Sam Lin

People are not smart.

Not only that, but brands fucking with their established sizing and fits! Ralph Lauren managed to push me away by adjusting, adding, and removing random fit options every few years to the point where I now don't know wtf size actually fits me, and gave up on trying. Custom Fit, Custom Slim Fit, Slim Fit, Regular Fit, but a Regular M is not the same size as a Regular M from 5 years ago is not the same as a Regular M from 10 years ago. I can somewhat forgive lack of standardization across different brands, but within a brand??? WTF are you doing?

Fuggin' love Ochs and Junior for the simplicity (low number of parts) with which they are able to add complications to a very basic movement, and how clever and clearly they display the complication. There isn't an easier to read complication face on the market. Results in a fairly "tall" movement, which is unfortunate for my small wrists, but as an engineer I'm a huge fan.

Finished Start with Why, and Radical Candor. Start with Why was weak and definitely fits the Emu method you mentioned above: find some cheese analogy, find some examples to fit, and blather on and on. Use it to sell Ted talks and corporate seminars. Part of the weakness is because so many of the examples are now poor examples due to the tides of change in history. He repeatedly cites examples like Harley, SW Airlines, Apple, Walmart, GM, Microsoft, and in many cases like Harley and SW, the "today version" of the example actually refutes his point. But my overall reaction to it was "what is his point?" On the surface it seemed to pass the Emu test, but think more about the statements he makes, try to apply more examples, and it just has no substance. Yes a company should have a clear goal or mission statement and employees should know it and feel it, but that is not the secret sauce that has allowed some companies to succeed and others fail. Radical Candor is a useful one. I think it is too wordy and needs editing, it would be easier to implement and if it had a clearer statement, and it gets a bit lost explaning how to handle edge cases, but the message and techniques are applicable and useful for most. Of what I've read in the past month (sort of cramming management books), I'd recommend Turn the Ship Around and The Undoing Project to anyone/everyone (and bought copies of Turn for some of my staff), Radical Candor to some, TF&S to some. Would not recommend Start.

Why remove them? They're signs of great soil and they don't hurt anything. They typically vanish in a day on their own and are biomass.

Risks of random juice jacking have been fairly well debunked by now. And phones have gotten harder to hack via USB, newer ones all prompt the user to log in and allow data access before any data connection is allowed. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/fearmongering-over-public-charging-stations-needs-to-stop-heres-why/

I thought that was months ago news?

Nope, not sure who you're thinking of.

You sure? Because Alpo definitely looks like my brain on drugs.

You never go wrong with flowers. Don't question, just get them. Not sure? Get them. Sure? Get them. Think there's zero reason to get them? Get them.

Don't reply at all, just toss it. I thought I read somewhere that if you get in contact it may reset some sort of collection timer in their system so they keep trying instead of abandoning the collection sooner. (This is based on random shit I read on Google, so it is worth less than you paid for it and may have come out of my ass after coming out of someone else's ass first.)

You didn't let Roflbox borrow your car for years, did you?

The feature you are looking for is called "pass-through charging" and is somewhat rare. Anker doesn't do it any more, here's their explanation why: https://support.anker.com/s/article/Do-Anker-power-banks-support-pass-through-charging Their wall plug power banks like linked above will not simultaneously charge the power bank and your connected device, they will finish charging your device first and then to back to charging their internal battery.

If that's the goal, have a local metal shop laser cut you a piece of steel to fit your grill. Much less fiddly than a bunch of griddle pans, and you don't have the lost cooking space from the joints between pans. Or, even easier and cheaper, just buy a griddle insert that fits your grill: https://www.amazon.com/SQ180-Stainless-Universal-Griddle-Tailgating/dp/B000HQHBSQ

This. Criteria #1 when I bought was no HOA. I dgaf what my neighbor does with his property, because it's none of my damn business.

You need to watch Ping Pong Playa. It is stupid and hilarious.

Snakes on a Plane

I'm down 92% on Alpo, so :hookem:

Finished this a few days ago, definite quick read. But great, simple message, though I feel it could be made more concise. The steps in his process have names that are just unnecessarily complicated, and the process itself is a bit overcomplicated. I think a bit of editing would make this "management method" something that could be easily grasped by more people and therefore more effectively implemented. To me, it comes down to Empower: Share Common Goal (and he mentions referring to Start with Why, which I am currently reading and will comment negatively on when I finish), Ensure Skillset, and Trust (but Verify). Found a lot of parallels between the examples in the book and management structures I've experienced myself. Highly recommended. Easy read, easy concepts, fairly simple to act on, and big ROI effects. I would recommend this as a read to anyone wanting to improve "management" - and by that I mean anyone who has any responsibility for anyone else, at any level of an organization. This is a layman's book, entertaining to read, but with a strong, effective message.

Zen: Become One with the other Two. Pick up your phone and start fucking around on it.

I think black or cayenne pepper is supposed to deter them? Might try sprinkling the planted areas around your flowers.

Ordered an AnOrdain, and am quite impressed with the level of "custom" service on what is not that expensive a watch (~$1500). Tons of (much) more expensive mass market product that doesn't give this level of personalization. On top of already being able to select multiple strap options prior to checkout, and offering custom engraving or map graphics engraving at no additional charge, here are the custom questions after order. Even strap length choices are uncommon, but regulation to account for which wrist worn and storage position at night?? Unheard of: So that we can tailor the watch to your specifications, could you please confirm: your preferred strap length (please refer to our fitting guide) which wrist the watch will be worn on (we will use this information to regulate the watch) which position the watch will be stored in at night (for example, dial facing up) the name of the wearer as you'd like it to appear in the certificate of authenticity

You'll get all kinds of opinions on it, my opinion is don't bother if it hasn't failed by then. Many of these cars never have IMS issues. Do oil analysis and frequent changes if you want to be paranoid, but even that is arguable whether analysis gives you any meaningful early warning. I'd just get it and drive it. Replace IMS whenever you need a clutch. Do use the lack of IMS or lack of records as a bargaining point, pay 3k less than you would for one with proven IMS replacement - then, if it does fail on you, you pay the 3k and fix it, end up with the same car same price.

Oh Trixie!