mkaltenecker

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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Oy, since when are conspiracy nuts hanging out on HN? You should see a psychologist.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
You mean, extraterrestrial origin is by far the most absurd explanation and shouldn't even be accepted as a hypothesis, right?
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
It’s not so much about creating beautiful documents, it’s more about making the world a more beautiful place. Everyone uses Word. I have to stare at Word documents all the time. Why can’t I be happy when they look a bit better?
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
That comparison doesn’t work. At all.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
That seems like an excellent trade-off to me, a prime example of how Apple is great at picking the right trade-offs. All what you said is completely irrelevant for the vast majority of people. So Apple doesn’t trade it off against the incre
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
How that? Android would be 183°, iOS would be 122°, RIM would be 32°. You could easily see that Android is slightly above 50% – but I’m not really sure how the iOS marketshare would look markedly different. Since 50% isn’t really a very imp
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
It’s quite astonishing that so many people here prefer readability over correctness. What is wrong with you? Readability is optional. Correctness is not. That’s obviously the wrong tradeoff. Never outright manipulate your data to make it mo
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Fashion can't be trademarked or copyrighted. You can slavishly copy a Chanel handbag if you don't also copy the logo. That's why many expensive brands use their logos in patterns on their handbags.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
But why the hell should that be the case? Look at iFixit’s teardown. It didn’t look at all like the battery was firmly glued in.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
What’s wrong with that if you know beforehand? Not everything will be on Kickstarter. This is not a systematic push to move responsibility to the customers. It’s just a fun distraction.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
So you completely agree that it's possible to replace the battery in a working rMBP and that it is not in any way permanently affixed to the case? The rest are irrelevant (for the purpose of this discussion) implementation details. Yay!
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
But Apple knew about the consequence beforehand. It’s easy to predict. (I would expect that even companies which are not all that competent can foresee something simple like that.) I really doubt that’s the reason.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
I would be interested in your source for that. Batteries are already made of very many different materials, it’s not as though glue is some sort of special material. (The label of, say, AAA batteries is glued to the metal container. The lab
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
I don’t see this as positive PR by any stretch of the imagination. This looks like Apple wanted to naughty things, got caught and had to reverse direction. Not positive. If any conspiracy theory is plausible at all then it’s that they wante
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
(Not at all relevant to recycling, but $200 ain’t a bad price. You can expect to pay about $150 for batteries from other manufacturers, and those are often not as high-quality batteries. Batteries are expensive. In general, not just from Ap
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Exception accepted! I don’t think anyone has a problem with that kind of use. I certainly don’t. So, yes, sometimes “retarded“ can be a neutral term.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Hm, I tend to think Apple (or any company, really) is clever enough to foresee the obvious consequences of policy changes. This is one of those. Apple knew that certain government agencies are required to purchase only EPEAT certified hardw
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
I’m not sure, I think laptops have become longer lasting, more appliance like. I think that’s a very positive thing for the majority of people. The only big issue I see is the battery which will definitely break. Those things have a limited
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
That’s what I tried to explain. There is one less protective layer in the Retina MacBook compared to other MacBooks – but the same amount of protective layers compared to matte MacBook Pros. I don’t think it makes a difference. In the Retin
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
You would think it’s not special or worth mentioning, wouldn’t you, but it actually kind of is. Many companies respond to a crisis with very confused initial communication before they get their shit together and can internally agree on a me
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Think Atennagate. It’s pretty similar. I’m also not sure why you are worried about that. Not everything Steve did was gold. Some of the things he did were pretty toxic, and I think being unable to really admit you were wrong in public is
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Hm, I think you have a point. I’m reading tea leaves. I still think that’s an interesting point to ponder, even if the results are probably highly subjective and very much open to interpretation.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
I think many people misunderstand where the glue is in the Retina MacBook Pro. They say things like “The display is glued to the case.” which is wrong. The display assembly (the actual screen where the lights shine true) is glued together.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
I’m thinking about whether this is an atypical reaction by Apple and I think it’s not but I’m not sure. The pattern is typical – more or less. Some criticism appears. Apple is dead silent for a few days. Apple has a comprehensive response t
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
People go there to vent because no one in the larger community understands them. SRS is of course a place where they are understood. It’s like a tumblr making fun of fundamentalist christian screeds. It’s not intended to convince any fundam
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
You did not understand me. Using “gay” as a positive term isn’t a problem. “He came out first as a gay footballer” is a perfectly alright sentence. Using ”gay” (or “retarded”) as an insult is where the problem lies (with “retarded” the addi
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
Grabbing someone's ass without their consent is inexcusable harassment. You do not do it. Ever. This is simple. Not hard.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
No. You are not supposed to use retarded because that word has consistently been used to insult and denigrate disabled people. It's the same with gay. You are not supposed to use it as an insult. It doesn't matter whether the person you are
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you miss the academic discussion on sexism by AUs. You dictionary won’t help you there. Try to actually learn something about the topic, and not by reading a fucking dictionary. That’s useless.
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by mkaltenecker 14y ago
No, those articles leave me depressed because of all the idiotic sexists that rear their ugly head in the comments. I mean: What. The. Fuck.

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