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The problem is the software. macOS could remind you to charge the night before, but it always ends up needing charging in the morning as you're ready to start working. One engineer could fix the problem in under an hour if anyone at Apple cared about user xperience.
Re:The Burnout Machine on Thursday March 20, 2025 @06:49PM (#43429965)
All that union managed to do is get various Google contractors fired for unionizing.
If I were an alien civ that received an interstellar list of millions of people's names, I would assume they were narcissistic idiots.
Re:Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro on Friday February 02, 2024 @12:57AM (#39225569)
They surely have their own business plan for AR/VR that you're not aware of.
Re:How Did the Chess Pieces Get Their Names? on Saturday April 22, 2023 @01:00PM (#35668583)
Author doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The knight is a knight because its L-shaped movement represents a flanking maneuver, which cavalry is good at.
Re:Tech Is Allowing Businesses to Overcharge You in Tips on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @11:29PM (#34992031)
When tech bro capitalists pit customer vs. worker in order to artificially increase their profits, we're all the victims. The only moral option is to tip 0% on iPad counter screens, all the time.
Re:A brief history of nobody wants to work anymore on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:13AM (#32162519)
People were also getting $10K, $20K, $60K in unemployment.
They’re scamming insurance companies
Re:Another misstep for Audacity on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:47PM (#27926974)
Another schism over ownership issues, plus ca change
FYI you can hold Command in spotlight to show the file/folder location
Re:The parallel universe of FireWire hubs on Monday June 28, 2021 @12:10AM (#27658081)
Imagine how many cumulative hours, or human lifetimes, have been wasted just from people trying to plug in USB-A cords repeatedly.
Re:An iOS app update that annoys me on Sunday May 16, 2021 @11:36PM (#27179837)
Wouldn’t that put an undue burden on app developers who have a server-side API if their users were running a bunch of different old versions, en masse?
Re:Apple's “Disposable and Unfixable” Airpods [video] on Sunday October 18, 2020 @08:07PM (#24822203)
It’s a very small amount of plastic and metal. It really doesn’t matter.
Re:T. S. Eliot, the Art of Poetry No. 1 (1959) on Thursday September 24, 2020 @02:52AM (#24576012)
Interesting tidbit on the importance of keeping a day job:

I think that for me it’s been very useful to exercise other activities, such as working in a bank, or publishing even. And I think also that the difficulty of not having as much time as I would like has given me a greater pressure of concentration. I mean it has prevented me from writing too much. The danger, as a rule, of having nothing else to do is that one might write too much rather than concentrating and perfecting smaller amounts. That would be my danger.

Re:Charty for WhatsApp – Visualize WhatsApp chats on Saturday August 15, 2020 @10:33AM (#24169148)
The name Charty is already taken on the App Store by an app that integrates with Siri Shortcuts. OP is an IP thief.
It’s not lifting, there’s just a higher degree of anonymity here.
Re:Zork source code, 1977 on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:56AM (#23111816)
Looks like it's incompatible with Catalina (64-bit only)
Just because scientists can’t understand something doesn’t make it “mysterious.”
Re:The Human Brain Is a Time Traveler on Saturday November 17, 2018 @09:10AM (#18475581)
Nope. Just pop-sci clickbait.
Not as trivially-bypassed on mobile, I presume.
Re:Twitter did not suspend Alex Jones or Infowars on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @10:12PM (#17712685)
Good. Political speech, which conspiracy theories are, is the speech most in need of protection.
Yes it’s very common to get wax buildup. Just hit them with some rubbing alcohol and an electric toothbrush.
Re:JavaScript is for Girls on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:03PM (#17419570)
Early “programming jobs” were secretarial work
You could start by addressing his point and not appealing to "experts."
That sounds like a excuse to wave off government accountability.
Re:Background checks pay for Checkr, which just raised $100M on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:08PM (#16824947)
Well look at you
They use it internally
Re:Study produces 3D images that float on Saturday January 27, 2018 @04:56AM (#16245590)
Must every discussion devolve into identity politics these days?
Re:Chelsea Manning files to run for U.S. Senate in Maryland on Saturday January 13, 2018 @09:29PM (#16142499)
Most states restore voting rights for felons after a period of time.
Re:What the brain's wiring looks like on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @03:18PM (#14705335)
Funny, it looks about as complicated as I would have imagined it.

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