Meanwhile, after they mastered the process of making LEDs, they were quoted to have a half life of around 400 years, meaning that after 400 years continuous use, they’d be expected to emit about half as much light as they did new.
Now what did they go and do? They ramped up the power and made them blindingly bright, yet only last like 5 years or so, if you’re lucky.
And the cycle of enshittification continues…
Ah, but that’s just it, lightbulbs were the beginning of enshittification. Once lightbulb manufacturers realized people weren’t coming back to buy more bulbs very often, they started deliberately making them to burn out a bit faster, to make them more of a consumable product.
Do note, there’s a difference between a conspiracy theory and an actual conspiracy. This actually happened yo, and we’re still suffering with this sort of deliberately short lived shit today…
Once upon a time, stuff was made to last…
At the time, for the iPad 2, yes. The touchscreen is not sealed to the LCD on the iPad 2, it’s only glued to the edges of the frame with double sided tape.
Neither part was broke, it was just that the frame was slightly bent by the volume buttons, jamming one of the buttons in. It was such a subtle bend that I really didn’t see any good reason to go through all the trouble of disassembly, as even that risks breaking the touchscreen.
I fixed a bent iPad 2 using a rubber mallet and a short piece of wood on a good flat wooden bench. Hey, I didn’t feel like busting out the heat gun and all that nonsense for the glued on touchscreen just for a bent metal frame, so I took a chance.
At worst, the touchscreen might have broke in the process, but that would have only set me back $7 and an extra 45 minutes. But it worked perfectly, flattened out correctly, didn’t break anything, and I got to go to lunch like 45 minutes early.
I don’t recommend this approach though.
No, it would be the same if I ate your ton of garlic and you ate my ton, by then neither of us would have a sense of smell either way.
So the universe remains in balance, as it always has.
Of course I wouldn’t expect any emulator to run faulty instructions by default, but it seems to me that it would be an interesting option for digital historians to study, if for no other reason than shits and giggles…
You forgot the basement nerd that’s hung like a gnat and hasn’t touched grass since 1984.
That’s why I live on the second floor…
are?
Don’t you mean aren’t?
I’m confused. Is this a Saddam Hussein meme?
Sure, because screw artists with unique talent and style, let’s just have AI crank out the same style crap every day…
I’m rapidly getting tired of this new AI art era, looks like the same shit every day anymore.
Where’s the human factor anymore? Where’s the talent, where’s the skill?
I walk into a Walmart and buy a thingamabob. I get to at least inspect the package for damage first, then pay for it and walk out in ~30 minutes or so.
I order something from an online source, I don’t get to inspect the product first, I gotta wait a day or three or whatever, and there’s no guarantee I won’t have to send it back because of damage, wrong size, wrong color, whatever…
Tell me, which one is faster again?
Edit: You also got porch pirates out there…
We tried the Domino’s app once, because they had a ‘half off’ deal for a medium pizza if we used the app. Oh boy that was a load of shit, by the time we got there, they doubled the original price just because we used the app, then gave us half off the doubled price.
So it was basically a scam where they got our information, and we still ended up paying full price. SCREW THAT!
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Tell that to the ~200 people that didn’t get to vote that evening. Hell, everyone was standing in the rain waiting in line to vote when they closed, and everyone waiting outside was like what the fuck?!
Do Saturday Night Live skits count?
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I’m a live-in caretaker for an elderly man that has an out of state doctor’s appointment on the 5th, I won’t even be in the state that day.
My hands are tied any which way you look at it.
I had this happen to me a long time ago. I woke up hearing the thing scratching/chewing at my eardrum, and it’s extremely painful.
Cockroaches cannot walk backwards, so when in a confined space like that, they’ll naturally try to chew their way forward.
Advice, should this ever happen to anyone else, as long as you catch it early and don’t have a hole in your eardrum, is to pour rubbing alcohol in your ear, then of course go see a doctor.
Rubbing alcohol will like immediately kill the little demon, preventing any further chewing, but of course you’ll need to see a doctor to get it out.
I feel really bad for the woman though, sounds like she didn’t catch it early enough, as apparently more damages were done which prompted surgery. If you catch it early enough, it should be about as simple as killing it and removing it with tweezers.
Luckily I have absolutely no hearing loss after my experience, largely because I thought quick to kill it with rubbing alcohol.
I hope her landlord pays up, that’s really messed up.