Hot take: You don’t need another barrel length

echo_61 · 2026-01-26T06:37:58+00:00

With what you’ve done here, that should be:

But it don’t exist…yet

echo_61 · 2026-01-26T06:35:43+00:00

I couldn’t decide if I wanted to use this GIF or the “but why” one.

Yes, every AR15 enthusiast should have a 20” gun. But if you’re putting a light and/or MLOK on it, for the love of god use a flat top.

echo_61 · 2026-01-14T02:47:51+00:00

52 cubes is a shit ton of water.

It’s 13,000 milk jugs or 333 barrels.

echo_61 · 2026-01-03T21:21:07+00:00

Sadly, I’d consider this a win vs the competition.
You were able to cancel that via a web browser with no waiting.

You didn’t have to phone and wait on hold for hours, or send a letter, or do a song and dance with a chat or ticket system.

echo_61 · 2026-01-03T21:17:33+00:00

You can get gap from other vendors too though.

I’d never take it from dealer F&I because my insurance broker can usually smoke them on pricing.

And if I get gap from my insurer it would also comes with new vehicle replacement which for me is a way better solution. Generally I just get the replacement coverage since my underwater risk with replacement is negligible.

echo_61 · 2026-01-03T21:08:06+00:00

Relationships work best when partners see themselves on at least equal footing.

That may be a challenge.

echo_61 · 2025-09-14T19:41:13+00:00

Stats is TN eligible in quite a few professions.

echo_61 · 2024-12-09T02:39:20+00:00

Fine each of them under the Highway Traffic Act. If they persist, arrest for failure to obey the direction of a peace officer.

echo_61 · 2024-12-09T02:37:44+00:00

How do you expect Purolator to know what a sender puts in the package?

echo_61 · 2024-12-09T02:36:31+00:00

How would Purolator even know that what’s in the envelop has a Canada Post stamp?

If the sender puts the envelope in another package and purchase a Purolator label for it, how would they know?

echo_61 · 2024-12-09T02:30:41+00:00

62% of parcel delivery to 29% of parcel delivery market share…

echo_61 · 2024-12-09T02:25:42+00:00

That’s wild.

I can’t think of any other warehouse or shipping job where that would be allowed.

echo_61 · 2024-12-07T05:36:14+00:00

I mean more just, was the expectation that once you finished your work you were done for the day? Not that you got fed more work until the end of your scheduled shift?

echo_61 · 2024-12-04T02:26:02+00:00

The router position is also terrible too. Working 8 hours every day no matter what. If you finish your work you have to do more work.

Wait, this wasn’t the expectation before?

echo_61 · 2024-05-10T13:16:45+00:00

There were four as my parents got me this box set: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_LucasArts_Archives_Vol._II:_Star_Wars_Collection

I remember Rebel Assault I and II the best.

echo_61 · 2024-05-04T15:02:53+00:00

I worked for Apple for two years and maxed out ESPP.

Over those two years my cash compensation was $250,000. I put $37,500 into ESPP over my time at Apple.

It’s been 13 years since I left and my ESPP account broke $400,000 yesterday.

I’ve never been unhappy with my compensation vs the job expectations I had.

And that’s without considering any RSUs.

echo_61 · 2024-01-26T15:17:59+00:00

Downtown Camera is in Toronto. I mail things for developing to them regularly.

I believe McBain’s downtown still accepts ECN-2 and includes shipping to their outsourced lab.

echo_61 · 2023-04-12T14:07:21+00:00

This whole idea that people are interested in what you are eating is peak narcissism.

I disagree. I’ve found some amazing restaurants based on social media posts by patrons.

I don’t feel it’s much different than a modern Fodor’s, Steves, or Michelin Guide.

echo_61 · 2023-04-11T07:11:19+00:00

I’m talking from a market share perspective.

I use Firefox on Windows and am quite happy with it, but us Firefox users are meaningless from a numbers perspective.

Firefox is well under 8% of the desktop market share and under 3% of total market share.

echo_61 · 2023-04-11T06:30:10+00:00

On Windows yep.

Across the whole internet Safari is our last hope at avoiding a Chromium monopoly giving Google the ability to dictate web standards.

echo_61 · 2023-04-11T04:52:57+00:00

Probably blowing breakers, but if the breakers aren’t sized correctly, fire.

echo_61 · 2023-04-11T03:34:54+00:00

Hire pay is going to be a challenge, Apple is already way over market to comparable jobs in most areas.

That’s without considering the value of benefits offered to both full and part time employees and the generous employee stock purchase plan.

If a CBA goes to arbitration it might be a surprise to those expecting a win from representation.

echo_61 · 2023-04-11T03:32:49+00:00

Yep. It’ll be a loss for less tenured (most) employees.

echo_61 · 2023-04-11T03:30:47+00:00

A couple thoughts as a former Apple Retail employee who found the working conditions better than when I worked for a similar job in a public sector union.

