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MplsP said: Restaurants are the other area where having a physical card is usually necessary. More are switching to portable payment devices that take ApplePay but they're still relatively uncommon IME. I suspect you’re referring to restau…
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loopless said: I am completely shocked when I see people using their credit cards with "tap to pay". No biometrics. Just tap the card. Everywhere else in the known universe they require a PIN. then sadly you don’t know or have travele…
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baconstang said: I wonder if they'll be offering a USB-C to 3.5mm dongle for the new phones? https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MU7E2ZM/A/usb-c-to-35mm-headphone-jack-adapter It already exists, just a question of whether it'll be compa…
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Clamourers for USB-A ports on the new MacBook Pros have appeared with depressing predictability. It seems contradictory to want old tech on new products: the official USB organisation has dropped the USB-A connector from the current standard: USB 4 …
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OutdoorAppDeveloper said: In 2020 Tim Cook was not evaluating a Mac Nano even though Apple had the technical ability to produce one easily. That's the difference between a CEO with vision and one with ability. Jobs imagined products that coul…
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avon b7 said: Apple definitely does not have any such 'broader or taller technology stack to work with than any other competitor' . That is ludicrous. Ludicrous in the extreme. I would like you to support that claim. Seriously? In that case, wh…
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GeorgeBMac said: Meet my grandson. He asked for a MacBook for Christmas so I got him one -- thinking he would use it for school (little knowing that Corona Virus was coming right around the corner). But soon i saw it sitting all lonely in a…
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dysamoria said: The state of being flawed is normalised by the tech geeks. “You don’t understand how complex software is” becomes a special pleading (logical fallacy) defense of inherently bad tech. Non-tech users and customers are bullied into …
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ua2006 said: It would be hilarious if Intel bought ARM. Intel sells XScale business to Marvell for $600m https://www.theregister.com/2006/06/27/intel_sells_xscale/ The ARM-based XScale line-up grew out of the StrongARM team Intel…
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GeorgeBMac said: Sorry, but without an external keyboard and mouse or trackpad the iPad WAS mostly just an output device and not a "real computer" capable of "real work". Elementary computer lesson: keyboards, mice and trackpads are optional…
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vannygee said: mac_dog said: You must not be a very good pro if you’re complaining about $5000. Seriously, you can write that shit off as a business expense. Go bother some other forum. Or pro enough to get your money's worth. My…
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ctmjpn said: I attempted to install the update but about halfway through my computer shutdown and it bricked my 2018 13 inch MacBook. No power, no fans coming on and off or anything when pressing and holding the power button. It was plugged a…
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ivanh said: Is there a way to turn off wireless charging on iPhone 11 Pro? I accidentally placed it on my belly during a few minutes nap, and a ring shape burn mark appeared on the next day. Three times already! I hear that accidentally …
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shrave10 said: Don't trust the emf radiation field around these things. It has not been mass tested enough. Will let other guinea pigs test it out for me and maybe revisit the tech in ten years. I’m impressed you’ve been brave enough …
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GeorgeBMac said: More than anything one image in the video struck me and stuck with me: The Opening Shot of the Two Machines Side by Side: I couldn't tell them apart - there was literally no way to know which was which! Apple needs to b…
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entropys said: It is a dilemma. I would want to buy MBPs for my daughters, but I am sure the younger one would probably want the gold MBA. Maybe the money and weight saved would go to a USB hub so when inevitably one of her friends want to gi…
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hill60 said: I have an Australian SIM, if I go to the states it'll cost $A5 a day added to my bill for that I get full access to my 54GB of data, unlimited calls and text. Don't have to do anything just switch phone back on when I get off th…
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knowitall said: pakitt said: Although based on Unix, macOs is far from being a Linux-like OS.... Try spotlight, that will work. macOs isn't based on Unix, its Mach. It does have a compliant bash shell which is seen by many as Unix.…
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cmf said: I'm surprised TfL hadn't done this sooner to be honest. Although Express Transit only came out with 12.3, you would think they could have done something homegrown and then done a migration when the time was right. The Oyster card, T…
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saarek said: rotateleftbyte said: The unanswered question is... Will the £30.00 limit on transactions still apply? If you are using an NFC terminal, such as when paying for groceries then the limit will usually be in place. For on…