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#3213749 3-Apr-2024 14:41

... Because pothole repairs, resealing, fibre, water, gas, power, and layout changes are all different projects, run by different contractors, on many cases for different clients? Probably run by competing private contractors and TTMS firms.

Combining separate projects also has H&S implications and leads to complexity higher than each individual project, plus you need to go back to the RCA (council/NZTA) to change the traffic plan.

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#3213772 3-Apr-2024 14:53

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Why are the cones and signs still out,

This is dying for an edit of why is the rum gone to "why are the cones out".

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#3215123 6-Apr-2024 17:04

Is this week Mikrotik week or something in the Offers and Wanted forum?

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#3215126 6-Apr-2024 17:10

neb: Is this week Mikrotik week or something in the Offers and Wanted forum?

I was wondering the same thing!

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#3215347 7-Apr-2024 20:41

Ok so small question - I have started running an older laptop (Intel 7th gen, Kaby Lake) under load 24/7 for $reason.

Should I be concerned about the risk of catastrophic failure of the lithium-ion battery?

I have no reason to suspect the battery has been physically damaged in any way (device appears in decent nick).

It's one of those laptops where the battery is a real pain in the arse to remove, but not impossible.

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#3215351 7-Apr-2024 20:46

cddt:
Should I be concerned about the risk of catastrophic failure of the lithium-ion battery?

Not unless you drive a nail into it or something. If it's the original, not some dodgy swapped-out one off Aliexpress, you should be fine.

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#3215352 7-Apr-2024 20:52

Catastrophic failure, probably not. Significantly reduced life, yes.

If you can, configure it to charge to not more than say 50%.

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#3215354 7-Apr-2024 20:54

SomeoneSomewhere:

Catastrophic failure, probably not. Significantly reduced life, yes.

If you can, configure it to charge to not more than say 50%.

It's already at the point where it lasts only 20 minutes at most. So just taking up space, possibly a microscopic bit of power to keep it trickle charged?

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#3215355 7-Apr-2024 21:07

If you're running it 24/7 under load you presumably will have it plugged in 24/7, so as @SomeoneSomewhere suggested set it to not charge fully (if it's even still capable of that) and just treat it as a slim desktop, ignoring the presence of the battery.

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#3215367 7-Apr-2024 22:09

Thanks for the advice. Since I am great at procrastinating I took the battery out tonight.

Next question, why do laptops have annoying plastic clips keeping the case on when it is already attached to the body with 17 screws?

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#3215501 8-Apr-2024 11:00

Anyone else in Auckland with mild allergies, find they are sneezing a lot the last 3-4 days? I was fine before that, seems to have come on suddenly. I don't have an official diagnosis, but wondering if it could be allergies.

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#3215525 8-Apr-2024 11:41

Why does the self-checkout machine yell at me if I don't put the item I just scanned, down in 0.12 seconds - Give me time silly machine. I don't want the person watching the self-checkouts to come over and input their PIN angrily.

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#3215527 8-Apr-2024 11:49

cddt:

Next question, why do laptops have annoying plastic clips keeping the case on when it is already attached to the body with 17 screws?

If personal experience is anything to go by, maybe the manufacturers (rightly?) assume that most of the screws will be lost the first time the user takes the back off...?

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#3215532 8-Apr-2024 12:07

Chills:

Why does the self-checkout machine yell at me if I don't put the item I just scanned, down in 0.12 seconds - Give me time silly machine. I don't want the person watching the self-checkouts to come over and input their PIN angrily.

Why act as an unpaid volunteer for the business? Insist on being checked out by a human operator. You are helping someone keep a job.

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#3215602 8-Apr-2024 12:28

Rikkitic:

Chills:

Why does the self-checkout machine yell at me if I don't put the item I just scanned, down in 0.12 seconds - Give me time silly machine. I don't want the person watching the self-checkouts to come over and input their PIN angrily.

Why act as an unpaid volunteer for the business? Insist on being checked out by a human operator. You are helping someone keep a job.

Yes - I do that whenever I can - as a matter of principle.

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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