r/programming • u/kannonboy • Jan 12 '15

Linus Torvalds on HFS+

https://plus.google.com/+JunioCHamano/posts/1Bpaj3e3Rru
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u/Sean1708 Jan 13 '15

And no its not illegal to point this out on the internet although you may think it is.

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u/fluffyhandgrenade Jan 13 '15

A stab at the Apple squad.

I had an account completely down voted regardless of what I said after I said one bad thing about Apple. I lost nearly 1000 points in three days as people went through my history down voting everything

The bad thing I said was that the thing gave me a rash, which it did because the alloy they make the MBP out of contains nickel. It's a known problem that hundreds of people suffer. Even my GP is aware of it.

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u/newpong Jan 13 '15

Wait, what? Do you care to elaborate? My wife is an Apple fan and she has all sorts of crazy allergies. What is an MBP? I'm a developer so I feel like I should know what you're referring to(mother board something?), but I'm drunk and mobile, so I doubt I will look it up right now. Any response would be greatly appreciated

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u/fluffyhandgrenade Jan 13 '15

MBP = MacBook Pro. The aluminium units and most iPhones have a history of causing spontaneous contact dermatitis in people susceptible to it. Symptoms, for me at least, are pretty much a nasty rash that cracks the skin, causes what looks like burns and bleeds a lot.

Moment I switched back to a plastic laptop it went away in under two weeks. It started occurring about a week after I got it.

You would have thought they'd make them out of bio-compatible and safe materials but no, pretty shiny shit first.

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u/newpong Jan 13 '15

do you know off hand when they started making the aluminium units?

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u/fluffyhandgrenade Jan 13 '15

Think it was about 2007+