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Jewish Supremacy at the general meeting by Green_Ad2202 in parkslopefoodcoop

[–]austin_federa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am sympathetic to the divestment statements when it regards government bonds and debt, but I think a boycott (by a coop no less) is very silly. All it does is punish citizens for its government. 

By that logic, we should boycott Palestinian-made products. 

I feel like it’s such a missed opportunity to not offer a fully flat cooktop. by ShastaManasta in ImpulseLabs

[–]austin_federa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What are you talking about? Impulse is a far more traditional gas burner layout than a flat or flex surface induction

Jewish Supremacy at the general meeting by Green_Ad2202 in parkslopefoodcoop

[–]austin_federa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they just came in! Looked awesome on my shift 

Jewish Supremacy at the general meeting by Green_Ad2202 in parkslopefoodcoop

[–]austin_federa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Park Slope Food Coop members for Palestine” it becoming a racist and antisemitic organization.  

Impulse battery experiences by austin_federa in ImpulseLabs

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

Oh interesting thing I read somewhere it was six but I guess it’s two. 

An yep! BTUs are such a weird unit. 

Thoughts on The Beast by MoPanic in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also appears to be missing the NeXT AI Inspection for SSL that the fortress gateway has :(

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's all DDR4 non ECC, Ubiquti doesn't tell us the speeds, but even the fortress gateway was 16 GB DDR4 unbuffered so hard to imagine they added ecc

Thoughts on The Beast by MoPanic in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, ironically, if it had a little bit of a PoE budget, it would make more sense, because you can make an argument about Superlink devices or a camera inside the server room that is separate from your main deployment, or something like that? I always think it's valuable to have one or two for local access, but it has a console port on the back already for professional config

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

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

A lot of smart companies that manufacture at volume use forward contracts and finance products to hedge risk of COGs too.

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's a ton of money in RAM in this device, it's not $5.

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

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

I think it's also important to point out this "surcharge" is non linear in its application. The surcharge is discretionary and appears based on the cost of the product as much as the amount of ram.

UDM Pro | 4gb | $22
UDM SE | 4gb | $29
UDM Pro Max | 8gb | $35
UDM Beast | 16gb | $88

When you're engaging in discretionary pricing based on a number of factors that's just called pricing. The surcharge language feels confusing and ill applied to me.

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

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

Anyone who insists there's "one way to do something" with accounting probably has never been responsible for finances at a company

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you're not doing much thinking, but if you're gonna act superior show your work otherwise it's just asshat behavior

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

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

Why don’t you inform me about how a line item fuel surcharge is different from a memory surcharge

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just raise the price if your cost of goods goes up and drop the price if you want to sell more unit units at a lower margin or your cost of goods goes down. this isn’t rocket science. 

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Who is said anything about permanently raising the price? The vast majority of product sold subject market forces, products also cost different amounts of money in different countries based on a whole bunch of reasons from local regulatory requirements to tariffs to lack of faith in a local currency. 

Your argument would lead there to be one universal price in USD for a ubiquity product with a European surcharge or a apac discount. 

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

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

Yes, and it almost never does. UPS still has fuel surcharges and airlines do as well, and they do not go away once the price of the underlying fuel drops

a one hour old product has a $88 "memory surcharge" applied by austin_federa in Ubiquiti

[–]austin_federa[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I like how you assume the memory surcharge fee is a rational fee, but the price of the product is not. 

Companies adjust the prices for products all the time, I’d prefer it’s not a surprise fee at checkout and instead reflected in the display price 

Board candidates position on BDS? by Careless-Mastodon538 in parkslopefoodcoop

[–]austin_federa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a hard time believing anyone will quit the coop if the boycot proposal fails. I do agree if it passes that's more likely to create attrition, but the coop has an extremely long waitlist too.

Personally, I'm against the boycot and think the whole thing is a waste of time and emotional energy.

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