silentknyght @ silentknyght @lemmy.world

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I think you run into this problem anywhere in the country. We were recommended our solar company by our neighbor, who had a good experience. They finally finished our job, and mechanically, they did a fine job. But their interpersonal interactions were mostly bad, and my wife would vehemently not recommend them to anyone else. Seems like it's going to be a crapshoot. Good luck

I didn't mean my comment or the OPs to be an aspersion on how well anyone does their job. It's more a comment on perception vs reality. For example, look at how many people came to observe and realize how many US government operations are held together through gentlemen's agreements (aka duct tape and chewing gum) that Trump was able to dismantle simply by not agreeing.

Disposal and/or treatment of waste. Unless its "waste-to-energy"---in which case you'd use that terminology, but you'd never call either "recycling."

This here is the best comment to address the OP question. Just to be clear, I 100% agree: every job, every field is just held together by duct tape and bubble gum.

I'm in the industry, at least in the US, and this is not technically accurate... especially not using the language and common understanding of the layperson.

I can tell you've never tried to get people to participate in a voluntary action like this. 65-70% participation is fantastic. The only way to significantly improve that is to make it mandatory. You still won't improve the quality of the outcome, though. People forced to vote will protest vote, like a write in for Mickey Mouse or intentionally voting for the "worst" candidate.

I loved that sub!!

That is such a good and sad film.

Why not put down mulch and native perennials? Skip fussy turf grass altogether.

This is great news, at least for now. It increases the likelihood that Asus will provide software support for the Zenphone 10 for a normal lifecycle (e.g. 2 years)

What about if the product arrives with damaged or missing pieces (and the packaging is fine)? Serious question.

I don't think so.

My in laws are very technologically illiterate. I bet they have never opened word pad except accidentally... but I guarantee they know what "Word" is and think "word pad" is just some nerdy tech person word for the software they know.

I bet the number of people who both rely on word pad and who don't know about any other free alternatives is so very low.

I'm in the same boat. It's as if they wanted to do original work but we're scared of going "alone" without the bankability of big-name IP. They changed too much; the names are the same, but it's not the story I recognize.

I consider it "cheering for the underdog." When they are no longer the underdog, then the cheering ceases.

I'm thinking of it like the micro plastics that were purposely added to bath wash and soap, and now are banned for use in that purpose. I'm not entirely sure I understand the logic behind why those are (justifiably) banned, but microfiber cloths are not.

My stupid question is because I haven't seen any other news articles specifically talking about microfiber and its contribution to micro plastics.

So, I actually read the article. It sounds like they could or should work, in theory, but because of fraud and/or marketplace incompetence, they do not. I bring this up only because I don't think the discussion on the topic has been nuanced enough to distinguish between idea and implementation.

I was actually strongly considering a zenphone 10 until this announcement. Now I'm wary that the already-short software support will be even shorter.

I never knew that! Thanks for sharing!

Agreed. If it was "intentionally added" PFAS, it would say that, and that might be a big deal. I read through the article and didn't see that. Just speculation that it might be. PFAS is everywhere.

Hard truth? Reddit conditioned me to NOT participate.

Nearly time I wanted to discuss something or ask something important to me, my posts were deleted by mods. The few times posts would stay was because they were meme shitposts of easily digestible image content: scroll and move along. Any actual discussion was verboten.

/r/mk mods were particularly awful. Fuck those guys.