Louis Rossmann is an independent service technician in New York City who has repaired Apple products for years.
In this video, Rossman passionately explains how he is able to effect repairs that Apple refuses to do – notably, he can fix a common faulty sensor problem with $2 worth of parts, a repair that Apple charges $750 for (Rossman charges less than half of that, and in cheaper markets, you can get it done for as little as $75).
The laptop Rossman is fixing has a retail value of $650, meaning that Apple’s repair pricing effectively turns an otherwise perfectly good machine into ewaste. Rossman doesn’t think Apple has an obligation to fix these older machines in an economical way, but he is furious that Apple has gone to lengths to prevent him from effecting these repairs – Apple has withdrawn many of the crucial diagnostic tools that independent service techs have relied on, and they’ve also managed to get third-party diagnostic tools removed by making claims under laws like the DMCA.
Rossman uses this as a jumping off point to talk about repairs to a wide range of Apple products, including phones, and demonstrates, live, how to do them; his Youtube description includes SKUs for the tools and parts needed to do your own repairs.
Rossman speaks passionately in favor of the state-level Right to Repair bills that would safeguard all types of independent service and repair, from cars to laptops to phones. 3-4% of the US GDP comes from repair and repair jobs are good, local, middle-class jobs: recycling a ton of ewaste creates 15 jobs, but repairing it creates 200.
Oh yes. I struggle with Imposter Syndrome every day. I have learned to be grateful for the kindness that is behind compliments, though, even if I feel like I don’t deserve whatever I’m being complimented for.
United CEO Oscar Munoz said that passenger David Dao was “disruptive and belligerent” when he was told that he was going to be kicked off the plane after he bought a ticket and too his seat. But this newly released video shows Dao to be quite calm and reasonable given the circumstances. In the end, Dao was beaten senseless, his nose was broken, teeth were knocked out, and he suffered a concussion. United filled the empty seat with one of its employees.
Nepotism, by its very definition, smacks of entitlement, abuse of power and unfair advantages. But Eric Trump still thinks the whole thing sounds “beautiful.
“In an interview with The Telegraphpublished Monday, the second son of United States President Donald Trump said that his and his siblings’ swift ascensions within the ranks of their father’s businesses were purely the result of logical decision-making and strong familial bonds.
How could that possibly be a bad thing?“You trust the people who are closest to you,” he said. “Who is he going to trust most to run a company? He is going to trust somebody who he trusts implicitly.” Read more.(4/11/2017 11:22 AM)
Well, yeah, of course he does. Without nepotism, this dollar store prince Edward would be even more useless than he already is.
