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bdavisx commented on Ask HN: Any resources for finding non-smart appliances? · Posted by u/everyone

disastronaut · 2 months ago

Maytag commercial makes old-school washers + dryers with no PCBs. The control boards are through-hole components only and a schematic is included inside the panels. https://www.maytagcommerciallaundry.com/mclstorefront/mcl/en...

Samsung sells commercial monitors that are just TVs without all the smart crap. You can even opt out of a wifi card

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1828914-REG/samsung_q...

I'm not aware of any lists, and the market is thin, but they're out there.

bdavisx · 2 months ago

For the curious, I checked some prices on the maytags - a little less than 3,000 USD for the front loader, the Speed Queen commercial ones were cheaper.

bdavisx commented on Ask HN: Any resources for finding non-smart appliances? · Posted by u/everyone

robin_reala · 2 months ago

My Samsung dryer needed a heating element replaced. It cost €450 (~80% of the original purchase price) and involved replacing basically half the machine. I’ll be actively avoiding Samsung in the future.

bdavisx · 2 months ago

That's an insane amount - how old is the dryer?

I've replaced two heating elements in my ~9 year old Samsung dryer, I think the heating elements were less than 50 USD. I did the labor myself so I don't know how much that would have been - you do have to take the dryer apart, but it doesn't take very long if you have experience, 15-20 minutes or less.

I would not recommend Samsung - I've had to take that dryer apart more than 10 times to replace/fix things, I can't imagine how much it would have cost me if I couldn't do it myself. The only plus there is now I can literally break it down and put it back together very quickly when I need to fix it.

Luckily the Samsung washer has been fine.

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bdavisx commented on A skyscraper that could have toppled over in the wind (1995) newyorker.com/magazine/19... · Posted by u/georgecmu

adgjlsfhk1 · 2 months ago

I think a lot of the answer here is in the foundation. a 100 story building isn't sitting on top of the ground. it has several stories of foundation below the ground, and likely has concrete piles that go hundreds of feet further down.

bdavisx · 2 months ago

Unless you try to cheap out, then you end up costing yourself more in the long run, lol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/161_Maiden_Lane

bdavisx commented on An upgraded dev experience in Google AI Studio developers.googleblog.com... · Posted by u/meetpateltech

cap1434 · 3 months ago

Starlink is indefensible?

bdavisx · 3 months ago

I'm not going to waste my time looking up sources, but I remember that Starlink actively worked against Ukraine at one point - so yes, indefensible.

bdavisx commented on The White House, LLC english.elpais.com/econom... · Posted by u/geox

yostrovs · 3 months ago

Interestingly, the article begins with mentioning Hunter's activities in Ukraine, and implies that nothing improper happened there. Any honest observer would certainly think that a Ukrainian energy firm hiring Biden Jr to consult for major $$$ on matters he knows nothing about, while his father is the U.S. President's pointman in Ukraine, is clearly a shady deal. The article should be about how both presidents are being corrupt, but we get this.

bdavisx · 3 months ago

Trying to what-about this just shows that you're either being deceitful or don't understand the differences. Biden Jr. was taking advantage of his dad's position - and everything seems to point that Biden Sr. was not involved and didn't really want to be invovled. The Trump family is all in and everyone is involved trying to grift as much as possible, including the President.

bdavisx commented on The White House, LLC english.elpais.com/econom... · Posted by u/geox

trollbridge · 3 months ago

Well, the precedent is set there to do that.

bdavisx · 3 months ago

Yes and no - there's an argument to be made that you can't pardon someone for doing something illegal on your orders.

bdavisx commented on Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inventories left fortune.com/article/retai... · Posted by u/andrewfromx

adra · 4 months ago

I'm sure that China will suffer greatly from any trade war, and I'm positive the US will blink first. Chinese consumer and workers are already significantly less likely to revolt, stop working, drag their country down. The second that dollar store becomes $10store in the US, it'll be pandemonium, and they only have a single person to blame for their troubles. China? They may be doing anti-competitive trade practices and haven't been put to task, but if you ask the Chinese citizen who to blame on the trade war, it'll be trump. If you ask a US citizen who to blame for this trade war, it'll be trump.

bdavisx · 4 months ago

>If you ask a US citizen who to blame for this trade war, it'll be trump.

Not the MAGA/Fox News Watcher, they simply don't live in reality.

Luckily the "swing" voters aren't that dumb, they will realize they fucked up voting for Trump and he's to blame even if they won't admit it.

bdavisx commented on Amazon to display tariff costs for consumers punchbowl.news/article/te... · Posted by u/donohoe

stetrain · 4 months ago

Company A imports steel and pays a tariff, uses the steels to make screws in the US.

Company B imports lumber and pays a tariff, manufacturers it into furniture rails in the US.

Company C buys furniture rails from Company B and screws from Company A and assembles them into an end table.

Company D buys the end tables wholesale from Company C and distributes them on Amazon.

How does Amazon display the tariffs paid by Company A and B and correctly show the price difference in the final product?

bdavisx · 4 months ago

Yes, that would be complicated. EXCEPT most of what amazon sells is Company A in China makes product -> Company B imports and sells on amazon. That's easy to calculate.

bdavisx commented on AI Horseless Carriages koomen.dev/essays/horsele... · Posted by u/petekoomen

yesfitz · 4 months ago

Is Leexi's AI note-taker able to raise its hand in a meeting (or otherwise interrupt) and ask for clarification?

As a human note-taker, I find the most impactful result of real-time synthesis is the ability to identify and address conflicting information in the moment. That ability is reliant on domain knowledge and knowledge of the meeting attendees.

But if the AI could participate in the meeting in real time like I can, it'd be a huge difference.

bdavisx · 4 months ago

If you are attending the meeting as well as using an AI note-taker, then you should be able to ask the clarifying question(s). If you understand the content, then you should understand the AI notes (hopefully), and if you ask for clarification, then the AI should add those notes too.

Your problem really only arises if someone is using the AI to stand in for them at the meeting vs. use it to take notes.

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