IIRC this was scheduled maintenance in documentation for some MBs. Literally “every x years replace the battery while machine is running to avoid data loss” or some such. I could just be crazy though.

Don’t worry buddy. A coworker flipped out on me once for replacing a cmos battery while a machine was on. 🤷

I got the Bender model. It’s not terrible, the arm and leg joints are wobbly. There’s not much support there, not a brick quality issue. It looks good and is more stable on the base that comes with it. Worth the price for me.

You’ll get downvoted because you’re wrong. They’re government employees, the fact that they were trying to hide their identities doesn’t magically make it not public information.

1. Go buy something from a local furniture store
2. Instead of haggling for that extra $50 off the sticker price you normally would, ask for one of their miniature display mattresses
3. Take home your new luxury dog bed…and maybe a bookcase or something? Idk what people buy at furniture stores.

My first time shutting down a factory at the end of second shift for the weekend. I shut down the compressors first, and that hard stopped a bunch of other equipment that relied on the air pressure. Lessons learned. I spent another hour restarting then properly shutting down everything. Never did that again.

National Geographic. Mutual of Omaha. Reading Rainbow. Magic School Bus. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Ghostwriter. Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

I grew up on PBS and books. Couldn’t tell you if it was good or bad, but that TV had a lot of of impact on me.