I worked with Vodafone years ago to do an integration with ticketing systems. It seems like no one actually worked for Vodafone it was all contractors or contractors of contractors of contractors.

Outsourcing peering to a 3rd party seems like their playbook.

At such organizations, you can usually communicate with any contractor, but you must go through a project manager. These managers, who are often contractors themselves, act as a support center for the other contractors.

I used service of Vodafone Germany once. In paperwork fever I only scanned the contract and saw somewhere 6000 but signed off and moved along with remaining paperwork. I thought "it has to be at least 60Mbit/s, right?". Nope. 6Mbit/s DSL, two years contract, cancellation by letter. Fuck you, Vodafone.

Do you have a kids and a spouse? What’s your age range? I found that the time I had in my 20s is filled by life obligations.

Did you have heartburn? I’m curious if adding Metamucil would help with that after hearing you feel less acidic.

I do, and when I actively and consistently take Metamucil or a psyllium husk, it has helped. I recently stopped because I ran out and forgot to buy more, and I have noticed the heartburn again.

I think it can help for some. You have to be careful which brands, CR did tests for lead. yerba prima organic was the best

Didn’t North Korea supposedly start a data center fire to cover their tracks? I believe they attached the UPS batteries.

At my work we are working on automating NOTAMs when our tower lights go out.

The same issue happens to me at my house.

Or maybe the prevalence of peanut allergies is really low.

A quick google search says Asians populations have more allergies to buckwheat, royal jelly, and edible bird nests from swiftlets. Shellfish is still one of the highest allergies anywhere.

Those are not normal food where I'm. Never eaten any of those. Basically I've never heard people getting allergy from foods that we eat here.

Google says HLA-DQ and HLA-DR genes vary more in Asian populations. Seems like it’s a factor in both allergies, immune systems, and an increase in diabetes.

Beside fuel efficiency and the long charge time for EVs, many EVs seem more like non-repairable iPhones than their ICE counterparts. Tesla’s look very safe but seems like you can not replace body parts. Same with Rivian. I saw a guy dent a rear quarter panel and the quote was $45k. Only because the crazy way they manufactured things.

Is BYD any different?

> I saw a guy dent a rear quarter panel and the quote was $45k.

The expected repair cost was ~1/10 that: https://www.thedrive.com/news/41000-rivian-fender-bender-act...

4100 still sounds insane amount of money. An amount that sounds like something somewhere or everywhere has gone wrong.

More a story about the body shop / car insurance interplay and blue collar skilled service industry / Private Equity dynamics.

My beat up truck got quoted 6k to replace a dent caused by a fender bender.

How much was the hotel room to go to Florida? He had to drive to a dent YouTuber.

Just what I've heard, but an Uber driver told me how he upgraded his older Model 3 suspension to a newer variant because they attach the same way. So at least this part you can swap if you want.

> Tesla’s look very safe but seems like you can not replace body parts

What?

https://parts.tesla.com/en-US/landingpage

https://epc.tesla.com/en-US/catalogs/dab210aa-2a7d-43b3-9e9b...

Anyone can by them directly from Tesla.

Travel management companies and other business who rent property for tourism have been doing this for decades. I have several great small websites that had cabins or short term rentals in cities I frequent and I wasn’t getting killed my stupid cleaning prices or junk fees.

Some of the cabin rental companies I rent from have been around since the 90s.

A malicious actor is probably not going to meet them at their place of business and do FBI background checks, in person DOD interviews, even polygraphs, to be able to really talk to them.