phcorcoran

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[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

We had to replace the entire screen assembly for that at the time but I'm sure it's possible to do something less drastic if you are just working on your own machine

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I worked on repairing Macs during that period and I suspect that no wifi card except this specific one would fit in the relevant slot of the machine.

They weren't standard formats as far as I know and couldn't be used across models because the shape of the actual card was never the same. It's possible the connectors didn't change though, or that a third party manufacturer made new cards specifically for that model, although that seems unlikely.

Another commenter (u/bloodfart) wrote that the connector was a standard mini pcie connector; I can't confirm but that's plausible and would mean it's a lot more likely that an upgrade may be possible

One note of caution, it was really easy for an uninitiated repair person to sever the antenna wire from its connector when trying to disconnect or reconnect them, the cables are quite thin

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 44 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Honestly, I would recommend the audiobook over the book; having someone else figure out how to say the special names makes it much easier to keep track of them in your mind, I find

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't fit all the criteria you mentioned, but if you don't print that much and wanna try a dryer before buying anything, you can make a cardboard foil tent for your printer bed and use that https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MflrcqNozqs

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh I see; I knew they stopped supporting it after a while but I thought the official app was a descendent of that codebase

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 53 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

The comparison is even more apt when you remember that the official Reddit app also used to be the most popular and great 3rd-party app called AlienBlue, which was purchased from 1 guy and rebranded a decade ago.

It's pretty clear that the reason why the official Reddit app isn't good is because a good experience for their users isn't their goal.

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

In Canada, they typically pick one or two last names out of four for the kid. Some adults decide to go by just one of their last names too

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I had a blunt umbrella several years ago (not the compact model however) and it was great quality and would buy it again. I sadly lost mine a while back

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Centicentigrade

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I agree with you; I think it is indeed the absolute bare minimum they had to do but I also agree with xc2215x that it's a good move. They moved from -100 to -99 on my shithead-o-meter scale

[–] phcorcoran@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean, Substack lit all the benefit of the doubt I had for them on fire with their previous response.

This new action doesn't restore that, but all things being equal, I do want nazi shitheads to be de-platformed and have their funding cut off.

I think one can both acknowledge that they finally did a move in the correct direction and still think that they suck overall

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