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Maybe in the next version apple can disable the mouse when it detects that it being used in third-party plastic shell.

Could not agree more. Not having full size arrow keys is a deal breaker for me.

In the places where automation is not happening, manual labor is still cheaper. The more these people strike though, the sooner they will get replaced by robots.

*empty eye socket

People who moderate TikTok are not slaves.

So since the 80s it is known that water enters the nuclear waste storage locations and how many people have died? None. Okay but how many people have faced any direct adverse conse…

You cannot 1-for-1 replace a reliable energy source with an intermittent one.

I would really like to celebrate the affordability of renewable energy but Germany has one of the highest electricity prices in the world.

The reason why Apple still uses the Lightning port is because of regulation in the form of patents which give them a 20-year-monopoly on their plug design. Without the previous reg…

Used to be that people had to find innovative ways to adopt their business models to new technology. But not authors. They can just say "show me how I would earn money" and that ju…

I cannot imagine a realistic scenario in which I would need two HDMI ports on the laptop. When I need to connect more than one screen (home, work) I would always use a docking stat…

As I understand it, the big selling point for the 4 modular ports is that it allows future motherboards to fit the older chassis. The drawback is that you only have four ports to c…

I would buy a Thinkpad over the Framework laptop in a heartbeat. Better keyboard (actual arrow keys!), track point, better hinges, matte screen, more ports, better warranty options…

I chuckled when the article raised the question about the cause of Qualcomm's continued stranglehold over the supply of modem chips. Oh, maybe it's their fantastic engineers, or ma…

If patents were only intended to encourage the disclosure of trade secrets, then they would only cover things that you actually can keep secret. Many if not most of the patents cov…

With 12th gen Intel and Ryzen 6000 knocking on the door, it does not feel right to be pre ordering 11th gen 4c/8t Intel laptops. If I were in the market for a new laptop I would ge…

By building a profile of each user based on their viewing history and then when they use the search engine that I also own I would show them personalized results with sponsored lin…

It shows that OP clearly has no idea about how copyright law works. Everybody can use the work under fair use and you cannot restrict people from posting links to your site based o…

In 2022, TSMC is effectively the only game in town for the latest generation of chips - and isn't letting up. Anyone who wants to "catch-up" is now stuck with the daunting prospect…

Another case of a patent monopoly stifling technology for 20 years.

I stopped reading when blockchain was mentioned.

> Why is Google the only one who can do it? Must they have yet another monopoly? Google can do it because most website operators want them to index their site. Plus, it is trivial …

Technically it should be illegal to scrape websites without the consent of the server owner because it would be a violation of their property rights. That being said, I think that …

The bottom line is that affordable housing is expensive because it is provided by a central planner.

> "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts ... " That's begging the question. How much innovation is gained and how much is lost? Nobody can give an answer.