Weldawadyathink's recent activity
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Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech
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Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI don’t think anything you said disagrees with that advice. You just happen to have your fujifilm on you most of the time, so it is the better camera. For someone else who had a fancy fujifilm...I don’t think anything you said disagrees with that advice. You just happen to have your fujifilm on you most of the time, so it is the better camera. For someone else who had a fancy fujifilm camera but never brings it with them, their phone would be a better camera. The advice isn’t saying to only use the camera that is with you 100% of the time. It is just saying that a camera that you keep in the box doesn’t do you any good.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink Link ParentIn my city we have a local family owned repair shop that works exclusively on Subarus. They also maintain a fleet of loaner cars, and buy used cars to repair and sell. Their cars sell for a good...In my city we have a local family owned repair shop that works exclusively on Subarus. They also maintain a fleet of loaner cars, and buy used cars to repair and sell. Their cars sell for a good bit over blue book, but they do all the service and repair the car needs before selling it, so it is usually a good value. In the past, they always had 10-20 cars listed. When I went in a few months ago, they had zero listed, and I asked them why. They said that totaled cars are being bought at auction sight unseen for more than msrp routinely. So, at least in my area, the used market is still fucked.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink LinkI have another one to throw into this thread. I didn’t think it was very common, but I started reading an autism book that has this issue. Neurodiverse: a group of people with a variety of...I have another one to throw into this thread. I didn’t think it was very common, but I started reading an autism book that has this issue.
Neurodiverse: a group of people with a variety of neurologies.
Neurodivergent: a single person who is neurologically different than the standard.
A single person cannot be neurodiverse. To use a metaphor, a single apple cannot be a “variety”. It might be a unique or unusual apple, but it, alone, cannot be a variety. We tilderinos are a neurodiverse group, but we are not neurodivergent. The people commenting in the mental health support group are neurodivergent, but those individuals are not neurodiverse.
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo
Weldawadyathink LinkI think I am going to have to pass. I am switching to a new winery for the last month of harvest, and I’ll be working crazy hours. But please keep me on the notification list.I think I am going to have to pass. I am switching to a new winery for the last month of harvest, and I’ll be working crazy hours. But please keep me on the notification list.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink Link ParentPretty much! They do have two separate sets of brakes. In order to stop, they release the grips from the cable and use traditional friction brakes to slow down....Pretty much! They do have two separate sets of brakes. In order to stop, they release the grips from the cable and use traditional friction brakes to slow down.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system
Looks like my memory had a few details wrong. That article is a fun read. Another fun fact, the cable has to go through complex pulley systems to go around corners. Because of this, the cars can’t grip around corners. So they have to maintain enough speed to get around the corner and regrip to the straight cable section.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink LinkFor whatever reason, I get irrationally annoyed when people mix up cable cars with funiculars. A funicular has ride cars that are permanently attached to a cable. To move the car, the cable is...For whatever reason, I get irrationally annoyed when people mix up cable cars with funiculars.
A funicular has ride cars that are permanently attached to a cable. To move the car, the cable is driven by a motor. When the car is stopped, the cable does not move. Typically funiculars have two identical vehicles that trade places and counterweight each other, but that is not necessary. Despite being called a cable car by my tour guide, the railway to the castle in Ljubljana, Slovenia is a funicular, not a cable car.
With a cable car, the cable is constantly moving, even when the vehicle(s) are stopped. The vehicles have independent brakes, and can grip to the constantly moving cable to accelerate. There is no counterweight system in a cable car.
Fun fact, the cable cars in San Francisco use cedar blocks to grip the cable. You can smell them when they accelerate. They have to be replaced every few weeks.
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Comment on What game is your personal "Silksong"? in ~games
Weldawadyathink LinkI’m surprised nobody has mentioned this yet. Factorio Space Age. Okay, yes, it’s technically a DLC not a game, but I think it still qualifies. I have talked about it a ton here on tildes, so I...I’m surprised nobody has mentioned this yet. Factorio Space Age. Okay, yes, it’s technically a DLC not a game, but I think it still qualifies. I have talked about it a ton here on tildes, so I won’t go into it much here. If Wube released a dlc that did literally nothing, I would buy it day one and be happy. I have gotten far more than my money’s worth out of Factorio. But instead of a cash grab, they released a fantastic dlc that more than met my expectations. Wonderful game, and wonderful dev team.
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Comment on Grape glut: Too much wine across the world leaves tons of US grapes rotting this crush season in ~food
Weldawadyathink Link ParentHappy to share my expertise! I don’t have much experience with international wine markets, or even international tourism. Every place I have worked for has been focused on domestic tourism and...Happy to share my expertise! I don’t have much experience with international wine markets, or even international tourism. Every place I have worked for has been focused on domestic tourism and sales. So I can’t comment on things like reduced Canadian tourism. I am sure it is a factor, I just don’t know how big.
