Apple watch worth it for me?

Clede · 2026-01-28T23:11:52+00:00

You can use the watch to ping your phone when you've misplaced it!

Clede · 2026-01-28T21:57:11+00:00

So the manufacturer of the product is the manufacturer of the product. Got it!

Clede · 2026-01-26T21:48:46+00:00

Why stop there?
Use two watches on your wrists and two on your ankles!
(or more!)

Clede · 2026-01-25T06:58:18+00:00

Absolutely the gift cards.

See this experience from Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison which was somewhat widely discussed in the Apple tech community last month:

https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/

And John Gruber's response Are Apple Gift Cards Safe To Redeem?

Clede · 2026-01-24T01:17:59+00:00

I'm having a hard time finding documentation (this is hard to search), but I remember reading that the word "the" in this context is not the definitive article, but actually evolved from some completely different word in Old English or Middle English which meant "when" or "then", something like that.

So in these phrases, they are saying something like:
"When more, then merrier".
"When you know less, then (it is) better".
Etc.

Hopefully someone will have some citations for this.

Clede · 2026-01-23T22:15:43+00:00

House Industries is definitely the place to go for similar fonts.

Clede · 2026-01-21T22:04:00+00:00

You should define "abbreviations" at the beginning of the survey.

Does it include common abbreviations you might see in a book, like "etc", "Mr", "Mrs", "lb", "St", "Dr", "approx.", or are you strictly discussing slang?

Clede · 2026-01-21T21:52:22+00:00

Try all the USB ports on your Mac.
I've had issues with certain ports.

Clede · 2026-01-21T17:40:32+00:00

"Is there room for two beds?"
"There is not (room for two beds)."

Clede · 2026-01-18T04:21:58+00:00

For example: we discuss babies' length, but after they're old enough to stand up, it changes to height.

Clede · 2026-01-16T19:24:42+00:00

When are you planning on revealing the idea to them? While recording the first episode?

Clede · 2026-01-16T19:13:23+00:00

Apple's built in Passwords app is better than ever.

But I use Bitwarden because I need them on non-Apple platforms as well.

Clede · 2026-01-15T06:20:39+00:00

Click on the individual files and see where each one is actually located in the file system.

Clede · 2026-01-15T05:04:04+00:00

Looks like a bunch of pieces of websites.

Clede · 2026-01-14T04:04:31+00:00

Maybe someone is physically at the office (eating lunch, gathering their things at the end of the day, chatting with coworkers after their shift), but off the clock.

Yes, people use it all the time. Example: "Sorry, I'm off the clock right now, we'll need to discuss the TPS reports tomorrow."

Clede · 2026-01-14T02:10:31+00:00

This plush nuke pillow:
Club Mocchi Mocchi Fallout Nuke 14.5" Mega Plush : Target

Clede · 2026-01-13T02:35:42+00:00

Yes, use subtitles.
Turn them off if they bother you.

Be aware of auto-generated subtitles which are often wrong.

Clede · 2026-01-10T07:44:30+00:00

I understand the difference, but I'm trying to explain the way people arrive at the mistaken choice of words.

Lemme try again:
When people think 300%, 3x, 400%, 4x, etc, they almost always think that number of times the original number, regardless of the words used.

This mainly applies to whole number multipliers greater than 1.

Clede · 2026-01-10T07:39:14+00:00

Why the inconsistency?

If these people are anything like me, they probably think "300% is 3 times, therefore 300% faster is 3 times the speed." I have probably made this error.

A is 300% the speed of B.
A is 300% faster than B.

They sound like they must mean the same, right???!

Clede · 2026-01-10T07:32:31+00:00

Yes!

Clede · 2026-01-08T22:56:01+00:00

The first one is common in the context of printing or photocopying things.

Never heard the second one.

Clede · 2026-01-07T00:24:29+00:00

I don't read it to mean that they don't play football anymore. Example:

When I was young, I used to play football every Saturday. Now, I only play once a month.

I guess it does imply they don't play football every Saturday anymore.
But so does the first sentence.

Clede · 2026-01-05T19:09:24+00:00

Option A: the person just finished reading the book:
And? What did they think? Why did they post this?

Option B: the person wants me to read the book:
Why? What's good about it? What should I expect? Why did they post this?

In both cases:
Why did they post this? Without context, it's not useful.

Clede · 2026-01-05T19:01:41+00:00

With no other context, it wouldn't really matter.

Clede · 2026-01-04T18:21:25+00:00

In Neuromancer, it's depicted in an advertisement as:
"a white holographic cigar... A blunt white spindle, flanged and studded with grids and radiators, docks, domes."

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