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larrybud··on Google engineer writing Amazon reviews on USB-C cables that don't work
Really? If a product meets your needs, is a fair price, and seems to be working fine after 30 days, you would not give it 5 stars? It would need to perform miracles to get 5 stars?
larrybud··on The Nightmare of Replacing a Battery on a Mac Laptop
I'm no fanboy, but I've had excellent service at my local Apple store. Earlier this year, my son's 4 year old Macbook Pro started flaking out (screen glitches, random hanging, etc). Did not have Applecare. Took it to the Apple store, was told it was a known problem with the video card. They said they would repair it for free (!) but needed to ship it to the central repair center in Texas. We dropped it off on a Saturday, and had it back in our hands on Tuesday, all at no cost to us.

Then, just this month, the same laptop's power supply cord started fraying and even sparked a little. Took it in to the Apple store; gave them the serial number, and in 5 minutes, I walked out with a new power supply. Again, no cost to me.

I couldn't have asked for better service.

larrybud··on Show HN: Free Company Logo API
Had to do it: https://logo.clearbit.com/piedpiper.com
larrybud··on Next Chrome Update Will Block SHA-1 Certificates
Slightly off topic, but why is there no high level roadmap for changes like this? It would be nice to see a gantt type chart showing releases and major changes like this that would affect user experience.

I asked this question on superuser but got no replies. http://superuser.com/questions/885625/is-there-a-high-level-...

larrybud··on Sandstorm – An open source platform for personal servers
+1 I went to Sandstorm's home page, and spent the first 5 minutes trying to figure out what it is & what it does.

"Sandstorm is an open source platform for personal servers". Ok, fine, but what is it REALLY? What does it do? Why is it better than (hosting / VPS hosting / AWS / Docker / PaaS)? Give me some examples of what I can do with it.

Sorry, you lost me with your home page.

larrybud··on Microsoft Launches Outlook for iOS and Android
Even for hosted email, it would violate most corporate infosec policies.
larrybud··on Microsoft acquires Acompli
Realize that when using Acompli, all your email flows through their servers. That means Acompli is storing your credentials. It's unfortunate that Acompli hides this fact through hand-waving.

On a personal level, I say "no thanks" to this. On a corporate level, people should realize that this violates many corporate infosec policies.

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