The Girl, The Dog, The Snow, and The Sea

•Christian (not saying which denomination) •multi-fandom, but inconsistent tagging system •SFW content only •I try to tag spoilers when relevant. •Chelnah's just a nickname.

[tracing-spyder-webs-deactivated]

[the-future-now-deactivated20170]

That’s Louis Rossman, a repair technician and YouTuber, who went viral recently for railing against Apple. Apple purposely charges a lot for repairs and you either have to pay up or buy a new device. That’s because Apple withholds necessary tools and information from outside repair shops. And to think, we were just so close to change.

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[dopeluminarydreamer-blog]

Reblog if you:

Have an iPhone and are in need of repairs

Have a friend with that problem

Hate Apple and are more than happy to spite them in some way

No one will know which is it

[weaselle]

This guy inspired me to repair my own macbook. First of all, you should know that I am not… like, I have to look up HOW to look up what my computer specifications are. Tech, that ware either soft or hard, is not a subject in which I experience comfort or competence. But my puppy peed on my keyboard, and I asked the apple store, or the fucking mac cafe, or the godsdamn Computer House Chill Zone or whatever cute ass name they have for their bullshit store, and they said it would be TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE MY KEYBOARD. I’m not even exaggerating.

So I asked the internet, well how hard IS it to repair? And I saw this guy’s video, and while I am no techie, I AM fueled by spite, so I was all “oh, they do that shit on purpose specifically so they can charge me $1200 bucks or make me buy a new computer hunh? FUCK THEM” and I bought all the tools I needed for about $25 and I bought all the parts I needed for about another $25 and I watched a few tutorial videos, and I replaced my own keyboard.

So, once you are doing the actual deed, it becomes pretty obvious that they are finding creative ways to make this much harder than it has to be on purpose. On thing that stood out to me is, instead of all the tiny screws being the same size, there are about two dozen very slightly different sizes. They could easily be all the same size, or like, two sizes at most, but no.

These mother fuckers will take a panel that screws into place and they’ll use a different size screw for each corner. They are so close that you almost cannot tell them apart visually, but they each will only screw into the matching corner. Like, it’s a pretty clear “fuck you” to anyone trying to do repairs.

anyway, this guy is also fueled by spite, and doing holy work, and I have mad respect

[dragonfox-in-a-teacup]

This is awesome. Man is doing good ass deeds 24/7 because he’s giving people control.

[dantes-infernal-chili]

How dare you not leave a link to his channel, this guy is the savior of the modern world.

[the-original-b]

vittoria alla ribellione

[nonamehorse]

Fuck Apple, Fuck every big tech company

[theinfamousdoctorf]

iFixit: The Free Repair Manual

iFixit is a global community of people helping each other repair things. Let's fix the world, one device at a time. Troubleshoot with expert

And if you need the ‘proprietary’ tools; go here!

[twinanimatronics]

I Fixit is actually how I repaired my dad’s old iphone 12 and then claimed it as my own!

[lizardlicks]

ifixit also makes kits and instruction for nearly every part for consoles, computers, phones, tablets, just about anything. We’ve replaced multiple parts on our old 3Dses at this point. It’s not nearly as hard as you might assume and very worth it to learn how to repair your own electronics.

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

Apparently some people still need to hear this so: using an 'ai checker' is still using ai. If you are feeding someone's fic to one of these checkers, you will still not be sure their fic is ai because they are not 100% accurate, but you can be 100% sure that you are using ai. For fic. Furthermore you are doing the work of an ai scraper for them. You are, personally, feeding the machine. There is no actual excuse for using an ai checker on fanfic as a hobby. YOU are the problem.

If you think a fic is ai, mute it and move on. That's it. That's all you do.

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

Um. Yikes

[eopederson]

Valentia Island Shorline - Where the North Atlantic Meets County Kerry, Ireland, 2013.

The wind on this hilltop was so fierce it was difficult to keep upright!

[pangur-and-grim]

my house is scary at night

[storyweavingspider]

Interpreted this initially not as shelves, but as your cat having erected defensive fortifications

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 11 lifting off, with the American flag in the foreground, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A at 9:32 am EDT.

Date: July 16, 1969

NASA ID: GPN-2000-000627

[therealbucky05]

[topgunvolleyballscene]

how often are you getting a headache

daily

weekly

monthly

couple times a year

yearly or less

Remaining time: 2 days 3 hours

[topgunvolleyballscene]

how often are you getting a tummy ache

daily

weekly

monthly

every couple months

yearly or less

Remaining time: 2 days 3 hours

[topgunvolleyballscene]

Ok so thanks for voting on this but i need you to reblog it too

[beardedmrbean]

[vfeioa]

[skinreflectsthesun]

[gargoylegf]

When I was at Monticello the tour guide told us that TJ frequently ate Mac and cheese, French fries, and vanilla ice cream. The fatal American need to have everything off the kids menu at a restaurant

[rulesofengagements]

Rules of engagement..

[beardedmrbean]

Counterpoint,

[gremlininho]

looking. at you

[enablesomething]

Sea fog

Sony A6400 / Sony 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 Lens

[torstherapy]

[a-knight-of-hope]

🫵 YOU READING THIS POST

IS IT PAST 11 PM YOUR TIME

I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CHECK AND EVALUATE WHETHER YOU SHOULD STILL BE UP RIGHT NOW

YOU NEED SLEEP AND I LOVE YOU

GOODNIGHT

[a-knight-of-hope]

I MEANT TO QUEUE THIS FOR TONIGHT DANGIT

[gracefulchristiangirl-deactivat]

I will now be using this at every chance I get

[daisywords]

not everything in a story has to or should be "realistic" but in my opinion there's a level of illusion that should be maintained, and I think that's the actual problem that many people try to pinpoint with the "unrealistic" criticism. Dialogue shouldn't be written like an actual transcript of human speech, but should contribute to the illusion of a real person speaking. A character is a tool of the story, not a narrative, but we're trying to maintain the illusion that they are a person. Worldbuilding should exist to serve the story, not to be a perfect simulacrum of how every aspect of nature/society etc. would actually play out for real. But there should be the illusion that it could be real, that organizations and systems would operate in such a way, that people might behave in such a way.

in conclusion: "Is this realistic?" <<wrong question. "Does this serve the illusion or disrupt it?" <<now we're talking