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Comment Can anyone actually confirm? (Score 1) 105

I'm smelling some bullshit on this one. There's no way I can believe setting the temp to 50C on a refrigerator did anything beyond shut it off. Starting fires? Really? Maybe you saw smoke pouring out of the store manager's ears when he realized how much spoilage he was dealing with and got confused.

Comment Just pick one and stop fucking with the clock!! (Score 1) 282

I don't give a shit if the whole world just adopted UTC, WHATEVER just stop the herky jerky twice a year. My body doesn't sync to the CLOCK, it syncs to WHAT THE FUCK I HAVE TO DO TODAY. My body is going to respond exactly the same if I get up when the clock says 10:00 am (UTC) or if it says 5:00 am (CDT). At no point in the year do I wake up for work when it ISN'T DARK OUTSIDE, and some bureaucratic asshole who doesn't have to get up until well after sunrise no matter what has much of an argument about what people who do actual work need. DST isn't going to change shit, it's just more nonsense for these worthless assholes to argue about and "vote" on.

Comment Re:Pony up (Score 1) 204

EXACTLY! This might actually get me into an electric, but it's actually about the simplicity. I would still prefer gas as it would fit my use a bit more, but I might be able to make the 200 mile range work. I have been telling my wife my next new car will probably be 60 years old, but there's a very real possibility I will buy one of these instead.

Comment This could actually be great! (Score 4, Interesting) 35

I haven't dug too deeply in the details, but possibly might help in my environment. Maybe. Depends on the people. My art department has a huge file storage problem because they angrily insist on storing all of their collaborative work on a single SMB share. Worse, they choose to work directly on the NAS because that's how they linked all the assets within their documents. Invariably, they clobber each others work, and Adobe products randomly blow up files. I periodically snapshot the volume but that's more of a bandaid than a solution. The only problem moving them to a version control system is I'm not quite sure they'd understand enough to use it. They struggle a LOT with the concept of file locations, file times, etc. and literally believe "the system" stores each change they make as they make it. Worse they huff when they find out we can't go back through each change for them. One dude literally said "the system" only stored some of his edits despite there clearly only being one new file revision on disk.

Comment Dodged a huge bullet (Score 1) 107

I may only have three printers so far, but the last time I went purchasing my partner in crime (my son) was pushing for us to join the Bambu Labs ecosystem. I hesitated, something felt "off" and being the guy with the wallet spent my money elsewhere. The printers we have are not Bambu, are working perfectly for our uses, and I'm now feeling significantly more comfortable with following my gut.

Comment Hot take? (Score 2) 192

Kids are already in school doing far too little, for far too long. Then as adults it's much the same, we're spending far too many hours at work but not truly productive. Granted this isn't universal, but I'm sure many will agree more common than not.

I'm an advocate of focused instruction vs. "standardized" bulk rote learning. I'm sure many will disagree but it's hard to argue against the reality much of our college bachelor programs have devolved into an overly expensive repeat of high school level education. But school districts are often tied financially to this model, where butts in seats equals money. The teachers hate it. The kids hate it. Some parents probably like it because "I need my kids in school so I can work my full 8 hours" but is that smart? No. It's not. None of it is.

Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 56

California is such a beautiful state, ruined by people who live there. Briefly worked remote at a place just south of LAX, would fly in once a quarter to rub elbows. Nowhere else have I witnessed people viciously stab each other in the back and climb over each other to get ahead, then just go to lunch and pretend they're best friends.

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