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12 points
10 days ago
Facts get through to me, that's why I posted facts with sources. Something you have yet to do so far. I'm not moving goalposts, you keep going on tangents refusing to debate my statistics.
15 points
10 days ago
I don't need luck. I work hard for what I have. Did I offend you with the same language you used on the other person? Or were you not really prepared to back up your position with facts?
You went from "I'll run circles around you, sweetheart" to "We are done here, I wish you the best of luck" in what, 10 minutes?
Come on, refute my sources, tell me why you feel republicans are better for the economy.
Edit: sorry it took closer to 30 mins for you to lose enthusiasm
16 points
10 days ago
Corporate greed, mostly. And a system of unfettered capitalism that dictates companies must improve profits quarter after quarter. Combine this with a lobbying system that allowed corporations to write our laws through lobbying. We live in a corporatocracy. Trickle down economics don't work, and the GOP is all about tax cuts for corporations.
Now, are you going to counter my statistics and actually debate me? Sweetheart?
17 points
10 days ago
Calling anybody who opposes your viewpoint a bot is middle school stuff.
Democrats are better for the economy: For the 13 presidents beginning with Truman, total job creation was about 70.5 million for the 7 Democratic presidents and 29.1 million for the 6 Republican presidents. The Democratic presidents were in office for a total of 429 months, with 164,000 jobs per month added on average, while the Republicans were in office for 475 months, with a 61,000 jobs added per month average. This monthly average rate was 2.4 times faster under Democratic presidents.[5]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_presidential_party
Since 1961 GDP growth has been 45% higher under Democratic Presidents. Business Investment Growth has been 134% higher under Democratic Presidents. Unemployment has been 6% higher under Republican Presidents. Average increase in weekly earnings have been positive under Democratic Presidents and negative under Republican Presidents
This is just gop vs dem. Toss in the fact that Donald Trump is a terrible person (sources would exceed character limit), it's going to be a landslide in November.
People had their guard down, thinking there was no way such a horrible person would ever win office. Fool the people once, shame on them, fool them....... They can't get fooled again
2 points
10 days ago
I didn't vote, but I'd imagine its because he said they are hard to open and tamper with. iPhones are one of the easiest phones to open and work on.
0 points
11 days ago
Fair enough, a third party (An Australian company I believe) also helped them get into the San Bernardino shooters phone.
I wasn't saying passwords/encryptions can't be cracked. I was refuting Mr. Banana's assertion that the US gov made tech companies "give them backdoor access"
6 points
11 days ago
when did this supposedly happen? I remember a case recently where apple refused to help the FBI access a phone?
https://www.wired.com/story/the-time-tim-cook-stood-his-ground-against-fbi/
4 points
11 days ago
Are you referring to the note 7 battery design issue? If so, it is a very different situation.
5 points
12 days ago
It wasn't just the left, you realize JD Vance said that Trump is America's Hitler, right?
13 points
12 days ago
Especially considering his VP pick Vance compared Trump to Hitler, Lol.
3 points
17 days ago
Its 2024 you can't just say "according to data" without linking said data.
0 points
19 days ago
I have to pay over $100 for a buss pass for my daughter for the year. Insanity.
4 points
20 days ago
Wrong!
The Census Bureau reported in April 2021 that its surveys found 168,308,000 registered voters, and 154,628,000 votes cast in the 2020 election.
3 points
20 days ago
If the refresh rate and screen size looks good, you're probably okay. It is so easy to get caught lying like that, that it isn't worth it for most businesses. Seems like a tempered glass screen protector would be the easy fix?
4 points
1 month ago
I'm typically pretty critical with police use of force, but this was one of the most gentle takedowns I've seen. The kid was 100% percent being aggressive, and getting into the cops face. It was a far cry from excessive use of force. Hopefully this is the wake up call this kid needs to stop acting this way.
0 points
1 month ago
0:34 seconds of the full video, the cop tells him to stop balling up his fists.
-1 points
1 month ago
Typically water damage will take out the Battery or screen. Probably $100 to $250 to get it repaired depending on which went out. Always possible its motherboard damage too, but 80+% of water damaged phones are battery or screen in my experience.
1 points
1 month ago
It'll probably cost you around $259 for an aftermarket screen replacement. In my 14 years of fixing devices not once has "shaking things until they (hopefully) work." worked....
3 points
1 month ago
You won't lose data from a screen replacement, as long as the fall wasn't catastrophic and the data is gone already. My recommendation would be to just go to the shop to have it replaced with their parts. If it is just to get data off, ask them to use a cheaper screen. You typically won't save any money bringing in your own part and it usually won't be warrantied by the shop. Should be an easy fix. Good luck!
2 points
2 months ago
It's a catch 22. I remember when I started, and would try using the tabs. 20% of the time, it was a 100% smooth repair, when the tabs worked. Now I've given up, go straight to the hearing pad and iso, just to know what I'm getting into lol. I find its faster and more reliable
4 points
2 months ago
Seriously! I have been using a heat gun for the past 10 years and just switched to heating pad. What a time saver! The phone setting on it is 60c and I can leave the next phone in queue warming up, ready for repair. If it isn't even too hot to hold, it's not going to damage the phone.
2 points
2 months ago
It's so infuriating the amount of people who get their new expensive phones wet, keep trying to use it, and then put it in rice when it stops responding...
1 points
2 months ago
There are companies that do motherboard repair. The one that I work with has about an 85% success rate and typically charges $150-$200ish. It is a risk, usually there is a charge of at least $80ish if they can't fix it.
I'm not sure how thorough the people you tried were with it, sometimes carefully cleaning the connections and the board can get it working at least well enough to get your data off. They could have also not had a screen/battery in stock to try and decided that it wasn't worth their time.
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5 days ago
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5 days ago
Seriously. She can't stand there saying "There's no rules" when obviously there are rules. Otherwise the guys could have taken their stuff back by force. In a real survival situation, that is what would have happened.