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Sports fans watch a lot of live TV.

I live in Austin (well known for its high energy prices relative to the rest of the state.) I’m at $0.09 for the first 300KWh (I’m including all fees/markups/charges in this calcul…

If you live in Austin, there’s a $4.17/mo charge you can add to your bill for unlimited charging at Austin Energy-owned Level 2 chargers. They’re installed all over the city. Many …

Why would you spend dev time on this when you can set up something like Bitwarden across the org and have all the same benefits without wasting precious dev time on it? FWIW I’m on…

I have owned Apple Watches since the Series 2. (Currently on an SE 2) I have always used third-party watch bands I get off Aliexpress--much cheaper than Amazon if you're patient wi…

Many years ago, there was an image that floated around with Craigslist and all the websites that replaced small parts of it—personals, for sale ads, etc. It turned out the way to b…

I guess it depends on the city. I live in Austin (metro population 2.28M), and most places price sandwiches around $10 or less here. Here’s Thundercloud, a popular chain (often des…

I run phone repair shops and the app starting up slowness is often caused by a failing battery. In fact, at our shops, on older iPhones, I can test the battery state by opening the…

As a former Cobalt employee, it made my day to see someone resurrecting old RaQs! What a fantastic piece of equipment for its time. I worked there in 1999 through the Sun acquisiti…

You mean the passing of Right to Repair? Completely unknown at this point. We're hoping it will be helpful to raise awareness of independent repair and offer more choice to people …

iPhone batteries have underneath them strips of adhesive that can be peeled up using a screwdriver rolling in a motion like you would twirl spaghetti on a fork. This isn't glue. Ce…

It definitely helps to heat the phone for a bit to loosen up the gasket. We have a blue heat mat that helps with this, as do most repair shops. I had to go back and look since my k…

OK. We literally repair these for a living. You and I may have differing definitions of “glue”, but the water seal gasket is not what I would call glue. It is a sticky gasket that …

Most phones are not glued shut, including iPhones starting all the way back to 4/5. iPhone batteries are also not glued in. Source: We run independent repair shops.

An aside, but I really hate how the tech and media industries have so many unintuitive acronyms. I am highly tech-savvy, as I would assume are most people on Hacker News. I have no…

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Your username contains “googl”, and 9 days ago you commented on a post about Google stock options with an insider perspective. It sounds like you either work, or have previously wo…

Here’s what the author, Tom MacWright, has to say about it (which you can read on his blog, as long as you don’t click on a link from here): “If you’re lucky, you end up being good…

In case anyone else has this issue, at least it’s pretty easy to turn off: Launch Device Manager. Go to Mice and other pointing devices. If you’re using a Bluetooth mouse, go to Hu…

Oh, right. I agree with you on that front. I see it working this way: If you are standing on top of a mountain, right now you can’t send anything. With Apple’s upcoming announcemen…

I wasn’t looking at this from a technical perspective, more of a business/finance/operations perspective. This is Apple we are talking about. They wouldn’t make this play without s…

I believe this is SpaceX trying to stay one step ahead of Apple. Anyone else remember this strange rumor about iPhones including satellite capability a year ago? https://www.macrum…

You certainly can, and more technical folks will have an easier time with it. A happy medium is an independent repair shop (not Apple affiliated.) Check Yelp near you for one with …

Many laptop screens are that fragile. We repair computers and it’s quite common to see a broken screen because someone closed something inside the clamshell accidentally. I’ve seen…

> causing the slow demise of all the entertainment content that they love No. Piracy is not a cause , it is an effect. If people can’t get what they want easily, they resort to pir…