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JD1812

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    JD1812 reacted to Error 52 in The ALL Wish.com Gaming PC   
    At this point I'm convinced Wish makes money off computer parts solely through people making "I built a PC off Wish!" videos.
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    JD1812 reacted to Roswell in Playing Cyberpunk 2077 isn’t going well for last gen console owners   
    This is a last gen game. They haven't even released a next gen version yet AFAIK. Supposedly said next gen version is supposed to come out some time next year.
     
    Beyond that, the game was supposed to be released back in April, before the new consoles were even released.
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    JD1812 reacted to BuckGup in Another ARM(1) - Apple event introduces new low-end Macs as well as updated OS   
    Macbook air is the best selling laptop because it's the cheapest macbook people can buy and still have a macbook to gloat and show off with lol
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    JD1812 reacted to Trik'Stari in Movie Company Sues Pirates Who Used an Anonymous VPN (PIA)   
    When will they learn?
     
    You cannot, and will not, stop piracy. There is no real discussion on this. People like myself will find a way around your bullshit.
     
    I try to be fair. If I find your content worthy, I will purchase it even after pirating it, if not, I will not.
     
    End of fucking story. Either go commercial and make it "free", or piss off. I'd purchase the movie Greyhound, if it was available on a platform that was reasonable. But because it is not, I will not.
     
    Fantastic movie, but whoever thought it would be a good idea to lock it down to Apple, is a freaking moron. Just sell me your goddamned product directly and stop trying to establish walled gardens that I have no interest in, I'd rather take my chances pirating, or just never see the content to begin with.
     
    You  can make legal arguments all you want, but the reality is that this is a discussion of value. If your content isn't valuable enough to pay for, I'm not going to pay for it, and in this day and age of shitty content, I'm going to put time and effort (of which I have an abundance) into viewing it without paying for it, to save money (of which I have very little).
     
    Essentially, they vastly overvalue their content, and are continually surprised by how many people don't care enough to pay.
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    JD1812 reacted to Shreyas1 in rtx 3080 crashing possibly due to capacitor choice   
    This is why you never pay to become a beta tester buy a new product at launch
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    JD1812 reacted to Ashley MLP Fangirl in Pakistan has announced it is banning Tinder, Grinder and several other dating apps   
    and that is a problem because...? if the people involved are consenting adults then there is nothing wrong with it. we aren't living in the middle ages anymore, people have relationships and intimacy before marriage. 
     
    in fact, i don't even plan to get married. why should i lol. 
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    JD1812 reacted to BobVonBob in Samsung announces Galaxy Z Fold 2 for $1,999.99   
    I hate the trend of strategically selecting images to hide that the phone has a pinhole camera.
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    JD1812 reacted to WaggishOhio383 in Apple is Preparing its Own Search Engine   
    And if you pay a small price of $5 a month you can get the new "Apple Search Premium" which gives you access to two whole pages of search results, as opposed to the 5 results you get with the free service. Or you can pay $15 a month for "Apple Search Pro" which gives you full access to every search result available, by rerouting you to the google search results page for the search term you entered. We know you'll pay, because it's got our logo on it.
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    JD1812 reacted to AnonymousGuy in Samsung Committing to Give Devices 3 Generations of Android Updates - But There's a Catch...   
    Not really.  You may never get unlocked bootloader, it will probably trip Knox or Enclave or whatever the fuck they call their security shit nowadays.  So then you're forever locked out of Pay tools or ever running corporate apps.  And then whatever custom ROM will probably break half the features of your phone because it's made by some douchey xda-dev in his spare time cobbling a bunch of shit together thinking he's god.
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    JD1812 reacted to Arika in Apple threatens to kill Unreal Engine on iOS, Fornite may never return   
    I guess Apple is the only company that would be allowed to do this....If this kind of control was exerted over any other OS/platform people would tear them apart. But Apple? Nah.
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    JD1812 reacted to Kisai in Samsung May Bring Back the Headphone Jack   
    Because all bluetooth headphones suck, and if you can't tell, then your hearing is not as good as you think it is. 
     
    Audio over analog headphones sounds ok on good headphones. Compressed audio (eg mp3, aac) has this distinct "underwater" warble to it, and when you listen to the same compressed audio on bluetooth of course it sounds no different, it's lossy compression being lossy compressed again. 
     
    Here, try this. Find a song that you ripped yourself to ALAC/FLAC/WAV from an actual CD, and then listen to the same version on Spotify without a subscription. That's the difference between listening to a CD and listening to a CD with bluetooth headphones.
     
