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by thirdsun 8y ago
You may be eligable for a free battery replacement - there is a known issue with some 6S batteries: https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/
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by thirdsun 8y ago
My biggest problem with Google search these days is their recent push towards localized results. I speak two languages, english and german. I set my search preferences accordingly and expect the results within those languages to be ranked b
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by thirdsun 8y ago
While it's true that fractional scaling works differently on Linux and Windows, it's my understanding that many apps don't handle scaling well, or at all, over there. Meanwhile on macOS basically any app scales properly - I t
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> I think this is great for someone like me, who likes video games, but doesn't want to spend that much money on a computer. Before I would not be able to play the latest titles because my computer is 6 years old, but this would mak
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I'm pretty sure you won't buy them (again). You will rent them. Anything but subscription-based pricing model for Google Stadia would be a surprise to me.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
It depends. Their SSDs are state of the art and among the fastest you can get. Their 5K display still hasn't any serious alternatives. Their own mobile (for now) CPUs are pretty much unmatched. Most other desktop components can obvious
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by thirdsun 8y ago
That's an overgeneralization. With Apple's move from a niche to a more mainstream platform in recent decades of course their customers choose Apple for all kinds of and increasingly varying reasons. Personally, I use Apple for the
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Interesting idea. There are countless companies manufacturing quite beautiful accessoires for Apple hardware. I'm sure soemone like Grovemade [1] could design a premium looking wooden enclosure for a Mac Mini with cable management as w
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by thirdsun 8y ago
5K at 27" enables you to use 2x scaling which is much lighter on your hardware. Scaling 4K at 2x leads to a sizing which looks like 1080p (just much sharper), which may be too large depending on your distance from the screen. Using any
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by thirdsun 8y ago
It's still pretty much true. 5K screens unfortuantely barely exist at this point.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Interestingly this article says it's upgradable, but the quote they pulled from the spec sheet isn't mentioned on Apple's website (any longer): https://www.imore.com/can-you-upgrade-ram-27-inch-imac
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by thirdsun 8y ago
To be fair, they support their computers for a long time and seemingly provide update as long as possible. My Late 2009 iMac still received 2017's High Sierra update.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
8 GB of RAM are fine for basic tasks. However offering a spinning drive (and I include the Fusion drives in that category) is not. For any use case. The 5400 RPM HDD in the abse 21.5" iMac will be unbearably slow, pretty much unusable
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by thirdsun 8y ago
This discussion is also releveant for the upload filters the european union deems necessary. If Facebook and Google (ContentID) can't do it reliably, who can?
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Does this view still apply if Apple considers the music subscription as part of the product/device? Consider the countless users that, perhaps rightfully, argue that Apple should include more than 5 GB of iCloud storage for backups, us
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by thirdsun 8y ago
That's what I was thinking as well. I think I prefer to have those features and workflows one universal shortcut away in a launcher like Alfred: https://www.alfredapp.com/
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Buying options shouldn‘t be a concern at all as long as they are lossless - you simply convert them to the lossless format of your choice. There won‘t be any quality lost. Lossless to lossless is still lossless. Your format of choice should
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Do you manually convert to mp3? iTunes has an option to convert lossless audio to a lossy, space saving AAC at a bitrate of your choice on the fly when syncing to an Apple device. I‘m sure there are similar solutions in Android land.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Not OP, but my collection is - stored on the desktop for fast and performant access - synced to an NAS daily for central access around the house/network - uploaded offsite to cloud storage daily as backup
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by thirdsun 8y ago
> This is also why modern vinyl releases sound a lot better than digital: they are mastered differently since its assumed everyone is going to be listening on good equipment. In my opinion that‘s a myth and certainly not a given. There a
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I think a lot of that has moved to WhatsApp - at least here in Germany people create and participate in groups for all kinds of social circles and activities: From never ending, ongoing groups, like family, friends, clubs / sport teams
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Unless Amazon is breaking any laws by not paying taxes, yes, I think it's fair. What I'm trying to say is that in order to prevent tax avoidance proper legislation is required. Before we punish the players for utilizing the framew
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by thirdsun 8y ago
At least with music it's a solved problem. Pretty much any digital music you can buy today is DRM free already.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Car interiors are a wildly different use case. The safety concerns of operating a flat surface while driving and having to keep one's eyes on the road probably outweigh the benefits of a flexible UI design. In practice, however, the be
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Have you seen www.gov.uk? It's not Amazon, but as a german I truly envy the work they're doing to reduce authority interaction and friction as well as informing citizens from a central hub. Sticking with your exmaple, you'd p
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Counterpoint: Booting my Mac is when I'm going to work on something and seeing delays due to an pending update feels like an inconvenience. Shutdown is the time to do those tasks that block me from using my computer. I'm sitting a
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Probably just a sidenote and maybe not that relevant, but I think 80s Japan had the right idea of environmental music which was considered as a meaningful part of a location, building or space - regardless of if it served artistic purposes
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by thirdsun 8y ago
My first thought as well. The religious aspect of the issue should be irrelevant. Expecting your employees to be available at all times is absurd regardless of belief and shouldn't need any religious defence.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
Sure, it will be a tough sell, but the incentive should be less stressed, healthy, happy employees that deliver the same productive output as their 5 day week counterparts. It's a competetve advantage on the job market for employers.
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by thirdsun 8y ago
I wish you were right, but I doubt it. For an increasing number of people the smartphone is their main or only computing device, which is why they prefer a bigger screen. In contrast to most people around here actual practical, mobile use i

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