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It looks like the following line has been added to /Library/Backblaze.bzpkg/bzdata/bzexcluderules_mandatory.xml which excludes my Dropbox folder from getting backed up:

</bzexclusions><excludefname_rule plat="mac" osVers="*" ruleIsOptional="f" skipFirstCharThenStartsWith="*" contains_1="/users/username/dropbox/" contains_2="*" doesNotContain="*" endsWith="*" hasFileExtension="*" />

That is the exact path to my Dropbox folder, and I presume if I move my Dropbox folder this xml file will be updated to point to the new location. The top of the xml file states "Mandatory Exclusions: editing this file DOES NOT DO ANYTHING".

.git files seem to still be backing up on my machine, although they are hidden by default in the web restore (you must open Filters and enable Show Hidden Files). I don't see an option to show hidden files/folders in the Backblaze Restore app.

I currently have multiple USPS packages (incoming and outgoing) that have statuses of "In Transit, Arriving Late" and have not been scanned for many days. One package was last updated 13 days ago. An acquaintance who sells things online is seeing the same thing, packages in transit with no updates for 1-2 weeks.

It's possible we've just been unlucky and these packages are lost, but it could also be indicative of a larger logistical problem with USPS.

When I tested one of these machines out 2 months ago, a new QR code was generated each time the machine timed out to the home page. At this point, the old QR code and even the loaded webpage became useless.

This means you can’t save the URL, leave the restaurant, then use it to control the machine later.

McMaster has a powerfully simple website. You can get to any item with mcmaster.com/<part number>. They often provide 3D models of their parts. You can even paste in a list of items to quickly bulk-add to your cart. It just works.

Their customer service is also second to none. I've never had the phone ring more than once before being answered by a real person. And they'll respond 24/7 to phone calls or emails. Oh, and they've accepted returns a year after I bought something, no questions asked.

In the Atlanta area they usually deliver same-day via courier, or you can drive over to their warehouse for will call.

McMaster can often be more expensive than other distributors, especially for things like metal stock (I recommend price-comparing with onlinemetals.com or midweststeelsupply.com but be careful about Midwest Steel's processing times). But you're paying for the service and ease of use.

Probably the biggest problem I have with McMaster is their lack of insight into shipping cost. They don't give you even an estimate of the shipping before you check out, it just gets added once they ship. I will say their shipping prices have always been fair but it can be scary to buy something not knowing what it will cost.

This was an issue on macOS too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20387298

My issue with requiring a so-called "quibbler" to develop the proposed change themselves is it puts a high cost on making constructive recommendations.

This can be useful for dealing with the type of argumentative person who will find something wrong with anything. But for a busy person who's been assigned a PR to review, this methodology restricts them from offering feedback since they don't have time to develop fixes, only to suggest them.

Do you resolve this by ensuring PR reviewers are allocated enough time in their schedule to develop suggested changes?

There's another problem here. Requiring others to fix bad code instead of pushing back bad PRs to the original developer removes an incentive for them to write good code. If someone else will fix it, why bother? Do you resolve this at the performance review level?

There ought to be some middle ground here, where you can shut down actual quibblers while allowing legitimate feedback to be quickly given.

That is correct, AirDrop works without Internet. It's unfortunate that Google and Apple have created these respective systems with no cross-compatibility. There's really no technological reason for it, but an obvious business reason.

I use HN with Javascript disabled and it works just fine. I'm currently posting this comment with JS disabled so to answer your question, yes it is possible.

ZFS snapshots can be automated. I have ZFS periodic snapshots enabled on my FreeNAS system, where I can select when snapshots will occur (frequency and time) as well as how long the snapshots will be kept.

In addition to it being hard to rapidly change the face of business, these teams can be doomed to failure by virtue of the restrictive environment that they exist in - for example having to work within the sprawling policies of the business.

I had an opportunity to work in a small digital transformation project at one of these "big businesses". When they had me come in every day and do basically nothing for 2 weeks before they could check all the boxes to ship me an engineering computer, I got the first big glimpse of how big business bureaucracy can doom these sorts of lean teams to failure.

Existing Pro/Plus users (from before today) will keep the "shared link controls" feature.