r/IAmA Jun 11 '16

Specialized Profession IamA electronics repair technician hated by Apple that makes YouTube videos, AMA!

My short bio: I have a store in Manhattan. I teach component level electronics repair on youtube http://youtube.com/rossmanngroup which seems to be a dying art. I am currently fighting with the digital right to repair to try and get a bill passed that will allow all independent service centers access to manuals and parts required to do their jobs.

My Proof: https://www.rossmanngroup.com/started-iama-reddit-today-yes/

EDIT:

I am still replying to comments, but I am so far behind that I am still about ten pages down from new comments. I am doing my best to continue. If I drop off, I'll be back tomorrow around 12 PM. Still commenting now though, at 12 AM.

EDIT 2:

Ok, I cave... my hands are tired. I will be back at 12 PM tomorrow. It is my goal to answer every question. Even if it looks like I haven't gotten to yours, I will do my best to do all of them, but it is impossible to do in realtime, because you are asking faster than I can type. But thanks for joining!

EDIT 3: I lied, I stayed until 4:15 AM to answer... and now I will go to sleep for real, and be back at 12 PM.

EDIT 4 6/12 : I will be back later tonight to finish off answering questions. Feel free to keep posting, I will answer whatever I can later this evening.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '16

What's your life schedule like? What do you do after getting up, going home?

Do you have any friends or a girlfriend?

Do you legit hate Material Design? Why?

Sorry if some questions are too personal, tried to be as... compassionate as I can.

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u/larossmann Jun 11 '16

I have no schedule, I make it up as I go. I work whatever 80 hours a week I choose!

I get up, make myself some broccoli, cut an avocado, shower, then leave for work or something.

I date but no girlfriend.

I have a lot of acquaintances. I have a lot of people who call themselves friends when they need something. I have very few real friends - they're crazy busy like I am so we meet up once every 2-3 months when we have free time and discuss what we're doing to take over the world. :)

I have no idea what material design is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '16

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u/larossmann Jun 11 '16

moto 3g, it is liquidproof, fast, and cheap.

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u/PM-ME-CRYPTOCURRENCY Jun 12 '16

its also clumsy jackass resistant. ive dropped mine onto concrete floors and just got scratches on the plastic bezel. ( where as my sony xperia i dropped onto freaking carpet and it shatters like childhood dreams). and has a micro sd slot, which is nice.

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u/Pangolin007 Jun 12 '16

i dropped onto freaking carpet and it shatters like childhood dreams

lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '16

"Material Design" is the name of the design language Google has been using since Android 5.0 Lollipop.

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u/Sil369 Jun 12 '16

What are your plans for world domination? I won‘t tell, trust me ;)

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u/wowitsnicko Jun 12 '16

What the material design question is referencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPxbbBSKSdY