CANYON.MID was shipped with Windows 3.1 IIRC.

Yes, hence it predates the availability of Zip drives, which are more of a Windows 95-era thing.

That is a hot take but it doesn’t really line up with research nor my anecdotal experience discussing the topic with close friends that have aphantasia.

I don’t think EMT burnout has much to do with the situations you mention, but rather whether the workers are adequately supported by their employers: given the resources to do their job, healthy shift length and scheduling, mental health care, etc. My friends who work in emergency medicine seem mostly burned out by being overworked because the hospitals are perpetually understaffed.

I don't see why it can't be both. I've also heard this from the better-compensated police. Not discussing "physical danger" or whatever mind you, but the toll of constantly facing conflict and seeing some of the worst of humanity. Not a direct parallel, but burn out extends beyond compensation. I've also heard this from social workers, who granted also deserve better compensation.

I think it's possible we should be spreading out emergency response better amongst society, but I don't have much in the way of practical suggestion.

Of course, we should also compensate our non-police emergency responders much better. My understanding is that EMTs make close to minimum wage and tend to carry higher individual liability.

I don’t think there’s any evidence that Ive has the expertise you claim. He was lead designer for Apple when they did the iPhone, but it is Apple who has the extensive deep expertise in hardware design and engineering.

Ive spent months in China working on the iPhone assembly. Plenty of evidence.

It’s something Europeans buy. :)

It’s your home. Nobody knows how it should be better than you.

If it were up to me I'd be stuck at the local optimum of standing desks with workstations randomly distributed through the apartment and a mattress in some corner.

Thankfully my wife also has a vote on things.

There's at least one YouTuber that makes a decent living off of taking people's home design and improving it, so that's not universal.

I’ve had to repair my Miele dishwasher several times. (Faulty heater relay, common problem with the model.) also coincidentally the spring in the door broke yesterday. Otherwise it does clean the dishes very well and it’s quiet and attractive looking.

I bought it because they have a good rep. But I’ve owned this dishwasher for 15 years and it’s still going.

My Fisher and Paykel fridge I’ve had for 20+ years and it’s never needed any maintenance whatsoever. To me that’s pretty amazing.

It’s hard to explain just how nice Leica lenses can be in the right hands. There is a reason they have a cult like following.

Oh, yeah, but oof the price.

This is so cool to see. When I used to do a lot of SCUBA diving I would sometimes have long staring competitions with cuttlefish. Of course it’s impossible to know for sure, but I always got the sense there was a lot going on behind those eyes.

There’s a lot wrong with your analogy. I’m inclined to argue, but really it’s better to just disagree about the facts than try to invent hypothetical scenarios that we can disagree about.