CompactFlax
@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on How do people get rid of or sell stolen jewelry? I ask cause the news says the the Louve thieves can never sell it because it so known? 2 days ago:
Melted down and gems re cut.
It’s a bad deal for everyone.
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 4 days ago:
I wonder how it compares in functionality - to be clear, there’s no functionality I’m aware of that would require cloud (perhaps historical data).
Still, they’re wildly expensive.
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 4 days ago:
I’ve heard these beds are actually quite effective at helping you sleep and then wake up more naturally.
But they have wrapped entirely local events (it’s all just timers, folks) behind a cloud-exclusive subscription and the product is useless on a sunny day like we had yesterday.
They’re enormously expensive and the subscription serves no useful purpose other than to line the pockets of the investors.
I have a strict rule of no cloud dependency in my house. Otherwise, I’d be interested - if the price was remotely reasonable.
- Comment on Update on my Home-Lab now featuring a fully custom built 10" Aluminumm rack 2 weeks ago:
Cool. I’m considering replacing my aging Pfsense box (which there’s nothing wrong with) with a UI router; presently I don’t need more than 100mbit. The integrated wifi doesn’t meet my needs though.
- Comment on Update on my Home-Lab now featuring a fully custom built 10" Aluminumm rack 2 weeks ago:
What are the unifi bits?
- Comment on Former Finnish Prime Minister Calls for Four-Day Workweek: More Time with Family 2 weeks ago:
She leads a coalition, so she could be reelected.
- Comment on Former Finnish Prime Minister Calls for Four-Day Workweek: More Time with Family 2 weeks ago:
four-day workweek of six hours a day.
- Comment on I landed in another toxic workplace after quitting a previous one. What would you do in this scenario? (Open to all suggestions) 2 weeks ago:
In response to your edit - micromanaging is standard. It’s super awesome when the PI is telling you how to run a procedure they haven’t run themselves or haven’t done in 10 years. /s
One thing I forgot to mention is that you’ve got people with zero industry experience and zero managerial training walking into their supervisory role on the merit of their educational and research background. They just don’t know (and have the Dunning Kreuger effect in spades) that they’re being managerial jerks. ASD or not. Huge “manage your manager” challenge in academia.
And with ASD, we get into a habit of trying to communicate with neurotypicals and in America especially it’s expected to sugarcoat and kowtow in every communication with the manager but that’s not always a great thing to do with ASD people as you’re aware. Clarity without confrontation is the fine line that you’ll need to walk.
- Comment on I landed in another toxic workplace after quitting a previous one. What would you do in this scenario? (Open to all suggestions) 2 weeks ago:
This may be unhelpful but my experience working in academia is that clear explicit communication helps a lot, and suspending judgement until a relationship and trust is established helps too - and that can take a really long time. Try to take a step back and not get emotionally involved with things, but keep the receipts and escalate if things do truly get out of hand. Having someone you can talk to and trust to be critical of your method of handling the situation can helps with perspective.
Some academics are just assholes. Seems most are on the autism spectrum, and that makes it hard to interact with. Aside from neurodivergence, it’s not hard for a perceived slight to get blown out of proportion for a variety of reasons.
As you’re noting you’re going to have to grin and bear it for a while until you can get the residency sorted out. Doing excellent work that’s in demand can definitely help with establishing relationships, but obviously that depends on the situation.
- Comment on Disabled man denied access to train at Homerton station over ‘made-up rule’ 2 weeks ago:
Bureaucracy will protect the station staff.
The driver then got the ramp out, allowing Mr Kaplowitz and his four friends to board the train, and comforted the group. The train departed six minutes late.
Common sense hero right there.
- Comment on What I Learned From My Days in Russia: Silicon Valley Needs to Start Speaking Out About Trump 3 weeks ago:
With money comes comfort. With comfort comes complacency. Panem et circem.
- Comment on If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.? 3 weeks ago:
It doesn’t matter, so … the CEO is perfect application!
- Comment on Electron apps are causing system-wide lag on MacOs Tahoe 3 weeks ago:
Indeed! It must be a lot of lag to notice a difference.
- Comment on What are You Working on Wednesday 3 weeks ago:
Fucking GRC bullshit. One step away from being a shell script.
- Comment on Ah yes that's my bad 3 weeks ago:
Dates are always a bit of fun with computers but i thought AI would be able to replace the senior developer who knows how to handle dates? Evidently not. Have I been mislead by tech leaders?
- Comment on whatever happened to in-store coffee grinders? 3 weeks ago:
I suspect you are right right in mentioning single serve waste producing machines.
I think there has been a greater split between those who tolerate crappy coffee and those who don’t - the crappy coffee people have moved to the expensive single serve machines, and the people who are picky grind at home (and probably also don’t buy at the grocery store). The rest evidently use pre-ground.
The gap between commodity coffee and snobby coffee has grown, and the availability of snobby coffee has grown between the multitude of roasters and online shopping. If it’s, say, $10 for a bag of premium coffee beans that’s of unknown age (at least 2 months) and lists only “south American” as its origin, or $15 for a bag of 3 day old locally roasted beans from a specific farm in Colombia, I’d go for the latter. I think my prices are a good 10 years old, but let’s just use it as an example.
Ironically the k-cups are quite a bit more expensive than that.
The in store grinders are still around in some stores.
- Comment on How could I order a package without my parents finding it? 4 weeks ago:
Are you aware of the difference in mains voltage between Ireland and USA?
- Comment on proof of wormholes 4 weeks ago:
Direct from Wikipedia
Paracetamol was first made in 1878 by Harmon Northrop Morse or possibly in 1852 by Charles Frédéric Gerhardt.
The left has misinformation too. Science is on our side; there’s no reason to propagate this shit.
- Comment on How Nissan leveraged its driver assist to cut traffic jams 5 weeks ago:
Just one more lane bro. It’ll fix it this time.
- Comment on Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased... 5 weeks ago:
Because splashback.
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 1 month ago:
Fire and police tend to be male dominated professions.
Nursing is a female dominated profession.
- Comment on What is it called when you believe the U.S. political parties shouldn’t exist? 1 month ago:
Political parties coalesce in a representative government anyways. “Hey Sally, can you support my bill to buy flowers for the White House, and I’ll support your bill to buy guns for the army”
- Comment on Aged like milk 1 month ago:
Indeed. The USA is fairly unique in its gun culture - and violence. Far too casual. A .22 can kill a person, and there’s people driving kids to sports practice with 9mm and larger strapped to their bodies.
- Comment on Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company? 1 month ago:
That’s why trucks are required to have mud flaps.
- Comment on Do farts at least nominally increase the overall temperature of the room in which they are extruded? 1 month ago:
But isn’t there some contribution from the delta in pressure?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Your ex needs a suite. Don’t do it.
- Comment on How come glasses for hyperopia/farsightedness (reading glasses) are there on the shelves, but glasses for myopia require a prescription? 2 months ago:
This is the thing; you can get gas station glasses and you’ll do ok, but nothing like having it dialled in professionally. Besides the risk of developing eye disease and not having it discovered early because no eye exams.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 2 months ago:
Nice write up. @LadyButterfly@reddthat.com
- Comment on AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over 2 months ago:
China decided to end their dependence on foreign fossil fuels.
The USA decided to double down on oil.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 2 months ago:
“It went to the billionaires” is the short version.