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HP says I should have known its £399 laptop bargain was too good to be true in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I bought a laptop that came with a broken charger, I could easily test it myself as a friend also had an HP laptop with the same brick (this was before the days of USB C).

I tried to make a warranty claim and they wanted me to send the laptop too and wipe the HDD, the RMA process would take weeks on top of that.

I ended up buying a 3rd party charger, I'm sure their RMA process is overly long and convoluted to deter people from making warranty claims

X begins charging new users $1 a year in New Zealand, Philippines in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

NZ is usually used as a Guinea pig by tech companies, small population, English speaking, etc.

However I think it might be that the Alll Blacks might face off the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup Final and Elon wants to minimise the shitposting on Twitter. /s

Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am a light user so I just stayed on version 3.0.2

It works for my use case as it is and the day it doesn't, I'll look for whatever fork is most popular

Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

A friend works for a large-ish company that makes a product on Unity (not a game tho) and he just told me they were moving to Godot ASAP

France bans iPhone 12 after finding radiation levels are too high in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

they do, my sister just bought one

Planning is for the weak in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm saving this phrase.

I had a PM postpone a critical part of a project since June, the hard deadline is on September 15th... I've insisted to start with it months ago and now he's scrambling everyone to get this done yesterday.

We're not gonna make it and I don't care anymore.

Why there aren't ad blocking apps on Google Play in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

AdAway is the best choice if you're rooted.

Some banking apps might break, but the DNS request log will help you debug and put the necessary domains on a whitelist. Or you can just google it.

'Where ambition goes to die': These tech workers flocked to Austin during the pandemic. Now they're desperate to get out. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also, the last mile issue is very real and needs to be solved.

Bicycle

Exemployees of a company, what was your "fuck this shit I'm out moment"? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My manager got a promotion with a hefty salary increase, then the company announced a hiring and salary freeze, then gave me a promotion with more responsibilities (some of my manager's as well) but with the same salary.

I quited a few months later as soon as I could secure something else