I'm just wondering

I don't trust Reddit's headlines. A lefty friend sent me a link to a Reddit thread that said something like "Trump admits Russia won him the election" over his tweet where he said he had nothing to do with Russia helping him win the election

I heardd they where crazzy expensive we have something simlair in canda but its cheaper to get real flowrss than this stuff. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/03/ftd-files-bankruptcy-but-flower-deliveries-wont-interrupted/1331999001/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-austria-swears-in-brigitte-bierlein-as-countrys-first-female/

https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/215219713/lord-of-the-rings-tv-series-will-have-a-black

I've never seen so many dumb people on all sides of an argument

"Despite being only 12% of the population of Middle Earth..."

eh I don't care, even though I'm a big Tolkienite I have no hype for this show

There's really no reason to pay attention to anything after Return of the King

for movies

and other than that you have the books and assorted notes. Done and done

I own most of the books, still got to track down the last of the HoME series and get the last releases to finish my collection

First I'm hearing of it.
Already wishing I hadn't.

I will not watch this as I do with all new TV series

Make the whole cast black, for reparations.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-03/apple-just-announced-it-s-selling-a-mac-monitor-stand-for-999

"Apple Just Announced It's Selling a Mac Monitor Stand for $999" ^^^

a standard VESA mount monitor stand is probably about $35-$40USD(this monitor stand uses the VESA mounting standard)

Does it come with free air and gravity in the box?

https://twitter.com/HarmlessYardDog/status/1135654831572627459?s=19

I think that might come extra 😹

Darn.

Is that a legitimate release image?

Yes. Those prices are accurate, at least

Alternatively, you can buy a Vesa adapter for *only* $200

That is beyond absurd.

i've never owned an apple product]

If it wasn't for the fact that my job required me to start using one yesterday, I would be content with never using any of their products.

was that provided to you by your work?

Yes. I'll never pay out of pocket for that sort of thing

at least apple didn't get your cash moneys

My biggest problem with Apple is how they handle warranty's and third party repairs. It's the scummiest shit in the tech world.

i understand it from their perspective. as a producer, you don't know what's been done to your product by a third party. they could have damaged it during repairs and you wouldn't know. it would make sense to void the warranty if it's been worked on by non-apple people

on the flip side, Microsoft manages

oh yeah, there doesn't have to be that provision in place but it's a way of mitigating your risk

it's a form of legal risk control in order to minimize losses

but it appears as if microsoft is very comfortable retaining that risk. it's a business decision

That's not even what Apple does @Dan V they use customs to prevent refurbished products from entering the country, and ban people from their forums for saying it's possible to do certain things like recovering data from a water damaged iPhone.

There is also the fact that if you're not under warranty they charge you the cost of the device, or more for a simple repair that can literally be done in 30 minutes with a $10 part from a third party repair shop.

For example there is this: https://youtu.be/K98JYRBGyrg

Apple still has her banned for saying data recovery is possible.