My app doesn’t support spoilers so I don’t know if this has worked. Maybe collapse this comment if you don’t want to see it, just in case.

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I’ve not tried them but you can get replacement pads which apparently have a cooling gel in them. Eg these.

No idea if they’re any good but would be interested in hearing from someone with first-hand experience.

Sounds like someone is full of shit

There’s no sound but all I can hear is Yakety Sax

Aussie here, to me xmas = summer time. Xmas movies always felt irrelevant, and the idea of Santa wearing all his gear is mental when it’s often 40C+ and humid af.

Being cold would feel alien that time of year, even more so if it snowed because that doesn’t happen in 99% of the country regardless of the time of year.

I suspect we’re not taking about actual storytelling here as much as anecdotes that signal whether you will or will not agree with the rest of what’s about to be said, but to answer the question as asked, imho good storytelling depends as much on the listener as the teller.

Some find joy to be infectious, they’ll enjoy a story because the teller’s eyes light up, and watching someone loving the shit out of something is itself a joyful experience.

Some will only enjoy a story if it’s of direct positive relevance to them, regardless of who’s telling it.

There are also some cons

Iswydt

She makes some good points, but only focuses on Google’s monopoly being an issue. It is, but there’s no mention of privacy concerns, the oversaturation of ads, space being created for ads by deliberately worsening the UX, etc. The industry itself is a shitshow.

The issue isn’t so much that Google has a monopoly on the enormously invasive data that’s collected. The issue is that it is being collected.

As cool (heh) as this is, it saddens me knowing it’s just going to be used for data mining and ads

Bet you they will make them work in inhospitable conditions and forget they exist until they don’t meet an unrealistic performance target.

No wait, sorry. I was thinking of their human workers.

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It’s just virtualised Deliverance

Roxanne

As I understand it these are basically an insurance policy. The promoter takes out a policy detailing the odds of a payout being required, and pay a premium based on the insurer’s risk assessment.

And of course the insurer wants to minimise the odds of paying out, and the promoter wants to minimise their premium - so the top prize is usually, as above, near-unwinnable.

Yup, this is on form for them. This isn’t the first product they’ve done it to and surely won’t be the last.

The moment the news broke we started migration planning, a short while later their new pricing came through and immediately justified the project spend. Tens of thousands of VMs migrated, a ton of labour, and even some hardware refreshes thrown in - and still cheaper than renewing, by a looong shot.

Shame, I liked VMware.

I give it a solid 5/7

How Am I Supposed To Live Without You In My Ass

Yeah, nana or shichi depending on context

Sack the horse and bring in one that’ll be stuck just as bad, but will do it cheaper

Yup and that is the same issue with elections. Candidate A wants to ban private jets and burn tyres, candidate B wants to legalise child labour. A wins then claims they have a mandate to burn tyres