The simple fact that buying a $300 device and to "not expect software updates" is not considered a scam is hilarious to me.

Interesting that the extra 10° makes such a difference for ASA and ABS.

I recently started printing with ASA in my enclosed MK4. I might have to try this.

Soit tout le monde a un vote, soit personne n’en a. Limiter la participation c’est créer des non-citoyens, et on a vu ce que ça donne.

Là où il faut intervenir c’est sur la participation. 51% à l’échelle européenne. 51.5% en France. La Belgique fait la fière avec ses 90% de participation, mais ça ne suffit pas. En Croatie 4 personnes sur cinq se sont abstenues. Bon nombre de pays où c’est 2 sur 3.

Email is ridiculously complex—the technology is dead simple, but the number of exceptions and (undocumented) rules you need to abide by or risk getting banned by half the internet without being told is nothing to sneeze at.

I should know: I have built multiple support platforms that worked through email (amongst other channels).

You mention wanting to start at the SMTP level, and then building a Qt interface. So you’re going to write an SMTP client, an IMAP/POP3/JMAP client, a storage engine, a user interface, and a better search system, all on your own? You’re describing a gargantuan task.

No offense, but each one of those could be a project on its own. You probably think they’re all simple tasks (they’re not), and that you can follow a few RFCs to get things going (you can’t), and that it’ll be easy to debug (it won’t). Finally, I think you’re underestimating how large people’s email maps get.

Why not write a plugin for Thunderbird that improves the search?

In Denmark, I'm part of a union which publishes salary stats for every possible job title, management responsibility, education, in a fairly convoluted matrix. Still, this allows me to easily negotiate with companies and see how well they pay. There might be something organised by the government, but I've never had a need for it.

Germany has a principle of equal treatment. The only way to ensure this is respected is to discuss wages. There is a legal precedent that makes it completely unambiguous that discussing wages is protected. It may be uncomfortable, but that's just social pressure, encouraged by companies.

https://www.hensche.de/Rechtsanwalt_Arbeitsrecht_Urteile_AGB_LAG_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern_2Sa237-09.html

You cannot prevent your employees from discussing wages. It is literally illegal to do so, and you cannot reprimand people for doing so.

Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act), employees have the right to communicate with their coworkers about their wages, as well as with labor organizations, worker centers, the media, and the public. Wages are a vital term and condition of employment, and discussions of wages are often preliminary to organizing or other actions for mutual aid or protection.

If you are an employee covered by the Act, you may discuss wages in face-to-face conversations, over the phone, and in written messages. Policies that specifically prohibit the discussion of wages are unlawful as are policies that chill employees from discussing their wages.

You may have discussions about wages when not at work, when you are on break, and even during work if employees are permitted to have other non-work conversations. You have these rights whether or not you are represented by a union.

https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/your-rights-to-discuss-wages

Had this happen to me as well this week after a few months of not using Fusion 360.

Turns out it’s a software update issue. Just close the app every time it fails, and eventually it will manage to update. I have an insanely fast internet connection, so maybe you need to keep it open for a while to download the updates.

The irony is that Reddit thinks their internal search can in any way, shape or form compete with Google or other actual search engines. People use Google to find stuff on Reddit because Reddit's own search is hopeless.

Awesome work by Lichess. It's incredible how much they're doing for chess.

Si je comprends bien, les "speedbikes" c'est le terme utilisé en France pour tous les vélos qui vont à plus de 30-40km/h?

C'est dingue que ce genre d'engin soit autorisé sur les pistes cyclables. Ce qui me trouble encore plus (en tant que motard) c'est que j'imagine que les utilisateurs n'ont pas d'obligation de porter des vêtements protecteurs outre peut-être un casque?

À 45km/h, le macadam fait de sacrés dégats sur la peau. Je connais une personne à qui il manque un orteil ou deux car il voulait nous montrer son dernier stunt... en claquettes.

Perso, j'adore les pompes à chaleur. J'habite au Danemark, ou il fait légèrement plus froid qu'en France (encore que), et mon bâtiment est chauffé via une pompe à chaleur géante qui réchauffe de l'eau qui est circulée dans les sols des appartements.

Pareil, quand on a la place, une grosse pompe à chaleur individuelle (= légèrement plus gros que le bloc externe d'une clim) est largement trop capable pour même les maisons les plus énormes.

D'un point de vue technologique, les pompes à chaleur font sens. Un gros bloc à environ 0.8kWh d'énergie électrique va déplacer environ 3-5kWh d'énergie thermique dans ta barraque. C'est juste dingue à quel point c'est efficace. Il y a certes des courbes d'efficacité en fonction de la température (source et destination), et il y a des astérisques ci et là, mais bon, c'est franchement bien.

Là où ça se casse un peu la gueule c'est quand on essaye de remplacer... une chaudière à gaz dans un petit apart. Ah bah voui, accrocher un gros bloc sur la facade de l'immeuble c'est un peu moche, et va falloir percer des trous comme un connard, et tirer des gaines thermiques dans chaque pièce pour avoir une "tête" qui peut envoyer de l'air partout. Ah? Vous utilisez ça pour l'eau aussi? Ah bah faut encore rajouter x-y-z et machin et truc.

J'adore les pompes à chaleur. La technique. L'ingénieurie. L'ingéniosité. Mais ça reste une solution de merde dans pas mal de cas.