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u/Cultural-Serve8915 Eleanor Roosevelt 1d ago
Got confirmation my laptop is fixed ladies and gentlemen its gonna get shipped tomorrow .
Hope all goes well in shipping
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u/Cultural-Serve8915 Eleanor Roosevelt 1d ago
And it was only 250 from speaking with the manufacturer. Repair shops were saying it would be thousands
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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 1d ago
Repair shops were saying it would be thousands
What kind of supercomputer-ass laptop do you have that a repair would cost thousands? A new high end laptop doesn't even cost thousands these days
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u/Cultural-Serve8915 Eleanor Roosevelt 1d ago
I have a 3080 laptop 16g vram version amd 5900hx
The particular problem is i busted the dc jack aka charging port.
They were saying the specific laptop i have has the dc jack soldered onto the motherboard. And to fix you have to remove that potentially have to refix the motherboard with new parts then resoldered back together.
One of the repair guys said he didn't do that anymore and found the laptop manufacturer hq in Pennsylvania and said to call them since it might be cheaper. They said they could do that and it be 250. Got conformation they already did it its on and they're doing some testing to make sure its all good ready to ship for tomorrow
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u/AmericanDadWeeb Zhao Ziyang 1d ago
!ping dating
This fucking woman jesus. Literally making me negotiate her ass into a date.
“Why give me another chance when we haven’t met yet?”
YOURE HOT, THICK, AND MY SELF ESTEEM IS REALLY LOW WHAT THE FUCK ELSE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!?!?
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u/Sir_Digby83 YIMBY 1d ago
I can't find the quote due to media being cucks and afraid. It was something like Elon doesn't make anything that works. rockets that don't go anywhere and cars that blow up.
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u/BenFoldsFourLoko Broke His Text Flair For Hume 1d ago
one of the greatest posts in the history of posts
if Elon ever has a tragic fall from grace, I want a book about it titled "Rocketships to Nowhere"
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u/Ok-Royal7063 George Soros 1d ago
Listened to podcasts while lying in bed. Now I have nothing interesting to listen to while I mow the snow from the driveway :(
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u/TalkLessShillMore David Autor 1d ago
Oh god oh fuck, comedy specials written to reflect the current moment in time don’t reflect the zeitgeist years later 😱😱😱
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u/yacatecuhtli6 Progress Pride 1d ago
Trump's preparing on day 1 to force Wendy's to go back to the old recipe for fries and bring back 4 for 4s.
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u/RonenSalathe Jeff Bezos 1d ago
"Heh, none of this would be a problem if we just taxed land." <- redditor who has just discovered the cheat code to never thinking about politics (but he's actually right).
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u/kiwibutterket Whatever It Takes 1d ago
God if only this was the median voter+centrist single issue
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
"Heh, none of this would be a problem if we de-funded our military and spent the money on M4A." <- redditor who has just discovered the cheat code to never thinking about politics.
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u/TouchTheCathyl NATO 1d ago
Nazis will in the same post claim Ashkenazim are not from the levant and then depict them as short and big nosed.
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u/Hexadecimal15 NASA 1d ago
How do you message the mods for a custom flair
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u/FearlessPark4588 Gay Pride 1d ago
Dear Jesus,
I have been very good this past year and gotten few slap bans. In this request, I will ...
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u/RonenSalathe Jeff Bezos 1d ago
You have to send me $100 first, cashapp, venmo, zelle, onlyfans, doesn't matter. DM me for details
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u/ZanyZeke NASA 1d ago
Disney announces “Triton: The Little Merman”, which will explain how King Triton got his trident, how Ursula got her eels, and why Flounder is a fish
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u/yacatecuhtli6 Progress Pride 1d ago
Trump is bringing back that one noise that really pisses you off but you can't figure out what it is
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u/SpectacledReprobate YIMBY 1d ago
I’ve isolated it to the blower motor in my forced air system. It’s over, Donno
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u/FearlessPark4588 Gay Pride 1d ago
I posted a literal box of vegetables and got 400 Karma for that, not to be one to gloat or anything, but
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u/Invade_Deez_Nutz 1d ago
Truck ramming attack in LA
Pipe bomb dude in VA
Cybertruck explosion in NV
Now a shooting in NY
Not how I expected the year to start
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u/Ballerson Scott Sumner 1d ago
You can tell future lives are heavily discounted by existing people on both sides of the political divide.
Republicans don't give much heed to climate change, which will harm future people for the benefit of current people.
