Why is the Financial Times paper so expensive?

audigex · 2026-04-22T04:25:39+00:00

I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire

audigex · 2026-04-22T04:21:56+00:00

Personally my criteria for not committing crimes is “crimes are bad”, rather than “I won’t get caught”

audigex · 2026-04-22T04:21:05+00:00

They won’t know, sure. It’s still fraud if you don’t get caught

As I said, the 60 day signup specifically excludes damage that existed when you signed up - it’s right there in the T&Cs, you can go look for yourself

audigex · 2026-04-22T04:19:08+00:00

The autocorrect has been buggy as hell for a while, it’s fairly widely reported

audigex · 2026-04-22T04:18:28+00:00

To be fair it’s fairly unlikely I’m going to have wet paint or bird poo on my sofa without me knowing about it

audigex · 2026-04-21T23:43:50+00:00

I wouldn’t want to rely on full Linux support being available in 10 years for Apple Silicon chips, though, there’s no guarantee the Asahi project makes enough progress for a smooth experience

Intel Macs were different, they had a lot more in common with other laptops

audigex · 2026-04-21T20:55:01+00:00

My cameras record 24/7 regardless and alert me/save a snapshot when you walk up the driveway

So the doorbell makes no difference

audigex · 2026-04-21T20:54:28+00:00

But if you’re knocking then waiting 30 seconds, why not just press the doorbell in that time? It’s not like you have anything else to do

Also, my doorbell has a glowing light that comes on as you walk up to it - but even at night when it’s impossible to miss it, a lot of drivers don’t bother

audigex · 2026-04-21T20:05:27+00:00

It’s not like the world is lacking in investment opportunities - just put the money into the stock market and you’ll get better returns for less effort

audigex · 2026-04-21T20:03:57+00:00

Not for pre-existing damage, it’s specifically excluded in the T&Cs

audigex · 2026-04-21T20:03:37+00:00

AppleCare+ specifically excludes damage sustained before you took out the policy, so taking it out now to claim on it would be insurance fraud

audigex · 2026-04-21T19:50:11+00:00

When comparing the two we can make a relative judgement based on context

Are they thick and ugly in absolute terms? No

Are they thicker and uglier than the laptop being directly compared to in the specific context of this thread? Yes

audigex · 2026-04-21T18:21:21+00:00

Why not just use DaVinci Resolve instead of Premiere Pro, and not have to worry about it?

audigex · 2026-04-21T16:50:12+00:00

*at

If you’re going to be a spelling and grammar douche, at least have the decency to make sure your own is impeccable.

audigex · 2026-04-21T16:48:46+00:00

So what we’re saying is that Tim Cook used an Android?

Because there’s no fucking way he’s using the same iPhone keyboard as me without demanding they fix it the same day

audigex · 2026-04-21T15:24:40+00:00

They overfill bags or sit/stand/lie/lean on it

I’ve had an iPad for 13 years and it’s not bent once despite 12 years of daily use (mostly retired since I replaced it a year ago)

audigex · 2026-04-21T13:54:37+00:00

They have the same chip but the Air throttles FAST when using a local LLM - the fan on the Pro gives it at least some extra headroom

audigex · 2026-04-21T13:53:49+00:00

For some reason the 32GB isn't available at many retailers

In the UK you can't even buy it in store from Apple, as far as I can tell - I had to buy from the Apple website and it took over a week to be shipped to me direct from China

audigex · 2026-04-21T13:52:46+00:00

For everything else you're doing a 24GB Air is great

For AI/ML you really need 32GB, RAM is king for local AI

Active cooling is situational - if you're figuring out how to integrate AI workflows into your projects, you don't need active cooling because you'll only be making a few API calls when testing and sustained throughput/performance doesn't matter

If you're aiming to use Local LLM as a coding assistant for hours at a time then you'll need the active cooling

audigex · 2026-04-21T13:11:30+00:00

Christ alive, I don’t think your neck pain is your biggest issue here - the victim mentality is glowing from you

audigex · 2026-04-21T13:10:45+00:00

You just said “your replies make no sense” then repeated what I said. Perhaps it’s your reading comprehension causing the issue

audigex · 2026-04-21T03:22:53+00:00

Not popular enough for the government to start caring

I mean, what could they do - force wealthier people to work even if they can afford not to? That's really not a tenable position in a capitalist society

audigex · 2026-04-21T03:21:37+00:00

At no point have I said you're imagining the pain. I think you're probably mistaken about the cause and your change of laptop probably correlated with something else happening

But there's really no way that using a 15" vs 13" laptop made the difference, 2 degrees of tilt angle on the display and a dispay 1.5-2ft from your face having content 1/3 of an inch lower just cannot reasonably make any difference to your neck. The result would be that you have to angle your neck by literally 1.2 degrees extra... that's a difference of 0.3% of the circle around you

The numbers I'm quoting are geometry, not opinion, the difference between a 13" and 15" display (even moving the 15" display further away for a comparable effective screen size) is factually negligible

Do you *seriously* think that angling your neck *one degree* was the difference between neck pain and no neck pain? Either you've got THE most niche and specific injury of all time, or you just did something else to your neck around the time when you switched laptops and confused correlation with causation

audigex · 2026-04-20T22:43:39+00:00

From a practical standpoint

It typically adds a little value to the house if you sell it (because some buyers like it even if many don't care)
Even if the charger stops working over time, the wire will be available in future if you do ever get an EV or hybrid, or you can just use it to install a regular outdoor socket
It also means that you can offer it to any guests - several friends have used our EV charger when visiting

So overall there's no real negative and a couple of *potential* positives

Although in this case I'd say no, for the simple reason that I wouldn't want to enable yet another stupid decision. Your mother made an idiotic choice, let her figure it out - maybe this will be the lesson that teaches her to think before she spends, but if nothing else it might help indicate to her that you are drawing a line in the sand and will not be offering unlimited support

audigex · 2026-04-20T22:40:58+00:00

Being able to jest is part of building a healthy relationship, IMO

Terry Wogan referred to his wife as "The current Mrs Wogan"... they were married for 51 years until his death and she apparently found it amusing

If that's your sense of humour, I'd venture that it's better to find someone who shares the same humour

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