I was partly lucky I guess. My first Dyson never broke but was losing sucking power despite cleaning the filters, I had a killer rebate on a new one so I sold the old one and got a new one.

The new one had a very silly design flaw where the vacuum head pivots on a tiny, crappy, little plastic flat ring held by a single screw. That broke but thankfully while under warranty and they quickly replaced the part. Recently the same exact part broke again but out of warranty. Considered replacing it but for such an old vacuum, the part was expensive (about $80) and out of stock so I pulled the trigger on putting some extra money in a newer, better-quality one instead.

I’m all for repairing stuff to extend their life but some things just aren’t worth sinking more money into them.

My experience is cheap Siemens/Bosch is not great. Si ignore entry price models even if you don’t need the features.

I’m slowly replacing my breaking Siemens stuff with Miele and so far it seems to be worth the premium without having to research each model.

I just replaced a Dyson vacuum with a Miele bagless and boy, it’s so much more powerfu, and seems better designed and more robust.

Also fuck Dyson for lobbying for Brexit and then bailed to Singapore.

Share the load indeed.

Affordable GPUs is a thing of the past I’m afraid. Bubble or not I’m afraid they will never come down.

Can’t sell something they can easily steal and get away with it.

LLM/AI: also GPUs.

The link between conspiracies and ads is way stronger than that. The ad industry really went into high gear following WWII when the people working on pumping out propaganda to drive their own side of the war stepped up the game by applying psychology, new media, and a bigger budget.

Those people and techniques then moved to the commercial market when the war ended and applied their trade to peddle us the crap their customers wanted to sell. Make us feel bad if we don’t buy product X and go on an endless consumption treadmill to try to feel good and adequate about ourselves.

It is despicable and even worse with ads targeting children.

“Very good” is an understatement for The Bear.

And recent seasons just keep stacking up the talent.

And many Cantons offer to subsidize part of the installation. With increasing energy prices I bet those ROI are going end up better than initially projected.

How inconsiderate of you, think of the billionaires who would suffer!

It’s only professional ethics to bring whatever bug you have and share it with colleagues.

Sharing is caring.

And the jet engine was invented by a Brit. For political reasons the Brits destroyed their native jet fighter industry in favor of Americans during the Cold War but that’s a whole other sad story

Most of the naval terminology flew over my head. Ignoring most of it didn’t impede me from understanding and enjoying the story. But I agree it’s not always the easiest read.

The Aubrey/Maturín books are awesome. Too bad they only made a single movie from them (Master and commander) but what a movie it was!

Post-WWII put propaganda/advertising to the next level. Social media turned that to 11.

There are some much nicer more modern ones for those not into the post-Soviet-Republic esthetic. The super-long articulated trolley buses are fun.

Some trains. In most of Europe, trains are electric and get their power from overhead lines (same for trams and even some buses).

On the other hand, many large ships are diesel-electric. And those gigantic mining haulers as well.

I love the look of the guy on the bottom left. That’s one hell of a “holy fucking shit!” face.

Or my colleagues trying to fill every possible slot in my daily schedule.

Sadly the lines don’t disappear when filled :-(.

Looping back to feudal lords spending their money mostly on luxury goods.