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- Comment on Amazon tech workers leaving for other jobs in response to return to office mandate 1 month ago:
My company announced RTO the same day Amazon did. The Union is up in arms, but honestly the powers that be are handling it pretty well. My boss is happily going to the office for a couple of days a week. She’s a million miles from enforcing it on us though. Exceptions are already in place for people like me (3 hour TGV ride from the nearest office) and even a few people who just said “I really don’t want to”.
I’m sure a few people will leave and not be replaced, but perhaps they were just dead weight anyway. I couple that I know about definitely are.
- Comment on What's inside the London Tower Bridge? 7 months ago:
Fun fact:
I went to a private school where some of the teachers were freemen of the city of London. Apparently, they could request that tower bridge be raised. None of them ever tried, but I believe it is some weird legacy law. They also had the right to drive their sheep across London Bridge, but that one has burnt down, burnt down, burnt down.
- Comment on This is what peak performance looks like 7 months ago:
Had project manager at previous job the same. Worked about 3" from his screen. He was the proof that a good project manager is worth their weight in gold though. Guy was absolutely brilliant.
- Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day 7 months ago:
What you have just described could be ZigBee and/or MQTT.
- Comment on Raspberry Pi is planning a London IPO, but its CEO expects “no change” in focus 9 months ago:
No, going overnight from running at a massive loss to “time to make loads of cash” is what ruins everything.
- Comment on HP raising Instant Ink subscription pricing significantly 10 months ago:
Do they still do the free tier that gives 10 pages a month?
50% of 0 == 0 :)
- Comment on USA Will Invest in High-Speed Train to Fight Climate Change 11 months ago:
Will he cancel it though? Or will “Trump Trains” become a thing?
- Comment on USA Will Invest in High-Speed Train to Fight Climate Change 11 months ago:
The US invented neither trains nor cars.
It is true the US was basically built on railroads, so I agree that it should have an awesome network, but it is just too big. Even if France ships you all a bunch of TGVs it will take days to go from NYC to LA. Something that takes hours by plane.
- Comment on Apple says BMW wireless chargers really are messing with iPhone 15s 1 year ago:
Why? I love being able to buy a 2 year old BMW for the same price as an equivalent Renault
- Comment on Has HP printers always been this bad? 1 year ago:
I have one of those and it works perfectly from Linux using standard software. You can also go over the subscription, you just pay (still comparable to buying ink cartridges though, perhaps even a little cheaper if you’re printing photos). It also worked for 2 weeks with no internet connection, although it did complain about that lack of an internet connection after a week.
It has also proved to me that HP are conning everyone with non InstantInk cartridges. After 3 years we are still on the same cartridges, which I am sure it would have claimed were empty if it were not InstantInk.
Disclaimer: I got the printer for (effectively) free and use the free tier subscription which allows me 10(?) pages a month with no rollover. It has cost me about €2.50 in 3 years. I would never have paid for a modern HP printer.
- Comment on Has HP printers always been this bad? 1 year ago:
Laserjets up until generation 5 were amazing. There are laserjet 4s still trucking away churning out pages. I personally had a LaserJet 4MP that I sold when I got married due to its extremely low wife acceptance factor (it was huge, loud and ugly. We both regret that decision because 20 years later it would probably still be working.
Basically, what Brother lasers are now is what HP laserjets used to be up until ~2004. We can debate the exact switchover year ad nauseum, but you get the idea.
- Comment on Don't forget to tip 1 year ago:
Don’t care if they do it themselves or contract it out. They just need to be make sure it is done.
- Comment on Don't forget to tip 1 year ago:
Then please do not be an arsehole landlord.
It is not the tennant’s responsibility to pay the mortgage on your flat. Nor should they return it to you as new.
What you rent it for is the market rate, which hopefully will cover your mortgage+expenses.
When the tenndnt moves out there will be changes and even damage. Just like your primary property will have changes and damage.
When the tennant highlights an issue, fix it NOW. They are paying you a lot of money and deserve a lot of service.
- Comment on Don't forget to tip 1 year ago:
Nothing wrong with being a landlord. There is a problem with being a tosser.
The landlord/tennant relationship seems to be different to every other business relationship. The landlord always seem to think they are doing the tennant a service by allowing them care for the house. The reality is that the tennant is exchanging large sums of money for a service.
- Deep cleaning ready for the next tennant is the landlord’s problem, not the tennant.
- All maintenance of the infrastructure of the house (walls, water, heating, etc) is the landlord’s problem. This includes modernisation. No rental property in 2023 should be without structured cabling and modern electrics for example.
- The tennant is not there to pay the mortgage. The landlord may lose money at times and that is just the cost of doing business.
- Comment on Why cant the Middle East just chill out? 1 year ago:
The problem goes back further. You say “another group owned it first”, but Israel say they have had that land for millennia and it was given to them by God.
Palestine did not even exist until the British randomly carved it out on a map except for a brief period under the Romans around 0BC. The Romans called it Palestine in order to remove Israel’s identity.
How far back do we go?
- Comment on People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office 1 year ago:
I think we can blame our paretfoor that (at least I do).
My dad criticised me for years over not buying. When I did, he did not believe how much my mortgage repayments are. I would have paid of his house in less than 2 years!
- Comment on Should I just quit urban and social life for a rural and lonely life? 1 year ago:
Sounds like you need a holiday.
Rent a log cabin with no cell service for 2 weeks and see what you feel like when you get back.
- Comment on How do I tame my frustration toward my aging parents? 1 year ago:
Either your parents have serious problems or your mum is developing some form of illness. They need to see someone.