Democrats don't give much heed to the effect of price controls on the rate of medical drug development, which will harm future people for the benefit of current people.
Another group of people who cannot speak harmed by short sighted greed.
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
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u/FearlessPark4588 Gay Pride 1d ago
In Google Maps, the "You Know I Had to Do It to Em" meme is marked as "Where he did it to em", interestingly as a place a worship. I like how occasionally google maps can be deeply unserious. Good for the brand, imo.
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u/Pretty_Good_At_IRL Karl Popper 1d ago
It’s nice to know our domestic corporate intelligence agency overlords have a little fun with it.
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u/ShyRavens73 PROSUR 1d ago
"You better start believing in cyberpunk dystopias. You are living in one"
GOD I FUCKING WISH
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u/Relative-Contest192 Hannah Arendt 1d ago
Why yes dear Redditors the guy driving into a crowd is a Jewish conspiracy not because he was radicalized such an astute observation. /s
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u/prosecko Bill Gates 1d ago
how are they even measuring the west’s support?
many such cases encapsulated
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u/prosecko Bill Gates 1d ago
hope everyone had a heckin chonker of a new year and you see a rare pupper tomorrow :))
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u/Ape_Politica1 Pacific Islands Forum 1d ago
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u/KittehDragoon George Soros 1d ago
Elon actually thinks this thing looks cool?
I should try Ketamine
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u/TheSameAsDying Jorge Luis Borges 1d ago
Just clocked that Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a play on Proust's "Within a Budding Grove."
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u/KittehDragoon George Soros 1d ago
What kind of half ass car bombing doesn’t even blow out the glass 15ft away
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u/Jorruss NATO 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well, I’ve been wishcasting for so long now that Rachel Notley would run for leadership of the Federal NDP after Singh inevitably crash’s and burns for a third time. But according to her husband, that’s never happening:
Guess I’m sticking with the Canadian Future Party for a long time unless the Liberals have a half-decent leader next time (with some exciting policies). !ping CAN
EDIT: Actually, upon reflection, I could become an ABC voter if Poilievre turns out to be a horrible PM even if the LPC/NDP/GPC/BQ have bad leaders
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u/jbouit494hg 🍁🇨🇦🏙 Project for a New Canadian Century 🏙🇨🇦🍁 1d ago
I'd take David Eby if he could win federally, but it wouldn't be worth losing him in BC.
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u/Jorruss NATO 1d ago
I would most likely vote NDP if David Eby became the leader but I don’t think he’ll resign as premier to run for federal leadership. And unfortunately, I think he’ll probably lose in 2028 because of his very narrow win last year and the fact that the BC NDP will have been in power for 11 years by 2028. Perhaps he can stick around like Notley and make big gains in 2032 and set himself up to be federal leader by 2033. Of course, this is just how I think things will go.
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u/ihatemendingwalls Papism with NATO Characteristics 1d ago
If Denis doesn't call it DUN3 I'm not gonna see it
If he does, I'm probably still not gonna see it
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
He's gunna call it DUnC Part III but there's going to be a lens flare in the C so it looks like an E
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u/jaegerbrbr United Nations 1d ago
Putting the headphone wires under ur shirt was the coolest shit ever in middle school what do they even do nowadays
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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 1d ago
what do they even do nowadays
skibidi the toilets or some shit
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u/FuckFashMods 1d ago
They keep the beats headphones on all time but wear it like 90degrees so the "top" is on the back
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u/1TTTTTT1 European Union 1d ago
I wonder how many people have been to Nevada but not to Reno or Las Vegas.
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u/prosecko Bill Gates 1d ago
For the longest time I had only been to Sparks, NV (to canvas for Hillary Rodham Clinton)
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u/daddyKrugman United Nations 1d ago
I barely slept yesterday and had to work today because I got paged for a issue. I think I am genuinely hallucinating rn
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
Keeping some worries as I continue to learn programming without college, with regard to job prospects.
I guess I'll just have to make the sickest portfolio and Github ever without a degree, I dunno. Sounds more bearable than even thinking of touching a GenEd ever again.
Just worried if any of this will be worth it, if I can't be hired.
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
My advice is go to a Community College while you work on your portfolio and skills and focus on passing whichever Gen Ed’s you struggle with. Take one class a semester if you have to.
I kinda just can't. I need to leave state now-ish. I could go to another state's college and take out loans and stuff like that, but I don't think you get good healthcare while unemployed. (I don't know if I could work and do college at the same time. I destroyed myself being unemployed in a single college semester before dropping out.)
