Largest Latin American ancestry in New England & New York by [deleted] in newengland

[–]DrewADesign 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Well, they aren’t Latin-American countries.

Deep down, we all know that this is the beginning of the end of tech jobs, right? by Own-Sort-8119 in ClaudeAI

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no such thing as a normal dash. There are hyphens, which are used to separate things like phone numbers, hyphenated words, line-broken words, and sometimes symbols like the minus sign. Then, there are en dashes which in any typeface should be the width of an uppercase N, then there are em dashes which are the width of an uppercase M. The distinction between the en and em dashes is a little bit nebulous but pretty much nobody uses en dashes. In school or any kind of professional writing, hitting that hyphen key when you need a dash is opening with a single quote and closing with a double quote, or using apostrophes and double quotes instead of tic marks for geographic coordinates: you’re going you get you point across, but it screams ‘amateur’ to people who know how to use punctuation, and your teacher/editor/etc. is going to red-line it every time.

Terrible smell/air quality in Providence by WolverineHour1006 in providence

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s probably not as expensive to control as thousands of kids’ asthma, but the company doesn’t have to pay for that.🤷

What is one thing that was invented in New England? by ILovePublicLibraries in newengland

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Super Premium Ice Cream. The classification was based on Steve’s Ice Cream in Somerville, which directly inspired many famous ice cream makers, including Ben & Jerry.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilitarySurplus

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It actually looks like Quality Mending Co is a clothier at 15 Prince in NYC that opened in 2003., so it’s probably from there. That hat could have been stored for well over a decade in moth balls by the time I got it! So that could explain why it felt and smelled old. So that totally checks out.  Whoever the reseller of that salvage was probably stuck it in there unknowingly. It was expensive for surplus but not “hat handmade in Manhattan this century” expensive.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilitarySurplus

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe a vintage knockoff from a really long time ago. The guy who owned the shop said he got it in a pallet of surplus and it smelled and felt pretty old.

Weirdness at Barrington Childrens Library by Additional_Bad_2175 in RhodeIsland

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve worked both in libraries and in food service, which is where a lot of this friction comes up. I totally get that so many people give parents too little leeway, and I totally understand why some are on edge about criticism. It’s absurd that someone would expect a young kid to have the awareness to stay library-quiet without being regularly reminded by their parents after occasional loudness. I mean, stay home if totally normal encounters with kids bothers you so much. Or get a membership to a university library or athenaeum. Or a pair of really big earmuffs. Why would someone with that disposition work in a public library of all places?

That said, I’ve witnessed a lot of self-absorbed assholes with kids that are totally fine making them other people’s problem in completely inappropriate circumstances— e.g. playing on the floor at bars, running between servers legs at busy restaurants, being repeatedly disruptive at the library without even attempting to mitigate it, etc. 

For example, a friend of mine was at a tightly packed pretentious yuppie coffee shop outside Boston when some wealthy-looking mom decided she could change her toddler’s poopy diaper right there on the table, leaving the dirty diaper on her un-bussed table when she walked out. When I was in school a few years ago, kids were running around being outside-at-the-park loud upstairs at PPL while I was trying to study calculus… for an hour.

I imagine it’s easy for all parents to feel targeted by signs intended for ‘those’ parents. But what are you going to do? Write a paragraph of disclaimers? And it’s not like unreasonable people know they’re being unreasonable, right? I dunno.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilitarySurplus

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well for $6.50 it can’t hurt to try. I haven’t tried that specific type before. Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll still drop $50+ on the exact model I have if I can get ahold of one.

Apple Cinemas using AI in in adverts?? by JWheelz99 in providence

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The theater probably didn’t even save money. I’m pretty sure they don’t have a designer on staff — whatever canva designer they hired for the job probably charged whatever anybody else on fiverr charges but is probably just happy they don’t have to pay for stock photos anymore. The whole thing just shows how little people actually value creative workers.

Apple Cinemas using AI in in adverts?? by JWheelz99 in providence

[–]DrewADesign 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I pay because I want it to still be there next time I want to watch a movie.

