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22july2013 said:

macmaverickk said:

Jfc are people that helpless that they can’t install a regular smart switch? This thing is hilarious.

Maybe you are rich, and own your own house, but most people either live in apartments or condos, and most of those prohibit changing anything electrical including switches. And this device makes it easy to pull them out when it's time to leave.

And some people live in jurisdictions where installing a smart switch involves a call to a licensed electrician to do the job for you, which can be expensive and may take a while.

I'm curious about options, as this looks like it only works with a specific type of switch that is probably more common in the US than here.

Hope he recovers. The world needs more Wozes, we shouldn't really lose the one we have.

Honkers said:

Cool how it's universal across iOS and Mac, but still a bit sucky how it's App Store exclusive.  I wonder if they'll end up on Steam eventually.

Wouldn't hold your breath. I bought Resident Evil Village on Steam, only for it later to turn up in the App Store, and the Steam version doesn't include the Mac version. I expect the same thing will happen here, which means it was probably a good idea not to buy it on Steam when it was on special recently.

For a lot of games, Steam lets you download the Windows and/or Mac version, where available, but it looks like Resident Evil isn't working that way. For instance, I have a couple of the recent Tomb Raiders[ that are cross-platform from Steam, and Return to Monkey Island.

I also picked up the original version of RE4 a while back when it was on special for about A$5, but I find that unplayable. It has controller support, but it doesn't really work very well, and keyboard and mouse is just awkward to use. At least the RE2 and RE3 re-releases fixed a lot of the UI problems, so I expect RE4 to do the same.

ITGUYINSD said:

22july2013 said:

1 phone + 3 boxes does equal "4", which is a number he used on his order. That's my best partial explanation. Human error is the rest of my expectation.

The other explanation is iPhone 15 x 4 = 60. 

The theory I saw him put forward (I did see this on TikTok) was that, as he was a business customer, his customer liaison put through his order for the 1 TB phone, and then put through a restock order for an Apple Store (or other reseller) but didn't update the delivery address. Note he actually got 61 iPhones. One single order, and then 3 boxes of 20.

He did also suggest he might sell them all, and kept showing references to laws around unsolicited deliveries (he is correct that Apple really don't have any redress here, it's their error, and he is entitled to keep the phones). Personally, I'd be tempted to take them back to Apple to curry favour with them, but that's me. While it may be legal, keeping them and selling them on feels like a dickish move.

mike eggleston said:

netrox said:

dutchlord said:

Totally irrelevant for most users as the majority does not perceive a performance issue. So there is no compelling argument to upgrade. 

it would be for intel users. 

Yup. Exactly this. To be fair, my MBP 2016 still holds up well for what I need it to do. However, I'd be lying if I didn't say that I do feel that itch to upgrade

My MBP 2016 is starting to show its age. I made the mistake of settling for the bottom end 15". Despite that, it has lasted this long.

Still, I'm picking up my M3 MBP from the Apple Store in a bit over 3 hours.