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    descendency reacted to djksm in Zipper-less pullover hoodie   
    this please make this i DESPISE zippered hoodies because at that point its just a thin jacket
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    descendency reacted to Lomac in Shipping in Canada - Who the heck is "Wizmo" and how do they deliver?   
    It's a B2C logistics company.  In my case, they've forwarded shipments to Canada Post to be delivered to my work (GVA.)  Your location may be different for the last mile delivery service, depending on what courier coverage looks like in your area, but chances are pretty good it'll be Canada Post.
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    descendency reacted to manikyath in Shipping in Canada - Who the heck is "Wizmo" and how do they deliver?   
    It's possible that the parcel goes from LTTstore to a distribution center near you with one company, and the last mile is done with another.. which if you'd have looked at wizmo's website appears to be the case:
    https://shipwizmo.com/
     
    they have a logo block of last mile carriers, listing UPS, fedex, DHL, ontrac, USPS, CSM worldwide, metroland, pitney bowers, canada post, lasershp, asendia, fleetoptics, and purolator.
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    descendency reacted to Lurick in Claiming Apple is threatening to remove Twitter from the App Store, Elon Musk goes on the warpath and says he'll create his own phone if they do   
    It's almost like the US is a free-ish market or does that only apply when Elon blesses you with approval? I forget how this hellscape works at times 😛
    /s
     
    I 100% agree, companies are free to choose where they spend their advertisement money, just another day of Elon trying to be in the news cycle for attention =/
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    descendency reacted to Dracarris in LG Announces World's First 27 inch OLED Monitor (1440p, 240hz, $999)   
    I really don't know where you pull this from, it's straight out wrong.
     
    Newegg has literally over 1300 27" monitors in their store:
    https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100160979 600030620&PageSize=96
    It's as mainstream market as it gets. The cheapest 1440p ones can be had for under 200$, and 240$ currently gets you even a 1440p 144Hz panel, for 10$ more the Samsung G5 Odyssey. That's also not really a surprise as 27" is sort of a perfect middle ground between 24" (too small) and 32" (too large).
    https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?N=100160979 600030620 600012694&PageSize=96&Order=0

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    descendency reacted to Dracarris in LG Announces World's First 27 inch OLED Monitor (1440p, 240hz, $999)   
    It's actually a main stream size. There are tons of 60Hz productivity displays. 27" 1440p is a perfect office choice, fits lots of content without said content being tiny and the monitors are rather cheap, can be had for around 300USD.
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    descendency reacted to NovaNightmare in Wave 1 Backpack Shipping Update?   
    I received my backpack yesterday.
     
    The long wait has ended.
     
    I also received bonus Canadian Air in the main pouches. I did not expect this. It would have only been better if it were filled with colorful Canadian currency, yet I do accept the gift of air.
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    descendency reacted to Beerbuddy in Wave 1 Backpack Shipping Update?   
    Finally received mine. And it is glorious. 
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    descendency reacted to pythonmegapixel in Backpack luggage strap suggestion - perhaps a more elegant solution   
    I'm probably missing something here. Is it not easier just to wear the bag on your back and pull the case normally?
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    descendency got a reaction from 4P3t3sSake in Wave 1 Backpack Shipping Update?   
    Pretty sure I was around ~6500 in wave 1 and haven't received shipping notification yet. With the (US) holiday today, I'm assuming we will see a bit of a delay over what was stated. 
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    descendency reacted to nicklmg in Backpack Wave 2 ship date   
    For sure, we were planning on updating the page a bit later this week along with an email that we'll send out to wave 2 buyers. Just did it now though since you brought it up.
     
    We have about 15,000 units arriving around end of this week, with about 6,000 shipments remaining in wave 1. So the bulk of wave 2 should go out next week, just after our estimate. We have additional containers coming in later next week as well so all wave 2 should ship in October, pending any additional delays at the port...
     
    As long as our distributor can keep up with estimates (a few thousand shipments per day) we should be back on track very soon, and screwdrivers should actually start shipping out sooner than expected. So all is looking up 🙂
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    descendency reacted to yolosnail in LTT logo/patch on the backpack   
    Why would you want to be a walking advertisement?
     
    Plus, if you're spending $250 on a backpack, then chances are you have some fairly expensive gear in it!
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    descendency got a reaction from Dabombinable in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    You've misunderstood what was said. Apple doesn't want an app manufacturer, regardless of medium, to have a method to use their platform to cut out Apple out of the installation (and therefore payment) process. I don't mean a link that launches the App Store. I mean one that straight bypasses it. 
     
    Edit: This is sideloading. It's the scary part of sideloading for Apple. 
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    descendency got a reaction from mr moose in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    I love reading comments about sideloading on tech forums because 50%+ of it is people complaining it makes pirating harder and the other part has a legitimate but incredibly niche reason to allow it. And yet, this has literally zero to do with what Apple is concerned about: 
     
    Apple doesn't want someone like Epic to be able to put a link in the Epic Game Store to "Install (fortnite) on my Phone", cutting them out of a significant portion of the revenue. It has nothing to do with security, as this would be a very small market. This has nothing to do with privacy. 
     
