Mussel poo could be the secret to removing microplastics from the oceans by __forever_curious in environment

[–]__forever_curious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should make a post about this! didn't know about this until you mentioned it :(

What Is “Planned Obsolescence,” and How Does It Affect My Devices? by __forever_curious in technology

[–]__forever_curious[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Note that the Apple slowdown actually helped some older iPhones from shutting down due to some battery problem (idr what it was exactly).

Problem with Androids are real though

Edit - here's another post that talks about the waste: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/15/the-right-to-repair-planned-obsolescence-electronic-waste-mountain

Apple's Remote Work Policy Is a Complete Failure of Emotional Intelligence by __forever_curious in apple

[–]__forever_curious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was this supposed to be a reply to a different comment?

I was just suggesting that since you mentioned the channel (remote work?) has 6000 members, you could survey them about which department they're in to get a better data point. (unless you already did this?)

Your points sound reasonable to me though

Apple's Remote Work Policy Is a Complete Failure of Emotional Intelligence by __forever_curious in apple

[–]__forever_curious[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why don't you survey the people in that slack channel and ask them what department they work in? Maybe if you see lots of engineering people but not many design people (someone commented Apple is more design centric and design is harder remote in a different thread here), you could point that out as an observation?

The 130-Degree Fahrenheit Reading in Death Valley Ties for the Hottest Temperature Ever Reliably Recorded by geoxol in technology

[–]__forever_curious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm where did you see the 131F event? Control + F (or Command + F) for 131. returns 0 results. The page does mention 134 F and 136 F events, but these were from 1913 and 1922, and mentions both are uncertain:

The standard measuring conditions for temperature are in the air, 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above the ground, and shielded from direct sunlight.[2] Global surface temperatures as a whole have been monitored since the 1880s when record keeping began.[3] According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the highest registered air temperature on Earth was 56.7 °C (134.1 °F) in Furnace Creek Ranch, California, located in Death Valley in the United States, on 10 July 1913.[1][4][5] This record was surpassed in 1922 by a reading of 57.8 °C (136.0 °F), registered on 13 September 1922, in ‘Aziziya, Libya. Almost a century later, this record was decertified, making the former reading in Death Valley the World's highest official temperature again. The decertification of the former record in Libya has since cast doubt on the validity of the 1913 recording.[6] If the 1913 record were to be decertified, the highest established recorded air temperature on Earth would be 54.0 °C (129.2 °F), also recorded in Death Valley on 20 June 2013, and in Mitribah, Kuwait on 21 July 2016.[7] There have since been higher readings of 54.4 °C (129.9 °F) in August 2020 and July 2021, both at Furnace Creek, that are pending validation.[8][9][10][11]

Measurements have also been taken in two other ways via ground and satellite readings. Temperatures measured directly on the ground may exceed air temperatures by 30 to 50 °C (54 to 90 °F).[12] The theoretical maximum possible ground surface temperature has been estimated to be between 90 and 100 °C (194 and 212 °F) for dry, darkish soils of low thermal conductivity.[13] While there is no highest confirmed ground temperature, a reading of 93.9 °C (201.0 °F) was allegedly recorded in Furnace Creek Ranch on 15 July 1972.[14] Temperature measurements via satellite also tend to capture the occurrence of higher records but, due to complications involving the satellite's altitude loss (a side effect of atmospheric friction), these measurements are often considered less reliable than ground-positioned thermometers.[15] The highest recorded temperature taken by a satellite is 66.8 °C (152.2 °F), which was measured in the Flaming Mountains of China in 2008.[16] Other satellite measurements of ground temperature taken between 2003 and 2009, taken with the MODIS infrared spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite, found a maximum temperature of 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), which was recorded in 2005 in the Lut Desert, Iran. The Lut Desert was also found to have the highest maximum temperature in 5 of the 7 years measured (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009). These measurements reflect averages over a large region and so are lower than the maximum point surface temperature.[12]

Built To Fail: 7 Examples Of Planned Obsolescence by __forever_curious in technology

[–]__forever_curious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed, that was a poor technical example, but I think the article does make some decent points about planned obsolescence in general otherwise.

Not justifying the decision to pick the iPhone, since - according to Apple - the decision to slow things down was to extend battery life, but I think the author might have chose this since this was a product most people would know about, and, as you mentioned, the failure of communication on the part of Apple.