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Hobohodoon About Our Galaxy Fold Teardown

Would it be more accurate to say Samsung is a hardware component company then?

Just a nitpick, but the two changes referenced in the parent comment (whole screen 'cards' for multitasking view and using gestures for such) are straight from WebOS for both Apple and Android. Being a step back in UI is also a bit subjective, I personally find it a lot easier to navigate between the apps I regularly use now.

Edit: Just installed the android Q beta and the back button is still present, I was not aware of the potential loss of the back button. I can see why that would be considered such a step back in usability.

Hobohodoon An Office Designed for Workers with Autism

I'm sorry you had such a poor experience, and it does sound like your boss should never have been given those responsibilities if he behaved that way, but those failings were his own and do not necessarily reflect on all autistic people.

Hobohodoon Show HN: I wanted to measure CO2 in my office, so I build a C++ WebServer/App

Would you be able to share where you might get such a cheap CO2 sensor/the name of it? I've had trouble finding them for less than £60 in the UK and would like to set one up.

Hobohodoon Job Promotion is a Trap

I think a better fitting analogy for relationships would be: Married people should ensure they have independent friendship circles, hobbies etc. to ensure they don't end up becoming too dependent on each other and unable to function separately.

I'm not sure how well this maps to the article but have heard this advice before. Of course, never having been married I can't speak of its efficacy.

Hobohodoon Who Left Open The Cookie Jar?

It is about the same price or more expensive to get an equivalent windows machine, the Thinkpad P52 is similarly priced if you go for those specs.

I think part of the issue is that you don't have a choice of specs. If PCI-E SSD speeds are enough for you, you don't have a choice to save the money on it. If you want to go for a cheaper 4-core processor with higher clock speeds and put the money into more/better RAM, you can't make that trade-off.

I do agree that macbooks are pretty good value for the components you're getting, but I think unless your view on what you want in your computer matches what Apple will give you then you will end up "wasting" some money on your machine.