Notices by awg (awg@gnusocial.de), page 6
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awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 06:12:04 EDT 
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@shpuld the tanlines will be equally impressive ... -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 06:08:47 EDT
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@obrez >4 matches within 250 km
>mom
>dad
>sister
>me
"fuck ....this ain't gonna work." -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 06:01:02 EDT
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@miki @moonman then you add Chlamydia to your unregistered carry-ons. -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:58:07 EDT
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@hj local error handling only. -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:57:15 EDT
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@obrez >make trash
>end up in trash
I guess it's all exactly to spec, yes? ;; -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:54:00 EDT
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no exceptions. -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:53:46 EDT
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@miki @moonman cavity searches for all. -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:53:05 EDT
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@obrez >"loser, you only *thought* you were on GS." -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:52:15 EDT
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@karen wb -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:48:15 EDT
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@elizafox goodnight, eliza! -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:44:34 EDT
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@tijagi @nepfag @maxmustermann @kfist @lain @surge many german speakers here. most of them have me muted or blocked now, so I don't see them so much any more. but it's pretty good here, actually. https://gnusocial.de/attachment/4347813 -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:27:47 EDT
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@obrez I was able to return all the dead chargers for my personal laptop, but it was very annoying. the first time it happened I was unable to use my laptop for over a week until first replacement arrived -- hence why I now always bring two chargers when I travel. but the OEMs aren't failing ...
the work ones were technically under warranty. the manufacturer didn't want them back, so just sent us new ones -- told us to just throw away the dead ones (which sounded to me like an indirect acknowledgement that they knew there were issues with them). I opened one up and wasn't impressed by the quality at all. unfortunately I live in a pretty rural area, far away from anyone who would take those kinds of parts for cash -- it would cost me more time and money to ship them than I could ever get back, unfortunately. more trash ... ;; -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 05:17:53 EDT
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@cereal and yet there's no shortage of very good computer programmers there, which is why it's interesting. I can't help but think the mode of manufacturing adopted or imposed prevents there from being any real initiative or accountability for certain classes of products, esp when you've a layer cake of subcontractors who the commissioning company prob is not even aware of is involved in the design and manufacture of their new product.
It's a case of Taiwan and not China proper, but I'm reminded of the HP 35s, which is a modern RPN calculator made for HP by Kenpo. iir the firmware was written entirely from scratch by Kenpo rather than built on an existing HP design from yesteryear. they did a pretty fine job of it imo, but there are bugs in the firmware -- enough to shake your confidence in the product (if you ask me). the product was released in 2007, and these bugs will probably never be addressed ... there's no excuse for that. in the end, though, shame on HP for allowing this. -
Efi 🐱 ⚠ EMERGENCY MODE ⚠ (efi@glitch.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 04:41:39 EDT 
Efi 🐱 ⚠ EMERGENCY MODE ⚠
this is hell, I want my friends back
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awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 04:47:31 EDT
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@obrez lol. amazing.
my thorn are laptop and tablet chargers. I went through three aftermarket chargers for my thinkpad in about two months before deciding to only use OEM -- neither of which have failed despite buying them used two years ago.
at work, we use some rather fancy weatherproof tablets for data collection. we've gone through close to a dozen of them in a year. OEM or not, it doesn't seem to matter. when one stops working, just listen to the power block carefully and you'll hear tap ... tap ... tap ... tap ... and you'll know you have another chunk o' waste for the landfill. jesus.
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awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 04:37:32 EDT
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and let's be fair: many Chinese manufacturers are perfectly capable of making high quality products. but they won't because your neighbours and corporate overseers demand literally all "amenities" at unreasonable price points. -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 04:32:40 EDT
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@bsmall2 a lot of authors seem to arrive at similar conclusions decade after decade, and it honestly bothers me a little bit that it doesn't seem we've been listening to any of them. -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 04:30:51 EDT
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@obrez @eal tbh, I don't know what's better -- old or new appliances (even putting aside old wiring). 15 years ago I would have probably said new, but the trend with the stuff coming esp out of China these days is not inspiring. -
awg (awg@gnusocial.de)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2017 04:28:28 EDT
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@obrez @eal there's something very Frankenstein about old knife switches like this. they're cool, even if they're really sketchy! ;-)
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