    There's always a lot of people trying to make liars out of audiophiles, and that's largely because the people who think the audiophile is lying, are using cheap equipment to listen to music, and have always listened to music that way and wouldn't know what the music is supposed to sound like without the lossy compression. 
     
    I'll give you a small history lesson. When audio piracy was ramping up, MP2's, not MP3's were a thing. MP2's sucked, a lot. People didn't know how to rip cd's let alone how to share them. Then when MPEG1 Layer III audio (MP3) came out, suddenly a 96kbit crappy mp3 was miles ahead of what came before it. However listen to any of these mp3's from 1996 and you'll certainly hear how rubbish they are. If people wanted to share a "CD Rip" they often ripped a CD into a 64MB , 128kbit mp3 file, and nearly every mp3 from the beginning of Napster to the end of Kazaa was like this and had that distinct "underwater warble" that persists to this day in lossy compression.
     
    But more importantly, the "joint stereo" collapses music into one center channel, and all lossy compression still does this. If you can't notice this, then you've never listened to a CD.
     
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    JD1812 reacted to SeraphicWings in Samsung Galaxy Unpacked - 5 New Devices Released   
    ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR for a 1080p 60Hz screen and, wait for it, PLASTIC phone
     
    plastic
     
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    Not even Apple can reach this level of dickhead at cost cutting
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    JD1812 reacted to Bananasplit_00 in Galaxy Fold 2 Leaked   
    You know that when they pick an image with a lot of blacks around the top, that's where the fuggly ass camera lives
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    JD1812 reacted to Trik'Stari in Google play music migration to youtube music is a fiasco   
    Shit like this is why I just pirate music.
     
    Or just search for it on Youtube to begin with. I've got adblock installed on my phone so I don't have to deal with Googles ridiculous demands for money for basic functionality like being able to play a "video" with my phone locked.
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    JD1812 reacted to Sauron in Bowdoin College giving all students an iPad Pro (w/ cellular), Apple Pencil, and Magic Keyboard ($1,377 total) as students to start semester online   
    Why is this tech news? A private college decides to waste money on overpriced products and we care because...?
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    JD1812 reacted to GDRRiley in Blackmagic Desgin anouces 12K URSA Mini Pro Camera   
    they don't really need to be. the upcoming EOS R5 and R6 should be water cooled though
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    JD1812 reacted to Trik'Stari in Samsung reportedly won’t include chargers with some phones starting next year   
    And then in 2022 they will randomly change the charger port for some minor upgrade, and still not include a charger.
     
    The correct charger will cost a premium.
     
    Bet.
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    JD1812 reacted to TempestCatto in It's finger clicking good - KFC announces console   
    Must be Intel based in order to heat up the chicken chamber.
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    JD1812 reacted to LAwLz in VPN Recommendations   
    For the thing you described, you don't need a VPN. Save your money.
     
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    JD1812 reacted to Curious Pineapple in Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Apple for MacBook Pro Flexgate Issue   
    One would assume that the hinge design limits the display movement to a designed maximum. If the internal cables can't handfle that then either them or the hinge isn't correct for the application.
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    JD1812 reacted to aaradorn in Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Apple for MacBook Pro Flexgate Issue   
    Have you tried contacting apple about it? You can always send it to Louis Rossman, I'd trust him with my macbook any day of the week.
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    JD1812 reacted to hui in Google suspends podcast app for having podcasts about covid-19   
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    It's a great podcast app that I've been using for the past 3 years and it saddens me to say that it's gotten removed for content that is beyond the app's control. As the author of the tweet says, the same podcasts exist on Google's own podcast app. Posting here so it may get some attention, and hopefully get the issue resolved for the sole developer of this app. 
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    JD1812 got a reaction from TheBean in Buying new laptop in next 7 days, China   
    Thanks for recommendation. But at 6300 RMB it's 50% more expensive. And at 2.5kg, more than double the weight of Acer.
    Eventually I managed to find Swift 3 with 4700u listed on JD. But seems while in rest of the world difference between 4500u and 4700u are fairly small, here it's jump to 5900 RMB, so about 40% more.
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    JD1812 reacted to Fasauceome in "iOS Secuirty is fucked" -Zerodium Stops Accepting iOS Exploits Because of too Many Submissions   
    This is what happens when you behave hostile towards the people working into your system with good intentions. The ones with bad intentions will still find the exploits, Tim!
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