly believe that unions aren't the right answer in most situations. One example - teachers. In the pu
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by sosborn 8y ago
I have a ten year old boy who plays Fortnite. I'm actually impressed with the quality of interactions he has with his friends when playing. They collaborate on strategies together and communicate effectively as a team, all while laughi
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by sosborn 8y ago
What? Unless I am missing something, all of the current mac laptops have audio ports.
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by sosborn 8y ago
The portion of the market not being served will always be the loudest. It doesn’t mean it is a meaningful slice (in terms of numbers) of the market.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> The whole market went crazy in completely opposite direction than what the consumers want. Did they? HN and other tech related comment boards are not representative of the general market. The people happy about the direction the market
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by sosborn 8y ago
That doesn't mean that the zero calorie soda was a culprit. They biggest determining factor in obesity isn't what food are available to the person, it's what foods the person chooses to eat.
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by sosborn 8y ago
That works for simple emails, but when you start creating more complex designs tables are an essential tool to ensuring that every element behaves as you would expect: https://templates.mailchimp.com/getting-started/htm
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by sosborn 8y ago
Interesting, they don’t seem to allow this on the desktop browser. Changing the user-agent yo a mobile browser exposes it. What a strange decision.
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by sosborn 8y ago
How do you post a photo on instagram in a web browser? I thought that was reserved for the app.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> start learning to embrace concepts and different paradigms. Frameworks can do help you achieve this, especially if you learn more than one.
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by sosborn 8y ago
Your premise falls apart if you consider the role that management/leadership plays in the process.
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by sosborn 8y ago
Exposé is what made me see that 13-inch laptops are a viable option.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> That doesn't seem like a bad goal. Like most sales goals, it seems reasonable. And then you remember that when it comes to pay, some people will do anything.
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Geek Dad.
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by sosborn 8y ago
> Apple's official position is that you should be arrested if you do anything with "your" device that they don't approve of No, it really isn't their official position.
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by sosborn 8y ago
It works on a macro level though. You have to be ok with idea that the stereotype isn’t 100% perfect, it’s just used to get a majority of your target market.

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