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by boatsie 5y ago
Given this is meant to be repairable and maintainable, I am disappointed that there is only a one year warranty. If this Laptop is really built to last, offer a longer warranty that proves the company making it truly believes it will be hig
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by boatsie 5y ago
There is a huge amount of outrage in this thread but some people actually do things for reasons other than money. For example, volunteer work is very popular and common and is unpaid. Why are people not outraged about someone volunteering t
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by boatsie 5y ago
I should also mention that even imperceptible to the human eye traits of diamonds like clarity and color, above SI or near-colorless affect value and pricing despite the fact that nobody can tell with the naked eye in normal conditions whet
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by boatsie 5y ago
I find it ironic that many people in this thread are extolling the virtues of lab grown diamonds, as they are nearly indistinguishable from natural ones and cost around 50% less. But they still cost quite a bit, whereas cubic zirconia is al
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by boatsie 5y ago
Last I checked, lab grown diamonds had no fluorescence. If that is still the case, it might make fluorescent diamonds more valuable than non, as a sign they are more “natural”. Though in the past fluorescence in diamonds was considered a ne
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by boatsie 5y ago
I don't know if I have a perfectionism problem, but I may have a self-improvement problem. I want to get better at everything I do, so I obsess over what the best or different ways of doing X are. Most people agree that perfectionism i
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by boatsie 5y ago
It is probably considered gossip to discuss such matters, though I often see "person X has quit Y" to which I would say is of similar newsworthiness.
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by boatsie 5y ago
My $1200 7 year old Miele dishwasher stopped working a few months ago, with the “Intake/drain” light on red when starting a load. Dishwashers during the pandemic were sort of scare due to massive home remodeling demand, and the profess
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by boatsie 5y ago
It seems tempting to solve technological problems with more technology, but my experience is more technology is more problems. The password manager will update/ask for updates. It will ask about auto fill or saving passwords, etc. The
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by boatsie 5y ago
Tldw: the machine throws obscure error codes (too viscous, failure to heat to proper temps, etc) and can “lock out” the operator, who has to then call an authorized service technician that bills hundreds of dollars for repair. Any attempt t
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by boatsie 5y ago
That runs the risk of forgetting to remove it.
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by boatsie 5y ago
A few more reasons why print debugging is used. If you are debugging multiple things at once, you’ll have breakpoints set that aren’t necessarily needed at the moment, meaning you have to continue a bunch of times to get to the right spot.
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by boatsie 5y ago
What’s interesting is that Tesla succeeded in spite of its dorkiness. Yes, you may think it is a “normal” looking car now, but sedans were dying, hatchbacks were dying, and you would be made fun of mercilessly if you had a spoiler on your S
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by boatsie 5y ago
This is all completely orthogonal to the exterior styling and cladding. If you look at many of these electric vehicles, they have odd two-tone color schemes (eg i3), strange C pillars (Leaf, Prius, Bolt), and some twisted attempt by the des
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by boatsie 5y ago
I love the sentiment but you often see these promises broken, so I won’t hold my breath. Imagine someone offers him a billion dollars for the site. Do you really believe he would refuse and hold to these promises? Would you?
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by boatsie 5y ago
There just isn’t incentive for most people in jobs to take a sick day. Deadlines don’t get moved if you take 2 sick days. Meeting rescheduling is a pain, etc. There’s just not incentive alignment.
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by boatsie 5y ago
I know someone like this, graduated top of her class at a top 5 CS program without putting in much time working or studying. Super smart. But things that are non academic that just require hard work like exercise or playing an instrument ar
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by boatsie 6y ago
Yes, and they also probably click “accept” to any old terms of service. I wonder if you could slip in some outlandish terms and bind these billionaires to them the way their services do to us.
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by boatsie 6y ago
As someone who wants to try his code, this is easy to say. But more often than not, hacks and imperfections in the code will be pointed to and laughed at. Companies interviewing him might think less of him, etc. They will get angry with him
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by boatsie 6y ago
The recent articles about delivery drivers peeing in those bottles gives me pause.
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by boatsie 6y ago
The inequality is also being caused by the internet. Before, people would choose a product, restaurant, retailer, service, entertainment, etc based on what was near them. Or what they had a good experience with. Or what their neighbor recom
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by boatsie 6y ago
This is a pretty funny response from Amazon. “Oh, I thought you meant our workers in the warehouses pee in bottles. That would be disgusting. Of course our delivery drivers do.”
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by boatsie 6y ago
Had this exact experience and had to google a solution.. Why they didn’t use the same control element for an item found with the search versus in the start menu is mind boggling.
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by boatsie 6y ago
The problem is 5ghz has much better bandwidth but less range than 2.4ghz. Also there is more interference these days with everyone having routers.
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by boatsie 6y ago
Someone above referenced 14 days in a row, working from home. In other words, they don’t want you to rent an apartment in Bali for a month while not on vacation.
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by boatsie 6y ago
As I mentioned in another comment, should schools be throwing out unrefrigerated perishable foods found in children’s lunches? I think this is reasonable to think it is extremely over cautious.
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by boatsie 6y ago
Does anyone in this thread have school age children? Or ever packed a sack lunch? Lunch meat, mayonnaise, cheese, cut fruit, even pizza are all common in lunches. These are always out for over 2 hours and very rarely packed with ice or a co
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by boatsie 6y ago
I had a friend try to sue a company. It turns out it has sizable out of pocket costs, the lawyer fees are steep, and you aren’t compensated for the time you have to spend on the case, even if you win. But the worst part is, most issues you
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by boatsie 6y ago
They should have gotten rid of the “wagen” part too since this is the US. VoltSUV might work better.
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by boatsie 6y ago
Despite all the bad press, I’m betting they increased users/deposits overall. Just like when Facebook/YouTube got “boycotted” and now report record results.

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