Do you have any paid freelance experience?
No, I've only ever worked at a grocery store, and am currently trying to get a job at another grocery store. Lol.
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
Employed under someone else. A friend brought it up, since he does it as a dropped-out person.
The truth is that I kinda fucked up my life early-on, and I don't really know what I'm doing. I kinda just don't like doing anything at-all and need money, and grew up on computers. Always troubleshooting friends/families problems, making websites in highschool, etc.
I'm kinda just megafocused on the short-term right now, since "imminent survival to move-out so I can better transition" is mattering more to me than the grander scheme of programming stuff.
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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney 1d ago
I can give you a bit advice on this path if you're interested since this is what I did, but fair warning I got hired in 2022 and the market dynamics have shifted considerably since then.
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
Any advice, stories, or words are always welcome!
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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney 1d ago
So I got hired in 2022 as a junior full-stack dev and had about 4 years of on/off hobby programming, but really focused on working on a portfolio over the course of 2021 during covid. My CV showcased my github projects. During my interviews I was given some very basic leetcode style questions and drilled on my projects, what I did, and why I did what I did. I think from scratch, you can teach yourself to program fairly well at a junior level and you can probably put together a portfolio that is actually quite impressive within a compressed timeline (~12 to 18 months) if you really work at it.
If this is a path you want to pursue, you should come up with a bit of a plan as to what you want to do and where you want to go. Personally, I would suggest something like:
A low-level starter: Any kind of course where you're learning to program with C. This lets you start with a language that much more close to your computer's hardware with less stuff that's abstracted away from you (I recommend CS50x which is free and extremely fun, the course tutor is an extremely skilled orator and will get you interested in programming if you're not already).
Some kind of python / javascript basics course: You want some familiarity with a fairly straight-forward higher level language that allows you to complete leetcode-style tasks.
Data Structures & Algorithm fundamentals course: Basically, a course that familiarizes you with the kinds of patterns seen in leetcode-style problems. These patterns show up all the time in any kind of developer work, they're important to become familiar with.
Optional: Object-Oriented Programming / Functional Programming course: Personally, I didn't learn any of this until I was already working as a junior dev, but I wish I had because it would have led to way less headaches starting out.
Full-stack webdev bootcamp course: You want something that teaches you modern web technology fundamentals (CSS + HTML + Front-end framework + Back-end framework + database + git). You don't have to have expert knowledge in everything, but at least rough knowledge where you're able to connect the pieces together.
Work through a very large scale capstone project: You want a project that isn't just a re-hashed tutorial course project or todo list. It should be something that lets you connect a database + a web server + a frontend that is live on the web, and is something that is at least reasonably meaningful ("I had a X problem and I solved it with my Y project")
I think having great projects that are serious enough can actually make your CV stand out without a degree or career experience. And that will at least put you on par with a cs grad. The only caveat I would say is that the tech market right now isn't great for anyone, and this is less to do with AI than it is to with interest rates and a glut of cs grads entering the market. The tech market is very cyclical. If you're unable to get hired despite trying your best, it may be that you may just need to wait a bit for the market to recover, which I'm positive it will.
Oh, and if you have questions or just want general advice, you're always welcome to dm me. :)
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u/UntiedStatMarinCrops John Keynes 1d ago
I graduated with a degree in CS and most of my graduating class graduates haven’t landed tech jobs yet. And most of these people can build amazing programs, mind you. It’s bad out there and it’s WORSE for people with no degrees. I have a friend that got hired after being self-taught, and when they were doing layoffs they told him to get his degree. Luckily for him it worked out and he just graduated, but a degree is something they’re very much going to prefer.
I became disillusioned with the tech bro culture of it and decided to just work in government. I never really liked it anyways and have always liked humanities better.
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
It’s bad out there and it’s WORSE for people with no degrees.
Yeah, I'm well-aware of how scary it is right now. I just can't do it, though. I failed intermediate math on my first try and just couldn't. It was godawful, and my mission is to just make money to move out of the hellstate (Florida) and be safer that way.
I don't know if it'll work, but I don't necessarily have options.
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u/UntiedStatMarinCrops John Keynes 1d ago
That’s understandable, but hopefully you have several options in mind. California is pretty bad for tech right now.
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
I'm not going to California, haha. I know where I'm going though, as I have friends in a particular state.
I don't know what else I'd do, though, to be honest. I'm still in my early 20s and have barely done anything since the pandemic put everyone's life on hold. That was essentially right when I was just trying to do something. I graduated highschool, tried and dropped out of college, and suddenly there's a once in a lifetime pandemic that we have no idea how it spreads.
