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Super Nintendo MacBook Pro

Today my problem was with dd and my MBP 2010.

Not having a linux machine ready I usually use my Mac for Unix commands. I was trying to dd a Raspberry’s image into a fresh SD card, but for some reason the console kept telling me “permission denied”.
By googling a bit I found out that this one is a common problem in MBP 2010: inside the built in SD reader slot there’s a mechanical switch that “reads” the SD’s lock pin and sometimes it gets stuck in lock position.
The solution? Blowing like I was doing a spirometry inside the slot unlocked the pin, like the old day where we all blew into Nintendo’s cartdriges.

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Iphone funny bugs

I got an iPhone 3gs, cause I wanted to play Clash of Clans.
I never got one until but now I see how beautiful was NOT buying one.

Looks like iOS 6.1.3 has a “charging not allowed with this device” bug on 3GS, 4, 4S and both iPads. Lots of people, including me, have troubles charging the phone using any kind of wall charger, including his own one, or pc usb ports.
But, hear hear, it does indeed charge connected to my Win pc, but only when I have iTunes application open and running. The same goes for my MacBook Pro, the phone won’t charge unless plugged into one specific usb port and with iTunes app running.

A fanboy/hater type would just saying Apple is shit and this kind of stuff. But I’m not the type. I find bugs like this one like entertaining, because those demonstrate how even bigger brands can score an huge fail.
Fun fun apples.

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Copy dot com

This may look like a spam post and indeed it is.

File syncing sites like Dropbox just pop like mushroom in a forest. There is this new one called Copy.com that promises 15GB free and another 5 GB free if you register from a referrer and install their app on at least one device (pc or mobile).

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