There is a joke in the wine industry that “a winery is a great way to make a small fortune, but only if you already have a big fortune”. There are a lot of wineries owned by the exact type of people you describe. The place I currently work is owned by an incredibly wealthy couple. They could not care less if the winery made any money. So in this case, they wouldn’t care about the warning signs. But a lot of the industry is deceiving themselves about the warning signs. There is an attitude of “of course it will recover; it always has before”. It reminds me a lot of the “nobody defaults on their mortgage” attitude that lead to the housing market crash.
If you want to read some industry analyst jargon, take a look at the 2024 Silicon Valley Bank wine report. SVB does these every year, and they are basically the gold standard of wine analytics. The previous few years showed some worrying trends, but the reported takeaway was generally good news. I personally disagree with the sentiment in the previous year reports. The 2024 report was the first where I felt like their analysis matched their data. They still seem hopeful, and I disagree with their hope, but they acknowledged the very real negative trends in the data.
To answer your initial question: I didn’t see this trend before I got into the industry, but I have seen it for years. I was barely in the industry, and it would have been simple to make a graceful exit. But I really like wine, I like the wine industry, and so I stayed. Also, with my ADHD, wine is one of the only things that has been able to keep my attention long term. The wine industry is huge and varied, so there are a lot of niches to be had in this sinking ship.
Okay, a sinking ship is maybe too doom-and-gloom a metaphor. I think the industry is going to flatline and slowly decline until something changes. It won’t crash outright like the dotcom companies. There is going to be an extremely long tail. Millennials and Gen X still drink a ton of wine, just not enough to make up for the boomers.
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Comment on Grape glut: Too much wine across the world leaves tons of US grapes rotting this crush season in ~food
Weldawadyathink LinkThis quote stood out to me: Hello. I am in the industry. And I am not saying that. In fact, if nothing changes, the new “readjusted” wine market will be a decimated corpse of what it was. The...- Exemplary
This quote stood out to me:
“What everyone is saying in the industry is we’re at the low of the low and it’s going to get better,” Goedhart said. “And we’re going to readjust.”
Hello. I am in the industry. And I am not saying that. In fact, if nothing changes, the new “readjusted” wine market will be a decimated corpse of what it was.
The article says this is a result of a lot of factors at once. That is true. What it doesn’t mention is that this boom and bust cycle is the standard operating procedure for the wine industry. This is such a fundamental part of the wine industry that it was literally the first thing said in my intro to viticulture class years ago. Anybody in the industry that doesn’t understand this is willfully deluding themselves.
This means when things are going well, you need to not buy like it will go up forever. You need to consolidate your market position, build a financial buffer, and understand that a bust cycle is coming. You weather the bust cycle and set yourself up to do well in the next boom cycle.
Basically all winery management I have worked with are deluded about this fact. During booms, they buy buy buy more grapes, contracts, vineyards, equipment, etc. Then during busts, they sell everything for a fraction of the value, try to get out of contracts, etc. I have personally made a 5 year projection for wine volume sales for a winery that included this fact. My boss threw it back to me, told me to lie, and say our sales volume was going to go up every year (despite removing our cheapest and highest volume sku).
On top of this cycle, there has been a huge crash coming for years. The root of the problem is failure to attract new consumers. The wine industry sells almost exclusively to boomers. This market is now increasingly on a fixed income, and (not to be crass, but it’s true) dying off. We are making more volume than ever to sell to a smaller market than ever, who has less money than ever. How is that a recipe for success?
Millennials are very health conscious, and trusted agency’s are (truthfully) saying that alcohol is bad for you. Even when they choose alcohol, they don’t choose wine. And why would they? The wine industry has spent years building a hoity-toity “better than you” attitude to try to sell wine. This works wonders on boomers, but alienates millennials. And it’s probably even worse for Gen Z, but I don’t know as much about that demographic.
In short, the wine industry has spent years ignoring the realities of the market. They have successfully squeezed a ton of blood from the stone. Only now is it starting to hurt. And the response, almost across the board, is “just wait, we can squeeze again soon and there will be plenty of blood”.
The only wineries that will come out of this ahead are the ones who are marketing to millennials and newer generations. Also wineries that are selling experiences, not products.
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Comment on Grape glut: Too much wine across the world leaves tons of US grapes rotting this crush season in ~food
Weldawadyathink Link ParentWine grapes are already grafted onto other roots. And many table grapes are also grafted onto other roots. So it is definitely possible. But I don’t think the sale price for table grapes is...Wine grapes are already grafted onto other roots. And many table grapes are also grafted onto other roots. So it is definitely possible. But I don’t think the sale price for table grapes is particularly high.
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Comment on Monsanto products potentially cause cancer in ~health
Weldawadyathink Link ParentTo be honest, I have almost unsubscribed from Veritassium because of this. The titles are so clickbaity now. I’m not usually bothered by clickbait, but their titles are so extremely bad now.To be honest, I have almost unsubscribed from Veritassium because of this. The titles are so clickbaity now. I’m not usually bothered by clickbait, but their titles are so extremely bad now.