    Sideloading is important because it stops Apple from abusing its position as the market leader in terms of revenue generated on platform. It's not one specific app or idea. It's what keeps a company like Apple from being the regulatory body in a free market. Company's shouldn't have to grovel to Apple to make money. This is the net neutrality debate, applied to phones.
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    descendency got a reaction from flametwist in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    You've misunderstood what was said. Apple doesn't want an app manufacturer, regardless of medium, to have a method to use their platform to cut out Apple out of the installation (and therefore payment) process. I don't mean a link that launches the App Store. I mean one that straight bypasses it. 
     
    Edit: This is sideloading. It's the scary part of sideloading for Apple. 
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    descendency got a reaction from thechinchinsong in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    You've misunderstood what was said. Apple doesn't want an app manufacturer, regardless of medium, to have a method to use their platform to cut out Apple out of the installation (and therefore payment) process. I don't mean a link that launches the App Store. I mean one that straight bypasses it. 
     
    Edit: This is sideloading. It's the scary part of sideloading for Apple. 
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    descendency got a reaction from thechinchinsong in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    I love reading comments about sideloading on tech forums because 50%+ of it is people complaining it makes pirating harder and the other part has a legitimate but incredibly niche reason to allow it. And yet, this has literally zero to do with what Apple is concerned about: 
     
    Apple doesn't want someone like Epic to be able to put a link in the Epic Game Store to "Install (fortnite) on my Phone", cutting them out of a significant portion of the revenue. It has nothing to do with security, as this would be a very small market. This has nothing to do with privacy. 
     
    Sideloading is important because it stops Apple from abusing its position as the market leader in terms of revenue generated on platform. It's not one specific app or idea. It's what keeps a company like Apple from being the regulatory body in a free market. Company's shouldn't have to grovel to Apple to make money. This is the net neutrality debate, applied to phones.
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    descendency got a reaction from leadeater in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    You've misunderstood what was said. Apple doesn't want an app manufacturer, regardless of medium, to have a method to use their platform to cut out Apple out of the installation (and therefore payment) process. I don't mean a link that launches the App Store. I mean one that straight bypasses it. 
     
    Edit: This is sideloading. It's the scary part of sideloading for Apple. 
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    descendency got a reaction from leadeater in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    I love reading comments about sideloading on tech forums because 50%+ of it is people complaining it makes pirating harder and the other part has a legitimate but incredibly niche reason to allow it. And yet, this has literally zero to do with what Apple is concerned about: 
     
    Apple doesn't want someone like Epic to be able to put a link in the Epic Game Store to "Install (fortnite) on my Phone", cutting them out of a significant portion of the revenue. It has nothing to do with security, as this would be a very small market. This has nothing to do with privacy. 
     
    Sideloading is important because it stops Apple from abusing its position as the market leader in terms of revenue generated on platform. It's not one specific app or idea. It's what keeps a company like Apple from being the regulatory body in a free market. Company's shouldn't have to grovel to Apple to make money. This is the net neutrality debate, applied to phones.
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    descendency got a reaction from Spotty in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    You've misunderstood what was said. Apple doesn't want an app manufacturer, regardless of medium, to have a method to use their platform to cut out Apple out of the installation (and therefore payment) process. I don't mean a link that launches the App Store. I mean one that straight bypasses it. 
     
    Edit: This is sideloading. It's the scary part of sideloading for Apple. 
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    descendency reacted to manikyath in Tim Cook rails against """bad privacy regulation & sideloading""" in keynote speech   
    he does, that's why he's trying to make sideloading seem like some ridiculous security risk that wil get the elderly killed.
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    descendency reacted to YoungBlade in Faceboo- I mean Meta announces they are going to take up to 47.5% of any virtual asset sale in its metaverse.   
    Overall, I think this is a good thing...
     
    Because it will heavily dis-incentivize companies from investing in the platform, thus keeping it irrelevant forever - as it should be.
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    descendency reacted to darknessblade in Apple under fire for their Idiotic decision to charge 27% for 3rd party payments   
    Because steam is a windows app/store, of which it is 1 of many potential ones.
     
    While Apple is the sole owner, regulator, and enforcer on THEIR, platform
     
    Not forgetting do you think that if a game dev has a game and does not want to sell their app/game trough steam, that they have no other option?
    they can just sell it trough the many other stores "EPIC games, GOG games, even their own website"
    and then they do not have to give Steam a single dime, because they did not sell trough STEAM.
     
    if they do it trough their own website, they get 100% of all the profit. made from sales, not having to give a single time to anyone.
     
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    descendency reacted to Middcore in Why is EVERYONE Buying This Gaming Mouse?   
    That's the wireless version. Still overpriced (It's $120 most places) but not as bad as it first appears. 
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