I’m disappointed that they didn’t build a test track that would have smoothed out the ride. It’d be a connected series of arcs.

This is one of those rumors that will live forever regardless of whether its true or not.

It’s an example of an ethnicity. Kurds are one ethnic group. So are Koreans and Indians. People often refer to anyone from the continent of Asia as an Asian despite the fact that Asia is not political entity. If you’ve never used the term Asian as a demonym in speech or writing, then congrats on your consistency.…

I’m not. Your claim was that being from Great Britain isn’t relevant to what demonyms can be used because being from Great Britain “is not a defining characteristic of ethnicity.”

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were as saying that calling someone British is stupid because it’s not a political entity. We’re in agreement after all.

I agree with you they can be lenient (and I have experienced this firsthand with plain old expired warranties), but I’m just not comfortable leaving it up to chance/hoping that the Genius isn’t in a bad mood.

The Nintendo DS was first announced in November 2003 to be released in 2004. Almost zero details were provided, not even a codename. It wasn’t until two months later that the basic technical details (including the dual screens) were provided.

And if you’re the kind of person that’s [...]

Pro-tip: many (not all, but most) automated phone systems will connect you to a human if you start swearing after it prompts you to choose a department/team to connect to.

Well, terrific; what are vegans supposed to eat now?

Being from Asia isn’t a defining characteristic of ethnicity either (or are you suggesting that Indians, Koreans, and Kurds are all the same?), so I take it you’ve never called anyone Asian before, right?

So you don’t call people Asians, right? After all, Asia is not a political entity.

It’s not so much the home users they’re trying to keep out, it’s the unauthorized repair shops that people take them to.

Besides, these are just the screws for the hinges. You can open the case up and do whatever the hell you want with anything else

Do they also have to do that with the complacent resignation of “Oh, well; that’s too bad?” or do they have your permission to give Apple their opinion at https://www.apple.com/feedback/?

If you’re making repairs yourself, then it must be out of warranty already.

Why wouldn’t I? I could replace the keyboard myself for $100 plus maybe 20-30 minutes of my time. Take it to the Apple Store and it’s a couple hundred bucks. What would that keyboard replacement have anything to do with the display having a manufacturing defect, one that is no longer covered because I wanted to save…

You’re misreading the comment. The question was why anyone would want to open up their MacBook, the implication being that there is no legitimate reason to do so, so the voiding of warranty is a non-issue. My response was that repair is a legitimate reason; people choose not to buy extended warranties for whatever…

I guess you mean that it’s not guaranteed to always be ‘open’. I THOUGHT you meant that even if you’re enrolled in pre-check you get turned-away from the line.

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