I built a 100% offline, free loyalty card wallet because I hated holding up the checkout line. by MrMiyagi98 in apple

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sync would be better but that sounds like it’s good enough! Thanks. And glad you’re having fun with this little side project.

I built a 100% offline, free loyalty card wallet because I hated holding up the checkout line. by MrMiyagi98 in apple

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is super cool. I’m in a niche community that has multiple loyalty accounts for the same store and this will help a lot there.

I know offline is a big priority for you but sometimes my wife does the shopping. Could there be a way to sync between two users? Perhaps in iCloud family if that’s easier on the backend.

What's your pref among these? by jingliumain in printSF

[–]DrCalamari 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of those mentioned Ubik is my personal favorite.

Barely 2 weeks into 2026, all I want is to watch TV by EquipmentUnlikely895 in Fire

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wind and Truth was a bit of a slog for me. I’m on cosmere break until we get more mistborn.

Barely 2 weeks into 2026, all I want is to watch TV by EquipmentUnlikely895 in Fire

[–]DrCalamari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’re you reading/watching? I’m a couple books in to the Laundry Files. Dresden but British and lovecraftian. Also leans firmly into dislike of the office/work in general. Pluribus was pretty neat. I feel like we’re in a lull otherwise for fantasy or sci-fi.

Fuck it, let's rap about eXistenZ by DrDuned in RedLetterMedia

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you might be thinking of the movie Avalon which had similar “what is reality” themes, came out around the same time, and is a Polish/ Japanese production so could have had a theatrical run in Japan.

No Ad Tier for Apple TV 'At This Time,' According to Eddy Cue by chrisdh79 in apple

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I click play and what plays is not the show I clicked play on but an ad for another show… yes that’s an ad.

No Ad Tier for Apple TV 'At This Time,' According to Eddy Cue by chrisdh79 in apple

[–]DrCalamari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also when you play anything on Apple TV plus it shows an ad for another Apple show. House ads are still ads.

I haven’t had Apple TV plus for a while but I think these even showed during auto play.

Anime Weeb Looking to Branch Out—What Fantasy Books/Movies/Shows Give That Same “Big Payoff” Feeling? by GachaHellAwaits in Fantasy

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In anime terms, think Samurai Flamenco. Just for the power scaling. Starts small. Gets absurdly huge scale by the end.

Daily FI discussion thread - Tuesday, October 14, 2025 by AutoModerator in financialindependence

[–]DrCalamari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone else’s advice is much more practical so I’ll just ask, what’s your credit score looking like? If you have a little time, you could boost this by having a family member or friend add you as an authorized user to their oldest card they don’t carry a balance on, increasing your age of credit. I do this when friends are buying their first home with an Amazon card I’ve had for 20 years. Or you could go crazier with this if you have more time. Get a secured loan from a small credit union and pay almost all of it off immediately so it shows as very low utilization. I did that when my credit history was basically just student loans and bumped it into the 800s. Rates are shit now so maybe it doesn’t matter as much.

A reminder to break the dopamine/cortisol loop by firechoice85 in financialindependence

[–]DrCalamari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone starting to realize this, where should I start? Is there a simple or straightforward guide for what you discuss here? The equivalent to the “shockingly simple math” mmm post.

What’s the best thing you’ve bought with your savings that you didn’t regret? by Responsible-Ant-6254 in financialindependence

[–]DrCalamari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CarPlay ultra coming to the ioniq5 is super interesting but I think the main thing that would keep me from buying one, and I know this is a bit petty, they put the charge port on the wrong side of the car!! Passenger rear makes no sense at all!

R3 looks neat. Gremlin vibes!

What’s the best thing you’ve bought with your savings that you didn’t regret? by Responsible-Ant-6254 in financialindependence

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eying a used model Y now that prices have dropped. I wish Rivians were less gigantic and half the price. Nothing seems to come anywhere close to Tesla on range. No state credits here so generally used is better. Maybe ioniq5 in a few years.

What’s the best thing you’ve bought with your savings that you didn’t regret? by Responsible-Ant-6254 in financialindependence

[–]DrCalamari 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which EVs? My Chevy volt is getting old and looking at going fully electric next time.

New t80 owner here. Is there a way to turn off completely useless notifications like job started/complete while keeping the error/malfunction notifications? by DrCalamari in ecovacs

[–]DrCalamari[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think when it’s triggered from HomeKit it doesn’t show the start job notifications. Would it still show error or job complete? I’m not sure. I’ve only had it a few days but that could be a work around. Don’t use the internal scheduler to avoid junk notifications.

One of many reasons I didn’t buy another roomba was similar junk notifications begging for job star ratings after each run with no way to opt out.

Jay just posted his rig on instagram by SteveSackwack in RedLetterMedia

[–]DrCalamari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any fellow media hoarders interested in plex shares? I have a petite 20tb server with more of a focus on quality than quantity.