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New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:47:04 +0000

Most people I know have a drawer full of working phones they don't like anymore. I really don't think the majority of people are looking for repairability as much as you think.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:47:27 +0000

Hmm, nice but that's really a very different kind of device. I don't want anything so bulky - this is like double the thickness of the S9. I'm not using any case, no need - the Gorilla glass is more than enough to survive repeated falls on the road when I was getting out of a car.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "Protobuf-ES: Protocol Buffers TypeScript/JavaScript runtime"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:19:46 +0000

How can JavaScript code (PB decoder) be faster than native code (JSON parser)?

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:17:05 +0000

Since I was specifically looking for this kind of products, I think I would remember. Prove me wrong!

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 14:16:19 +0000

I dont think so, just looking around the office where I am right now only 2 people out of 15 have their phone in a case.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:27:05 +0000

Why do you limit this to Apple? Samsung and Sony will take extra care to apply the glue properly when fixing your phone, and they will replace your device if their glue fails to do its job.

Why are they doing it?

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:17:25 +0000

I use my Samsung S9 without any case since the Gorilla glass is more than sufficient for me. It had its fair share of falls on the road when I was getting out of a car - still looks almost new. It even slid down from the top of a roof into the gutter when I was fixing an antenna there - few minor scratches on the back, nothing more.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 13:01:09 +0000

It's also 3 times bulkier than any Samsung/Sony smartphone, though. If that's the price, I don't want it.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "Of Course Instant Groceries Don't Work"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:53:06 +0000

Interesting. My instant groceries work just fine and the company I use reports massive profits.

It probably helps that they have their own automated warehouse.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:38:03 +0000

Could you give some examples of these things, please? All waterproof hardware I have ever owned (phones, cameras, flashlights, watches, etc) doesn't have user-replaceable batteries. In all cases the batteries need to be replaced by a specialized shop and the waterproofness is tested afterwards in a special machine - and it's not always a success and the job needs to be redone.

Note that there is a significant difference between "water resistance" and "waterproofness".

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:14:27 +0000

Sure thing, but don't make waterproofing impossible in your fight for right to repair, please.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:40:22 +0000

I don't care about Apple. I use phones that are rated waterproof - because I am going to swim with it.

I even successfully applied warranty few times (Sony and Samsung) when a phone got fucked this way, since the glue wasn't applied properly. New phone for me, yay.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:39:39 +0000

I don't recall any of these phones being waterproof. The first waterproof phone I've had was Sony Xperia Z and that was glued.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "New York could become first state with a ‘Right to Repair’ law"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:50:12 +0000

How do you maintain waterproofness without glue? Not just water resistance - I mean actually having the device survive having it in pocket and swimming with it.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "How Iran can track and control protesters’ phones: hacked documents"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:21:08 +0000

Both of these were before nuclear weapons were a thing, though.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "I raised two successful CEOs and a doctor, here’s the unpopular parenting rules"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:14:07 +0000

Could you be more specific about these generally successful methods? If it is so simple, why are people looking for new/other strategies?

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "I raised two successful CEOs and a doctor, here’s the unpopular parenting rules"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:05:06 +0000

There's much more than one in a million successful 3-kid families, so it's pretty likely this is not a fluke.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "Ask HN: As a software engineer, where do you look for jobs these days?"

AlmostAnyone — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 06:59:41 +0000

Jobs look for me on LinkedIn.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "How I make a living working on SerenityOS"

AlmostAnyone — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:51:56 +0000

I was just visiting Switzerland and these prices are 2 times what's paid there. And like 3-4 times what's paid in Central Europe.

New comment by AlmostAnyone in "Strong behavioral individuality is present at the first day after birth in fish"

AlmostAnyone — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 09:33:38 +0000

Human babies are born significantly earlier in their development due to birth canal width VS head size. Without this limitation, they'd be born after 2 years or even more.