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cmde44 t1_je5zmo9 wrote
Is it in a place that could be a lot corner?
cmde44 t1_je4s9us wrote
Reply to comment by old_righty in This old woman was snooping around our backyard at work. She did not see the drop. by DogmaJones
Useful, legally required, same thing.
cmde44 t1_je4s233 wrote
Reply to This old woman was snooping around our backyard at work. She did not see the drop. by DogmaJones
Tell your boss to install wheel stops before they lose their business to a lawsuit / OSHA violation. Trespassing laws won't blanket a business from safety regulations.
cmde44 t1_je4r611 wrote
Reply to comment by eaglescout1984 in This old woman was snooping around our backyard at work. She did not see the drop. by DogmaJones
You're correct. Even if she was trespassing she could file a lawsuit if there was an injury. This is an insane safety violation not having wheel stops, rails, etc.
cmde44 t1_jdii4vg wrote
Reply to comment by garlicroastedpotato in The largest recorded earthquake in Alberta's history was not a natural event, but most likely caused by disposal of oilsands wastewater, new research has concluded. by GeoGeoGeoGeo
Yeah, that's scary; the amount of fluid displaced from sand vs. fractured rock. It's incredible they can keep it stable at all.
cmde44 t1_jbuyjl2 wrote
Reply to [OC] NBA offense vs defense season to date by Bischrob
The Spurs got too close to the graph's origin and try as they might, couldn't escape its gravity.
cmde44 t1_jbt78tg wrote
Reply to comment by IWasGregInTokyo in 12 years ago it seemed like another normal day in the office. Then things went crazy. This had been going on for over a minute before I started recording. by IWasGregInTokyo
That is terrifying, Greg.
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cmde44 t1_j8wjquv wrote
Reply to comment by IncomeStatementGuy in [OC] How John Deere makes money: Agriculture, construction, and forestry equipment by IncomeStatementGuy
Nope! They just put the diagnostic equipment behind programming paywalls that's only accessible to JD techs. Even if you could diagnose the problem without hooking to the machine electronically, you wouldn't be able to reprogram or finalize the fix once it was completed.
All of this was to make sure John Deere made the money on repairs using their techs and their parts. My company uses older series JD tractors (80's and 90's) and they are very easy to work on and not very electronic component heavy. A fuel pump goes out, we know what that looks like and we just fix it ourselves. Something simple like this might cost me $2,000 to do on my own but would cost $5,000 to have done by the dealership (these aren't real numbers of course).
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Reply to comment by LemonDesu in [OC] Which Political Groups did Former FTX Executives Donate to? by coingecko
that's what they're-saying
cmde44 t1_j8wgvhq wrote
Reply to comment by IncomeStatementGuy in [OC] How John Deere makes money: Agriculture, construction, and forestry equipment by IncomeStatementGuy
You know how you can't replace anything broken on your iPhone anywhere unless it's through an Apple store and it's performed by an Apple tech and costs an arm and a leg? John Deere does the same thing.
What used to be simple / or more basic maintenance work that a farmer could perform on their own is now not possible due to programming and must be performed by the dealership. This is an expense small farms can't take on and have been fighting for quite a while now.
U.S. Congress has been playing around with "right to repair" bills for years now; I believe on was just passed recently in regards to Deere, but it wasn't enough.
cmde44 t1_j84wqcb wrote
>The Aggies have been embroiled in controversy since November, when forward Mike Peake shot and killed a New Mexico student in Albuquerque in what police called a self-defense case after Peake had been lured to the campus. Per the school's statement, Friday's decision to suspend the season is separate from that case.
Not the headline of the story, just wondering if it's normal for students in other parts of the world to carry handguns on campus just in case?
cmde44 t1_j043vsa wrote
Reply to TIL that roosters don’t have a penis. They pump their sperm into females using a 'cloacal kiss' by [deleted]
If you read the article it turns out ducks are packing some major heat though. Units half the length of their body! I guess the saying, "does a duck's boner drag weeds?" has truth to it.
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Reply to comment by Cinemaphreak in TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century. by acequark
> after seeing them so often in my trash cans
ftfy
cmde44 t1_ir0b99k wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in [Image]Patience and motivation. by Ok_Chocolate_3480
While working as a baggage handler I had a lot of co-workers that were training to become pilots.
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Reply to comment by matt9191 in TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”. by krisalyssa
WAIT.... should I be doing this?