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Are there any smartphones that have a rubber coating? Something akin to the Thinkpad lid coating. I use a rubbery case, buy that's something else. That got me to thinking. Why doesn't Lenovo cash on Thinkpad brand with a smartphone line that would be branded as such. It could use the same rubber coating and maybe titanium skeleton or something. Maybe I'm just not aware that they indeed have such a thing.
I've found a textured case like Magpul makes to be far superior to one with soft rubber.
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Try actually reading the paper. The analysis is actually quite compelling.
I did read the paper and I'm not saying the analysis isn't compelling. I'm saying it is obvious and does not need a paper to be explained.
So, nothing to see here, totally obvious?
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Try actually reading the paper. The analysis is actually quite compelling.
I did read the paper and I'm not saying the analysis isn't compelling. I'm saying it is obvious and does not need a paper to be explained.
Most commodity ballpoint pens didn't have rubbery grips prior to the mid 1990's. I remember back-to-school shopping at the end of one summer, and most of the bags of pens were upgraded to have built-in grips. Prior to that, you'd buy triangular slip-on sleeves separately, if you wanted additional gripping traction. It was a trend that started, and progressed like many other marketing arms races. One stand-out product…
>triangular slip-on sleeves separately As someone who grew up in the 90's, I can almost guarantee you would get the crap beat out of them for walking into school with something like that. Thank goodness they're integrated into the pen now!
Are there any smartphones that have a rubber coating? Something akin to the Thinkpad lid coating. I use a rubbery case, buy that's something else. That got me to thinking. Why doesn't Lenovo cash on Thinkpad brand with a smartphone line that would be branded as such. It could use the same rubber coating and maybe titanium skeleton or something. Maybe I'm just not aware that they indeed have such a thing.
I thought it signified some milestone in printing where component pieces combimed with easy logo/name printing changed the logo game
Thus, more pens made with plastic (rubbery) grips had to do with manufacturing
Now i am enlightened
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>triangular slip-on sleeves separately As someone who grew up in the 90's, I can almost guarantee you would get the crap beat out of them for walking into school with something like that. Thank goodness they're integrated into the pen now!
It's really weird to me that you've caught some downvotes for this benign and not innaccurate remark. I've upvoted you to compensate, but to no avail.
As if I somehow endorsed it, or thought there was "logic" behind bullying, or that I wasn't the one on the _receiving_ end of the bullying.
We live in hilariously odd times. Better to pretend bad situations don't exist.
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Being bullied for this? Really?
It's a pecking order instinct. I'm sure even lobsters do it. The algorithm goes like this: find someone weaker than you, focus on any difference however small or imaginary, initiate pecking, preserve your place in the hierarchy.
I mean, where do people think all those pocket protector nerd jokes came from? Thin air? Or--dare I provoke more downvotes--was it because people were bullied for having them?
I'm not _endorsing_ bullying by simply acknowledging scenarios where it exists. I kind of miss the 90's even more now. Because it was acceptable to talk about, and sing about on the radio; the darker things of life like getting bullied, being a failure, being used in a relationship "I'm just a suck'er with no self-esteeem! ohh wayyy ohhhh", and so on.
Most commodity ballpoint pens didn't have rubbery grips prior to the mid 1990's. I remember back-to-school shopping at the end of one summer, and most of the bags of pens were upgraded to have built-in grips. Prior to that, you'd buy triangular slip-on sleeves separately, if you wanted additional gripping traction. It was a trend that started, and progressed like many other marketing arms races. One stand-out product…
>triangular slip-on sleeves separately As someone who grew up in the 90's, I can almost guarantee you would get the crap beat out of them for walking into school with something like that. Thank goodness they're integrated into the pen now!
Bullies are bullies, they will pick up on any thing they can and exploit it to belittle another person.