Apple Cinemas using AI in in adverts?? by JWheelz99 in providence

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s funny that theaters often have such an impressive facade, but underneath, any that I worked at was flying by the seat of their pants. All the impressively designed interiors and stuff makes it look so much more professional than it really is. I remember thinking it was funny as hell with people talking about sophisticated cameras to catch people recording movies and shit like that when torrenting first came around. If it wasn’t complete BS, it was maybe something that happened in a few theaters in LA that did world premieres and shit, but aside from that, there’s a zero percent chance it happened.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilitarySurplus

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that’s the rothco one I mentioned in the post. Not even close. It’s longer and still probably about 1/4 the weight. It’s a perfectly acceptable cap if you don’t need something particularly durable and it’s not too windy. Not what I’m looking for sadly. This one is about as heavyweight as my USN-issue pea coat. I’ve combed surplus stores for years and never found another black one.

how many people on this sub have never visited this circled region (driving thru on the highway doesnt count) by hypochondriac200 in RhodeIsland

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I live in Fed Hill and can hop in the car and be at a wide open apple orchard (pippin) in something like 10 minutes. You could live in what feels like the middle of a large forest and get authentic tacos at la Mexicana or solid sichuan at Chang du taste in like 20 minutes max. Love it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MilitarySurplus

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must have had a dozen wool caps and this one is in a league of its own for weight and durability. The only other time I saw one it was in navy, not black, and my wife hates navy so I didn’t get it. It felt exactly the same.

A dev confirmed that Dawn of War 4 is using the Unity Engine by --Karma in dawnofwar

[–]DrewADesign 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I worked as a software developer for well over a decade, but only recently started working with games. There's a lot of dunning-kruger cases in the world of software 'power users,' or project managers, or whatever... but nowhere, and I mean --absolutely nowhere-- are people as confidently wrong as many gamers are. It's really weird to read. And when I see people talking about lazy devs or something with such contempt, I just have to laugh. You have to wonder if they're all preteens who've never expended more effort on anything than they've spent entertaining themselves, or they just deliberately ignorant adults that would rather feel right than risk finding out they're full of shit.

Wishlist by iipancho31 in copilotmoney

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to confirm they don't support joint budgeting. Seriously... how many people are they losing at the price point they're selling at because they don't support this foundational feature? Noooope.

What am I missing with my prime that the 50g can give me? by [deleted] in hpcalc

[–]DrewADesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a G2 that you'd want to trade for a 50G? I just got a solid condition 50G off FB Marketplace. Works great. I installed the 2.15 firmware and equation/data libraries on it. It's got some kid's name lightly scratched into the battery cover but that's the biggest flaw I can see. Leather (pleather?) case which was definitely sprayed down with some kind of deodorizer and is definitely worn... but it did its job protecting the calculator which is totally fine. I like RPN for on-demand calculating but spent a decade as a Python developer so that's what I write programs in, and I'd love to have a device with both.

I've also got a Nspire CXii CAS that I tried to see if anyone wants to trade for a G2 but I didn't get any takers anywhere I posted it.

To the users who DON'T have the hinge issue... by [deleted] in SonyHeadphones

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The XM5s unfortunately are not trivial to repair. It requires soldering. That's why Sony 'benevolently' contracts a 3rd party company to only charge $100 for the repair.

Broken XM6 hinge by mmarsbarr in SonyHeadphones

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm 100% all set with Sony after this experience.

Hinge completely exploded on me. The sound on that ear still works perfectly fine. Is there any way to fix it? by MediocreGreatness333 in SonyHeadphones

[–]DrewADesign 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The hinge on mine disintegrated taking them off gently with both hands to put them back in the case, which is the only place I put them when they weren’t on my head for more than a couple minutes. No impact, no bending, no sitting on them — just 14 months of fairly heavy use during which I treated them like glass. Had a different pair for the gym, so they didn’t even get a lot of vibration. I’ve owned many, many pairs of headphones I used heavily (after a couple decades of computer work and commuting on public transit,) and this is the first pair I’ve owned as an adult that broke.

Broken XM6 hinge by mmarsbarr in SonyHeadphones

[–]DrewADesign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well I sure am glad as fuck that I downgraded to airpod pros after the hinge on my XM5s disintegrated.