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dc456 t1_jbs589z wrote
Reply to comment by hellcat_uk in Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon
> without finding the NIC has changed and the drivers I’ve bundled don’t work.
Man, I wish that was true. Sure, they’re not going to change it without saying, but finding that your exact model number is no longer available, and now they can only supply one with slightly different internals due to parts shortages, is not as rare as I would like.
Luckily we’ve moved on from imaging devices, so it’s no longer a problem.
dc456 t1_jbs4usy wrote
Reply to comment by icky_boo in Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon
> We use them at work because there’s a 3 year onsite warranty[…]. This is what you are paying for.
That’s misleading. That warranty does not come as standard in the price. You’re paying for a laptop that can have that warranty, if you’re also willing to pay extra for it on top.
dc456 t1_jbs4otx wrote
Reply to comment by IntoAMuteCrypt in Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon
> if you are getting other stuff in the deal like on-site service,
You’re not. It’s an additional paid service. They only offer it on certain ranges of laptops, though.
dc456 t1_jbs4i5v wrote
Reply to comment by chipt4 in Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon
That’s not included in the price, though - it’s an additional service on top with certain products, and you only pay for it if you really need it.
dc456 t1_jb05uuz wrote
Reply to comment by alphahydra in New UN brokered High Seas Treaty Places 30% of Ocean into protected areas by 2030 after decades of talks by AstroEngineer314
> The internet is also hurting people’s ability to grasp nuance.
I absolutely agree with this, and I think that extends to logic too. (Too often ‘not A’ is taken to mean ‘B’, when it could be any other letter.)
I also think a factor is that Reddit has attracted more younger people, particularly teenagers, who tend to naturally be a bit more contrarian and absolutist. This means that the top comments often tend to be the opposite of the post.
Which leads me on to my other point which is I think that a lot of the recent influx of users don’t really understand or care about subs, so just see something on their front page and interact with it in the same way.
So a positive sub like this gets doubly hit.
dc456 t1_jb05d8i wrote
Reply to comment by chadnotchad in New UN brokered High Seas Treaty Places 30% of Ocean into protected areas by 2030 after decades of talks by AstroEngineer314
> The point is if there’s more people you see on reddit that feel like doomers, maybe that’s simply because there’s more people lol.
I’m not sure that logic holds though, as you’d also expect to see more positive people to counterbalance that.
I think the proportion of unwaveringly negative people has increased.
I think it’s due to a demographic shift in Reddit users as much as anything, but have no real way of knowing.
dc456 t1_jazxr30 wrote
Reply to comment by alphahydra in New UN brokered High Seas Treaty Places 30% of Ocean into protected areas by 2030 after decades of talks by AstroEngineer314
> kneejerk doomerism and negativity over any positive move
Well this is Reddit…
Edit: I see you’re an oldish account too. Do you think that attitude has got noticeably worse relatively recently?
dc456 t1_jazv9v8 wrote
Reply to comment by alphahydra in New UN brokered High Seas Treaty Places 30% of Ocean into protected areas by 2030 after decades of talks by AstroEngineer314
> Also, don’t assume that in the final implementation, China will be allowing any of those protected areas close to its waters.
They will if they want more fish. When these areas have been implemented elsewhere, the unprotected areas immediately surrounding the protected ones saw a large increase in the amount of fish, as they spilled over from the protected areas.
dc456 t1_jazum7j wrote
Reply to comment by DutchBlob in New UN brokered High Seas Treaty Places 30% of Ocean into protected areas by 2030 after decades of talks by AstroEngineer314
That’s not a good analogy at all.
If anything it’s the exact opposite of cancer spreading to healthy parts of the body - protected zones in the ocean have been shown to thrive, and improve the biodiversity of the surrounding unprotected zones.
dc456 t1_ixpz0zf wrote
Reply to comment by MotorizaltNemzedek in Renault's heavy electric trucks are now available to order by darth_nadoma
Yeah, and they can continue to use an ICE truck for those journey types, or top up during their break.
dc456 t1_ixpxqal wrote
Reply to comment by TheFreakish in Renault's heavy electric trucks are now available to order by darth_nadoma
That’s not an issue in the EU, as it wouldn’t be legal - you’d have driven for too long in one day. It’s not about the size of the place, it’s about the number of hours you’re allowed to drive.
