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The cold problems are not as overblown as most people who live outside of these environments think. Yes, for most commutes the reduction in winter (sub-freezing temperature) range …

Yes it was GM. My 2017 Bolt has resistive heating.

I have a 2017 Bolt, resistive heater no heat pump. I take a -minimum- of 25% range hit in the winter (midwest, garaged but frequent long drives in sub-freezing temperatures) with m…

I haven't bothered to get to it yet on my Bolt, but I've heard that pulling the fuse for this also disables the microphone for hands-free calling which is a bit more of a deal-brea…

The seating position and keyboard is centered on the screen, the mouse is off to the right. I've never seen anybody try to center their mouse on the screen- then you'd either be be…

Wouldn't you want your head/eyes centered on the monitor, not the mouse being held by your arm that's off-center?

The Fuji X100V is practically a meme in some circles now https://fujifilm-x.com/en-us/products/cameras/x100v/ Compact, lightweight, the built-in 23mm lens is good for most travel a…

Splatoon series showcases this pretty well

I am exactly the same way. Was a voracious & fast reader throughout schooling up until college age. Officially diagnosed ADHD in college when the material became hard enough for me…

Yes, the Jinhao's of the fountain pen market make pretty decent pens, but that's not a fair comparison. That's like saying a Timex and a Rolex both tell time just as well, so why d…

I was having a minor anaphylactic reaction to something - not enough to restrict my breathing or make me want to use my epipen yet - but I experienced the same thing. Went to the E…

I have been having enough difficulty I've actually tried to restart in recent times. Vicious cycle of allergies and sleep deprivation make it hard to continue certain times of the …

I pay ~$500/month for "pretty good" health insurance, and my employer pays roughly the same (a "benefit" that the employer pays 'half'! /s ) And then you have to pay small fees whe…

Sorry I can't be more helpful, as I have no good answer. I do have good periods and bad periods. Though not massively overweight (26.5 BMI), better eating and fitness habits seemed…

I've commented on this before on HN. I have sleep apnea and a ResMed CPAP. A very US-centric response: Insurance also seems to have access to this data in one way or another (not s…

They also allow you to use a wrench/pliers to apply more torque/holding.

I got mine roughly 3.5 hours ago, so after this post was made. Looks like they're trickling out.

Exactly. Here in Ohio I have the "privilege" of paying an extra $200 a year on my registration because I have an electric car that doesn't give Ohio revenue from the state tax on g…

Still pretty hacky on my Acer Chromebook Flip C302, could never get audio working quite right. I'd agree and say GalliumOS on most Chromebooks is like mid-2000s desktop Linux hacky…

Another hardware engineer here, and I feel the same way. As much as I know I lack knowledge in areas of software... there's something to be said from the wisdom gained from making …

That was probably me. Compliance has been even more difficult lately with my seasonal allergies. The silly thing is that the physician who prescribed it doesn't check in on me othe…

Does anyone have any experience with https://www.indigodomo.com/ ? I've always had it bookmarked, but never had the time to think about it or to do anything more than a random Pi f…

In a somewhat similar manner, my CPAP has a 4G modem that's a huge double-edged sword (for Americans only, you can see where this is going...). On one hand, it is nice to have an a…

Somewhat. https://octopart.com/ (I'm a hardware guy so take my SWE-speak with a grain of salt) Like many things in tech, each manufacturer/vendor/distributor does not have the same…

I'm a EE/hardware engineer, so this may be a bit different than a pure SWE perspective. I worked in computer hardware for oil & gas, there was a turndown around 2014-2015 that slow…