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robertlf | 5 years ago | on: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

I'm tired of all of these "masking" type treatments that supposedly help your body to stop noticing Tinnitus. I want to see something that actually stops the problem at the source. Tinnitus usually gets worse over time so at some point, it becomes difficult to ignore. I've been dealing with it for over 20 years and I'm fed up.

robertlf | 6 years ago | on: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

I haven't attended a movie theater for the last five years for this very reason. I don't think the average person has a clue as to the damage being inflicted on their ears when they go to the movies and I believe the number of tinnitus cases in the U.S. will skyrocket in the years ahead, not only from going to the movies but from all the other "noise pollution" we're subject to on a daily basis.

robertlf | 6 years ago | on: My Last Macbook Pro

As I write this, I'm using a ThinkPad T480s while I get the leaking battery on my 2015 MacBook Pro replaced. The ThinkPad is a nice machine with a great keyboard. A lot cheaper than the MBPs too with comparable specs. I loaded the Windows Subsystem for Linux onto it this morning and then downloaded Debian Stretch from the Microsoft Store. This all took one command line command to enable WSL and then two clicks to download and install Debian (other distros are also available). So far it seems pretty nice. Not the same as running iTerm and Tmux on my MBP but this will do in a pinch.

As I was dropping my laptop off at an authorized repair shop, I went and typed on last year's MacBook they had on display and was reminded why I may never buy another MBP -- the butterfly keyboard. There's hardly any keyboard travel at all so it was like typing on concrete. If I wasn't looking at the screen, I'd never be sure if my key presses registered or not. If Apple doesn't bring back the scissors keyboard I may never buy another Mac. Ever. Between the butterfly keyboard, that stupid touchbar, and the lack of a physical escape key, Apple has ruined the MBP line for (non-Apple) web developers like myself.

robertlf | 6 years ago | on: Apple introduces 8-core MacBook Pro

I'm a web developer and I need a reliable keyboard that's comfortable to type on. The MBP keyboards have been neither comfortable nor reliable since 2015. I've been holding onto my 2015 MBP with it's scissors mechanism keyboard for dear life. For the first time in ten years, my next laptop won't be a MBP. It'll either be a Lenovo ThinkPad or a Dell Inspirion running Linux. Goodbye Apple.
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