dan_quixote

As a former mechanical engineer, I visualize this phenomenon like a "tolerance stackup". Effectively meaning that for each part you add to the chain, you accumulate error. If you're not damn careful, your assembly of parts (or conclusions) will fail to measure up to expectations.

Ahem...

> So all that is left is ultra-high end applications and there are few of those.

(and yes, I am mostly in that tiny demographic)

I've seen the exact same and immediately my mind thinks of IRC :)

> Unfortunately it is exactly what users "want"

I might fine tune this to "users most likely to click ads"

Agreed - that's a huge indicator that they don't care about fixing the deficit. But they also don't want to be seen making it vastly worse.

> awkward and/or neurodivergent people are going to have to learn social skills again.

Whatever future interviews look like, I sure as hell hope we don't maintain this ^ attitude.

It looks exactly how the aerospace automated fiber placement robot arms operated starting 10 years ago...but with a slightly smaller table. So they revolutionized the technology by slightly reducing the working volume!

It's still very cool to see the technology propagate to other industries though.

> Similar to C, but with much more help from the compiler with all sorts of things.

Is that not the problem rust was created to solve?

You would be an excellent author of history books!

My wife is Korean. The anglicized version of Korean given names always has a space in it. This makes for a few kinds of broken naming schemes - like removing the space or the second half of the given name becomes the middle name, or the second half of the given name just truncated entirely.

Got a link handy? I'm not finding it so far.

I think it's a pretty safe assumption that a company paying to gain information that gives them an advantage in negotiation isn't going to freely give up that advantage.

I think your perception of "premium" is flawed in this case.

Did you ever try the previous brands available at your grocer before Boars Head cornered the market? For my local grocers it was an immediate reduction in variety, increase in price and equal-to-worse quality. Nothing about that move was better for the customer.

> our IT wizard says the fixes wont work on lathes/CNC systems

Why, whY, WHY...are these things connected to the internet?!

Get acclimated with Maangchi and you'll be making great stuff in no time. https://www.maangchi.com/

It's thriving in my PNW window. Grew it from seeds and just needs water every few days.

No argument from me. I don't see the end of smartphones any time soon. And if pulling a smartphone out of your pocket is too inconvenient, the smartwatch almost certainly has your use-case covered.

> why it's not just an app

If it's just an app...their hardware has no reason to exist AND they are competing directly with Google/Microsoft.

>I'll pay a premium for high-quality very precise and reliable consumer goods that undergo strict quality assurance processes

How? Every time I find something like this, Private Equity scoops up this company and strips it for parts by the time I want to buy more.

I feel the same about sed and awk :)

Sigh, I miss that show.

> I walk into them and just see knock off snacks such as chips/poptarts, an aisle of rice and pasta, and an aisle of canned food items, and pretty much nothing else in them

That's the entire point! They have the basics with few options for each type of product. It's not luxurious but it's low stress and inexpensive...exactly what many people want/need.

> This only makes sense if you think poor people are dumb or naive. They don't know how to compare prices?

I wouldn't go so far as to say "dumb or naive" as we're all susceptible to dark patterns. But the Dollar stores definitely prey on people this way. They have specially sized packages made for many products to make comparison more difficult.

There is hardly anything more secure than writing a password on paper and storing it in a safe. Hell, a password on a post-it on your desk at home in plain view isn't all that bad in most situations.

I constantly recommend the use of password manager and unique credentials everywhere (to prevent cred stuffing attacks). I always get feedback from friends/family that they worry about forgetting the password to the manager. I tell them to write it down and put it in their safe. And it always results in a deer-in-headlights response. They've been told for years to NEVER write down a password.

The acceleration of the "hype cycle" has to be scary from the view of TikTok. When your hype shot upward that fast, it's liable to drop just as quickly.

> the joke about McDonnell Douglas buying Boeing with Boeing's money

I used to work in aerospace adjacent to Boeing and their competitors and suppliers. This joke was oft repeated by everyone in the industry 10-15 years ago, maybe longer.

One major difference I recall back when working in the industry is that Airbus didn't rely on contract manufacturing like Boeing adopted after the McDonnell Douglas merger. Spirit was just Boeing Wichita until they divested the operation only to immediately contract work with the new owner at a discount.

It's worth noting that the product and sales cycle for commercial aviation is measured in many years. And...2001/2002 was quite a bad time for commercial aviation as well.

For the last 20+ years, I've lived in states where you had to show ID at the pharmacy counter to get your hands on the real thing. So I made it my (probably annoying) mission to ask every pharmacist if phenylephrine was effective for anyone. I don't recall a single time I got a "yes".