Demon-Haunted World

Post by rb666 » Wed, Sep 06, 2017, 2:17 AM UTC

selimthegrim wrote: post #123

function_seven wrote: post #113

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> Find the planned-obsolescence parts in things like car doors that were engineered too thin or out of plastic so that door and window handles fail after a certain number of uses. There’s no way in hell car companies are purposely under-engineering things to cause them to break. That damages the brand reputation, and will drive the next sale to a competitor. Yes, they make engineering tradeoffs. No, they don’t design…

I present to you - Mercedes-Benz - http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/for-the-love-of-god-dont-ever-...

Post by kbenson » Wed, Sep 06, 2017, 2:22 AM UTC

Zanni wrote: post #84

russdill wrote: post #82

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If 95% of cartridges with 20ml of ink will only allow 18ml to be consumed, is the 20ml an honest figure? Related to the above, and possibly specifically because of the above, I've noticed that HP doesn't document ink quantity in cartridges, only approximate cartridge yield in pages. Oh, and the other thing that drives me batty. Their XL high yield cartridges are sold with "Get up to 2x the pages", but from page count…

This is one of those ideas that seems obvious at first glance ... and then problematic with more thought. Have you ever gotten 100% of the peanut butter out of a jar? I haven't. Is that fraud? There's a distinction to be made between jars of peanut butter and ink cartridges, but it wouldn't be easy to draw that line. (For an even better example, see Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1 ...)

Post by tftjfjtft » Wed, Sep 06, 2017, 2:37 AM UTC

wyager wrote: post #116

zackmorris wrote: post #52

Startup idea: Form a company that explores new markets in legal liabilities. It could bring lawsuits with little risk where the payoff could be billions of dollars. Off the top of my head: * Research whether channels were engineered into smartphones to allow water to leak in (since they have no moving parts and should self-evidently be watertight). * Find the planned-obsolescence parts in things like car doors that w…

That's not remotely how waterproofing works. Getting any meaningful degree of ingress protection is hard . It requires entirely different assembly techniques and is generally contrary to user serviceability. Proprietary batteries are the reason thin electronics exist. You can't use 18650s to make a MacBook. I think the problem here is that you vastly underestimate how hard manufacturing is. The things you're proposin…

Post by tftjfjtft » Wed, Sep 06, 2017, 2:40 AM UTC

rb666 wrote: post #132

SubiculumCode wrote: post #10

This is what I think about at the pump. More and more I see gas pumps ask if you want a receipt BEFORE the gas is dispensed. This seems risky. If you decline the receipt and then dispense gas, the pump could cheat on the amount of gas dispensed with less risk, as a papered record of the purchase amount and price is not produced. If on the other hand, the pump waits to ask if you desire a receipt until after the gasol…

What sort of weird gas station requires you to specify the amount of gas before actually refueling your car? Is that a USA-only thing? Never seen that in Europe.

Post by tftjfjtft » Wed, Sep 06, 2017, 2:41 AM UTC

hydrogen18 wrote: post #120

SubiculumCode wrote: post #10

This is what I think about at the pump. More and more I see gas pumps ask if you want a receipt BEFORE the gas is dispensed. This seems risky. If you decline the receipt and then dispense gas, the pump could cheat on the amount of gas dispensed with less risk, as a papered record of the purchase amount and price is not produced. If on the other hand, the pump waits to ask if you desire a receipt until after the gasol…

Where do you live that you can get a receipt? The printers never have any paper in my area.