I like to think my failure in that situation is somewhat understandable, lol.
But, again, I have no idea what else I'd do. I don't have any profitable interests and could I guess "live-with-myself" being a developer.
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u/golf1052 Let me be clear 1d ago
What type of programming job are you looking for?
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
Web developer, which I'm not even sure if I'm using the right words.
Javascript, CSS, HTML, Node.JS stuff.
I know someone who is also a dropout and gave advice, and I did the basics (90s-esque web dev) in middle/highschool.
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u/golf1052 Let me be clear 1d ago
It's a crowded field but if you enjoy that kind of work it's worth it to dive in and work hard on your personal projects/portfolio that you're working on. As others have said the hiring market for devs is very difficult right now but I think it's better to work in a space that you enjoy (if that happens to be web dev) vs pivoting to a space you don't enjoy at all. Since you're working on building stuff now though it's worth it to explore a whole bunch of things to see what you do and don't like.
Best of luck to you.
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u/FearlessPark4588 Gay Pride 1d ago
"Front end" or "full stack" might be more precise terminology you're looking for. Don't use the quotes, I did that for illustrative purposes.
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
Yeah, I meant if developer was the right word. Which I guess it would be.
I do know those terms, however.
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u/marsman1224 John Keynes 1d ago
I don't want to bum you out, but it is not a great time to be a web dev right now, and I don't see it getting better
if it is possible I'd move into embedded systems or other lower level stuff
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago edited 1d ago
I tried googling embedded systems, and it sounds more like drivers and how they work with hardware. (Or something?)
EDIT: I see ATMs, grocery checkouts, etc. now
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u/PawanYr 1d ago
Mostly in C, C++, and these days maybe some Rust as well. Lower level and closer to the hardware basically.
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
Seems like that would be hard to self-teach/make stuff for portfolio work.
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u/PawanYr 1d ago edited 1d ago
I think C and Rust are pretty nice to self-teach; I learned C in university but basically had to relearn it later; it's really quite simple once you wrap your head around memory management, and the main issue is just the abundance of footguns. Rust is more complex but the tradeoff is far fewer footguns.
C++ is a whole different animal though; it can be fine if you restrict yourself to a subset of safer/modern C++, but often in embedded dev that isn't an option and it's a bit of a sprawling mess. I'm not a fan.
As far as portfolios go, the easiest way to start would probably be to grab a cheap Arduino and write something for it, and then maybe an STM32 for more real-world stuff; those are both mostly C. Granted, I have no idea how viable the market is with a portfolio but no degree, but I guess this is how you'd have to go about it if you wanted to.
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u/-mialana- Trans Pride 1d ago
Try as you might, headphone jack removers, you will never take my 2000s girl listening to sad songs on a bus energy away from me 😤
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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney 1d ago
Just buy a used iPod 🙄
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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 1d ago
I like headphones jacks but this too, old tech is fun. Obsidian.md is 10x better than my palm pda but I like my palm more
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u/Roseartcrantz 👑 🖍️ Queen of Shades 🖍️ 👑 1d ago
which is why I can't do it, instead I never question my nature and am happy
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u/Gameknigh Enby Pride 1d ago
You’re in a room with Reagan, Putin, Trump, and Lyndon LaRouche and have two bullets. Who do you shoot and who do you beat to death?
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u/marsman1224 John Keynes 1d ago
these people are miserable and exhausting
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u/FearlessPark4588 Gay Pride 1d ago
I thought Pasadena was nicer than this. I heard it's an excellent area with the LA metro.
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u/-mialana- Trans Pride 1d ago edited 1d ago
What's funny about headphone jack removal is that the Samsung phones that still have the headphone jack have bugs that make it inconvenient to actually use wired headphones, and Samsung don't care enough to fix it because next year's model won't even have a headphone jack anyways.
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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney 1d ago
My hot take on the headphone jack is that no one actually cares that much about it and the people still beating that drum are contrarians that think everyone wants to listen to music on $500 wired headphones on the go.
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u/-mialana- Trans Pride 1d ago
I hope you end up spending $5000 on replacement airpods over the course of the year
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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney 1d ago
Mine's lasted over 4 years at this point. They're great and surprisingly more difficult to lose than you'd think.
