Showroom7561
@Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Banker At US Firm Hospitalised With Pancreatic Failure After 110-Hour Workweek 1 week ago:
The bankers claimed that they were assigned 20-hour workdays and faced criticism if they left their desks after working all night.
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
The satisfaction in doing that would have been more than enough to justify the work! LOL
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
At what point would the effort and expense be “too much”? LOL These parts are normally available for under $10 for the seal, bearing, clips, and metal post.
On the other hand, we have a shower faucet knob where this internal piece would always crack. We replaced that part many times with the official component, but I ended up 3d printing it, and it hasn’t broken once in at least the last 6 years!
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
We’ve had excellent results with ours. Admittedly, I also add a lot of homemade “trail mix” to our recipes, so they are more than plain bread loafs! But we also use it to make pizza dough at least once a week.
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
The fact that companies don’t even care bothers me more than not being able to fix these items myself! 😱
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
As much as I love baking and making bread by hand, we use the bread maker (two, actually) so often that the convenience factor alone saves us many, many hours a week and has a much lower energy cost compared to our oven.
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
To be honest, I’ve 3d printed parts for other things before, but I don’t think it would work here. Great idea, though!
This is a high-heat part that needs to be some kind of silicone/rubber. The seal itself is shaped (not just a round washer), but there are other metal parts that appear to have broken/deteriorated. I don’t actually think my seals are broken, but the “seal kits” you usually find have all the parts I’d want to replace.
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
LOL. We have a robot vacuum that self-empties into a larger bag, and we do empty that one many times over 😂
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
Don’t even get me started with vacuums! We have a Shark vacuum that was gifted to us. It works great, and I have no complaints… except for this one thing:
The hose had split one day, and having looked at a few videos on how to fix this common problem, I got to work.
Shark, with their engineers, made it so that the hose has a wire running through it, making it impossible to fix this very simple problem.
I call up their service, because the machine was still under warranty. They wanted me to VIDEO CALL showing the issue with the hose, then claimed that the hose was a consumable item and not covered under warranty! Like, WTF?? I argued with them, and they finally agreed to replace the hose with shipping at my expense.
Infuriating.
I do remember older vacuums being way more serviceable. My only real complaint about older vacs is that they tend to use disposable bags, which I hate (another consumable!). But when it comes time to replace this, I will be shopping around for the most repairable models.
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
Yeah, I’ve been far more conscious of whether the stuff I buy can be easily repaired or not, and it often makes or breaks my purchase decision.
I wish consumers had more resources into what parts might break on which product, so they can actively make better purchasing decisions.
Had I known this part could be treated like a consumable, I may have spent more on a better model that supports easier repairs.
Which reminds me, my expensive blender has a jar with a built-in blade. Eventually, the blade will need to be replaced (actually, it’s the bearings), but since you can’t disassemble it, you have to purchase an entirely new jar with the blade! So, I sourced out compatible jars that have removable blades that can be more easily serviced!
- Comment on I need a cheap part to fix a bread machine that's under warranty. "We can send you a new machine." 1 week ago:
This is actually part of planned obsolescence, where it is difficult and costly to repair things even when parts are available by constant minor cosmetic tweaks dueing production.
For sure! We need stronger laws that prevent this. Lump it into some environmental protection mandate, and expedite it!
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- Comment on just got this captcha 3 weeks ago:
Is this a mensa entry test? 😂
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 4 weeks ago:
Ok, a quick update.
After posting, and a little soul-searching, I decided to install Ubunu and give things another try.
Installation failed the first time, seemingly right at the end! Tried again, and it went through.
Set things up, and things seem to be OK. I’m only running a browser, and needed to try a paid windows program through Wine, which installed and loaded up without any real issues.
I go for a walk during lunch. Come back to the Linux login screen (expected, as I’d assume it locks like Windows). Log in… blank slate. All my work was closed, and it was like a fresh reboot. What the hell??? No error messages or anything. I literally have the browser and like a few other programs installed, so it’s not like the system is a mess from years of bad software installations.
Sigh…
Then I try another paid Windows program used to convert video files. It seems to work, but it’s not detecting my Intel graphics card. As I look for help on how to do this (officially, from my Laptop vendor), I get pages and pages of things to try… all through the terminal.
I mean, this is stuff that just works on Windows. No messing with stuff.
I really want Linux to be my daily driver, and even I type this from Ubuntu, I can’t help but feel like something is going to catastrophically self-destruct at any moment, and that kind of anxiety is never felt while using Windows.
