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Maybe it's just me, but isn't it a bit scary there are so many hidden magnets around? I'll have to add the edge of my MacBook to the list of things to keep credit cards away from...
That myth was busted.
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MacBooks use magnets to keep the lid closed (it's not a mechanical lock).
Maybe it's just me, but isn't it a bit scary there are so many hidden magnets around? I'll have to add the edge of my MacBook to the list of things to keep credit cards away from...
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Maybe it's just me, but isn't it a bit scary there are so many hidden magnets around? I'll have to add the edge of my MacBook to the list of things to keep credit cards away from...
That myth was busted.
What I'm getting at is that the magnets have ruined my credit/debit cards several times, so I wouldn't consider this a "myth" at all.
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Maybe it's just me, but isn't it a bit scary there are so many hidden magnets around? I'll have to add the edge of my MacBook to the list of things to keep credit cards away from...
That myth was busted.
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That myth was busted.
Credit cards might be more robust, but I have recently had problems with multiple gift cards near a magnet becoming unreadable.
I wouldn't be confident in the face of a neodymium fridge magnet being rubbed across the mag stripe of a credit card.
Is this really HN worthy?
Is this really HN worthy?
This is just my own biased opinion, but if you're reading HN, shouldn't this one have been just about as obvious as it gets?!?!
I had a similar issue, except it was my MacBook going to sleep - when I used it on the Tokyo subway. http://west.io/post/2015/05/01-the-case-of-the-sleeping-macb...