adavis

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[–] adavis@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] adavis@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Wait till you hear about zfs anyraid. An upcoming feature to make zfs more flexible with mixed sized drives.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure where you're from, but it's pretty common here in Australia. I think there are a few things to addresses.

There are two mechanisms a company might make you take leave.

  1. A company shut down period. Eg company is closed over Christmas to new years and requires employees to take a week of leave then.

  2. Over a threshold of leave. Leave won't evaporate at the end of a calendar year, it builds each day and can only be used or paid out. Companies will often have a threshold, for example 8 weeks of leave before they may require you to create a plan to use it, or pay it out. The reason an employer does this is staff leave is a liability on the books. Eg If you make $100k, 8 weeks leave is approprimately a $16k liability for the employer.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Many phones support it. My old mid range Samsung galaxy phone from 2020 had it, as does my Pixel 9a.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

Inconsistent within the same airport.

One time the line split into two, with announcers for each line shouting different instructions. One had you take all electronics out of bags, the other didn't. One lines instructions included taking your shoes off, the other didn't. The line without shoes off instruction had agents insulting people for taking their shoes off for not listening to instructions. 10M away there is an agent shouting at people to take your shoes off.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

And won the GOAT (greatest of all time) tournament against James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wow that's crazy we had such different experiences. I think mine locked up once in 5 years.

If Samsung came out tomorrow and said "we're bringing it back into support for the next 2 years" I'd probably go back to it and put my pixel in a drawer.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I used the A71 early 2020 till about a month or two ago, and it was a fantastic phone. Only reason I moved was it's out of support, so no more security updates.

The battery was still rated at >90%. And I'd believe it, I never had to worry about it lasting a whole day. My only complaint about the phone was even during its support period the security patches were infrequent.

I contemplated Samsung again but chose a Pixel 9a due to the monthly security updates for 7 years. And in doing so I've given up dual sim, headphone jack and sd card slot (but few phones have all those features now).

I'm curious what made your experience with the A71 so terrible?

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Not from US, but I'd love to see mine and other multicultural countries have a box to tick when you get a job for what set of cultural holidays you want. No change forms those who celebrate Christmas and Easter (either religiously or traditional cultural reasons), and gives other cultures a chance to enjoy their holidays.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I don't have asthma, but can find what's normal in Australia. On a pharmacy website

Zempreon 100mcg CFC-Free Asthma Inhaler with Dose Counter 200 Doses - Salbutamol (S3)

One of those inhalers is $9 AUD, or about $6 USD

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FYI there's a New York to Toronto train as a partnersg between Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada.

[–] adavis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm curious what car charges at 1.3MW. Most I've heard of is closer to a quarter of that, and that's only for 20-80% before it drops back significantly because it generates significantly more heat gain the upper 20-30%

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