dsco

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[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They stopped being good cars in 2004. Twenty years they've been shit, and people are still swallowing the gravy.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used picknbuy24 to get a Nissan Tiida for $1200 USD with like 25k miles. Parts are normally the same as they are on already imported models.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago

Journalistic integrity doesn't pay the yacht club dues, Lawrence.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Can you dig it out of the trash? If it's wall-side it can normally be repaired.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is it just the frayed wires that's causing the issue? Did they short together to destroy the charger?

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

It really is. Guy had the opportunity to be great, but got sick. Like losing an aging parent to Fox.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's true, but they use nonstandard voltages on their chargers, and it can be tough to find an aftermarket that matches both the voltage and current of stock. Then you run into the "Dell has detected a non-Dell charger" scenario.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Are ya winning, son?

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

If they don't match exactly, the laptop will lock you into power saving mode or battery operation only. Real John Deere vibes.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Dell is really crappy about third party chargers. When you get one of their laptops, you are stuck in their ecosystem. They used to do this with memory as well.. then they didn't... then they did again. Don't know which phase they're on right now, but I'd dig on eBay or Craigslist for an exact replacement.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No brisket or BBQ? That's a shame.

[–] dsco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to work next to small commercial bakery, and they would give us stuff from time to time if it was near the sell-by date and they hadn't scheduled a shipment.

One day they gave us some of those tiny vending packs of muffins, the ones with two little colorful things in plastic. They were awful. So bad we bet that even the ants wouldn't touch them if we left it out.

It's been three years now and that muffin is still there, identical to the day we set it down (not counting the dust).

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