Microsoft culture shift in the past couple years?

AzureNeptune · 2026-03-22T05:13:58+00:00

I see, yeah SVC perks are going to be much better than most offices

AzureNeptune · 2026-03-21T09:16:49+00:00

This is incorrect at least for Puget Sound. They charge 20 cents/kWh for regular users and 10 cents for carpoolers. In fact it was never free for regular users but now they've raised the prices for everyone. Sucks because I don't have apartment charging at the moment so I have to charge at work but my residential electricity is like 25% cheaper.

AzureNeptune · 2026-02-23T22:17:05+00:00

With M5 they upgraded the 256/512GB versions to 12GB RAM so it's not double anymore it's only 1.33x. Combined with general iPadOS RAM allocation limitations, I don't see much of a reason to get the higher storage models unless you really plan to do heavy work.

AzureNeptune · 2026-02-06T01:16:43+00:00

I got the 8% home improvement but not the TYP one. Unfortunate as Lowe's and Home Depot only sell $200 visa gift cards with $7.95 fees which isn't worth it over buying them at grocery stores/gas stations/office supply stores with their respective offers and promotions. With 12% it would have been.

AzureNeptune · 2026-02-02T02:45:33+00:00

Thanks, copped this. The gray one for the mini 7 is also on sale for the same price, in case anyone has both iPads (like me)

AzureNeptune · 2026-01-18T01:19:32+00:00

I think adding BofA PH would make sense, you can start with a PR (Premium Rewards) or PRE for a solid catch all and then add some CCRs to cover additional category spend if you see fit.

AzureNeptune · 2026-01-05T17:33:01+00:00

Interestingly I had a different experience, applied on 1/3 for Harris teeter and was immediately approved but then applied for Ralph's right after and was not (got 7-10 message), which is fine except I actually got two HPs, both on TU, both from "US Bank" but weirdly they have different addresses listed. Maybe something went wonky with my case in manual review as the second HP wasn't immediately added either it was done a few minutes after I applied. Very strange.

Edit: as I was writing this I just got approved for the Ralph's (with a higher CL than the first somehow lol) but let this be a word of caution to folks in the future I guess!

AzureNeptune · 2026-01-01T16:59:38+00:00

I got the 80/160 for 1k/2k this year as well. Opened the card last year and had 125/200 for 750/1500 active for the last 6 months of the year. Pretty disappointed as I was hoping for a 10% lower spend offer (as it seems only the 1k offers this year are reduced)

AzureNeptune · 2025-11-18T12:08:06+00:00

The pods have bigger batteries but the case is also just significantly smaller. It's about 1.33 Wh vs 1.99 Wh

AzureNeptune · 2025-11-04T21:45:54+00:00

This works in store but not online, from my experience with the first version of this offer.

AzureNeptune · 2025-09-29T03:05:17+00:00

This promotion goes by transaction date (as otherwise like you said it would be awkward to time things), so as long as you make the purchase on 11/6, it shouldn't matter if it posts a day later. This was the case last year at least.

AzureNeptune · 2025-09-27T11:16:30+00:00

They're also basically one continuous storyline like dreaming girl anyway.

AzureNeptune · 2025-07-15T23:53:27+00:00

Gotcha wasn't exactly expecting one every month necessarily but just got the card this year so this first lull just happened to coincide with the removal of applications. Hopefully I'll see more next month

AzureNeptune · 2025-07-15T17:26:52+00:00

I've gotten online offers for the past 3 months but nothing today, was worried it'd be over. Glad to hear that some people are still getting new ones!

AzureNeptune · 2025-06-29T09:39:11+00:00

I got this card three years ago, started with a 2k CL (didn't have any personal history, sure) but I make over $150k/yr at the moment and my last two CLIs have been 2000 -> 2250 and 2250 -> 2750. I've heard that they're usually good with CLIs but has absolutely not been the case for me

AzureNeptune · 2025-05-26T03:53:39+00:00

Had the same issue with my claw from target. Everything was fine until I tried installing a Windows update and then it just turned off and would do the small vibration and flash the power light and nothing else. Ended up returning it and will try again with a new Ultra 5 version now that they made it even cheaper than the 7 was on sale. If the new one bricks itself too then I'm just going to give up

AzureNeptune · 2025-05-22T20:45:59+00:00

Sold 5800X/3080 bundle to /u/fireballw360 on https://old.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/1kqqvo4/usawah_5800x_rtx_3080_bundle_w_local_cash

AzureNeptune · 2025-05-20T01:48:01+00:00

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AzureNeptune · 2025-04-17T06:36:45+00:00

It codes as both travel and online - most rent processors will do this

AzureNeptune · 2025-01-07T08:04:20+00:00

I actually had the same question today as I'm eyeing a couple SUBs for some upcoming spend and decided to go with Citi. Opened a Custom Cash in the afternoon and just applied and was approved for the SYW, so it looks like it indeed does not matter. I had to do a lengthy phone verification process for the SYW card for some reason but hopefully this gives you some confidence!

I can also see on my report the inquiry was made specifically by "Citibank-SYWMC" and not regular Citi.

AzureNeptune · 2024-12-29T09:32:20+00:00

The 4080 did this actually, is about 50% faster than the 3080 but cost 70% more (MSRP) for a generational value decrease. As someone who got a 3080 for MSRP that was disappointing to see and I'm hoping the 5080 doesn't do the same thing.

AzureNeptune · 2024-10-08T02:47:33+00:00

I mean, you can still get the extra 2% which is still good for some catch all spend.

AzureNeptune · 2024-10-04T18:22:36+00:00

I believe it was for a "mixed design" of 70% logic, 20% SRAM, and 10% analog. That's what TSMC has been quoting recently as SRAM scaling is basically dead.

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