but can you use a fairphone as a hammer, blackjack, tire wedge, speed bump, or a brick?

Not even close! Saddle soap and some leather conditioner.

jeez that's not very long life :/

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It's hard to refuse stuff that's shipped to your door, sadly. I'm tempted to just give this thing to a thrift store. For now, it's on a hook in my closet. I'd like to say that it's there as a backup. But all my other backpacks are Jansport, so I don't need a backup.

Leave it to the IRS to f*ck things up.

A LOT of companies got rid of benefits such as tuition reimbursement and other small perks because now it's taxable and they don't want to track it.

My wife was the treasurer of my kids' PTA. They used to give the teachers a $100 staples gift card in August to let them buy supplies for themselves. They had to stop doing that because that was taxable income to the IRS.

I have a few other examples of the IRS getting rid of corporate perks by making them taxable.

The problem is that after you repair it, you still have an android phone.

Not an english native. This is not something that we use in our country. Is this some kind of sin in this sub, I guess?

Thanks, I didn't know!

the worst pocket knife ever

I am just starting to look at this issue, who is better? Seems like the pixel phones have a longer OS support timeliness but not great..? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Pixel

Bigger hepa units on low work much more quietly than a small unit on high. Fyi. The boxes usually over estimate the room area they can clean. I always buy bigger units. There are a lot of reviews on Twitter. I have had some basic Honeywell units for many years.

Whats the merv rating? is it hepa?

Second the Tom Bihn suggestion for good gear

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I'm a machinist and you can get industrial diamond files for about $20-25 from a supply website called Mcmaster-Carr.... No ergonomic handle but they'll last forever if all you do is file nails instead of metal!

Same here.. 5 yo Samsung Android phone, they decided to stop OS updates for it right around the time 2 bad CVE's hit the news.

Perfectly functional, nothing broken or even scratched phone rendered useless.

Fuck you Samsung, never again.

Yep. Been using mine for twenty years. Can't see ever needing a replacement.

People need to start calling corporations out on this garbage swag. All of it is just born for the landfill. Millions of tons of useless crap. Companies should start advertising on the fact that they DON'T waste resources on plastic garbage. Especially this completely bogus "we saved this plastic" routine. 99.9% of these greenwashed manufacturing schemes are lies or half-truths and don't actually do anything to help the environment.

There's one in Vienna and one in Amsterdam as well

Anything from Fjallraven!!

Glass files are great too! And they are pretty cheap

Patagonia Refugio Daypack 26l. Has a compartment for work stuff, clothes and even shoes. The backpack looks small but fits a lot. The only downside is it doesn’t have that many small pockets to stay organized if that’s what you need.

Serious recommendation: keen low top hiking boots. They’re not super heavy, have more breathability than most boots, durable, and I find them wildly comfortable.

They’re called the targhee ii and they’re like $90. I spent 4 summers with the same pair as a maintenance guy at a summer camp. Not gonna last 40 years, but you’ll definitely get well over 6 months