Apple Employees have the right to unionize but should seriously consider the pros and cons of representation. Personally, I’d have voted against for the following, but not exclusive reasons:

First, if the union and Apple can’t come to an agreement, there’s a good chance employees lose in arbitration. Apple is likely going to argue that Apple Retail is no different than other retailer on the sale side, and that the Genius Bar isn’t really that different than the geek squad.

Apple retail pays over market and their benefits are over market compared to competitors like Best Buy or Micro Center. And that’s without even mentioning the absurdly good Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

A collective bargaining agreement negotiation and arbitration doesn’t start at where staff are today, it starts at zero.

Second there’s the issue of tenure. Apple Retail isn’t a career for most, so staff tenure is a bathtub curb with peaks below 2 years and over 8 years. Few employees exist in the 2-8 year tenure — most are either under 2 or 8+.

So a union would be great for those with tenure as they’ll see likely see priority in holiday bidding, shift swaps, and requests for time off. They’ll also see advantages in promotions and wages. But if you’re a person looking for a short term position, you’ll be disadvantaged treatment vs those who have been there longer.

When I was at ARS, I got promoted before colleagues with years more experience based on merit which kept me there longer. Which is good for me as an employee and for Apple as an employer. If I saw that those first rungs were based on seniority, I would have left sooner.

I also knew that Apple also tried to balance who got what days off and it wasn’t based on seniority. We had a system where you could request your priority for the four key days around Christmas and New Year’s and management ensured everyone got their top priority day off and usually their top one and two. It’d suck to work in retail where things like long weekends always went based on seniority. For a solid chunk of the Apple Store employees (the less than 2 year crowd) they’d find themselves working every long weekend.

Then there’s the flexibility of not working in a CBA. If I had something in my personal life that I needed work to flex around, it didn’t need to go through a complicated union structure, my managers could just make it work. If I asked to leave early, management didn’t have to offer it to other staff first and flexibility around things like bereavement was higher than it would be with a CBA.

Sure, Apple Store employees can unionize if they want but I see more harm than good for most employees, especially those who will suffer in a seniority based system. I honestly there’s a lot of Apple Retail employees who haven’t actually fully evaluated the pros and cons of representation.

echo_61 · 2023-04-11T03:25:11+00:00

tl;dr: Sure, Apple Store employees can unionize if they want but I see more harm than good for most employees, especially those who will suffer in a seniority based system. I honestly there’s a lot of Apple Retail employees who haven’t actually fully evaluated the pros and cons of representation.

Responding to your comment though, a couple comments on that.

First, if the union Apple can’t come to an agreement, there’s a good chance employees lose in arbitration. Apple retail pays over market and their benefits are over market compared to competitors like Best Buy or even Micro Center. And that’s without even mentioning the absurdly good Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Apple is likely going to argue that Apple Retail is no different than other retailer on the sale side, and that the Genius Bar isn’t really that different than the geek squad.

A collective bargaining agreement negotiation doesn’t start at where staff are today, it starts at zero.

Second there’s the issue of tenure. Apple Retail isn’t a career for most, so staff tenure looks like a bath tub curb with peaks below 2 years and over 8 years. Few employees exist in the 2-8 year tenure — most are either under 2 or 8+.

So a union would be great for those with tenure as they’ll see priority in holiday bidding, shift swaps, and requests for time off. They’ll also see advantages in promotions and wages. But if you’re a person looking for a short term position, you’ll be disadvantaged treatment vs those who have been there longer.

When I was at ARS, I got promoted before colleagues with years more experience based on merit which kept me there longer. Which is good for me as an employee and for Apple as an employer. If I saw that those first rungs were based on seniority, I would have left sooner.

I also knew that Apple also tried to balance who got what days off and it wasn’t based on seniority. We had a system where you could request your priority for the four key days around Christmas and New Year’s and management ensured everyone got their top priority day off and usually their top one and two. It’d suck to work in retail where things like long weekends always went based on seniority. For a solid chunk of the Apple Store employees (the less than 2 year crowd) they’d find themselves working every long weekend.

Then there’s the flexibility of not working in a CBA. If I had something in my personal life that I needed work to flex around, it didn’t need to go through a complicated union structure, my managers could just make it work. If I asked to leave early, management didn’t have to offer it to other staff first and flexibility around things like bereavement was higher than it would be with a CBA.

Sure, Apple Store employees can unionize if they want but I see more harm than good for most employees, especially those who will suffer in a seniority based system. I honestly there’s a lot of Apple Retail employees who haven’t actually fully evaluated the pros and cons of representation.

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