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lfshammuon Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat

> Lowest cost of production is what that formfactor provides.

Maybe, but to compete with the iPhone everything else that goes into the production of a smartphone would have been way more expensive. More compute requirements, better screens, way more software engineering headcount.

lfshammuon United 777-200 fleet faces an uncertain future after Dulles engine failure

wow the blogosphere really is just ai slop now

lfshammuon Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes

Where are you getting your news? It must be good because you're 100% right lol

lfshammuon Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel

On my VW I disabled this limitation with a VCDS coder. What's funny is that the flag was labeled 'nhtsa_limitation_switches_for_X' nhtsa as in National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

lfshammuon Hacking Subaru: Tracking and controlling cars via the admin panel

2018 is the last year some Subaru models had non-terrible head units. The iPad style vertically oriented screen are the problematic type.

Physical controls are gone, the UX is terrible, and the hardware is underpowered post 2018.