More on Google's "electronic waste," this time about the Pixel watch. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/11-months-after-launch-googles-pixel-watch-still-has-no-path-to-repair/ The main points seem to be: Google has no "repair program" for its Pixel watches Google does not supply parts for its Pixel watches So if anything breaks, Google's only response is to tell you to buy a new one Of course, having read that article, I had to check whether other "smart watch" vendors have "repair programs" or provide parts. A quick search appears to confirm that Apple and Samsung have "repair programs" and provide parts for their smart watches. Not sure about FitBit. :man-shrugging:

@jon-nyc said in "Second Chance Probation": The control? How does that compare to those who aren't given probation? Third row of the picture - that shows the population imprisoned for felonies?

@LuFins-Dad said in Massive Casualties -- Libya flood, dams collapsed: This reminds me of the time Joe Biden’s subpump failed… Shag carpeting in the basement is NOT a good idea. Damn. I need another keyboard.

He seemed remarkably chatty for just having been shot in the groin.

"We also remind everyone that drag racing and drifting are not only illegal, but dangerous," Link to video

Early in the war, very good. But the Americans were learning to fight the Zero pretty early in the war. The Cactus Air Force at Guadalcanal achieved some success with Wildcats and P-400 (export version P-39) at first and got better the more they flew. They tended to attack from a dive, employed the Thatcher Weave https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thach_Weave and never tried to engage the Zero in slow or low level combat.

@Jolly said in McConnell freezes up again at news conference: Words morph. They mean what the speaker and the listener mutually understand. Doc in the ED last weekend said the patient was seizing. I knew what he meant. They do, and different situations call for different levels of pedantry. I wouldn't get on his case for that. But let's face it, "language changes, man" is mostly code for "I'm not careful with how I express myself and don't even know how."

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What is that, like a Rottweiler-Bassett cross?

@George-K said in How many triangles?: I'm sure there's a mathematical explanation, but I don't speak that language. [image: 1694833744736-img_9747.jpeg]

I wish he did the podcast circuit.

[image: 1694828250637-image.png] Iron Eyes Cody, or “Espera Oscar de Corti,” was born in a rural southwestern Louisiana town on April 3, 1904, the second of four children. His parents, Antonio de Corti and Francesca Salpietra had both emigrated from Sicily, Italy just a few years prior. Five years later, Antonio abandoned the family and left for Texas, taking with him Oscar and his two brothers. It was here, in the windswept deserts, that Oscar was exposed to Western films, and developed an affinity for Native American culture. In 1919, film producers visited the area to shoot a silent film, “Back to God’s Country;” Oscar was cast as a Native American child. The experience impacted him greatly, and, following his father’s death in 1924, he migrated to California to forge a career as an actor.

@Jolly said in Not worth it.: Ford CEO Jim Farley’s pay grew by 21 percent over that period, to $21 million last year. https://www.thestreet.com/technology/ford-loses-nearly-60000-for-every-electric-vehicle-sold#:~:text=The legacy carmaker has%2C for,cars are a money pit. Ford Loses Nearly $60,000 for Every Electric Vehicle Sold Imagine how much Mr. Farley would make if Ford could break even.

@LuFins-Dad said in Biden defends First Amendment violations: Who said civil wars? I can see a serious riots, ramped up higher than a few years ago. I can see more serious assassination attempts. I can see the last 8 years but 30-40% worse. Oh shit, it's the 60's again!

@LuFins-Dad what a world we live in. One in which Keith Olbermann channels the Babylon Bee.

I don't know about that particular restaurant, but hopefully he is just an investor. Seems like when a restaurant thinks they can make it because the promote the name of some celebrity, it rarely works out.

@Jolly said in Frasier has re-entered the building: They needed a wise- cracking, erudite Brit and you weren't available. That's what's funny - he's much better known for playing the gormless plonker. A little like myself. Not much erudition here.... Link to video