Took me several reads of the headline to start with.

Then connecting it to the article contents, at least this is “accurate clickbait” (if there is such a thing). It actually describes what’s going on, we just interpret it differently initially because of current circumstance (which I suppose you could say is the fldefinition of clickbait).

Still clickbait, but at least it’s not an outright lie like so many, just worded to make us want to click!

I’m a bit chagrined to have been taken in by the extreme interpretation of the headline, when the milder interpretation (in a different climate) would be inoffensive.

Ffs, how far have we come when I’m showing appreciation for a clickbait headline’s milder interpretation is accurate enough to not be a lie, but just attention-grabbing?

I don’t think this should be sarcasm, the power companies are liable in the same way

Oooh, cromulent. Nice.

Hell, seats in the back used to be the cheapest - takes you longer to get off, and generally noisier since it’s behind the wings/engines. It’s also a rougher ride.

I liked flying there because no one else wanted those seats, so I could often get an empty row (way back when)

Windows isn’t an OS? What kind of nonsense is this?

I’d say the team from DEC who created it, would differ.

Wouldn’t you validate that update on a test machine in an isolated environment…like we’ve done since forever?

I had to create an email filter to stop getting emails about that dumb shit.

Ah, that makes sense.

Once you have a slight more mass in any plane, eventually everything will move to that plane.

I generally agree.

But any decent code review process would’ve exposed this, or at least a data surveillance system that checks this stuff. I’ve received a few notifications about my logs storing inappropriate data, as a result of a scanning system.

Some manager knew about this during a code review, and signed off on the risk because it was only in-house.

My point being the extensiveness of a review process.

The more important a system, the more people it impacts, etc, the more extensive the review process.

Someone chose to ignore this risk. That’s intentional.

Then incompetence at a level that’s incomprehensible.

A code review certainly exposed this, and some manager signed off on the risk.

Again, changes I make are trivial in comparison, and our code/risk reviews would’ve exposed this in no time.

Oh, yea, I get the safety angle, but that work has already been done.

If I’m replacing a battery in something like thsas long as I use the same tech, where’s the concern?

If the factory battery has built-in BMS, then I should use the same, that’s about the only concern I’d have. And if it’s NiMH, well, even less of a concern.

And for this use-case, I wouldn’t be cheap on my replacements, like I am for stuff that’s low risk (like a flashlight that lives in a metal cabinet outside - if that lithium does a runaway, there’s little risk).

Wow.

Again, the kind of fix I’ve done thousands of times on all sorts of devices.

Ye, I’ve been to Twin Peaks. At least the food is typical American stuff, made well.

I’m just not into the whole theme. I’d rather pay less for the same thing at a decent diner.

The food sucks?

Thanks.

Wanted to make sure I was getting what you were puttin’ down.

Yea, the rules are pretty clear, at least I always thought so.

Kind of telling that so many people can’t be bothered to understand it.

Which is exactly what I said. You get the interface you choose.

Ok, Peanut! 😆

(For those not aware, Peanut is Jeff Dunham’s loony dummie that makes this joke occasionally).

Hahahahah, I suppose you use the robot’s arm to get a good pull?

Thanks, I was digging hard through my memory, and that’s what came out. Haha