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The UX on this small child is terrible

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Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by m0zzie »

jimmygrapes wrote: post #162
jannyfer wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hang on, genuine question - do some people consider blowing their nose vs. picking their nose to be an all-or-nothing choice? If it's dry, I can't blow my nose... Unless there is some method I am not aware of.

I've had some kind of undefined issue for about 5 years now (long before covid) where I will go to sleep breathing fine through both nose and mouth as appropriate, sleep with zero problems and no snoring recorded by noise monitors, then wake up with a sudden onslaught of mucus which seems to generate itself (upon consciousness) throughout the upper respiratory tract and rapidly. Various sleeping positions seem irrele…

Purely anecdotal obviously, but I've had somewhat similar issues in the past and ended up figuring out that they were related to reflux/LPR. If you haven't already looked into that possibility it might be worth reading up on it.

My issues have been resolved by controlling reflux and they rear their heads again when I allow the reflux to return for more than a very brief amount of time (ie. I stop paying attention to the food and drink I consume and my intake of becomes too high for a sustained amount of time)

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Post by stickyricky »

cookie_monsta wrote: post #89

I have a slightly ageing model (my co-developer is adamant there will be no upgrades, please do not suggest) and my problem is that it appears to have defaulted to ICT time (we are at GMT +11). I hear it performing operations well into the early morning, but booting from a cold start any earlier than 9am leads to all sorts of unexpected behaviour and system errors.

If you're still in warranty contact the manufacturer and see if you can RMA it.

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Post by dugmartin »

skrtskrt wrote: post #135
cpursley wrote: post #30

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I wonder if it's also the preparation method. Steamed veggies are of course not appealing vs ones flash fried in a little oil/butter plus salt.

yeah I didn't discover veggies actually being good until adulthood when I learned you can just throw a little oil and salt and roast them in the oven. My parents always steamed them to hell and put almost no salt on

I was well into my 40s before I learned that cauliflower actually tastes amazing when roasted. My mom always boiled it and I swear it always smells like something died in the kitchen when she did that.

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Post by nunb »

MichaelMoser123 wrote: post #223

What happened? I thought that humor was strictly verboten on this site, according to regulations! https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Anyway, what is a 'Mandarin-immersion preschool', can anyone enlighten me?

Perhaps a riff on French immersion schools like we have in British Columbia which are supposed to impart a higher level of education due to their much-vaunted academic standards.

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Post by fragmede »

tomcam wrote: post #213
cookie_monsta wrote: post #89

I have a slightly ageing model (my co-developer is adamant there will be no upgrades, please do not suggest) and my problem is that it appears to have defaulted to ICT time (we are at GMT +11). I hear it performing operations well into the early morning, but booting from a cold start any earlier than 9am leads to all sorts of unexpected behaviour and system errors.

I don’t mind the slightly aging models. Elizabeth Hurley is about 57 and seems to be functioning very well.

That particular model seems to be running with the be_fckin_rich cheat enabled, which allows for a team of clinician-type bots to treat her avatar. The rest of us don't quite* have that level of luxury.

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Post by kccqzy »

MichaelMoser123 wrote: post #223

What happened? I thought that humor was strictly verboten on this site, according to regulations! https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Anyway, what is a 'Mandarin-immersion preschool', can anyone enlighten me?

Probably just means a preschool that uses both English and Mandarin. The next sentence is about the Small Child shouting in these two languages.

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Post by howdydoo »

simonh wrote: post #194
cookie_monsta wrote: post #89

I have a slightly ageing model (my co-developer is adamant there will be no upgrades, please do not suggest) and my problem is that it appears to have defaulted to ICT time (we are at GMT +11). I hear it performing operations well into the early morning, but booting from a cold start any earlier than 9am leads to all sorts of unexpected behaviour and system errors.

It’s probably running a process that’s connecting to internet services such as mine craft or league of legends out of working hours. I’ve found that disabling internet connectivity at the WiFi router from 12:00 midnight until the morning can be effective to prevent wasteful background processing over night.

Turning off wi-fi isn't enough. Like many Samsung smart TVs, a Small Child will cycle through all access points in range if its configured network doesn't have internet connectivity.

Re: The UX on this small child is terrible

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Post by lukevp »

henning wrote: post #215

Try working on interview prep/Leetcode bullshit problems, reading through dense textbooks on subjects you know nothing about, and doing side projects with a child or a puppy. Your ability to focus on things deeply for extended periods of time disappears almost entirely.

Are you speaking from experience? If so, do you feel on balance that having a child was positive in your life despite the inability to focus on deep tasks? Does this get better with age?

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Post by LadyCailin »

howdydoo wrote: post #228
simonh wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s probably running a process that’s connecting to internet services such as mine craft or league of legends out of working hours. I’ve found that disabling internet connectivity at the WiFi router from 12:00 midnight until the morning can be effective to prevent wasteful background processing over night.

Turning off wi-fi isn't enough. Like many Samsung smart TVs, a Small Child will cycle through all access points in range if its configured network doesn't have internet connectivity.

My model keeps downloading things for offline and even electricity free use. It’s a serious problem, I’m not sure how to patch it.
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