qupada

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[–] qupada@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

Much as I don't want to disturb your shitposting, the original news article I saw about this "phenomenon" linked to an amazing video.

https://vimeo.com/1134717703

The meaty thud it makes as it faceplants the pavement makes it all worthwhile.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 5 points 3 days ago

I'm from NZ, but having been through the process for a US work visa, the way it happened was after the in-person interview at the consulate you left your passport with them, and it was returned by courier a few days later with the visa document attached.

I'm roughly assuming OP has gone through a similar process, and it is that return courier step that has gone awry.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 69 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Seriously.

Open-plan office dwellers everywhere: "Tell me more about this 'cubicle'. Walls, you say?"

[–] qupada@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Presuming you mean 4x 2560x1440 there, you can have close enough to that pixel count today; one of the things Dell released at CES this year was a 52" 6144x2560 display (U5226KW).

Since it's intended to be a monitor, you get a USB hub, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, and other things you wouldn't get on a TV, too.

I've been looking at it longingly, but I can't quite justify that pricetag right now.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Good" and "bad" are far more subjective than with most shows, in this case.

The problem with being one of the shows that popularised - if not outright created - a lot of what became staple sitcom tropes is that people tend to look back with the modern lens, of those being extremely over-used and stale. Is just that they weren't, when the show was current.

A lot of viewers also tend to get stuck on the "wow, these are some truly awful people" part, which similarly was the point. To directly quote Larry David; "No hugging, no learning".

To dramatically over-simplify things, it is a show about three terrible people going about their lives, and failing to learn any lessons in the process; as is so famously quoted, a show about nothing.

Whether good or bad, it was still important. Walked, so a generation of later shows could run, if you will. (Or even if you won't, I don't think anyone could deny that)

[–] qupada@fedia.io 21 points 1 week ago

If you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

-70°C is -94°F

[–] qupada@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

My boy did, when he was between about 6 months and a year old.

https://imgur.com/a/KmNbkBH

These pipe cleaners were his favourite.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 65 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Honestly, I'd consider it.

If I was in the middle of a job and was about to run out of something, I'm looking at downing tools for a minimum hour round trip to the nearest (decent) hardware store.

There's a good chance someone starting closer to the store can get that down to 35-40 minutes, and I can carry on working in the meantime.

Now "normal", perhaps not, but unreasonable also perhaps not?

[–] qupada@fedia.io 72 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Having had one for almost our cats' entire lives, I can confirm that they do not.

It also creates something of a pavlovian response; it doesn't matter if there's still food in the dispenser's bowl or he's literally just eaten, the sound of more biscuits dropping is enough to make him absolutely hoof it in the direction of the feeder. Sometimes doesn't even eat anything, just has to run over to it.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago

Next time they (unnecessarily) reboot The Italian Job I can see this fitting right in.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago

Assuming the 5% estimate is correct, the back-of-an-envelope math is pretty easy.

Their annual report says 200M passengers in 2024-2025 financial year.

If they wanted to pay off the hardware in 5 years they'd spend a total of €750M on it and additional fuel, potentially being paid by 50M (5% of 1B) passengers, necessitating a minimum €15 charge to break even.

That is before you consider paying interest on a loan for purchasing the hardware, signage (their website says they have 643 planes with a total of 122,941 seats, just printing an information card for each seat back could be a substantial cost), staff training, the cost of the time each plane is out of service for the installation, etc, etc.

Could you try a lower price and hope that more people pay? Sure, but that feels pretty risky, and I'm sure they thought about that too.

Much as I enjoy having WiFi on flights and all, agree with the other posters here that it just ain't adding up.

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