blessedwhiskers

That assumes every LEO, bodega, grocery store, etc. goes out and buys the terminals to read these things though. Assuming LEOs you encounter will never just say "sorry, my reader is broken, go ahead and unlock your phone so I can bring it back to my car and type in your info to look up your license" feels naive, especially for folks with darker skin tones.

I agree it's possible to present your ID without unlocking your phone, but is it likely?

...I wonder how many reverse-engineered the protocol or just bought a remote from the manufacturer.

I actually just left Betterment because over the last few years their Core portfolio has really lagged performance of my non-Betterment investments (largely VTI, VTSAX, VBTLX in approximately 80/20 stock/bond split). Upon ACATS-ing over to another broker, I found they'd purchased some funds with high fees when there were really similar funds available with far, far lower fees. The only reason I can think of to buy a higher expense fund when a much lower expense variant exists is in the name of tax loss harvesting, but even that is a really short-sighted decision.

Another thing that annoys me endlessly: a few months ago, Apple Music introduced animated cover art and then proceeded to animate album covers that shipped decades before Apple Music existed. If modern artists want to use this for their new albums, or if an artist wants to rethink the album artwork for a remaster, fine. But, Apple deciding to do a shoddy job of moving the Beatles to another layer and having it pulse in and out on the cover of Abbey Road? Fuck that.

I'd argue DARE is more akin to abstinence only sex ed than an actual sex ed curriculum. Or at least my DARE experience was much closer to a Mr. Mackey "Drugs are bad, m'kay" than a measured instruction of various drugs and the kinds of harms they posed.

I had a Honeywell smart thermostat that worked entirely locally with Apple's HomeKit. I haven't used Home Assistant but a cursory Google search implies this would work. My recollection is it was a Honeywell T5. Notably it did sometimes fall off the WiFi for brief periods of time, so I couldn't give the product itself a ringing endorsement.

I usually specifically look for smart devices like this because I dislike the idea of them phoning home for "analytics" or "to enhance my marketing experience" and just firewall them off.

I'm not sure if it's explicitly required, but I've yet to encounter a HomeKit device that didn't work when prohibited from talking to anything outside the LAN.

Very much so. Particularly if you're switching roles a useful strategy is to mention what equity, bonuses or compensation you may be losing as a result. In my most recent swap, I indicated I was due a fairly large bonus in 60 days and would want to delay my start to make sure I earned that and quoted the approximate amount of it. The new company didn't give me the entire amount of the bonus, but definitely increased their offer to cover most of the bonus between cash and equity.

It is also useful to mention any other offers you may have and to apply for other positions, even if you're less interested in those roles. A friend of mine applied for several roles using that strategy including one he thought he'd be totally uninterested in. He wound up being most excited about that role after getting further along in the process and ultimately accepted it, even though he intended to only use it as a bargaining chip.

You also can apply for other roles and even mention "I'm early in the process, but they've stated the usual comp range is XYZ, which is higher. I'm more excited about this role, but it could be hard to turn down that kind of compensation".