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This is how it works in practice (at least for psychologists and sociologists): 1. You have some definition based on some theory or hypothesis or something. You have to argue why y…

“Steve Jobs Expecting a Child During Though Restructuring Period at Dying Apple” Oh no, wait. I didn’t see that headline in 1998.

Oy, since when are conspiracy nuts hanging out on HN? You should see a psychologist.

You mean, extraterrestrial origin is by far the most absurd explanation and shouldn't even be accepted as a hypothesis, right?

It’s not so much about creating beautiful documents, it’s more about making the world a more beautiful place. Everyone uses Word. I have to stare at Word documents all the time. Wh…

That comparison doesn’t work. At all.

That seems like an excellent trade-off to me, a prime example of how Apple is great at picking the right trade-offs. All what you said is completely irrelevant for the vast majorit…

How that? Android would be 183°, iOS would be 122°, RIM would be 32°. You could easily see that Android is slightly above 50% – but I’m not really sure how the iOS marketshare woul…

It’s quite astonishing that so many people here prefer readability over correctness. What is wrong with you? Readability is optional. Correctness is not. That’s obviously the wrong…

Fashion can't be trademarked or copyrighted. You can slavishly copy a Chanel handbag if you don't also copy the logo. That's why many expensive brands use their logos in patterns o…

But why the hell should that be the case? Look at iFixit’s teardown. It didn’t look at all like the battery was firmly glued in.

What’s wrong with that if you know beforehand? Not everything will be on Kickstarter. This is not a systematic push to move responsibility to the customers. It’s just a fun distrac…

So you completely agree that it's possible to replace the battery in a working rMBP and that it is not in any way permanently affixed to the case? The rest are irrelevant (for the …

But Apple knew about the consequence beforehand. It’s easy to predict. (I would expect that even companies which are not all that competent can foresee something simple like that.)…

I would be interested in your source for that. Batteries are already made of very many different materials, it’s not as though glue is some sort of special material. (The label of,…

I don’t see this as positive PR by any stretch of the imagination. This looks like Apple wanted to naughty things, got caught and had to reverse direction. Not positive. If any con…

(Not at all relevant to recycling, but $200 ain’t a bad price. You can expect to pay about $150 for batteries from other manufacturers, and those are often not as high-quality batt…

Exception accepted! I don’t think anyone has a problem with that kind of use. I certainly don’t. So, yes, sometimes “retarded“ can be a neutral term.

Hm, I tend to think Apple (or any company, really) is clever enough to foresee the obvious consequences of policy changes. This is one of those. Apple knew that certain government …

I’m not sure, I think laptops have become longer lasting, more appliance like. I think that’s a very positive thing for the majority of people. The only big issue I see is the batt…

That’s what I tried to explain. There is one less protective layer in the Retina MacBook compared to other MacBooks – but the same amount of protective layers compared to matte Mac…

You would think it’s not special or worth mentioning, wouldn’t you, but it actually kind of is. Many companies respond to a crisis with very confused initial communication before t…