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  • Mobile carriers sell more iPhones than Apple retail stores

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    When I got my iPhone 14 Pro Max last Fall, I used a T-Mobile store.  I walked in and walked out same day. No wait.  Apple’s online store was showing shipping in something like 3 or 5 weeks for the model I got and no Apple Store local pickup available any faster.  
    watto_cobra

  • Engineer makes USB-C AirPods Pro before inevitable Apple release

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    StrangeDays said:
    Ah yes making the plans open source, as if anyone other than an absolutely fraction of a fraction of a minority care, let alone will DIY engineer them. 
    That does not make them any less valuable.  The majority of people don’t download Linux  onto their computer either.  

    Some people do things for the challenge and then share the results of their quest.  I downloaded and used a PCB board plan that someone did for the challenge and I had a bunch made.  And did a repeat run of them (through cheap PCB contract manufacturers).  I could be the only person that downloaded that persons efforts and had some made.  (They were released in a model railroad forum I am on and I’m the only one who I’ve seen mention using it).  Someone had a challenge and I was able to use the fruits of their labors.  (in case anyone cares it was a board to convert one brand of small DCC decider to another form factor).  

    I developed a PCB for model train railroad car lighting.  A very inefficient and complicated circuit i am sure since I am not an electronics person but am a SW Engineer and the circuit shows it 🤣.  I made the board plans available upon request and had a batch made up and sold them at basically my cost and had a few people request them. 

    Hobbyist hackers and DIYers are a great bunch. 
    uraharaMplsPkestralFileMakerFellerwatto_cobraHallel

  • Apple's iPhone is boiling oil resistant -- briefly

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    DAalseth said:
    iOS_Guy80 said:
    Give me a minute to think, when was the last time I was boiling oil?
    That’s a good point. I LIKE french fries, fried chicken, all sorts of things like that, But I can’t remember when the last time I actually MADE them myself. Frying is such a PITA to do at home and it makes an awful mess. 

    (The last time might have been a couple of decades ago when we deep fried a turkey for Thanksgiving. That was an adventure.)
    It’s not all that uncommon.  I was doing it often enough at home that I purchased a miniature version of a commercial fryer.  (About 12”’wide and 20” long physically). My frying is on temporary hiatus due to space problems in our rental house but once we live I’ll start making Korean fried chicken wings again. Best you’ve ever had.  
    DAalsethwatto_cobramaltz

  • New HomePod still leaves rings on finished wood surfaces

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    You’d think that Apple, which tries very hard to create the ultimate user experience, would have figured this out before shipping the OG and if not, fixed it in the 2E.  I find this in-Apple like in terms of attention to detail,  but very Apple like in terms of practice and history.  At the least include a silicone coaster or whatever or make the bases of a dual layer with a thin non marring layer
    attached to the damping silicone layer.    
    ronnCluntBaby92watto_cobra

  • Apple won't guarantee advertising viewer counts for MLS Season Pass

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    JP234 said:
    Pay to watch soccer on TV? How much will Apple pay me to perform this excruciatingly boring task???
    Exactly.   

    Personally I’d have to say the same about any pro sports. There is ALWAYS something better I could be doing.  Like watching daisies grow. 
    JP234