regurgitatedcoprolite

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JP234 said:

I watched about half of the first season. Then the sheer lunacy of the story really started to piss me off. There is no way to suspend disbelief that a woman could roast her baby in a car, forget all about it, then have everyone she knows go along with it to protect her "fragile" mind. Then she is given a lifelike doll, which she totally believes is her son. Then they hire some mysterious stranger, who shows up to be the doll's nanny. Then a different real baby mysteriously shows up, and everyone pretends it's the original crispy kid. And for some reason, no police, fire or medical personnel ever were called, no neighbors ever noticed a dead, decaying body in the car. Then the car is back in use, with no mention of how they cleaned the stench of a rotting corpse out of it (which is impossible, as proven on an episode of Mythbusters!).

It was a dark and stormy night when this turkey showed up on Apple's usually excellent programming. The verdict: GUILTY! of wanton hackery!

Couldn’t have said it better! This is one of the dumbest shows ever.

VAVOOM !!!

tht said:

Much better to turn the audio off while watching the video. Don't know what to say. I feel dumber after listening to that. Will have to wait for the still photography.

Yeah, I don’t appreciate the sarcastic tone and attitude either. Just show me how to take it apart, the different parts, and let me make a judgment about the design and quality 

Xed said:

freeassociate2 said:

regurgitatedcoprolite said:

It’s hilarious to watch some of the “YouTubers” out there gnash their teeth and complain about how difficult it is to take apart a Mac Studio. 

It’s clear to me that none of them have ever worked on a car, where one has to do things lying on his back, deal with grease and oil, etc. 

Computers are easy if one takes his time, organizes parts, and has any mechanical ability. 

Thank you for pointing that out. (As I’ve replaced a seized front wheel bearing in three feet of snow.)

I especially find it funny when places like iFixit cry “oh no! Dang proprietary screws!” even though they seem capable of selling me pricey repair kits for those screws … that conform the specs of international standards. (I have yet to see an apple logo shaped proprietary screw head.) Honestly, in my years of working on houses, cars, trains, and all manner of “repairable” things, I’ve found that most of them have connector mechanisms that aren’t just a #2 Philips. Western civilization has fallen! My kingdom for a T15! Oh no! A locking nut! 

It really boggles the mind some times.

I just watched the video and their text seems to parrot the video to the word. All I can see is that it uses Torx. No one complained. No one was upset. As for selling kits, yes they do which is why point out what tools are needed and where. It's their business model to sell tools and parts while giving away the instructions for self repair so it would silly of them not to point out tools that are needed, especially if it's not a tool people are likely to have at home. 🤦‍♂️

To clarify, this particular iFixit video is not the culprit, though they have in the past b*tched and moaned and gone off the deep end about things like the dreaded "tri-lobe screws" that Apple has used on some of its devices. Luke Miani's recent video in which he disassembled a couple of Mac Studios and went on and on about how he was "risking $13,000" of kit. Well, yeah, I get it, but the guys at Max Tech had already shown how to take off the dreaded and intimidating plastic ring on the bottom that covers screws holding on the bottom aluminum plate and how to approach the disassembly. Everything has risk associated with it.  

As others have pointed out, car manufacturers are infamous for making DIY repairs to vehicles difficult and / or expensive. For example, newer Mercedes vehicles don't allow changing of the transmission filter by itself--their new design is a transmission pan made out of plastic with the filter integral to the pan. Instead of being able to buy a filter by itself for $50 or whatever, now one has to buy the whole assembly (pan with filter) for $200 or so. And...then to fill with new transmission fluid, one has to pump it up into the transmission from below--there is no filler tube up top. That's fun. 

Apple does sometimes make odd and frustrating choices about design and repairability. I agree. But even the most challenging repairs I've made have been pieces of cake compared to cars. Heck, a couple of years ago, I upgraded my wife's 27" iMac's SSD eliminating the Fusion drive. It required removed the screen panel with a "pizza cutter" tool supplied by OWC, and the job took a couple of hours. But I never got a drop of grease on me, didn't have to spray WD-40 on screws to get them unstuck--it was clean and relatively easy job to complete. 

Granted if one lacks fine motor skills and such, then messing with tiny screws is a chore, but for me Apple devices have been a piece of cake compared to just about any car repair I've ever done.