Yeah, I think the store brand models like that are find for the weekend handyman. I’ll use my socket wrench maybe a dozen times a year, for five minutes each time.

Oops, I thought this was about Steve Harvey.. Carry on.

Good point - I hadn’t thought about that. I’m still used to the old paradigm of getting the phone free for signing a multi year contract.

Good point - I hadn’t thought about that. I’m still used to the old paradigm of getting the phone free for signing a…

I wouldn’t call something that costs $620 “mainstream”. I was kinda hoping it was a deal on a $350 printer, like the M3D Micro 3D Printer.

I wouldn’t call something that costs $620 “mainstream”. I was kinda hoping it was a deal on a $350 printer, like the…

Point taken - I didn’t realize that. I got here from somewhere else (Gizmodo or Lifehacker)

My son has found that people will toss turrets in front of you while you are firing. When you accidentally shoot their turret, it counts as ‘going rogue’.

I love how people talk about this as if it’s just not a big deal. “Oh, just re-install your operating system, it’s not that hard.”

Is it assembled? With an OS loaded? Just plug it into a monitor, connect to WiFi and go? If there is ANY setup at all other than entering your Wifi password, then that’s the extra trouble you’re paying for.

Is it assembled? With an OS loaded? Just plug it into a monitor, connect to WiFi and go? If there is ANY setup at…

Can you plug them into the tv right out of the box without loading software?

Can you plug them into the tv right out of the box without loading software?

A turn-key solution is the whole point

A turn-key solution is the whole point

And aren’t you a special little snowflake, you long legged freak?

I am 5'9". The average height of men in the United States is 5'10". I have never even had my knees come close to touching the back of an airline seat when it reclines.

If your legs are so abnormally long that your knee caps get smashed, then why don’t you tell me when I’m sitting in front of you? I’m not a sociopath. I’m just not an effing psychic.

I would imagine it a safety issue, to help keep the aisle free of arms/flesh for the beverage cart and easy egress.

PEBCAK (Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard)

You also may not have a family. It’s just me and my wife and son, but trying to get us to all agree on what to eat on any given night is sometimes challenging. So those burgers we bought over the weekend might not get used for a month or more, depending on the homework schedule, if anyone ‘feels like’ having burgers,…

You also may not have a family. It’s just me and my wife and son, but trying to get us to all agree on what to eat…

Reminds me a bit of something like this, which uses cash register tape

That’s sort of like saying “learn to lose weight by becoming a nude model”. If you don’t usually invite people over, then it stands to reason that socializing is not your thing. So using that as an excuse to clean your house is adding something horrifying on top of something merely difficult.

Oh, hell no.

Great pointers! Took me awhile to figure out what a bodega was though.