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mmmlinux commented on How Not to Buy a SSD   andrei.xyz/post/how-not-t... · Posted by u/speckx
frantathefranta · 2 days ago
I like Microcenter a lot but this reminded me that the one thing I had issues with was buying a 256GB M.2 SSD there (I think from their in-store Inland brand) and it only ever showed up as 1GB. I don't know if it was a QA issue or a RMA swap but who knows. Obviously they were fine with me returning it and hopefully they didn't put it back on the shelf.
mmmlinux · 2 days ago
nah it goes on those discount wire rack shelves they have sprinkled throughout the store.
mmmlinux commented on Privately-Owned Rail Cars   amtrak.com/privately-owne... · Posted by u/jasoncartwright
mmmlinux · 2 days ago
Screw buying expensive road cars when you win the lottery, ill be buying train cars.
mmmlinux commented on VHS-C: When a lazy idea stumbles towards perfection [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=HFYWH... · Posted by u/surprisetalk
vlachen · 2 days ago
Seconding Bad Obsession. Not only is their build quality outstanding, their video production efforts are top notch. Their dedication to the concept and execution of Project Binky is nothing short of amazing.
mmmlinux · 2 days ago
I got a little less interested in the videos once they got to the trimming out the car part. I liked when they were building the car and were doing (what seems to me) like excellent work. then they got to the dashboard and it became what ever goes. like the dashboard clock in the latest video...
mmmlinux commented on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts   petapixel.com/2025/08/20/... · Posted by u/mikece
criddell · 3 days ago
It seems like a good lawyer should be able to win. Evidence that shows a person picking something up on camera and then leaving the store without paying for anything doesn't feel all that strong.
mmmlinux · 3 days ago
Yeah i feel like there are exact same pictures when i buy something, if you happen to leave out the pictures from when i was standing in line and at the checkout. you could totally make it look like i stole stuff.
mmmlinux commented on Home Depot sued for 'secretly' using facial recognition at self-checkouts   petapixel.com/2025/08/20/... · Posted by u/mikece
qingcharles · 3 days ago
I know of a Walmart shelf stacker who ran after someone who grabbed a $5 hat on their way out. They had a run-in with the getaway car and ended up in a coma for two months and Walmart had to spend over $2m in medical bills.

(the offenders were caught by police later that day, so it really wasn't worth the trouble to run after them)

mmmlinux · 3 days ago
If a hit and run hadn't been involved they wouldn't have gotten caught.
mmmlinux commented on Bank forced to rehire workers after lying about chatbot productivity, union says   arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/ndsipa_pomu
no_wizard · 3 days ago
The only time a chatbot worked for me is Amazon's, of all things. It auto approved my return after I answered a few questions.

I haven't had any chatbot outside that be useful to me. I always end up getting to the end of all the prompts only to be told I need to speak to a human or the chatbot going in a circle, in which I have to reach out to a different layer of support.

mmmlinux · 3 days ago
the last time i tried this i got pretty far then it switched to a human and i had to provide all the same information again. and then the person ghosted me.
mmmlinux commented on Pixel 10 Phones   blog.google/products/pixe... · Posted by u/gotmedium
thebruce87m · 4 days ago
If you own a pixel phone remember to do regular emergency call tests. They have a bug that has stuck around for generations but for some reason they get a pass.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1ano09x/pixel_...

https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/1jzo5hu/pixel_...

mmmlinux · 4 days ago
And here i was thinking it was irresponsible to have a decorative phone in my house because someone might try to call 911 with it in need. but these guys are selling phones that randomly may or may not? and people are still like but but apple?
mmmlinux commented on Pixel 10 Phones   blog.google/products/pixe... · Posted by u/gotmedium
jauntywundrkind · 4 days ago
I keep thinking of how the Nexus 7 has a 7.02" screen. And how modern phones tend to be 6.1 - 6.9". But never quite 7!
mmmlinux · 4 days ago
Dont worry theyll all be pushing 8 now that the barrier has been broken.
mmmlinux commented on Realizing we needed two sorts of alerts for our temperature monitoring   utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/spa... · Posted by u/bobbiechen
bokohut · 18 days ago
I came to comment the same thing but in reading the verbiage your context does not match my use of the term "AC".

I would offer that instead of monitoring the reactive egress of the devices purpose, thermal deltas, that one instead monitors the proactive ingress of what it needs to function to produce those thermal deltas, Alternating Current. If the devices native monitoring does not offer taps for voltage and amperage consumption then adding this before each device should be considered, certainly in data centers as some here have direct experience with HVAC failures and remaining on site for days to keep the uptime up. As a typical energy consuming device ages one can derive and relate many reactive events over time from proactive energy monitoring and in doing so one is certain to learn something new.

mmmlinux · 9 days ago
Air Conditioner. The exact same abbreviation they are using in the article.
mmmlinux commented on Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead?   josefprusa.com/articles/o... · Posted by u/rcarmo
Ccecil · 9 days ago
I started in Reprap in 2011...frequently spoke with Prusa and many, many others in IRC. Watched the development and commercialization of the whole project through the years.

My main takeaway (and one that I attempted to point out often) is that the value of the Reprap project and it's OSHW nature was not to "own a machine"...the true value was the process of building the machine, tuning and evolving. This all began to stagnate in 2014 when the "You are a fool to build your own printer when you can buy one prebuilt" came about. This seemed to be spread by people who either had no idea what they were doing...or were intentionally planting the seed of doubt. We were told that it was better/easier to buy 10 and throw away 5 in a year since it was more cost effective.

My current printer I built in 2015. It needs very little work but has evolved slightly through the years...mostly in electronics since it is my test platform for the V2 Smoothieboard development. It does not have a lot of the software "magic tricks" but it prints very reliably and solid (even after being toted around to events).

It was once said to me by Logxen "Opensource hardware is engineering on an artist's business model". IMHO...saying it is dead and giving up is the same as quitting doing art you love because someone else paints better/faster/cheaper.

A quote attributed to Limor Fried says it best "I'm going to keep shipping open source hardware while you all argue about it".

@josefprusa...since I know you frequent here...don't forget about the impact the projects have on the world. There are bigger things than just money. There was a time you cared about OSHW enough to get it tattooed on your arm.

edit: grammar

mmmlinux · 9 days ago
Some people want a hobby. some people want a tool to use.

u/mmmlinux

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