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[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 hours ago

As long as you don’t slowly walk or away from the burning building, you should be fine. IANAL

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 16 hours ago

They got the idea right, but it was a shrieking Orange ball of rage.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 16 hours ago

Dead or fully brain dead. So many Alzheimer’s symptoms and he’s about to turn 80. It goes fast once it starts (and it probably started 10 years ago).

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 16 hours ago

Depends on how cheap the drywall is.

You may avoid brain damage, but your get cancer form the dust on the way through.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 day ago

No chillitos in all of New England either, gotta go to NYC for the closest, then Ohio or NC.

I was in Cadillac MI last summer, regrettably ate at a Taco Bell, and didn’t even know I could have gotten one! It was the first run to the border I’d made in years too!

Sat up all night in a wind storm with cramps afterwards. 0/10

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

They switched back to the much more durable MagSafe (3?) connector. I have 3 MagSafe MacBooks and one usc-c model. The only one I have issues not charging is the USB-C one, and it’s the newest by 2 years.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

The work/life culture was better than my preceding professional jobs, but the middle management was terrible, with 3 coming and going in 2 years.

I became a consultant for one more year, and liked that more, but they ultimately got out of that business (Shopify and squarespace ultimately took that market around the same time).

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 days ago

I was working in web development and marketing back then, while you’re kinda right, and there were always “fires” (which were bullshit, because we mostly did clothing brand websites and tv show ads, not really important in the bigger scheme).

We did manage to keep them from launching sites or features on Fridays. So we had chances to take them more (but still not enough).

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah we called them personal days, s as long as nothing was due that day it was ok to use them for any reason.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Almost, private equity buys out companies by giving the owners big buyout cheques with debt that will be saddled on the new company.

So when they “buy Hoonigan for [undisclosed amount]” what they really did was go find a bank that would give them a billion dollar loan for the “value” of the brand they bought and then after buying the the brand, the loans go to the company they bought.

If the owners are smart, they take a cash buyout and bail as soon as possible. Ken Block died before any of that could happen, but others like Hert and Vinny bailed. I don’t follow them enough to know if they were stakeholders in Hoonigan, or what Scotto is up to, but I suspect they all got big cheques when that deal went through.

Then the private equity lets the now empty brand go bankrupt and guess who eats all the debt? Our retirement funds!

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 days ago

I like working on Subarus for that reason, but they are still statistically more expensive for maintenance and repairs than Toyotas on average. (Not for me though, I do everything but bodywork on my cars).

That said, the new Prius and GR cars from Toyota (who also has a big stake in Subaru) are really attractive. Also, the E-CVTs in Toyota and Subaru hybrids are really nice and low wear designs. The non-e Subaru CVTs haunt my nightmares. I have a crosstrek CVT with 133k miles on it and tightly crossed fingers…

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