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541.
by nikau 4y ago
How much is there to like for a kettle - like you put water in, flick a switch, it turns off once boiled. What features keep drawing you back in?
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by nikau 4y ago
I did a similar thing on a vacuum cleaner - funny thing is, it actually performs like the higher end model now - we had a lower end variant and the touchswitch/motor controller actually limited motor power.
543.
by nikau 4y ago
> As for coffee grinders, I've got a Eureka Mignon and machines like that are expected to last a few decades easily, with a little bit of maintenance. If you buy the $99 stuff, well... All the fawning over the Niche Zero grinder doe
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by nikau 4y ago
Yep - I've done a post mortem on a few LED bulbs that failed and each time the LEDs were fine but the driver failed. This is anecdotal, but I had a bunch of bulbs of the same brand that started to fail, on the remaining bulbs I drilled
545.
by nikau 4y ago
2000 era cars were the sweet spot of good enough power and efficiency vs complexity. Current cars get more power and fuel efficiency, but its at the cost of complexity like high pressure direct injection, stop/start, variable length in
546.
by nikau 4y ago
Sure it does - you work 8 hours a day, if you get more tasks to do than time you prioritize and what gets done gets done. If management want more done they can hire more staff. Sure you need to find the right company and your yearly compens
547.
by nikau 4y ago
People who are trying to crack these passwords are also likely to be using compromised AWS accounts.
548.
by nikau 4y ago
Mr. Musk, your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular ? Ooh, a tough question, but a fair one.
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by nikau 4y ago
> Especially if the interface was designed for high performance (unlike most UX today). Analogue gauges are amazing for real-time feedback, for example my espresso machine needle will oscillate wildly at the vibratory pump frequency if i
550.
by nikau 4y ago
If its cold enough in Europe they install dedicated heaters rather than idling the engine - they install a small heating device and pump plumbed into the cooling loop and to the petrol or diesel supply. When it runs it heats the coolant and
551.
by nikau 4y ago
Only once for around a week, we purchased a alphaserver and it didn't come with the correct OSF/1 installation media, so one of the guys installed NT4 just to see what its like - we were all impressed as it ran multiple copies of
552.
by nikau 4y ago
There's a reason why car manufacturers validate new models in countries with temperature extremes like Australia and Finland.
553.
by nikau 4y ago
Not sure how you came to that conclusion regarding outlook, one of the reasons I moved to Windows from osx was the mac version of outlook was so terrible.
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by nikau 4y ago
This is sage advice - I think of slack like the bystander effect - if nobody is explicitly asking you to do something you aren't accountable, but you can help out if you feel like it when it suits you. If they want a formal response SL
555.
by nikau 4y ago
> Tesla removed the option to adjust how intense regenerative braking is from more recent cars, which makes them brake whenever the driver is not accelerating The cynic in me knows they likely did this to ensure they get the maximum rang
556.
by nikau 4y ago
It totally makes sense, after all the electron apps/docker containers/statically linked utilities/microservices running on my machine, needlessly running cat might be the straw that breaks the camels back.
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by nikau 4y ago
or best of both worlds and have physical soft keys down the side like oscilloscopes and other test equipment have.
558.
by nikau 4y ago
TL;DR - diminishing returns.
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by nikau 4y ago
Yes, the updated video just ends at the start where the access badge no longer unlocks the door.
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by nikau 4y ago
Does it void insurance? AFAIK as long as you have correct rated tires its legal.
561.
by nikau 4y ago
Easily removed with a gentlemens ECU reflash.
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by nikau 4y ago
Sounds like the 90s where a lot of devs had a terminal session into beefy a Unix box with a consistent environment.
563.
by nikau 4y ago
Next they should do a pie chart of devops time wasted with busybox and libc triggered issues. Alpine is cancer.
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by nikau 4y ago
Qantas apparently had an unofficial 'no kids' policy for the upstairs business seats. Also the storage bins along the walls due to the sharp angle were awesome if you had a window seat.
565.
by nikau 4y ago
Theres already designs for doing quick swaps, like always its the challenge of standardization: https://youtu.be/g4EbWRDXzZw?t=49
566.
by nikau 4y ago
Development has become less of an artform and more a slog to see how fast you can Google solutions or find whatever library of the week to use.
567.
by nikau 4y ago
Simple, douse it in pepsi...
568.
by nikau 4y ago
This is written by someone who has never used enterprise commercial software.
569.
by nikau 4y ago
Like water cooled alternators and fibre optic audio bus, this seems like a high risk of expensive repairs for not much gain.
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by nikau 4y ago
Not to mention the exchange usually had tens or hundreds of lead acid batteries which could keep it running for a long time.

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