5 years? Not much of a GET.

I will give you that Dell makes some really nice stuff, but their cooling solutions leave something to be desired at times. I've had more than a couple of Dell laptops simply up and die with no warning. I had an XPS 13 that I really liked, but I liked my MacBook Pro 15" more.

Apple's issues are definitely not imaginary - keyboards aside (which is an obvious sore spot) they do a decent job of board design but ask too much of their GPU and CPU cooling and more often than not end up cooking themselves. This has gotten better since 2013-2014, but Apple notebooks have throttling issues, no doubt. They also have had issues with certain chips that control power flow simply dying or losing connection, as well as screen delamination.

However, as much as they'll deny the issues, if they become widespread enough, they'll recall them much more reliably than any PC manufacturer, and they will fix the problem. I bought a 2016 high-spec MacBook Pro 15" for a very good price knowing the keyboard was faulty. The screen had some pressure spots, which I was OK with. I opened up a repair ticket with Apple (consisting of me opening up a chat with an agent and speaking to them through the Mmaacbooook wiithhh th kyybooardd prolm, and them approving the repair within 2 minutes of opening the window) and sent the machine back. Once I sent the packed box it took them two days to repair the device and once I got it back I realized they had replaced the entire screen due to the pressure spots without me even asking.

I have had no issues at all getting Apple to repair something they've recalled, and most of the time, they'll recall something if it's a huge problem. If it's something small or hard to describe like the 2013-2014 MBP with the U-something power chip, they might not bother. I find that they stick by their word and do what they say they will do if they do bother opening up a repair program. They're not perfect, but they're more consistent than PC manufacturers, I've found.

>The Republican party claims to be about protecting life, but they will protect life only up until it's a baby, and then you can go fuck yourself.

This is one of my favorite double standards.

"You can't kill that baby, it's a sacred human life!"

~9 months later)

"Why did you have a kid if you were just going to be a leech on society? Get a job and stop looking for a handout!"

For those of us nerds who buy second-hand old electronics, these are super useful and I hope that there is some way to continue to configure them after Logitech stops supporting them...

Most people use their system to listen to music. Audiophiles use music to listen to their systems.

Super Audio CD audio is actually 1-bit digital audio.

>if you ever want to ensure failure in a group, make sure the group fears failure.

Holy shit, I need to make this my work email signature, but my boss would 100% take offense.

Imagine my surprise upon buying a second-hand one of these machines (thrift) that there was only one version of the program that it would work with, which I had to jump through hoops to use. Also, that version of the software was limited to the baked-in designs that came with the program.

The machine itself was a perfectly good machine, it appeared to function just fine with the default designs. People complain about Apple's walled garden, but I can buy a second-hand iPhone 6 and it will still connect to the App Store and I can still install compatible apps. The machine I bought should have no such limitations - it's a plotter/cutter for jebus' sake. It's ridiculous that this company has the audacity to lock down perfectly working machines that people have paid money for in the interest of selling more of their locked-down services.

... almost every top-level comment (and likely 90% of the ensuing ones) are boomer-riffic complaints about CGI, riffs on "cancel culture" and just general complaining.

I thought it looked pretty acceptable, and it was nice to see the history of the logo.

I think the idea is that comparing the tide of public opinion towards Jews to the tide of public opinion towards a certain subset of Conservatives is a disingenuous, insulting and disgusting comparison to make. Conservatives are being reviled because they are largely disseminating crackpot conspiracy theories without a shred of credible evidence and calling the credibility of a decided election into question based on this. A more rabid bunch of them tried to murder elected officials in cold blood based on this on January 6th.

The Jews were a victim of a nasty smear campaign based on disgusting rhetoric based on trying to "purify" a nation. Those who are calling people out are calling alt-right Conservatives out on their bull$hit.

Comparing the "persecution" of conservatives to what led to mass executions in the early 1900s is a laughable, laughable prospect.

Old Reddit in desktop mode is the best. I HATE the new interface, and I'm annoyed that so many subs now require you to use it. It's to the point where you tap on a post and it just loads the comments rather than the actual photo/video.

If normies have access to the system and they are allowed to trade as they please, why shouldn't they be allowed to take advantage of the system in the manner they're able? The idea of free trade and commerce doesn't just apply to the wealthy who can afford to use the system as it's "intended" - obviously the little guys have found a way to make it work for them, and honestly, if it's resulting in billionaires losing big, isn't that a risk inherent to how *they* play the game?

I'd imagine it's a matter of context, but how dumb that we give words that much power.

My wife says "piss" isn't a swear word, and a lady I work with who is very much against swearing dropped it into a conversation last week and also insists it's not a swear word. It's on George Carlin's "7 Words You Can't Say on Television" - if I had said it as a kid, I would have been reprimanded. Again, it's likely a matter of context, but she wasn't talking about urinating, she was saying she was angry about something.

What an amazing, eloquently written example of what 4 years of Trump and years before that of FNC and talk radio does to weak minds.