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I'm certain that I've stayed in an AirBnB or two that had a rule book and chores, but I never read them. I'm a fairly tidy person and generally clean as I go, but I don't go out of my way to clean dishes or take out the trash unless it really needs it. I also don't leave reviews of places I stay, nor do I read the reviews left for me.

I suspect you’re right. I asked my doctor if I should get a blood glucose monitor to track my blood sugar. I am not diabetic. She said “you can, but it’s not going to change the advice about what to do.” Basically, you don’t need a CGM to tell you to eat more whole food

Long distance heavy transport was solved in the US centuries ago using the incredible network of navigable waterways. Unfortunately the Jones Act makes it not as viable as it could be. Dredging is cheap compared to the payoff — shipping by water is 1% the cost of shipping overland.

I have a few of the older ones in this series. They’re nice for letting me experience music without having to have my phone with me. It’s basically stock android, which is fine, I just don’t like having my main Google account on it because that would require me to put a passcode, which breaks the “music device” unitasker use case.

The alleged hardware advances have left the audible range some decades ago, but it’s still fun to read what they do with the components.

I have found the body fat estimator on the Withings mid-tier to be ludicrously off. I’m not convinced these scales offer much more than just the weight number itself, which isn’t very useful after a certain point.

Alright lads, what scale are we moving on to now?

Yes and it’s not your data. Companies don’t want your data, they are buying and selling behavioral futures

Japan is a totalitarian state where the enforcers are the citizens. This is great for tourists, who are happy to stick out like sore thumbs for the novelty of it and Japanese are all to happy to oblige in limited circumstances. Make no mistake, though, if you are not 100% Japanese, born in Japan, you will never be Japanese. You will never be accepted fully. You will always be excluded or out right discriminated against, and it’s legal.

The US has many flaws, including its most recent speed run into out and out fascism. But it is also the greatest immigrant integrator ever.

For real. Has the world forgotten the USA PATRIOT Act?

That's the Apple Privacy logo, it's been in use for several years at this point.

You think Apple was not looking to sell people replacement accessories?

I am unsure what Apple's core differentiator is intended to be for this product. "I wanted an Alexa but it wasn't personal enough" perhaps? It just feels like the fad for replacing the family computer with a kitchen appliance came and went.

If you use Apple headphones it works directly without the remote

This device feels so late to the game that I’m not sure why Apple is bothering. Amazon entered this market segment 9 and a half years ago.