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Comment on Monsanto products potentially cause cancer in ~health
Weldawadyathink Link ParentYouTube now allows creators to AB test video titles. They have allowed this for thumbnails for a long time, but now video titles can be tested. In my direct experience, Veritassium uses this...YouTube now allows creators to AB test video titles. They have allowed this for thumbnails for a long time, but now video titles can be tested. In my direct experience, Veritassium uses this feature extensively, and the titles often seem very different from each other. So this is probably the feature causing the confusion here.
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Comment on Announcing the seventh annual Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo)! in ~tildes
Weldawadyathink LinkOk so I think I want to do something with sewing. I just got a serger from my grandmother, and now I want to use it. But I don’t know what I want to sew. In the past, my sewing projects have been...Ok so I think I want to do something with sewing. I just got a serger from my grandmother, and now I want to use it. But I don’t know what I want to sew.
In the past, my sewing projects have been things I wanted but couldn’t find commercially. Namely a climbing rope bag and climbing QuickDraw (carabiner) storage bag. But I don’t really need anything right now.
I have just recently done a few small projects with zippers, so a project with a zipper would be cool.
My only thought right now is a trench coat. I love the idea of waxed canvas, and it would be cool to have a homemade waxed canvas trench coat. But I haven’t found any trench coat patterns that I really loved the look of.
Anyone have any recommendations? Either for trench coat patterns, or some other bit of gear I could make for myself?
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Comment on Amazon to end commingling program after years of complaints from brands and sellers in ~finance
Weldawadyathink Link ParentNope. They might have that info, but there is no reason they have to have it. Seller A gives Amazon 5 shirts. Seller B provides Amazon 3 shirts. They are the same, so throw them in a pile...Nope. They might have that info, but there is no reason they have to have it.
Seller A gives Amazon 5 shirts. Seller B provides Amazon 3 shirts. They are the same, so throw them in a pile together. Seller A sells 3 shirts and seller B sells 1 shirt. Amazon just ships a random item from the pile, since everything is the same (in theory). So seller B, who still has “2” shirts in inventory might have zero of the items it actually sent to Amazon, since they may have been sent to fulfill seller A orders. If nothing can be counterfeited, it’s a really good system. But it just doesn’t work in practice.
Amazon might keep that data anyway. They are the creators of AWS, and keeping a bit of extra data probably isn’t a big deal. But even if they have it, they probably can’t uncomingle even if they wanted to. In the above example, seller B would have no actual inventory, despite still having two sellable items. Seller A should have only 2 items, but may have 4 actual items.
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Comment on Are touchscreens in cars dangerous? in ~transport
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI don’t think /u/myrrh thinks that controls shouldn’t exist, just that they should not be modal. For example, on a touch screen, you might have to hit a climate control button, which takes you to...I don’t think /u/myrrh thinks that controls shouldn’t exist, just that they should not be modal. For example, on a touch screen, you might have to hit a climate control button, which takes you to a climate control mode and shows you the climate controls. Now, instead of just adjusting the temperature, you have to think about what mode the controls are in. It increases the cognitive power required to operate these controls. In comparison, my car allows me to control the temperature with a single knob. That knob only ever controls the temperature. I don’t need to put it in a climate control mode before I can change the temperature.
I think there is a place for modal controls in cars, but they should not be used for anything that is commonly accessed. Climate, audio volume, windshield wipers, defrosters, and other safety features should never get modal controls. Yet many modern cars put some of these behind modes.
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Comment on Waymo has received their permit to operate at San Francisco International Airport in ~transport
Weldawadyathink Link ParentSFO has one of the best plane to train transfers I have seen at a US airport, and it is exactly as the parent commenter described. I think they were underselling public transit a bit, but not...SFO has one of the best plane to train transfers I have seen at a US airport, and it is exactly as the parent commenter described. I think they were underselling public transit a bit, but not much. SFO has a bidirectional train loop with trains every two minutes or so between the various terminals and the parking lots. BART gets a train station attached to this train loop. The only way to bypass that train loop is to be picked up by someone. So that leg of the journey is also required if you park or rent a car. BART itself is more like a RER or S-bahn than a metro. Think like the Paris RER, but the metro doesn’t exist, so if you aren’t near an RER station you have to walk or taxi.
It is nothing compared to most European airports.
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI have never touched this setting and have still been able to run games that are “unsupported” on my Steam deck. What does that setting actually do? I haven’t seen a title in my library that won’t...I have never touched this setting and have still been able to run games that are “unsupported” on my Steam deck. What does that setting actually do? I haven’t seen a title in my library that won’t attempt to use proton, even if listed as unsupported.
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentApple laptops have a Spock button? What does it do?Apple laptops have a Spock button? What does it do?
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Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentYep. I learned about it when jailbreaking an old iPod touch. I don’t think Apple uses it in any external communication, but it’s used internally.Yep. I learned about it when jailbreaking an old iPod touch. I don’t think Apple uses it in any external communication, but it’s used internally.
Which version of windows? If I remember correctly, that could be problematic with Windows 7 and before. Windows 8.1 and 10 were actually pretty decent about swapping hardware around.