Introducing Surface Laptop • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by jdietrich » Thu, May 04, 2017, 2:37 PM UTC

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #251

wklauss wrote: post #229

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Not the only downside. Machine looks great but that fabric material in the keyboard looks like it will be easily stained with sweat (a common problem with surface pro keyboards). No USB-C seems like a big missed opportunity as well.

> a common problem with surface pro keyboards Hmm, I thought the fabric was a nice touch. I've had my surface pro for a few years now and have never even come close to staining the keyboard. I wonder how common this issue really is.

Sweat is enormously varied in composition. Some guitarists can corrode a brand new set of strings in a matter of hours, while others can play for weeks on the same set. Some people have sweat that's acidic enough to turn a silver flute black or strip the lacquer from a violin.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by laughfactory » Thu, May 04, 2017, 3:57 PM UTC

Bottom line: anybody handing a $1000 computer to kid better have deep pockets. I can replace a Chromebook four times for what one Surface laptop costs.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by komali2 » Thu, May 04, 2017, 4:51 PM UTC

mundo wrote: post #586

komali2 wrote: post #579

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Can you define misuse better? I'm not asking to be cruel, I just genuinely don't understand why someone would find the kind of personal information collection that is happening already, to be upsetting. I.e. I see targeted ads regularly, so I know that I am being tracked by google et al, but this does not upset me. Can you help me understand why this should upset me?

It's 2037. A substantial chunk of 20-year-old Google user data got into the wild via (sale / theft / government regulation / who knows? A lot can happen in two decades). Some enterprising startup fed that data into a simple ML algorithm and correlated it against other publicly available data. Turns out, your search history as a kid partially predicts adult outcomes like salary, grades in college, chance of bankruptcy…

I can see why this would be a problem, but I would say it could be solved by making it illegal to adjust credit score based off non-transactional financial data. But I understand the concern better now, thank you.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by eikenberry » Thu, May 04, 2017, 7:46 PM UTC

72deluxe wrote: post #421

eikenberry wrote: post #231

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They look great except for the battery, it sucks.

Is that Linux' fault though instead of the Dell itself? I mean, Mac OS has app nap and I noticed the difference on the same hardware after OSX 10.whatever introduced it (I got an hour extra battery life!). When I reboot the same hardware into Windows, I get worse battery life than under Mac OS, obviously doing different things and an entirely different architecture (RPC, COM calls etc.) but I know it's not the hardwa…

I was talking raw WHr rating, not power usage. Linux's mediocre power management is one of the reasons I put extra emphasis on the battery when shopping for a laptop. My t450s w/ the 6 cell external has 72WHr vs the XPS13 of that time had 54WHr. Plus my Lenovo battery is hot-swappable.

They have improved upon this some as the current XPS13 has 60WHr. But they still are lacking in this area.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by tn135 » Thu, May 04, 2017, 10:30 PM UTC

natch wrote: post #585

tn135 wrote: post #582

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Looks pretty broad for me. I can't send email to friends inviting them to an even and asking them to invite their friends ?

You're asking rhetorical questions. Instead, just think it through and you'll get it. Chain letters can explode, if written in a certain way.

So Google actually reads the content of the email and can hold it against the person ?

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by natch » Fri, May 05, 2017, 3:11 AM UTC

tn135 wrote: post #605

natch wrote: post #585

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You're asking rhetorical questions. Instead, just think it through and you'll get it. Chain letters can explode, if written in a certain way.

So Google actually reads the content of the email and can hold it against the person ?

What do you think?

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by Mithaldu » Mon, May 08, 2017, 5:23 PM UTC

threatofrain wrote: post #23

Direct Link => http://event.microsoft.com/MayEvent/

FYI, and in case it's not visible to you, your last two posts are "dead" and you may have been hell-banned.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by threatofrain » Mon, May 08, 2017, 5:33 PM UTC

Mithaldu wrote: post #607

threatofrain wrote: post #23

Direct Link => http://event.microsoft.com/MayEvent/

FYI, and in case it's not visible to you, your last two posts are "dead" and you may have been hell-banned.

Who does the hell banning?

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by Mithaldu » Mon, May 08, 2017, 5:37 PM UTC

threatofrain wrote: post #608

Mithaldu wrote: post #607

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FYI, and in case it's not visible to you, your last two posts are "dead" and you may have been hell-banned.

Who does the hell banning?

Note, "may". But if you're not sure the best option is generally to send an email to the moderators via the "contact" link at the bottom.

Re: Introducing Surface Laptop

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Post by threatofrain » Mon, May 08, 2017, 5:49 PM UTC

Mithaldu wrote: post #609

threatofrain wrote: post #608

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Who does the hell banning?

Note, "may". But if you're not sure the best option is generally to send an email to the moderators via the "contact" link at the bottom.

If a mod opaquely wants me gone, then there's probably nothing to gain by fighting back... thanks for letting me know though.