This is my personal anecdote. Your mileage may vary, and indeed, I'm likely an atypical case.

I developed tendonitis from working at home and using my home keyboard / mouse (which are of the gaming type). My home PC chair also was not terribly ergonomic (but looked cool enough). This was confirmed by my orthopaedic doctor and my own reflection of home working practices. In comparison, my work equipment was extremely ergonomic: expensive keyboard / mice for desktops, standard cube height desks, and Herman Miller Aeron chairs to boot.

Yes, it is my own fault, and it was a great learning opportunity: I got better equipment at home, a better chair (not going to spring 1k for the Aeron chair though), and saw an Occupational Therapist for learning how to properly make my "work" environment more healthy overall, regardless of if I'm at home or in the physical office. Things like posture, stretching, timed breaks, etc., have really made a difference.

Perhaps I'm the exception, but if anyone else out there has experienced this, look into a good OT course on how to properly work on a computer. It was like 2 one hour classes and was covered under health insurance. I was very skeptical at first but became a believer.

From the perspective of my more rural relatives (some who would proudly label themselves as "small country bumpkins"), that means more government. And their opinions are that at least at a Federal level, the government should be "small enough to drown in a bathtub" (to borrow a quote).

However, there are things that are, "just not right" and should have Federal legislation, usually that which supports conservative politics. Besides that, everything should be at the State level, preferably. And there, the government size doesn't matter until, well, it's inconvenient.

I don't know if your experience is similar.

(raising a glass)

I'm an independent and have frequently voted cross-party in many elections, including the last one. We need conservatives on the ballot that will take your position: When there's a problem, don't outlaw it - FIX IT! Sorry if that's hard work but we live in a complex world with complex problems. Simple solutions are frequently both elegant and wrong.

Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone.

Pretty awesome. That's cool to think each track is different. Definitely got Vader. I kept thinking that they really didn't add anything outside the original trilogy.

I went on this as well. I have to disagree with you, though. As you mentioned, I too believe the cars you refer to were also used in the Remy ride in Epcot and are similar to the cars in Toy Story Mania (which has been out for over eight years). I agree that RotR is a much better experience, I'm hard-pressed to think of what is that much different between the trackless cars. What makes the car much more prone to breaking down?

Perhaps it is related to the multiple levels of the ride?



Postscript - Another ride worthwhile to use Genie+ on is the new Guardians of the Galaxy. I have heard it is the longest indoor coaster in the world, and it was fun both times I rode it... and each time had with different music playing.

I literally went on this ride in Disney World in Florida 10 days ago. I was stopped by Darth Vader, not Kylo Ren.

I think you are mistaken.

Off subject, my family went on Rise of the Resistance and the ride broke down. My son told me they had to all walk off through the ride and had to use a set of steps called "Starkiller".
Second time, though, all of us went on it and it was blast.

That particular reason is not valid. There is a long-established series of protocols that are platform agnostic that make interchange possible: HL7. I have witnessed some asinine decisions made by 'tech managers' that support claim, though. Include one decades ago where a decision was made to upgrade an existing EMR app from "VB to VB.NET, since it's almost the same thing."

If there are systems out there which require Windows in order to interoperate with other medical records technologies, they are not using HL7 and likely cannot directly their share information.

Without trying to sound like a troll, I'd really love for you to list what devices / applications you know of which "need windows" - I'm genuinely curious to see what other crapware is out there in the medical software field so I can recommend others to avoid it.

Every empire eventually falls. Facebook (or, Meta, I suppose) will be no exception.

Just remember it will almost certainly be replaced by something else and, in all likelihood, be even worse than Facebook.

You are right. But I think you're not remembering how popular the original iPhones were to the masses. I honestly couldn't believe someone would pay $500.00 (US) for a cell phone. What we didn't see (or at least I didn't see) was how that phone captured the imagination of the everyday non-techies. I still remember my FIL speechless when he found out his phone could play music. It was a different world back then.

There was a Microsoft technology called Windows Workflow Foundation that our company heavily invested in. It got some releases, and then... Nothing.. There was no official stop of support, no blog postings, documentation, etc. When we'd ask Microsoft vendors, they would 'look into it', but they would never end up saying anything. It still was released with new releases of their IDE, and updated for their .NET Framework versions, but nothing written down. A popular search on Google for a while was "Is Windows Workflow Dead?" Seems we weren't alone.

They did the same for a bunch of other technologies. Windows Media Center was one of them as well - it was essentially a free DVR we had, if we had a PC (and bought a cablecard tuner). It wasn't a bad product at all, but they ghosted us there as well. Even the Zune music player app (standalone - wouldn't buy one of those MP3 trainwrecks) was a superior experience to some of the other music players available at the time: cover art animations, etc. They just stopped updating things and never told anyone.. Or at least in any way I ever heard about it.

Microsoft simply can't be trusted to maintain their products. I've moved on, for the better.

Every other day I have mod points.. Except today. Wish I could Mod you up.

As partisan as our current political climate is, the idea of people putting politics aside is optimistic at best.....

You are correct, but I know that I was told by my Allstate rep that Allstate would NOT cover anything while driving for Uber. That is, your personal driving was fine. But if you tell him you were driving for Uber during your accident, it's all on you.

They may have changed this, but as of a year ago, this was the case.

I used to work writing EMR software. I won't name names, but if you have been in the medical field for a long time, you would know this system. I have a Masters in Software Engineering, but also a BSN. My sole purpose for making the switch was because I wanted an EMR system that everyone could not just use, but also positively impact fellow professionals.

We once wrote a prototype EMR system that BLEW THE SOCKS off of med professional who saw it. It was fricking amazing. EVERYONE loved this thing, saying things, "This is exactly what we need!". However, we eventually demoed it hospital administrators who not just said "Meh..." they said it would mean they'd have to retrain everyone so, no, they'd keep the old shitty system." I left within 3 months.

This is very reminiscent of the Microsoft / Windows / Internet Explorer monopoly / anti-trust arguments. "Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly, you're free to buy an Apple computer... Or install Firefox." Not the same, of course. Apple doesn't tie the app store to it's OS. Although, since you can only use the App Store on an iPhone, it doesn't have to be tied to the OS.

Attached is a small article on the US. vs. Microsoft. It's amazing the similarities. And we know how the court ruled.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04...