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Re:Show HN: MP3 to Text on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @12:09PM (#24200435)
Just goes to show that people upvote anything if it sounds cool, and don't bother checking it out.
You should look into MacBook thermals. The fact that fans are not running does not mean hardware is not getting too hot for comfort or longevity. Fans kicking up only when temps go over 90C (IIRC in some Linus video) is very very not good for long term use.
Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:41AM (#17885473)
I don't know enough about tablet sale history, but I am under the impression that a few years back iPad was really the only tablet device embracing the format strengths you could get, and the sales hugely reflected that. Android equivalents were just larger smartphones.

As for the logic part, I think it's not as uncommon -> q-tips are just a brand of cotton swabs, hoovers are just vacuum cleaners etc.

Re:How much countries spend in R&D on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:10AM (#17885234)
very simplified TLDR - Taiwan was in the UN as the representative of China and blocked People's Republic of China until 1970s when second and third world countries voted PRC in instead of Taiwan and now PRC as the representative of China blocks Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_and_the_United_Nations

fun fact, because USSR was boycotting the UN over this issue in the 50s there was no one left to veto US's intervention in Korea, therefore it was okay by UNSC

Re:Scientists make a touch tablet that rolls and scrolls on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:44AM (#17885052)
That's the video's fault, the article refers to it properly. Also I think it's fair to say that for some time iPad was pretty much the only usable tablet, so it just became synonymous