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Garmin instinct fixes this. Rugged, physical buttons with a battery life that last weeks. It's true about the special charger, but there are also usb-c adapters.

Seems pretty bad. I tried it and got 99% Dutch but have never lived in the Netherlands.

But nearly every apartment has a broker fee, not just rent-controlled units. Plus, my understanding is that a rent-controlled apartment is pretty rare to actually come to the marke…

Note: the fillable forms (which do some basic arithmetic for you but are still the general tax forms) don't seem to be available yet. These are the only "IRS Free File" option avai…

Truly. I think since Wirecutter recommendations are free (at least for NYT subscribers), they make money with affiliate advertising and make more money by having readers who spend …

They are just nicer to cook on. They get hotter far quicker and can be more easily controlled.

Since Android 12, there is the option to choose between providing "precise" and "approximate" location data to an app. I have found it quite nice, even if it sometimes breaks a ran…

In the Play store it is possible to see what permissions are required and data is collected.

Crew fatigue is an ATC concern insofar as it contributes greatly to accidents. The controllers may have volume goals, but the ultimate goal is safety.

It was Germany. I put the union in quotes because the direct translation is Works Council. I think that some software engineers in Germany are covered by the larger unions like IG …

Or have elected officials. If the union isn't fighting for you...elect someone who will. To me, unions are a lot like democracies. They can function very well, but need constant ov…

I am a software engineer who used to work in a "unionized" workplace. It was quite nice, and the union would negotiate increases in time off and fight against policy changes that w…

Typically because the company is more benevolent to non-union workers in this case so to try to incentivize workers to not join or leave the union. If there was no union involved, …

Great, now let's see the NHTSA (in the US) implement some pedestrian safety rules in car requirements. We have known this for years and just watched the pedestrian fatalities surge…

Cue my immediate layoff panic when I can't access any company repos. Glad it's everything! edit: github is working again for me

It's true, removing the battery is mildly annoying. But I can probably count on one hand the number of times I have added or removed a microSD card from my phone. It's just not som…

When I watched Goldfinger as a kid I really did not understand the plot at all. It was only when I was a bit older and heard about some of these things did it actually make sense.

It's a big world. Haven't you seen videos of phones getting stolen out of peoples hands from thieves on scooters in places like Brazil? Or the millions of tourists in Spain and Ita…

I think the point is that an unsuspecting buyer of, e.g. a screen replacement, could end up going to a shady repair shop that uses stolen parts, sees the message once, clicks "OK",…

Semi-related, but it's hard to imagine applying for new jobs at companies that have, in the recent past, laid workers off. An Amazon recruiter reached out to me recently, and it's …

I always hated the kid at school who took easy classes and got a 4.0 vs doing worse in hard classes.

Good call. I assumed COBRA, which is not free but the company will sometimes cover the premia for laid-off employees.

Universal jump engine with one destination: 2022

Engine No. 1 (the activist group who "won" against Exxon) has an S&P 500 ETF that they use the funds for shareholder activism like this. You can read more about it here: https://et…