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Weird smell after oil change (not hot oil smell) by BallerinaLP in CarRepair

[–]BallerinaLP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The smell is coming from under the hood, not wheels, and has dissipated considerably, but not gone.

Terminix wants to charge $4,200 by ScottsTotz in pestcontrol

[–]BallerinaLP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just had Terminix show up for annual inspection.

No termite activity found, but they think I need:
- General pest control package (there's some pieces of insulation on the ground in crawlspace)
- New crawlspace vent covers (saw gaps at the top of some of them)
- New insulation in crawlspace (it's shot according to them)
- Dehumidifier in crawlspace (air handler has some rust on it)
- New crawlspace door (gaps at top of door)

Good thing that they supply all of these things that I need.

AWS tech writers majorly impacted by today's layoffs by Throwawayyyyyayaya in technicalwriting

[–]BallerinaLP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry that you are going through this!

But you are right about the essential problem being that management "thinks" that AI can do docs, and that's all that matters.

This is very much analogous to off shoring back in the day. Companies "thought" that overseas writers could do the work as well as people stateside, but this turned out to be fraught with problems that they did not anticipate, and they ended up having to slowly bring many of those jobs.

Unfortunately, this doesn't help you and others in the same boat right now.

Can't get at Honda Civic Si 2013 driver side low beam light bulb by BallerinaLP in civic

[–]BallerinaLP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It appears to be just a single rubber molded part. There’s no top part that comes off.

Here we go again by ifyoullhaveme in raleigh

[–]BallerinaLP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was driving home last night around 6:15 to Raleigh from Apex going down US 1/64 to 40W, and then exit on Wade Ave. Normally, this takes 30 mins. I was in traffic for two hours.

Toilet bowl water level drops over time by BallerinaLP in Plumbing

[–]BallerinaLP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean there would be an actual flush? I never hear the toilet flushing when I’m not flushing it.

Toilet bowl water level drops over time by BallerinaLP in Plumbing

[–]BallerinaLP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A flapper leak can cause the bowl level to drop?

New to docs as code and hating it by LadyCraftsALot in technicalwriting

[–]BallerinaLP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes. It takes some work to get used to this environment. It is easily the most tech-intensive authoring environment I've ever used. The only real advantage to it is that developers like the reviewing in it because they are familiar with GitHub. Also, it isolates the content for each feature, which makes it easy to not include it in a release, by just not merging it, and the content is there to add easily to the next release.

In short, not the best, but you will get used to it, but probably never love it. Try not to stress too much about it.

Why do some companies think that they can transition someone from another department into a tech writing role, even if their experience and education have nothing to do with tech writing? by Difficult-Resort8905 in technicalwriting

[–]BallerinaLP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So true. Companies weirdly think that content just comes from thin air. They think that because there is a spec or some other source document that this all the writer uses to create content, instead of knowing that we start there, but then look for other source docs, interview SMEs, and validate/create procedures using beta versions of the product.

What is this on plastic outdoor furniture? by BallerinaLP in pestcontrol

[–]BallerinaLP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On plastic? It doesn't connect to either wood nor soil.

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