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mikedt · Mar 16, 2017

Do we have a forum for Android treadmills?

Android on it's back (pining) means they don't have to write out "OUT OF ORDER" or "乱序"

bjacks12 · Mar 16, 2017

Loving my new Pixel XL so far. I thought my N6 was the best phone ever, but damn, this thing leaves it in the dust. Super fast, amazing camera, very premium feel to it. I can't stop playing with it.

mikedt · Mar 16, 2017

"Treadmill", the mighty lager, with the world's first great taste of fish!

Deleted User · Mar 17, 2017

The length of any design meeting is directly proportional to the number of attendees.
Invite the whole team and you may as well say goodbye to most of the day.

lunatic59 · Mar 17, 2017

Design by committee ... the quintessential oxymoron. Most of the times, they drop the "oxy" part.

zuben el genub · Mar 17, 2017

lunatic59 said:
Design by committee ... the quintessential oxymoron. Most of the times, they drop the "oxy" part.

That's the definition of an elephant. A mouse designed by committee

Unforgiven · Mar 17, 2017

LV426 said:
The length of any design meeting is directly proportional to the number of attendees.
Invite the whole team and you may as well say goodbye to most of the day.

Make sure the donut to attendee ratio is correct please.

Deleted User · Mar 17, 2017

I've just bought the donation package of Greenify. Greenify is just awesome...

Deleted User · Mar 17, 2017

lunatic59 said:
Design by committee ... the quintessential oxymoron. Most of the times, they drop the "oxy" part.

In many ways, I subscribe to the thought that people don't know what they want, until you show it to them.
(Is that a quote from Mr. Jobs?)

lunatic59 · Mar 17, 2017

LV426 said:
In many ways, I subscribe to the thought that people don't know what they want, until you show it to them.
(Is that a quote from Mr. Jobs?)

True enough, but especially if management is present you must first show them what they've asked for before you can show them what they really wanted. *sigh*

Deleted User · Mar 17, 2017

Unforgiven said:
Make sure the donut to attendee ratio is correct please.

Oh I've known plenty of donuts alright. They're usually the ones making the decisions. However I usually keep them out of such meetings. :oops:

huh · Mar 17, 2017

No power for 5 days last week due to 60 plus degree weather with 70mph winds:/ ... then it snows.for a few days .. and is about 15 degrees .. today it's supposed to snow flurries .. then warm up and rain! Ahhhh the joys of Michigan weather!
"Hey! Michigan.. You can't have all 4 seasons in one day!"
Michigan: - "here .. hold my beer"
Speaking of.. I'm debating wether to go out for St. Patty's day with some friends.. husband is taking my oldest for 1st round of College visits about 2 hours away overnight tonight he,s junior in HS ( ok how did that happen?? I'm still 20 in my head)
But I probably will just stay in.. and away from the absolute crazy "armature hour " that is St Patrick's day around here!!! Plus u of m game on at 12:30 it's probably already insane out there!

Ramble on-

lunatic59 · Mar 17, 2017

St. Patty's day (1984) was the first date I had with my wife. It's a special day for us, but we've long since stopped going out. Celebrating in is much more fun.

huh said:
he,s junior in HS ( ok how did that happen?? I'm still 20 in my head)

Wait till he's a daddy (and we *know* how that happens

)

Don't feel old, @huh, I've got voices in my head older than 20

jefboyardee · Mar 17, 2017

I misplaced my key 'fob,' a bluetooth doodad that authorizes the car to start... same result as losing the key. Fortunately, I had predicted this might happen when I bought the car and bought a spare. I just needed a ride to the spare fob to get the car working and then I ordered yet another spare fob... over two hundred bucks, again.

Determined not to let this happen again, I spent seventy bucks on an assortment of Tiles, allowing me to find lost things within a hundred feet.

Too late now, but was that throwing good money after bad?

Unforgiven · Mar 17, 2017

^^^I'd say no. Can they unprogram the missing pid from your car?

jefboyardee · Mar 17, 2017

Unforgiven said:
Can they unprogram the missing pid from your car?

Good question. I assume they have to have a fob in their hand to un- re-program it.

Unforgiven · Mar 17, 2017

jefboyardee said:
Good question. I assume they have to have a fob in their hand to un- re-program it.

I don't know. I broke mine (it was my only one) and when they programmed a new one, they said they all had to be present when the programmed the new one in. So I think when my truck was put in the "program mode" it paired with each fob that would work with it. It's probably worth asking the question.

jefboyardee · Mar 17, 2017

Anyway, my real question was about Tile. Anybody have it, use it hate it?

Deleted User · Mar 17, 2017

jefboyardee said:
Anyway, my real question was about Tile. Anybody have it, use it hate it?

I don't have one, but I wouldn't buy. It's only for short distances, presumably. And if the issue is misplacing keys in the house, then there's a simple low tech solution for that, which costs nothing.

Dngrsone · Mar 17, 2017

LV426 said:
I don't have one, but I wouldn't buy. It's only for short distances, presumably. And if the issue is misplacing keys in the house, then there's a simple low tech solution for that, which costs nothing.

Take the keys from the wife and be the "keeper of the keys"?

lunatic59 · Mar 17, 2017

We bought tiles for the kids last year at Christmastime. If it works, it's quite clever. Once you set it up and install the app, your device becomes a tile hotspot (theoretically). So say you lose your keys at a restaurant. (obviously you didn't drive) and when you get home you can't figure out where you saw them last. You use the app and register them as lost, assuming you are out of range of your own fob. Then, the next tile user who passes within range of your keys reads the fob and ... i'm not entirely sure what happens next. The tile owner gets notified, or the person who's nearby gets alerted to a lost tile in their area ... or both.

no one · Mar 17, 2017

Why do I always get W&Ws when I buy M&Ms?

mikedt · Mar 18, 2017

I don't really need a t-shirt that has "PROCSHE" written on it in large letters.

mikedt · Mar 19, 2017

Student was trying to ask me about a TV show, and I though he was referring to a brand of air-conditioner.

"glee" vs "gree" might sound the same sometimes.

Kaizuroge · Mar 19, 2017

mikedt said:
Student was trying to ask me about a TV show, and I though he was referring to a brand of air-conditioner.

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"glee" vs "gree" might sound the same sometimes.

Only happens in Asian countries that have no "L" sound in the alphabet system. Happens to me all the time as well

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