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Comment Re:Walmart has a history of shitty in-store device (Score 1) 115

On the other hand, find a non-smart 4k TV other than the 'Sceptre' Walmart housebrand.

Truth: Last I looked Fry's had the same TV (branded Silo) for a little more money.

It's not terrible, QC is shit, but if you get a bad one, just take it to the nearest store. Speakers suck, but they all do.

Comment Re:Um... that's not how it works (Score 1) 103

Do you really believe _plumbing_ is more complex and specialized today? Seriously?

Shit flows downhill.
Payday is friday.
Keep your fingers out of your mouth.

Plastic pipe makes most things much easier...Hope it works out better than last try.

Gotta find another explanation for the plumber shortage. It's not that it's difficult. In CA the construction plumber trade is all Mexican (who work cheap), but maintenance plumbers are hard to hire. Could be that the plumbing company rates are high, but pay is only decent.

Of course plumbing contractors are at least 75% scammers and/or incompetent. That's just all contractors. Your job is to find the 1 in 4. Best bet is to know something about the job yourself.

Mechanics do about as well as historical. Again separate the good ones from the just OK from the OMFG.

HVAC? Again always relatively well paid as conditions are _terrible_ in the crawl space. Not technically difficult, but for tough kids.

My main point? I don't think any of the jobs you listed are as (recently) well paid as you think. There not terrible, but they never were.

My expectation? More useless, net negative production jobs required by law or custom. Think about all the useless twits that hang around most offices today. Most are in suits. How does 'Lumberg' stay employed? Why don't 'the Bobs' fire him? Real question. Don't know how many jobs you've had, you sound young. (get off my lawn!)

Peter principle in action.

If we could just compartmentalize it. We'd get more done if 'they' were in separate buildings, fucking with each other's days.

Also suggested YouTube. 'Plumbing fails'. Morons abound.

Comment Re:Can we just drop this already (Score 1) 101

Mrs degree: Masters of Residential Science.

We saw them too. Cute freshman girls that wanted to date (and eventually marry) engineering seniors. We 'dated' them alright.

More than 50% of incoming freshman at most state schools are taking remedials. The real problem is a complete lack of rigor in large majors like business and kids just there to party.

Comment Re:The Greenhouse Effect (Score 1, Informative) 427

No moron. Water vapor is the dominant greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.

The only way for the models to show problems is to posit a large positive feedback coefficient between CO2 level and water vapor levels. While simultaneously holding the CO2 to lowered albedo feedback coefficient very low (suggesting much added water in the atmosphere but few added clouds.)

Early in this shit show, some 'climate scientist' posted models where the first exhale would inevitably turn earth into Venus. They like to pretend they never made those claims now.

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