That one seems like it would be easy to remake with current day components. Keep the display the same to extend battery life, give it smarter internals and slimmer design. That could be the work phone, the texting phone, the going hiking phone, the daily driver that has several days of battery life.

But the more I think about it, a Bluetooth keyboard paired with a normal smartphone would not need its own phone plan and would provide the physical buttons for typing. It just won’t be as cool as that thing.

But a service worker knows lots of loopholes, and they can help you take advantage of them or choose not to bring it up if you’re treating them badly.

English, because word history is fun, communication is important, and teaching kids that language is constantly evolving would be fun.

Thank you for reminding me of Thinkpads. I’d like to track down a used or refurbished one for home use to survive kiddos

Oh wow, the wrinkles would drive me nuts.

Also, why extend it vertically?

This is very interesting. Does it clog up with hard water?

Looking at the prices on those filters, wow! That’s like an extra subscription each winter to fix dry air. Getting one big enough to get the whole house at once seems good, but 55 to 80 dollars a month is a lot!

We did think of this, apparently too late. I’m gathering from other comments that I am dealing with hard water, and the seals on my humidifiers had already crusted over when we got the Brita filter, so it did not fix the issue

I wish I had a heating stove or fireplace for this purpose, but alas, it’s a gas furnace connected to a central air system

Could you link me to one of these bucket or bowl type of humidifiers?

It was a cool mist type, so no wick or heating element. It was dirt getting into the valve that allows water to flow down from the main reservoir to the tray where the ultrasonic magic happens. Kept propping that valve open to let a constant drip of water through

edit, seems like hard water ruined the seal rather than grit messing things up

4x8hours. If the place needs people on site 24/7, weekend warriors should do 3x8 hour days for the same weekly pay.

No.

But I would immediately buy a new laptop with a track ball and mouse buttons like this one

I’ve only seen one irl, and they are incredibly intuitive to use, and you don’t accidentally move the mouse while typing

I’ve seen the best results when I stack or pile food around in a doughnut shape, and center the hole of the donut shape on the turntable.

This is interesting, how does stereo blindness help with photography?

That sounds amazing!

That one is thought provoking. The jobs seem so similar at a glance, but they need very different people to do each of the jobs well.

Wow! Good thing you’ve found a place to shine.

One thing that separates you from another person questioning authority is that you immediately back it up with facts and offer solutions. Many people who would be able to spot the issues would just take the opportunity to say “boss man, you’re an idiot” and refuse to elaborate beyond “trust me, I know what I’m doing, I’ll fix it.”

Also doesn’t work for submarines

Yes! There are so many times where a focus on efficiency is mislabeled “laziness”. As long as the job gets done the same or faster, it’s just efficient to put less work into it.