The usual reasoning behind this is to confirm the phone is properly functioning before opening it up.
Lots of people try to scam repair shops bringing broken phones in.
On top of that repairs can often break fingerprint scanner connections and depending on the screen type its good to check camera functionality after screen replacement.
In my case the screen didn't work at all. I couldn't backup the device, log out of any accounts, etc. I still wouldn't have given them the passcode if I could have done that, but if my only option were to backup and wipe the device before the repair, I would have reluctantly done that. In this case I had no way to secure the device at all, and I couldn't wipe it remotely because the only critical thing on it was my TOTP app (which I've since replaced with one I can sync/backup).
Of course they can, but that means having the user come in to unlock the device and potentially sending them home again if you have to do additional repairs after testing it with them.
It’s all a balance of convenience vs privacy. Best solution is to wipe the device before repair, which is what I have done every time but it’s a hassle even when I have a backup to restore.
Yes, that's why USB-C powerbanks exist. I can charge my laptop from one and it's nicer than lugging around laptop batteries, plus the laptop can be thinner.
Laptop being thinner is a trade off you're willing to make, I am not.
Charging a battery with another battery is extremely inefficient.
Lugging around laptop batteries is exactly the same thing as lugging around power banks, except laptop batteries don't require a dongle and a cable to tether you to a table.
Laptop batteries mean you laptop can continue to in fact work from your lap.
I am a big fan of removable batteries but even I can see the huge advantage of USB-C Powerbanks. An additional ThinkPad battery can cost ~$100 iirc. And this battery will only ever work with this specific laptop model.
A powerbank for the same price will probably have a higher capacity, and be able to charge any USB-C device.
All this is not a reason for integrated batteries, but Powerbanks using a universal interface are clearly more practical.
In a quick read, I don't see anything in there that could be qualified as "bribe to the leadership". The Chinese finance a lot of countries to ingratiate themselves, but outright bribes to this or that person is another thing. It might well be happening, but stating it with certainty when there is no proof just comes off as a conspiracy theory.
>[Argentine journalist Roberto Maturana] says that in Argentina, these arrangements are facilitated by corrupt officials at the government sub-department of fishing, responsible for granting fishing licenses. ‘Often officials will issue an Argentine license to two different Chinese boats. So whilst one is in port, the other will be out fishing’.
> But Medium specifically recruited people who care about the world, and justice, and believe in the freedom of speech and transparency.”
I fit this bill to a t, medium sounds like a great place to work.
The progressive left is slowly finding out that the general left doesn't give a shit about them and is finally starting to wake up to the fact they don't have to put up with be called a racist trump supporter for simply disagreeing with the woke left on any of its insane ideas.
> Also, everyone just loves watching Intel suffer.
This is such a weird fucking statement.
Apple literally think they own your hardware after you buy it, and Intel are the evil ones?
I don't really do fanboyism, currently own Mac, windows, Linux, Intel, amd, android, iPhone, switch and PlayStation.
I just use what I use but I don't get so attached, apple has been lacking for years. M1 is ok but honestly it feels like they've only just caught up to everyone else.
Not if you've been in the industry for long enough. And it has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Apple, the "everyone just loves watching Intel suffer" (or more charitably, "watching Intel get a bit of comeuppance and much needed kick in the arse") bit stands on its own no matter who is dishing out the suffering because Intel has been a big PITA for everybody since the late 90s/early 00s. Intel is pretty much single-handedly responsible for lack of widespread ECC memory for example. They've nickle and dimed everyone and feature gated important functionality for pricing power and basically just exploited the ever living shit out of their dominant CPU position. And the last time they were getting threatened in terms of that position, they bought themselves what they needed with illegal tactics denying AMD a chance to get the ball rolling, dooming us to another 10-12 years before they could go for it again. And Intel has been this way for ages and ages. People still remember everything that went down around Itanium and how it choked off promising alternatives.
So yeah. Intel have indeed been the evil ones, and in a way that's been a lot harder to avoid than Apple which you might stop and recall has in fact always had only a tiny minority of the PC market. I mean, if you want to talk about Apple specifically:
>Apple literally think they own your hardware after you buy it, and Intel are the evil ones?
That's kind of amusing given the access Intel has given themselves at a deep level on every CPU.
>M1 is ok but honestly it feels like they've only just caught up to everyone else
This is just you being silly. "Only just caught up"? They were using Intel before so they were by definition the same as everyone else. What they've done in mobile CPU design has been genuinely remarkable. And that in turn is a genuinely good thing in general whether you use them or not, same as with AMD. We're already seeing Intel sluggishly but seriously start to respond and shift.
Intel built a fairly open platform whereas Apple is and always has been the China of tech.
> ...given the access Intel has given themselves at a deep level on every CPU.
And they use that to stop end users from doing what?
Meanwhile Apple will have you paying them yearly to sign apps as they continue to build a dystopian new world order where only they control everything you can do with your own hardware. I honestly hope that their marketshare keeps growing in all categories though. The more successful they are the better chance people will rebel against them. You can't run an app business in the United States without dealing with Apple. Whatever Intel has done is hardly comparable.
> ...as they continue to build a dystopian new world order where only they control everything you can do with your own hardware
Well, the new M1 computers have a built-in ability to run third-party OSes. It is not an oversight but rather something Apple intended to do and spend effort implementing in a way that fits their security model. That they did not provide any hardware documentation to go with it, is another thing.
That's legit reason for Intel to be blamed, but also I want to praise Intel for massive contributing for OSS. I wish AMD also increase contributes for OSS as increasing shares and profits.
Thank you. Yeah I never really had much to say about intel. They sell processor, sometime, rarely, I buy processor.
I do look up what make sense to buy, or not, at that specific time.
And most of the time I forgot I did it in a matter of weeks.
I’m not sure what it’s in my current machines. It work really well.
On the other side, for some reasons all my work computers have been macs for a solid 10 years now. Basically after the intel shift.
And boy oh boy I had moment of annoyance toward Apple.
For those wanting to get an idea of what that means, there is an episode of that institute of of science documentaries, BBC Horizon, that covers the flooding of Zeugma.
Sincere question: can they work? Does anywhere hire high-school aged kids for work that isn’t non-trivial/grunt work?
If the goal is to not waste their time I can’t imagine working a casual job is more stimulating than being in a classroom. Maybe a year working casually would inspire them back to school the next year?
You learn real world skills, the value of a dollar, work ethic, business processes, and get to build relationships and network with people of varied ages, unlike school.
Not really about wasting their time, its about wasting their time at school and the likely drugs theyll take up if it continues long enough.
I saw a lot of kids go on to higher education only to mostly waste it. They were there because their parents made them, not because they wanted to be there.
I worked for a year before going to uni, after that, I really wanted to be there. Working sucked. I wanted a better job. When I hit uni, I was extremely motivated to learn.
Lots of people try to scam repair shops bringing broken phones in.
On top of that repairs can often break fingerprint scanner connections and depending on the screen type its good to check camera functionality after screen replacement.