dc456 t1_ixpsbsw wrote
Reply to comment by TheFreakish in Renault's heavy electric trucks are now available to order by darth_nadoma
1400km a day?
dc456 t1_ixps8sm wrote
Reply to comment by SoulReddit13 in Renault's heavy electric trucks are now available to order by darth_nadoma
Th EU countries with a 44 tonne limit apply it to ICE vehicles too.
dc456 t1_ixps1gh wrote
Reply to comment by 7DollarsOfHoobastanq in Renault's heavy electric trucks are now available to order by darth_nadoma
> Which I’m not sure how that works since the US road weight limit is at 40t
Are they selling them in the USA?
dc456 t1_ixgphyp wrote
Reply to comment by muftu in [OC] Countries with Three Start Michelin Restaurants Since 2007 (Reviews expanded outside of Europe in 2006 but data was not available) by Metalytiq
Also some of the things that Michelin looks for in French restaurants also naturally overlaps with Japanese ones. Like most Michelin star restaurants will serve smaller portions, neatly plated. That’s how many Japanese dishes are commonly served by default.
dc456 t1_iwc4i0u wrote
Reply to comment by AdlPadl970 in [OC] John Wick Series - Doubling the Budget Doubles the Gross by Cogniscience
But Return of the Jedi did worse at the box office.
dc456 t1_iwbd835 wrote
Reply to comment by kindred_asura in [OC] John Wick Series - Doubling the Budget Doubles the Gross by Cogniscience
This chart has just starkly illustrated to me why movies that I like are increasingly hard to find. The wider public clearly significantly prefer the type of movie that I really don’t like, or at least are willing to spend more money to see them.
I’m not saying that they or I have better taste, just that the studios are obviously going to cater to the group that brings in more money, and unfortunately I’m not part of it.
dc456 t1_iuybivw wrote
Reply to comment by graymatterqueen in Germany to introduce 49 EUR/month travel ticket for short-and-medium-distance public transportation nationwide by nebendachs
Yeah, that’s a use case I can definitely see.
dc456 t1_iuy16ui wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Germany to introduce 49 EUR/month travel ticket for short-and-medium-distance public transportation nationwide by nebendachs
That’d be lovely, but that’s a big leap.
dc456 t1_iuy0awo wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Germany to introduce 49 EUR/month travel ticket for short-and-medium-distance public transportation nationwide by nebendachs
Yeah, it looks to be a good deal, but I think it’s not an immediate saving on every local or regional weekend away. In some cases it’ll need more than one trip a month to make financial sense.
dc456 t1_iuxyskl wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Germany to introduce 49 EUR/month travel ticket for short-and-medium-distance public transportation nationwide by nebendachs
Nice, so the same as the €9 previous one. It wasn’t clear in the article if it had the same conditions. Thanks for explaining.
dc456 t1_iuxy52n wrote
Reply to comment by Reddit-runner in Germany to introduce 49 EUR/month travel ticket for short-and-medium-distance public transportation nationwide by nebendachs
> Well buddy, how much do you think it costs today?
Well it depends on how local, doesn’t it? Like a trip from Bad Nauheim to Frankfurt followed by six short singles over the weekend is around €28.
That’s my point about what ‘medium’ means - if you can travel a few hours to a city for €49, then it makes more sense.
dc456 t1_iuxk9xp wrote
Reply to comment by Reddit-runner in Germany to introduce 49 EUR/month travel ticket for short-and-medium-distance public transportation nationwide by nebendachs
I think it depends what they mean by ‘medium distance’. €49 for just travelling around a local city for a couple of days is a lot.
dc456 t1_itymm2x wrote
Reply to comment by LeroyoJenkins in The clouds parted to reveal epic mountain views in Grindelwald, Switzerland! [OC][2215x3000] by TravelingTJ
> the old mountain station of the Wetterhorn cable car
I’m struggling to see it. Where exactly is it?
dc456 t1_jd9o4rj wrote
Reply to I drew this pixel art scene using 10 colors and called it "crossroads" [OC] by v78
I really like this.
My only suggestion would be to make the cars more realistic. At the moment their cartoony ‘Jetsons’ look clashes with the realism of everything else.