Overall, iFixit gave the ‌iPhone Air‌ a provisional repairability score of 7 out of 10, because it’s easier to get to the battery and not too difficult to replace a screen. Apple has also made efforts to release spare parts and manuals for ‌iPhone‌ repair, and has scaled down software locks and restrictions on parts pairing, improving its ‌iPhone‌ repairability scores.

I guess that’s a step in the right direction

Crabgrass was once a food crop and not a weed?

Do you mean for sharing links on Lemmy/the Fediverse? There was discussion around this a while back and in the end the consensus was that it was most useful to just use the direct YouTube link as the primary, then optionally include a link to an alternative front-end. That way it was easier for people to use their own preferred front-end, and it avoided a problem we were sometimes running into where enough people would try watching a link at the same time that it would overwhelm the alternative.

Interesting website; I did not know New Hampshire has a secessionist movement.

Did you click the wrong discount? $79 is the price for 100.

Maybe, but one would think organic would show a difference then since the rules are much stricter for organic products and they seem to require some external verification to get the label. Since this is all anecdotal it’s probably worth asking if the person experiences a difference between organic and conventional wheat from North America.

Ah, that’s too bad. I can absolutely sympathize with all you’re going through, including not getting much help from doctors. As much progress as we’ve had medically over the past century+ it seems like medicine is still just scratching the surface of what can be wrong, so as we get into more unusual things there’s a lot they just don’t know and can’t answer. I’ve had stomach issues for over 15 years and the diagnosis I’ve had is “Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)” or more recently “IBS-D” to indicate diarrhea-predominant as opposed to constipation-predominant. It’s not life-threatening but can be very disruptive. Sometimes the name bugs me, though, because it just seems to be a catch-all for when they’ve ruled out all the serious things they can test for like Crohn’s disease, cancer, or celiac’s. I have friends with the same diagnosis but very different symptoms and triggers, and I’d say it’s pretty clear we don’t actually have the same condition.

I’ve tried all sorts of diets and medicines, things that worked at first but stopped, and at least now have some sort of equilibrium. The pills don’t cure whatever the underlying cause is but at least it keeps things more controlled. Maybe that’s the best I can hope for right now. Avoiding certain foods, taking my pills, and hoping nothing external happens to upset the balance. It sounds like you’re finding your equilibrium at least, so I hope that keeps working for you!

“Yeah, let’s try it. [Korean-style steak sauce is] not something I’ve made before,” says Mancuso, remembering his script, “so I could definitely use the help.”

Then at the end of the article they embed an Instagram video from 2023 of Mancuso making a Korean-style steak sauce. *chef’s kiss*

Do you live in North America? Have you tried eating products with European wheat? I haven’t done much research into if there’s any serious research on this, but I’ve seen some anecdotal instances (including a close family member) where people seem to have problems eating wheat and do better with a gluten-free (wheat-free) diet, don’t have celiac’s disease, but have been fine eating otherwise similar foods when made with European wheat. It seems different varieties are typically grown on each continent, so I’m guessing there’s some sort of subtle impact. Again, I haven’t looked into this yet so it’s basically just anecdotal as far as I’m concerned.

I had one years ago (no screen) and won’t again just because of how expensive the repairs were when it broke. The water filter mount (a nice feature when the town switches chlorine every spring) started leaking every time a filter was inserted and replacing it was hundreds of dollars since the warranty had expired. The handle broke off the microwave too over time. They just seemed like crappy quality.

It just makes me think of certain old crappy Sony TV production monitors that would stop working in color but if you hit them in the right place they’d work again for a little while. Sony sold the parts to fix them for more than a new monitor so a lot of stations just put them places where it didn’t matter if they were black and white instead of color.

Why were you punching the PC?

Which they mention:

If you look at the exploded x-ray-style animations in Apple’s keynote, you’ll notice something else about the inside of the iPhone Air. The computery parts are all up in that bulge at the top, which Apple calls a “plateau.” Not just the cameras, as we’re used to, but also the SoC and almost everything else.

That makes sense if you want a really thin phone. But it also makes sense if you want to make a foldable phone, which is just two thin phones with a hinge. All the computer guts can go in one little bump, and both sides can be filled with battery.

We still don’t escape physics though. That second half of the phone still has a screen that has to be powered, so the overall battery life is likely to be very similar to that of this year’s Air.

I guess so, since they don’t have their hands on one yet

The best way to get a long life from a battery is to have a bigger one than you need, and only charge it to around 80% of its capacity. This can increase the overall useful lifetime of the battery significantly—up to 4x in fact. But with a battery running at its limits, like that in the iPhone Air, charging to 80% might mean the difference between lasting through the day, or having to top off the charge to get you over the line.

Apple knows this, which is why it has introduced a new MagSafe battery pack, which takes the claimed max video playback from 27 hours to 40. Of course, this means that you have a battery stuck to the back of your phone, and despite the promise in the keynote that you can still slip the package into a pocket, what’s the point? After all, the entire reason for buying the iPhone Air is that it’s slim and light. If you’re going to use the battery all the time then why not get the 17 Pro, which has better cameras too?

I think this is my first time seeing a Lemmy post show up on the Hacker News feed

And even crazier to me is The Triangle is expected to pass the Charlotte metro in the next 2 years or so!

It might be changing; my cousin’s kids grew up in the Charlotte area (not all born there) and the younger daughter got married last year and is still in the Charlotte area. She did a year or two at NC State but transferred back to UNC Charlotte and has stayed there ever since. Her older sister has moved around a bit but I think she’s back in the Charlotte area now, too.

I was literally reminded of this The Onion article today:

Horrified Man Suddenly Realizes He’s Putting Down Roots In Charlotte

There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup?