I've done time studies for factories and redone processes to make them more efficient even though it really isn't my job function. During COVID I wanted to have an aneurysm every time I went into a store that obviously didn't have anyone that had any ability to create a proper flow and just tossed lines wherever. But no I bit my tongue instead of being that engineer to the poor employees having to work in a thankless public facing job.
Yeah it appears like they are differentiating the high end phones with the latest SoC and giving the core phones the previous year's chip. You get whatever the old chip had and next year's iPhone 16 will get the A17 and all the features that includes.
You do realize that it is added in low quantities to cured meats to make them safer? Don't believe it when the packaging says it is "Natural" or "No added Nitrites/Nitrates" either, that just means the producer used celery extract/juice instead which ends up as the exact same chemical.
It is one of the reasons why you should limit your ingestion of cured and highly processed meat products though.
I thought so as well, with how many people listen on streaming services that by default normalize audio levels there isn't much benefit to making loud music anymore.
A lot of it is perspective, especially if you know people that are very well travelled. I've been to the US, a couple countries in Europe, 5 countries in Asia and I don't feel well travelled at all, but I tell people some of the places I've gone to and are often impressed when they are the type where traveling is going to an all inclusive in Mexico or Cuba. Just different ways of travelling and different opportunities for that type of travel (Asia's a lot easier when your employer is paying for it).
For stand-ups you really need at least one person that keeps it on track and limits the time each person has, cutting them off and telling them to talk after.
I occasionally give people shit for this. Chat is asynchronous and I'm busy just ask me the question and I'll respond back when I can. Some people just won't learn though and I usually just leave them on read.
You don't even have to look that far to make it clear that Twitter is unfit for banking. Elon Musk shouldn't be anywhere close to any financial services with his disdain for being told no by regulators.
After just a few times of trying to watch something and not knowing which or if it was on any of my services I went straight back to the places I know will have exactly what I'm looking for in a couple clicks. Things have only gotten worse since then with the explosion of the number of streaming services.
Depends on the company culture of course, but the places I've been in Malaysia have dressed fairly casually (lots of polos or casual collared shirts but a t-shirt was fine), what you describe wouldn't be a problem. The only thing to pay attention to is that if your office has Muslim people it is generally respectful to wear long pants instead of shorts (I went to a factory in Malaysia once and wore shorts because it is ungodly hot and my next colleague to visit got a friendly reminder to wear long pants).
On one hand we are already at a point where most people don't need any more computing power than their phone has. At the same time, for the people that game or need the most performance you are limited by how much size you need for the cooling solution and i don't see that changing significantly anytime soon.
Some, like Fairphone fanboys in particular, have gone as far as claiming that removing the headphone jack reduces e-waste…
That is a terrible argument for someone to make. There is no way to argue that removing the headphone jack does anything but create more e-waste. First from all the perfectly good wired headphones that are now forced to be replaced, secondly from the fact that Bluetooth headphones all have a shelf life due to the li-ion battery after which they become e-waste. Even with the Fairphone headphones the battery becomes e-waste that wouldn't exist with wired headphones, cables do wear out too, but replacing that part will have a smaller energy footprint to replace than a battery.
I should have added, that for companies that sell Bluetooth headphones it also helps drive sales for those devices, particularly that is why Apple did it.
Why wouldn't you prefer a headphone jack in your phone? It is yet another option for headphones that worst case you don't use. The only reason it has been removed is because it saves companies a few cents on the cost to build the product.
A lot of it is just knowing how to design around the limitations. I 3D print practical parts all the time and usually don't have any issues with them. If PLA doesn't work for what you want to print PETG is pretty easy to print as well and is a bit more resilient.
I've done time studies for factories and redone processes to make them more efficient even though it really isn't my job function. During COVID I wanted to have an aneurysm every time I went into a store that obviously didn't have anyone that had any ability to create a proper flow and just tossed lines wherever. But no I bit my tongue instead of being that engineer to the poor employees having to work in a thankless public facing job.