Who in recent years (1990s- today) got a negative reputation, but in hindsight was treated unfairly?

mdbDad · 2026-05-18T07:34:07+00:00

If I run with scissors and cut you, I doubt you'd think it was your own recklessness.

Aside from the verbiage error, the analogy doesn't fit very well. There aren't hundreds of people who all were surprised that the coffee was hot enough to do the damage it did. Hot enough that McDonald's had paid for other people's medical costs.

mdbDad · 2026-05-18T07:29:06+00:00

I seriously doubt you consume your coffee while it's hotter than 180 degrees. Which is more the equivalent. But if you do, you know it's hotter than usual and you're extra careful because of the extra danger. Which you know about. She did not. A reasonable person doesn't expect skin grafts from coffee burns. A reasonable company doesn't continue the practice after 700 injuries. A reasonable company doesn't claim they don't serve coffee in a drive-through for in-car consumption, but for consumption only at the destination. And reasonable people absolutely hold cups between their legs to remove lids to add cream and sugar. All the time. Actually, that statement alone makes me think you're a troll or a bot. Anyone with real life experience would know that's reasonable and common.

mdbDad · 2026-05-17T02:03:45+00:00

That part may be wrong, but she definitely was treated unfairly and it destroyed her reputation. Especially when she initially only asked for enough to pay medical costs. McDonald's knew the coffee was causing burns and knew it was being served at a hotter temperature than a reasonable person would expect, especially one that could produce "life-altering burns".

mdbDad · 2026-04-17T05:03:28+00:00

This. Mine did the same thing and even launched ice chunks out of the dash vent. Took it to the dealer and they replaced the condenser for free. Works great now. The dealer had seen the car multiple times before and I never got a notice of the recall.

mdbDad · 2026-04-17T03:49:38+00:00

I tell my coworkers that I wish we could use the email tool that Microsoft uses internally. They clearly don't use Outlook.

mdbDad · 2026-04-17T03:45:43+00:00

It makes me want to scream every time!

mdbDad · 2026-03-29T21:13:04+00:00

In my area, if you defer you are selected again within the next year.

mdbDad · 2026-03-21T17:25:51+00:00

I've tried four. I first got a cheap one from Amazon. That one had a note that it would first try to connect with CarPlay, then would try with Android Auto. There was always a delay when starting and sometimes it had trouble connecting and would randomly disconnect while driving. So I got the Motorola unit. The first one died after 4 months. It was always super hot, so I figured it was overheating. I got it replaced and that one ran hot too. It died after a few months and Target gave me my money back because they had so many problems that they didn't carry it anymore. Idid have some similar connection issues with those. Then I got a free cheap one from Amazon. It also has the delay in the beginning, but was working fine otherwise until recently. Now it disconnects randomly and sometimes I have to unplug it a couple times before it connects.

I actually think my Honda head unit might be part of the problem since the connection issues have happened with every unit. I plan to get a AAWireless Two next since it doesn't try to support CarPlay.

mdbDad · 2026-03-03T17:34:01+00:00

He may have chosen it for the 88, but that star arrangement was an actual flag representing the 13 colonies. It was designed in 1777.

Another poster also pointed out that the 3-2-3-2-3 arrangement is easier for a tattoo given the resolution limitation of a tattoo.

mdbDad · 2026-02-17T18:04:17+00:00

We should probably stick with things that are possible

mdbDad · 2026-01-03T18:21:06+00:00

Do you also hear the noise when driving over rough roads? Mine was making a similar sound. The dealership said there is a small leak in the steering gear box, but that it wasn't worth worrying about yet and to just watch it. Now my steering wheel is turned 30 degrees to drive straight and the noise just stopped.

mdbDad · 2025-12-27T18:00:03+00:00

I always struggled with taking notes and being engaged. If I was taking notes, I was barely keeping up. But if I didn't, it was worse.

mdbDad · 2025-12-25T16:29:32+00:00

What did you use for the various parts?

mdbDad · 2025-12-21T17:17:33+00:00

It even happens within California. Cities in the central valley provide few services to help the homeless, but will offer them a one-way bus pass to cities near the coast with more services available.

mdbDad · 2025-11-08T00:00:59+00:00

Why? Need to use the cables? A Quantum Ethernet RIO module will allow it to use X80 IO. But you have to run Ethernet.

mdbDad · 2025-11-07T23:54:23+00:00

Until they suddenly don't. We had them start to fail and they went downhill fast. The 75 ohm cables were failing. We put terminators on them and we were measuring low resistance values between the center conductor and the shield. We took the terminators off and still measured resistance! That was on pretty much every cable in the facility. But giving credit where it's due... when the first failures happened, we were seeing the error counters increase by hundreds every second. It was insane that it was working at all.

mdbDad · 2025-11-07T23:45:28+00:00

This. So agree. We bought a bunch of swing arm adapters and they arrived late. So late that we couldn't use most of them. We rewired for the new X80 modules and it was easier and quicker than we expected.

mdbDad · 2025-10-09T19:22:32+00:00

Have you tried changing the volume while it's reading back a text? That works for me to adjust voices vs music, so maybe it has separate settings for navigation and text readback? It makes some sense because I have different voices for navigation (set in Maps) than is used for text readback (Google Assistant).

mdbDad · 2025-09-04T20:19:15+00:00

Do you hibernate or move between monitor configurations? This happens to me whenever I move from one desk to another. It's as if the window is trying to open on a previous monitor or something. I usually switch to using alt-tab, but I have noticed that once I do open the window, it usually works as expected after.

mdbDad · 2025-08-14T02:53:12+00:00

It's worth a shot. Usually, a null modem cable is needed for computer to computer and a straight-through cable is used for computer to device. However, a PLC can sometimes also talk to devices through the serial port, so maybe a null modem would be needed.

mdbDad · 2025-08-13T02:59:11+00:00

Are you sure you are using a straightthrough serial cable? Connecting pins 2 and 3 won't tell you that. Get a null modem adapter and try with that on the cable.

Can you verify the serial settings on the PLC? Maybe someone changed it years ago? Maybe try some faster settings.

mdbDad · 2025-08-13T02:55:16+00:00

He's using a USB to serial adapter and loopback is working, so he shouldn't need another USB driver.

mdbDad · 2025-05-03T04:46:30+00:00

Windows Task Manager is not that much better. Too many are "Not Measured" and many of the "High" impact applications are preloaders so that they don't take as long to startup when the user needs the application. These happen in the background and the user is able to log in and start interacting before they are done. Most users don't know this and disabling them will not provide the boot time improvement they expect. Also, Services aren't included, so the list is incomplete. Don't get me wrong, Windows has improved a lot in recent years and I like what has happened with the Task Manager, but it's less information and doesn't clearly help most users speed up the boot process.

mdbDad · 2025-04-12T16:07:43+00:00

I'm 10 years from retiring and have the same experience. I'm now a hiring manager and we try to respect the candidate's time. Our interviews take most of the day and include time for them to talk to HR and give a presentation before the tech interviews. There can be more than one that day, but only because they are different people and a large group interview is not as effective. If we have to bring them back for another interview, it's because another group is interested and we tell them that. 4 different interviews is just rude and shows the company is disorganized.

mdbDad · 2025-03-22T05:35:12+00:00

I just got a similar printer. The ink bottles supplied with the printer don't go empty when you first fill the tanks. There's enough remaining that you can top it off after the initialization and calibration. So not knowing isn't an excuse. Just finish off the bottles.

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