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sysadmindotfail··on Up to 78M batteries will be discarded daily by 2025, researchers warn
>Nobody I know wants to do the same for electric vehicles, they are simply too dangerous.

No offense but this is just wrong

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/dead-e...

sysadmindotfail··on The tiny chip that powers Montreal subway tickets
>There are occasional ticket checks with big fines for non-compliance.

I'll likely mangle the explanation but this sort of policy does not fair well when there is a large divide between have/have-not and little/no social safety net.

If you are poverty level you will be forever stuck in this cycle: Ticket/fine, court, loss of income, etc. What might work is simply granting free access below a certain income threshold.

sysadmindotfail··on Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat
>And how could you get any work done?

Drink (hopefully cold) water and cover up from the sun. I grew up doing manual labor in a climate like this. People adapt, but there are of course limits.

Children die sometimes being pushed too hard in athletics, etc. The majority of people however simply put up with it.

sysadmindotfail··on Building a defence startup
I'd like to know too but it reads as if they meant knowing the rules.
sysadmindotfail··on Exercise increases number of immune cells in cancer patients
>Yes most adults are extremely lazy and undisciplined.

If you do not believe this statement, ask the opinion of any medical provider you know.

sysadmindotfail··on Exercise increases number of immune cells in cancer patients
Life is a series of endless choices.

I recently ran a 24hr relay. There were absolutely those who drank/partied while they participated. They posted slower times and probably slept less. I didn't sleep as much as usual (because I was waking up to run every 6hrs), but I slept more, didn't party, ran faster than them.

Neither of us was right/wrong in our choices. I would have felt like crap if I had their habits, but maybe it doesn't affect them.

sysadmindotfail··on The FTC wants to ban tough-to-cancel subscriptions
I've read this many times on HN, Reddit, etc. Last week I just used a VPN. Took 30 seconds to click-click unsubscribe.

PS - During the process I was offered like 60% off if I kept the subscription.

sysadmindotfail··on Accenture would cut 19,000 jobs
>Some of the smartest and most effective people work in consulting. The kind of people who can swoop in to a random company, size up their operations in a few weeks and spit out an actionable plan that really works.

This is a seriously underrated comment. While having sometimes dismal reputations, IT MSPs and (SWE, DevOps) staffing firms often having legitimate rockstars. Some of the best, most efficient engineers I have worked with were employed by these types of companies. This involves delivering solutions on time to the customer while retaining soft skills, often while being the enemy of the incumbent engineers.

sysadmindotfail··on Singapore software vendor says own hardware in colo costs $400M less than cloud
I worked in Datacenter Ops for a decade+, running 3-6 private datacenters as an HPC/Nix admin wearing many hats. The amount of work involved with physical plant, circuit management, staff coverage, weather events, regulation, travel, hardware upgrades, replacement...the list was seemingly endless.

That's also not to mention hopefully you never have to staff augment for junior-level tasks. Try hiring someone to correctly rack and stack an entire rack. You just end up re-doing it yourself or paying CDW to ship you an entire pre-assembled rack the next time.

sysadmindotfail··on Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who got laid off?
>I used to work at a hardware store. As in literal bolts and nuts type of tech, not software related

As an SWE, this sounds way more fun.

sysadmindotfail··on Smartphones wiped out 97% of the compact camera market
I have family members who consider themselves "real engineers" compared to me, an SWE. They have backgrounds in Mechanical and other "traditional" engineering fields.

About once a quarter I am subject to conversations where they remark condescendingly about how flabbergasted they are at SWE salaries. I stopped engaging beyond "Mmm if you're interested you should learn more about the field".

This interaction is beyond grating and is detrimental to our relationships.

sysadmindotfail··on Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
You do not deserve the shower, you must earn the shower.

Motivation taps discipline on the shower.

sysadmindotfail··on Intel's $20B Ohio factory could become world's largest chip plant
>Florida used to be swamps now it’s growing like crazy.

Florida native. Every person on the Internet loves to poo-poo Florida.

1000 people move to Florida a day. Every. Day.

Most of my native-born friends hate it.

Don't move to Florida, we're begging you.

sysadmindotfail··on 70% of startups offer remote work options as hiring heats up, YC data shows
I did terraform apply from some rather remote places in 2021...I'd highly recommend leaving your apartment for some better locales.
sysadmindotfail··on Jerrycan
It is an automatic shutoff. You can always swap the spout/nozzle.
sysadmindotfail··on Jerrycan
MidwayUSA makes these for HarborFreight now - https://www.harborfreight.com/5-gallon-jerry-can-99551.html
sysadmindotfail··on Airports Had to Deal With Over 2B Litres of Airplane Toilet Waste in 2019
"Come on, give me that booze, you little pumpkin pie, hair-cutted freak, come on!"

"Tic-tac, sir?"

sysadmindotfail··on Rare, ancient Maya canoe found in Yucatan
The plan is to charge tourists 800-1000 MXN for the Cancun->PDC route and locals 50 MXN. At the moment you can ride an ADO mini-bus practically any time of day for 50 pesos, tourist or locals on the same route..
sysadmindotfail··on Choosing the Right Wall Anchors
US (Florida) checking in. A hammer drill is your friend.

Once you spend a few decades in concrete houses, everything else seems cheap and suspect.

sysadmindotfail··on Maintenance windows are a mistake
>IT is a field where opinions are strongly hold, mostly because of past personal bad experiences, and not with much evidence.

This is spot-on. I see this attitude often when there is a lack of data being exposed for observation and it "just feels" like ____.

sysadmindotfail··on Facebook-owned sites were down
>It's always DNS

How is this not the top comment? Underrated

sysadmindotfail··on Spain will ban selling fruit and vegetables in plastic containers starting 2023
I think indeed this is the likely future for the US. There's much stored energy potential in our waste that it seems like an eventuality.
sysadmindotfail··on Let's Encrypt's old root certificate is expiring
It's not hard to imagine someone patching firmware out of sheer annoyance/efficiency. In fact, I bet someone can provide examples of product improvement along the journey of nefarious takeover.
sysadmindotfail··on France recalling ambassadors to the United States and to Australia
Almost spit out my coffee. Thanks for the laugh :)
sysadmindotfail··on Those who witnessed Castle Bravo looked into Armageddon
I looked this up and it's currently free on YouTube for anyone interested:

https://youtu.be/5Srqyd8B9gE

sysadmindotfail··on A VGA monitor may be easier to repair than you think
I am old. I did not even open the link until you mentioned it was an LCD. I was thinking: "Why would you repair a CRT?"
sysadmindotfail··on Apple explicitly asks employees to merge their personal and work accounts
Relevant Between Two Ferns: https://youtu.be/xrkPe-9rM1Q?t=317
sysadmindotfail··on I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key
>B5 Passat - dealer only for brake pads/discs

While I do love Toyota this is simply not true. Pads for the B5 Passat start at $25 at Autozone.

sysadmindotfail··on Images of Hatha Yoga from the Joga Pradīpikā (19th Century)
That's the 'Dhalsim' pose
sysadmindotfail··on US ends era of emotional support animals on planes
Let's say my way of self-medicating for anxiety during flights is to get wasted. Does this now entitle me to be a drunk asshole on the flight?

No, it does not. This is how I view those who abuse this loophole. Find another way to travel that doesn't impact everyone else in the aluminum tube traveling 550mph.

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