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Comment Re:Not all the EU does is bad... (Score 2) 132

I know I'm showing my age, but I remember cellphones and laptop chargers before then. You had barrel connectors, 30 pin connectors, card edge connectors, pogopin connectors, and everything in between. Even if the connector is physically compatible, the pins likely would have different polarities or voltages.

Different voltages and same form factor too, plug the wrong thing and one would've fried the device

Comment Re:This was before Bing and other MS adventures (Score 1) 98

In my experience, YES ... compared to Windows 3.x

Back in the 1990s I saw OS/2 doing stuff that Windows could only dream about until Windows NT became a viable workstation option some years after that with the introduction of Windows 2000.

Before Windows 2000 Windows NT 4.0 was also perfectly fine. I used to install direct x on it and run some games. It just didn't did graphics as fast as other windows versions but was stable and no blue screens in sight

Comment Re:Hey Apple.. if you're reading this.. (Score 1) 73

I myself would only buy a mac if the GPU isn't just an overpriced afterthought, it isn't worth it in the performance/$ range they offer. Linux with steam is just good enough and I ain't touching windows from a mile away giver my wife's experience with the current windows 11 shitshow

Submission + - Sweden VS. Elon/Tesla (wired.co.uk)

doc1623 writes: Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics wonâ(TM)t fix charging points as the labor dispute rages on.

What started as a strike by Tesla mechanics is spreading, in something Swedish unions describe as an existential battle between Elon Muskâ(TM)s carmaker and the conventions they say make the countryâ(TM)s labor market fair and efficient.

The standoff in Sweden is the biggest union action the company has faced anywhere in the world. Sweden doesnâ(TM)t have laws that set working conditions, such as a minimum wage. Instead these rules are dictated by collective agreements, a type of contract that defines the benefits employees are entitled to, such as wages and working hours. For five years, industrial workersâ(TM) union IF Metall, which represents Tesla mechanics, has been trying to persuade the company to sign a collective agreement. When Tesla refused, the mechanics decided to strike at the end of October. Then they asked fellow Swedish unions to join them.

Comment Re:Teens have always liked high price stuff (Score 1) 218

If you look at the trends through the years, teens always went to higher priced, yet lower quality stuff. This is nothing new actually. However, with the phone, the buy-in is more significant for Apple, since I can't see phones replaced by anything else in the foreseeable future. So, the lock-in mentality is VERY good for Apple as a company. If Apple could make a good gaming platform with their Macs, they could truely dominate the American market. Strangely, I bet most teens that own an Apple phone go on to play xbox, ps5, or pc games and skip Macs.

I Apple actually made their macbooks as good gaming platform, I might change from linux to it to get an actually supported platform. Don't wanna deal with MS crap anymore and the constant breakage that comes from Proton/Wine derived stuff is tiresome

Comment Re:How is there not an Open Source PDF alternative (Score 1) 53

HTML is nice, open and editable

Except is a PITA to export it to anything else AND don't screw up anything in the layout. Or do automated PDF export from HTML that doesn't f* up the repeating headers (hint: on the browser you can't use the "save page" thing from js, it always need the user to do it by hand).

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