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• Post #554799

  Often it's attached to a motor, but the pointy end hasn't changed much. Certainly juicing the likes of apples or carrots warrants a different kind of appliance, but squashing citrus is a fairly solved problem.

• Post #243282

  Seriously. Open-plan office dwellers everywhere: "Tell me more about this 'cubicle'. Walls, you say?"

• Post #230843

  Presuming you mean 4x 2560x1440 there, you can have close enough to that pixel count today; one of the things Dell released at CES this year was a 52" 6144x2560 display (U5226KW). Since it's intended to be a monitor, you get a USB hub, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, and other things you wouldn't get on a TV, too. I've been looking at it longingly, but I can't quite justify that pricetag right now.

• Post #181124

  Honestly, I'd consider it. If I was in the middle of a job and was about to run out of something, I'm looking at downing tools for a minimum hour round trip to the nearest (decent) hardware store. There's a good chance someone starting closer to the store can get that down to 35-40 minutes, and I can carry on working in the meantime. Now "normal", perhaps not, but unreasonable also perhaps not?

• Post #150434

  Next time they (unnecessarily) reboot The Italian Job I can see this fitting right in.

• Post #130875

  But also at regular checkouts. You've just stood there motionless for the last 4 minutes, while someone else (potentially two people) scanned and bagged your purchases for you. How is it that JUST NOW is the time you've decided is right to rummage through your bag for your wallet/purse, or check your banking app on your phone to see if the account actually has money in it? What were you doing for the rest of the time that was so vitally important? I swear you can just about hear t...

• Post #114713

  Also Lenovo, who were the first ones to give than nonsense a whirl (X1 Carbon Gen 2, 2014). Lenovo's was present for just that single generation. Apple kept it for 6 generations over 7 years. Dell 4 generations, 3 years. Can't say I'll miss any of them.