I couldn’t imagine setting linux up for my wife, if this is the experience I’m having.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 4 weeks ago:
From Window’s perspective, there’s no need to dual boot. But I get what you’re saying. I’m not trying to defend Microsoft, and think that they’ve been enshittifying windows for years now.
But everything works without jumping through hoops. And if it doesn’t, the fix is usually very easy and done through a GUI 99% of the time.
But you are right. There are many flavours of Linux to try. Aesthetics aren’t my priority, though. I do need things to work without spending hours trying to figure it out.
I’m at an age where messing around on my computer for days on end is long gone. 😵
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah with Linux if it doesn’t work you’re often just screwed.
This has been my experience for decades. Even if it works, something will suddenly stop working and I’ll have no way to fix it without hours of research and messing around.
With windows, I can fix anything quickly through the GUI. But haven’t had to in a very, very long time.
I’m going to look at other options. I want to stick with a distro that is fully supported by my laptop to avoid even more issues. But the options are limited.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 4 weeks ago:
I appreciate the reply.
Fedora and Ubuntu are officially fully supported by laptop, so it’s Mint and a few others to a lesser extent.
I won’t use Fedora due to it being American, but the Fedora experience was quite nice the last time I tried.
I may explore other options through the Framework (laptop) community to see what else I can try.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 4 weeks ago:
Fedora is fully supported on my Framework laptop (as is Ubuntu and Mint), and I did have it working off an external SSD to try.
But… Sigh…
It’s American, so I won’t use it. American is one big reason why I want to quit Windows. Maybe I’ll just keep trying. 😮💨
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 4 weeks ago:
My 15 year old desktop also “couldn’t do windows 11”, but you can bypass whatever bullshit limitations Microsoft puts on the installation process. That computer has been running 11 for several years now without any issues at all. Rock solid.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 4 weeks ago:
Man, I really tried today to get Linux on my Framework laptop.
I can’t believe how goddamn frustrating the experience has been, and I’ve dabbled in Linux for decades.
I try Mint. Install as a dual boot… Installation done. Reboot. Straight into Windows. Check partitions and nothing has changed.
Try again. All seems fine. Boot. Some error screen that won’t let me get into Mint.
Do this like four more times with no luck.
Tried Ubuntu. No easy way to install as a dual boot unless I want to mess around with custom paritions. Also, GNOME sucks ass, but Ubuntu seems way more polished than Mint.
I did get mint on a mini PC I have running through my TV. But audio wasn’t working, so that took a while to sort out. And the onscreen keyboard does nothing on the lock screen. So unpolished, and I have no idea why it’s recommended “for beginners” when it feels unfinished.
With windows, there’s no messing around. Everything just works. And I fucking hate that I feel forced to choose a miserable, hacky, terminal-based experience with countless hours of installing shit through commands… Or a smooth, reliable, easy one with bloatware and spying on the backend. Goddammit!
- Comment on LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’ 4 weeks ago:
Not everyone hates their family, Reid.
- Comment on How's them tariffs going 5 weeks ago:
Looks like a voter map. They get what they voted for 🤭
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Larry David would have appreciated those, right next to the black penis cake 😂
- Comment on pain plant 1 month ago:
Valentina is really tasty. Cholula is also nice.
None are HOT, though. 😂
- Comment on pain plant 1 month ago:
Is it ironic that those two sauces aren’t really that hot? 😂
Delicious, yes! But very low on the Scoville scale for hot sauce.
- Comment on Far-left French MEP demands return of the Statue of Liberty as the US no longer stands for its values 1 month ago:
Let him do it. It would be the most vandalized statue in modern history.
- Comment on I'm sure people fall for this type of greenwashing all the time... 1 month ago:
“Our small t-shirts use less fabric than our large t-shirts!” 🤔
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Yup, we have UV flashlights, and yes, we’ve tested our own home.
You can’t escape stains, but there’s a huge psychological difference between stains that could only come from 2-4 people who likely aren’t doing crazy shit like jizzing on the ceilings vs. hundreds of random strangers doing god knows what in a place they will never see again! LOL
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
“Ignorance is bliss” 100% on this one!
- Comment on I'm sure people fall for this type of greenwashing all the time... 1 month ago:
Yeah, game changer for sure!
- Less weight.
- No plastic waste and the packages are nearly always 100% recyclable.
- They take up next to no space.
- They are often safe enough to work well with handwashing clothes.
- They still clean clothes!
- Generally made from better ingredients.
- I find that many brands are also from smaller companies who haven’t been corrupted by greedy multinationals, so that’s a bonus. LOL
