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Having to resolve merge conflicts of scripts I never touched during an upgrade


In general, I don't trust FreeBSDs upgrade process after failing it several times on both desktop and server. The merging system scripts is a huge problem, but I've had other problems as well.


Yup. Worked on a turkey egg (for hatching) farm. The eggs were kept cold until they reach the hatchery for the same reason.


Previous employer transitioned time tracking (and all other hr things) to this giant all in one SAP thing. It took so many clicks to do anything. Took 3 clicks to just save your hours.


I expected this to be easy to setup since it's just email. Yet using the exact same credentials my mail client uses fails to connect.


Same here - it got stuck at 96% (whatever that means), but it worked when I hit “Log in” the second time.

Strangely, the setup screen doesn’t seem to differentiate between “automatic” (i.e. “simple”) and “advanced” setup and filling out the fields is necessary for both when using the advanced setup mode.


Re: #2, it does not


> You cannot walk for more than 500 meters at a time to switch between two stops.

Edit: plenty of the other rules outlined would rule out hitchhiking


It is definitely possible to hitchhike with the rule of not walking more then 500 meters. Sounds like a cool game by the way! I loved hitchhiking with arbitrary rules, an entire continent becomes a playground.

Having read the rules, I do believe is is possible to hitchhike in such a way that it qualifies as free transportation that allows to travel the longest distance. A simple way to do so it to get a single ride that is several hundred kilometers long.

The author of the question on StackExchange accepted hitchhiking as a valid answer.


Are you deliberately trying to be confusing? A "bundled camera" is the exact opposite of a 3rd party app. 3rd party would mean one must install it from the playstore.


Sorry, 3rd party in the sense that it is not part of Android.

Almost every manufacturer ships their own camera app so it is hard to know what features are present given a certain Android phone.


Curious how you charge if if the usb is "borked"


At least the original xbox one controller used AA batteries by default, and had an optional accessory rechargeable battery pack to replace the AA batteries. Maybe the later models are different; I don't have an xbox anymore.


Replacing the AA-bateries?

At least my xbox one controller has a slot for two aa bateries on the back.


Interesting. My controller that I got only a few months after xbox one launch has a proprietary rechargeable battery in that slot


Underestimate time needed, and I didn't communicate often enough.


> The only reason I created that account was to prevent cybersquatting over my short-and-simple username

Congratulations, you _are_ the very cybersquatter you feared so much.


they dont fear the squatting, they fear the ultimate use of masquerading as them with easy, failed brand recognition.

we use online names as public certificates. we're doomed to this race.


If you use a "short, simple" string as a username across various services, the price you pay is that various others are going to be using that same name on other services.

You aren't entitled to a certain username on every service simply because you happened to be the first to register it on one service.


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