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  1. Comment on Office chair recommendations? in ~health

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    $250 is not enough for a decent new-in-box chair. It is enough for a beat up on Aeron, which you can slowly restore with new parts as funds allow, so this is the route I'd go. There are dozens of...

    $250 is not enough for a decent new-in-box chair. It is enough for a beat up on Aeron, which you can slowly restore with new parts as funds allow, so this is the route I'd go.

    There are dozens of videos on YouTube about Aeron chairs, how to spot good deals on local marketplaces, and how to restore them. Start there.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job in ~life

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    If "theage.au" (whatever that is) says it's happening, and the 3 FAANG corporations cited in the article are doing it, it must be real! /s I'm a manager at an international marketing agency with...

    If "theage.au" (whatever that is) says it's happening, and the 3 FAANG corporations cited in the article are doing it, it must be real! /s

    I'm a manager at an international marketing agency with >1k employees and we have no plans to force RTO. We've already downsized our offices and screensharing has enabled us to collaborate across geographical expanses far better than we did pre-pandemic. Gone are the days of the first 10 minutes of every meeting being wasted setting up conference lines and playing the "can everyone hear me?" game.

    And even if our board did decide to force RTO against the best interest of their own company and profits... y'know what? I'd rather find a new job than go back to smelling microwaved fish every other day.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on How do you feel when people sign off an email with a single letter? in ~life

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    Do you also think anyone named Mike (or any other common name) is pompous because their name isn't unique? What is the cutoff in your mind, where people become pompous for having a name less than...

    They claim a single letter as their own, ahead of everyone else.

    Do you also think anyone named Mike (or any other common name) is pompous because their name isn't unique?

    What is the cutoff in your mind, where people become pompous for having a name less than N characters long? Would someone who goes by two-letter initials be pompous, in your book?

    IMO it seems like you're just looking for something to get upset about.

    13 votes

  4. Comment on What is a good website to buy legitimate MP3s? in ~music

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    I usually buy vinyl directly from the artists, then download FLAC files from a [redacted] (heh) source.

    I usually buy vinyl directly from the artists, then download FLAC files from a [redacted] (heh) source.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Conor McGregor’s UFC return set to be delayed until next year as manager admits he’s ‘looking for’ 2024 return in ~sports.combat

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    Not surprising, considering he's obviously been juicing for (at least) the past year. He's on the good roids, too... the kind that makes your entire head/face grow.

    Not surprising, considering he's obviously been juicing for (at least) the past year.

    He's on the good roids, too... the kind that makes your entire head/face grow.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Thinking of creating a local media center for my home. Any ideas/collaborators? in ~tech

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    I use 2x 16tb WD Elements external HDDs. One runs 24/7 as a dedicated media drive, and I plug the other in every couple weeks for backups (syncing the whole drives via ChronoSync). Nothing fancy...

    I use 2x 16tb WD Elements external HDDs. One runs 24/7 as a dedicated media drive, and I plug the other in every couple weeks for backups (syncing the whole drives via ChronoSync). Nothing fancy or elegant, but it works perfectly for my use case.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Thinking of creating a local media center for my home. Any ideas/collaborators? in ~tech

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    I've been doing this for over a decade now and my setup for the past few years has been: M1 Mac Mini as my home server... a bit overkill, but I also use it as a remote desktop environment Plex w/...

    I've been doing this for over a decade now and my setup for the past few years has been:

    1. M1 Mac Mini as my home server... a bit overkill, but I also use it as a remote desktop environment
    2. Plex w/ lifetime pass (can be bought cheap on sales) serving up my media
    3. Cheap torrent seedbox in Netherlands (rtorrent, autodl-irssi, etc)
    4. Chronosync to automatically pull media from my seedbox, to my home server

    Whenever I think of something I want, it takes me about 90 seconds to find it on my private tracker of choice and download it to my seedbox. It's all automated from there.

    Happy to answer questions if anyone is interested in learning more.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Nostalgia -- what programs do you miss? in ~tech

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    Winamp -- it really whips the llama's... y'know. I spent countless hours customizing this beautiful application.

    Winamp -- it really whips the llama's... y'know.

    I spent countless hours customizing this beautiful application.

    124 votes

  9. Comment on Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’ in ~tech

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    Fair point, but it still seems more feasible to focus efforts on streamlining new volunteer moderators, than it does to hire new in-house moderators.

    Fair point, but it still seems more feasible to focus efforts on streamlining new volunteer moderators, than it does to hire new in-house moderators.

  10. Comment on Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass’ in ~tech

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    There's even already a system in place -- all they have to do is expand eligibility of requests on /r/redditrequest to include permanently blacked-out subs.

    There's even already a system in place -- all they have to do is expand eligibility of requests on /r/redditrequest to include permanently blacked-out subs.

  11. Comment on What's your after-work routine? in ~talk

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    I used to just work, eat, play video games and sleep when I worked 9 hour days in the office, plus a 1 hour commute each way. I believe I was depressed for years. Since switching to work from...

    I used to just work, eat, play video games and sleep when I worked 9 hour days in the office, plus a 1 hour commute each way. I believe I was depressed for years.

    Since switching to work from home, I am able to spend those 2 (previously commuting) hours walking my dog and then preparing breakfast/dinner. In the warmer weather months especially, I feel a sense of happiness after spending that time just putzing around outside that I haven't felt since I was a kid. I also tend to be social anxious, and having my dog with me as the basis of conversation has helped me to talk with strangers and make acquaintances in my neighborhood, which is a great feeling.

    14 votes

  12. Comment on Beer peeps, what have you been drinking? in ~food

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    Really good stuff. Going to their cafe in Rome this summer and am so excited for it.

    Really good stuff. Going to their cafe in Rome this summer and am so excited for it.

    2 votes