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paul, 11 months ago to random

Now saying all the quiet parts out loud.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/15/23762501/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-interview-protests-blackout

paul, 11 months ago to random

Where did that Reddit AMA go?

Bill Hader Popcorn GIF by Saturday Night Live

paul, 11 months ago to random

Apollo has an opt-out sub refund screen out. Since I unfortunately know, first hand, all about this process I'll say this is all incredibly stressful. If you ever had a sub for Apollo, even if you uninstalled it and deleted Reddit, go check it out and at least consider it.

It's probably only a few $s for you but those $s get multiplied by 10s of thousands of subs and end up being real money straight out of Christian's pockets.

paul, 10 months ago to random

Debating picking up a 2019 27" iMac with a high end config at a cheap price. I kind of want to experience working with a true 2x desktop display and figure that its got at least 2 years left of OS updates. But then I look at the benchmarks vs a simple M1 mini…

Meryl Streep Doubt GIF

paul, 1 year ago to random

Anyone got a good recommendation for a standing desk VESA mount, that's not a $250+ Ergotron LX Tall? The Amazon Basics Ergotron white label that I was planning to use is pretty great but needs to go up 6-9" more for proper positioning.

paul, 10 months ago to random

I accidentally another mini.

paul, 11 months ago to random

Still bummed that Deliveries got discontinued. The FedEx app is truly awful. UPS is less worse but still pretty janky.

paul, 9 months ago to random

In my defense it was free and only 12 minutes away (and possibly broken).

paul, 10 months ago to random

Growing up in Arizona: 120 sucks but whatever.
Growing old in Texas: Furiously googling real estate in Wyoming.

paul, 1 year ago to random

Hello old friend.

paul, 10 months ago to random

Meanwhile.

paul, 11 months ago to random

My cheap-o mini has been stuck in Tennessee for the last 4 days and I think that's Apple's way to tell me I should've gotten the Ultra instead.

paul, 10 months ago to random

I guess Twitter realized that their API charges by the Tweet returned and freaked out that they were charging themselves too much?

paul, 7 months ago to random

I'm looking for a rock solid < 15W pfSense box, that doesn't cost a fortune.

I could go with one of the various N5105 or N100 aliexpress “firewalls” + USB watchdog timer, but not sure how reliable that hardware is for just sitting there without being touched for months. Plus would always worry about the damned things catching on fire.

Other choice is actually a Mac Mini 2014, I know they are reliable, won't catch on fire and sip power. But no hardware watchdog option on these…

paul, 11 months ago to random

My M1 Ultra is perfectly fine and I absolutely don't need an M2 Ultra. Someone remind me of that in a couple of hours.

paul, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

Should I waste money on something pretty stupid?

paul, 11 months ago to random

Reddit is totally pulling a Twitter.

I'd say a Reddit client is at least technically possible, unlike Twitter, but pricing would have to be around $10/month which really reduces the # of users that would be willing to pay to where it may just not be financially viable.
https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

paul, 11 months ago to random

The reality distortion field better be at record levels next week because I still don't get this headset stuff. I'd understand it as an R&D side project to be ready for 15-20 years from now when battery/compute tech might be ready. But this moonshot approach of throwing tons of resources at it and shipping something maybe even this year? Just don't see it working out.

paul, 1 year ago to random

Oh my!

paul, 11 months ago to random

Oof.
https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

paul, 9 months ago to random

Mail.app has this thing where network connections are always getting stuck and take forever to time out or finish. It's so bad that my method of checking for new mail involves force quitting the app and relaunching.

paul, 9 months ago to random

I’m a serial hobby switcher. Every 6 months or so I do something new. Current hobby of browsing Zillow listings of colder locations might be the most expensive one yet.

paul, 1 year ago to random

I hate that this is an impression that people have.

paul, 7 months ago to random

Can someone help me decide which HomeKit Doorbell to get? All the choices are overwhelming.

paul, 11 months ago to random

Crazy news of the day Tweetbot may be unsuspended with a super generous use cap of 1500 Tweets per month! Maybe I'll bring it back with a $1000/Tweet monthly sub?