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u/PM_ME_CHIMICHANGAS NATO 1d ago
The one time I lost mine, they fell out of my pocket in my friend's car and I got them back a month later
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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney 1d ago
Apple personally has a priest bless each airpod with a prayer to St. Anthony giving each lost airpod P > 0.85 of being found despite the circumstances.
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u/FearlessPark4588 Gay Pride 1d ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Australia
Is this a scam? No relation to the US one, despite logo and name.
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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 1d ago
We do not grant the Australians membership in the TARGET(tm) Circle nor access to the rewards and benefits therein bestowed
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u/yacatecuhtli6 Progress Pride 1d ago
just financed the $100,000 trump watch at a 30 percent apr
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u/gyunikumen IMF 1d ago
Nice. Go in debt if you have to, for the Trump watch will only increase in value over time
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u/UntiedStatMarinCrops John Keynes 1d ago
Somehow the terrorist being a tech bro doesn’t surprise me. The field has been spitting shit lately.
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u/Pyrrhus65 NATO 1d ago
Never being quite sure if your dad actually likes any of the movies you show him because "That was a good one" is his default response 98% of the time
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
Everyone in my life is like "wow Alice that was so boooring. What is with your taste in movies, can't you watch anything normal?" :(
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u/gyunikumen IMF 1d ago
What’s your top 3 movies of 2024?
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u/ihatemendingwalls Papism with NATO Characteristics 1d ago
I Saw The TV Glow
Challengers
Love Lies Bleeding
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
I Saw the TV Glow, Kinds of Kindness, Anora.
I'm not like a big cinephile or anything!! But apparently watching movies at all already puts you in like the top 5% or smth lmao
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u/gyunikumen IMF 1d ago
Ahhhh I gotta watch “I saw the TV Glow”. Ty for reminding me
I’ll check out the other two!
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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper 1d ago edited 1d ago
If you still defend headphone jack removal, I hope your phone is always low on charge whenever you want to listen to something 🤗
"Just use wireless—"
I hope you lose your AirPods on an airplane, buddy 🤗
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u/gyunikumen IMF 1d ago
I do hope they lose their AirPods, for it increases GDP
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
Libs, promoting broken window economics?!
It's more likely than you think
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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 1d ago
Tech design/manufacturing companies stop making tech shittier to use challenge (impossible)
I'm still mourning the loss of the 4:3 laptop
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
Lotta people use the laptop to watch a movie in bed.
I think 16:10 is a reasonable compromise, and you do see it on some high-end laptops.
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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 1d ago
I'm just confused as to why 16:9/16:10 became standard everywhere to the point where 4:3 is extinct and 3:2 barely exists as a niche - like okay wide screen for media makes sense - but why is my damn thinkpad 16:9? This shit was made for bulk purchase by companies that are 90% doing tasks that would benefit from a taller aspect ratio
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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 1d ago
Just get an iPod. Why are you using a phone to listen to music? Weirdo.
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u/-mialana- Trans Pride 1d ago
No you don't get it, you should just buy a second pair of headphones and forego the ability to use actually good headphones on the device most convenient for listening to music just so Samsung can make their phones 0.5mm thinner (to the benefit of literally zero people on planet earth)
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u/GhostTheHunter64 NATO 1d ago
Never in my entire life have I ever owned wireless earbuds/headphones.
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u/Iusedathrowaway NATO 1d ago
What does the DT think the over under on tiktok actually being banned in a few weeks?
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u/OSC15 Gay Pride 1d ago
Is there a reliable way we can kick Gavin Newsom upstairs/sideways from being the 2028 nominee?
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u/Gameknigh Enby Pride 1d ago
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u/OSC15 Gay Pride 1d ago
What are reasons to support his candidacy?
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u/Gameknigh Enby Pride 1d ago
He looks like someone who would be president in a movie, which is crucial to securing the moron vote
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u/NSRedditShitposter Claudia Goldin 1d ago
MrBeast gets Engaged while he, his fiance and friends and family all wear MrBeast merchandise
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u/BroadReverse Needs a Flair 1d ago
Wtf this is one of the funniest clips I have ever seen. That’s exactly how I would expect the President of the United States to say that.
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u/Usual-Base7226 Asli Demirgüç-Kunt 1d ago
The lasting impact of Luigi is going to be that the most annoying and ill informed commenters will use that case as a reference point on every crime for the next three years, minimum
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u/mostanonymousnick YIMBY 1d ago
If a Tesla perfectly aligned in front of one of the president elect's properties explodes and your first thought is "must be Elon's car being shit", I feel like your hatred for Elon is probably clouding your ability to think rationally.
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