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Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 2 months ago
Off topic, but I don't understand Rakuten's current product strategy. They discontinued their two best devices: the 8" Sage and the 7" Libra 2. What's left are two unfortunately sized B&W readers (the tiny 6" Clara and giant 10" Elipsa) and a couple of color readers that no one should buy unless they absolutely NEED color (I've tried them, and the screens look terrible compared to the B&W versions).
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Personally, I'm more dismayed by this change:

> Apps that haven’t been updated with Tahoe-compliant everything-fits-in-a-squircle icons are put in “squircle jail” — their non-Tahoe-compliant icons are shrunk and placed atop a drab gray Tahoe squircle background, to force them into squircle compliance.

I've been replacing some app icons with their older, non-square versions for years (Firefox is probably my favorite). Will be disappointing to lose that option -- I've never understood why Apple feels the need to standardize app icons like this.

Comment · 2 years ago
Another option is to use the temporary address change form instead of the permanent one. You can have your mail temporarily forwarded for up to a year. Permanent forwarding also only lasts for a year. The only difference is that the USPS notifies everyone of your new address for permanent forwarding, but not for temporary. Just keep an eye out for any forwarded mail and notify the sender yourself if it’s something you want to keep receiving.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
This drives me crazy. I have saved searches for various power tools within a few hundred mile radius. Most of what I see are duplicate posts from people cross-posting in adjacent regions, the same items re-posted weekly (or more frequently), and irrelevant listings that show up due to keyword spamming. I wish there was a way for me to say "I've seen this ad, don't send it to me again unless the price drops". Have been thinking about building some kind of filtering software to eliminate re-posts -- anyone know of a project that does this?
Comment · 2 years ago
In my area, fiber and cable aren’t available. If you’re lucky, you can get 5 mbps DSL for $70+ per month.

The only credible options are WISP, Starlink, and cellular. WISP is the same price as Starlink and is slower / less reliable. Cellular is cheaper but gets slow at peak hours.

In short, the local WISP has been losing a lot of customers to Starlink and T-Mobile Home Internet.

Comment · 2 years ago
I rented a Bolt from Hertz last December and their policy at the time was:

“Return your EV at the same charge level as pick-up and pay $0. Or return your EV at any level for a $25 Recharge Fee.”

They were pretty lenient about the return charge — it was close to 100% to start and 80% when I returned it, but they didn’t charge me the $25. Even if they had, the EV rental rate was cheap enough that I would’ve still come out ahead vs. renting a gas car.

Comment · 2 years ago
Backblaze Personal does support encryption, but it's always been incomplete. If you supply your own encryption key, it's true that Backblaze can't read your data at rest. But to restore files, you have to send your key to Backblaze's server, which will then decrypt the data so that you can download it. They say that they never store the key and promptly delete the unencrypted files from the server, but to me this is still an unnecessary risk. There's no reason why they couldn't handle decryption locally on the client device, but they justify on-server decryption in the name of convenience -- you can restore files via the web without downloading an app. If you're concerned about this, the solution is to use B2 with a 3rd party app like Arq.
Comment · 2 years ago
One nit to pick — Solidworks is owned by Dassault, a French company, but got its start at MIT and was developed in Massachusetts for many years. I’m not sure where they’re based now, though.

Catia, another Dassault 3D CAD platform that predates Solidworks, is French.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Here, they're only 8 cents each -- not much incentive to treat them as reusable. Plus these "reusable" plastic bags are magnets for dirt and difficult to clean.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
There’s also Winnebago, which is publicly traded and owns a number of other RV and boat brands.

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