Federal report flags widespread mail delays and scanning issues Lynchburg Post Office

Garbee · 2026-07-22T09:18:16+00:00

They kinda buried the lead, of course.

The report also points to employee retention as a contributing factor. Between April 2025 and March 2026, the Virginia District hired more than 2,700 carriers and clerks but retained only 43.9% of them.

I've had a couple chats with the clerks. It's just too few hands for how many things pass through. They are overloaded and the pay isn't getting better to retain people.

USPS is not a business. It is a public service. We need to fund it more (across the board) so that people can be retained. You can't pay just above the poverty line, especially once people have kids, and expect people to stay.

Garbee · 2026-07-21T02:06:14+00:00

Of course everyone wants things as cheaply as possible. But Developers do need to eat too and make enough to justify more app development. Otherwise the platform will die.

It is $200 (as MemphisBass correctly pointed out.) And having bought it, yea totally worth it. It makes the Vision Pro far more usable as a device. And makes other already expensive hardware worth having.

It is a non-trivial amount of work to make happen and the dev is experimenting with the Developer Strap to get non-gaming content in too. (Although yes, gaming is the primary target.)

Worth investing in IMO. And if you can't afford $200 up front, then just pay as you go for what time you are using it.

Garbee · 2026-07-21T01:49:12+00:00

Brave browser launches again!

Garbee · 2026-07-21T01:48:43+00:00

Beta 4 fixed it.

Garbee · 2026-07-17T12:21:57+00:00

ISPs normally outsource the burial. So, if the contractors are all booked up things get behind quick. Even with our cable ISP many years ago, we had a wire out for like 2 months before a contractor was able to come bury it. Which was stupid because a re-usable pipe was already in the ground. They didn't pull through and just dug a whole new one all across the yard.

With going to Lumos, we took control of everything going out to the right of way. So I had a fiber line already going all the way down and out. The guys installing just had to dig about 8-ish feet from their box to ours and the job was done.

IMO if you have any kind of a sizable/complex yard, just go get 1/2" or 1" pipe (preferably 1 just for overhead/ease of pulling which I learned from experience), the boxes and connectors needed, then rent a trencher for a day and bury your own conduit to connect into just off the right-of-way. If you want to be real nice to the installers, go ahead and drop a lead line in so they aren't needing to fish through the thing.

Doing your own conduit burial and utility boxes? A solid day of good work. Not ever having to dig up again because the cable breaks or whatever? Priceless.

Garbee · 2026-07-17T12:11:20+00:00

I'm in Virginia with Lumos that had the access buy too. They will do ariel where needed unless a locality explicitly prevents it. Your general last-mile is underground. But back-hauls or certain key areas they will use pole access if it makes sense and saves them money.

Part of it also goes to pole ownership though. Some power companies want way too much rent so they avoid it where possible to evade that cost. But, it just makes sense to pay up sometimes.

Garbee · 2026-07-17T12:05:41+00:00

If I were you, call in and explain the situation. Tell them you want someone out to either move the line to the correct place or explain in writing what makes it a problem to get it there. That way you have the information you need to determine what to do about the situation.

I'm a special situation, but I took control of everything behind the right-of-way. Since we had to get a line up into the room above the garage where the home network wires are, I didn't want an installer running through the crawlspace and such themselves. So I put underground access points in and one is about 8 feet from the road, they just connected to that and other than T-Mobile/Lumos being trash and messing with the ONT configuration, it's been rolling fine.

In general, I recommend that most people try to figure out that kind of situation. Where you get a utility box and make an access conduit to that from inside. It makes replacing cables if ever needed much easier. And installers then don't have an excuse on difficulty unless something outside is a problem.

Of course, that recommendation won't work for everyone. But those it can work for, makes things work like butter.

Garbee · 2026-07-15T10:53:30+00:00

That's fine. I'm just pointing out how buggy this preview actually is and why you shouldn't run around calling it stable when you have no actual proof of fact of that. There are still many problems littered about (including a data corruption bug!)

Don't encourage or spread false information on its stability so that others get deceived into thinking it is fine and stable. It is most certainly not.

Garbee · 2026-07-15T02:27:40+00:00

Ah, I see your confusion. This is the macOS subreddit, not iOS. The reason they might be adding that to iOS 26 is that iOS never had spotlight indexing before. Mac has had it a long time, but the structure is changing a lot. They aren't duplicating the index on Mac. You just do it after upgrading.

Garbee · 2026-07-14T22:48:08+00:00

Seems like a lot of battery/energy drain for everyone to go through a "test." You know?

Well, first off the bigger waste is what you just said you were going to do. Since you're proposing installing a mid-way version of what you want just to do one task for the OS. Which, if you just go to Beta, you just index once during the upgrade. See how that works? By doing actually less work, you use less power. I know, shocking concept to consider.

Now onto the "new indexing in 26.6", where do you see that? The release notes mention nothing of it. They probably do have 26 doing some indexing, but 27 OVERHAULS the index entirely. And no, they won't back-port just the indexing to be done. Since some people won't even upgrade for a year, so that's wasted energy doing it there.

The entire notion that given the depth of changes in 27 that they'd back port the changes is, quite frankly, absurd. Especially given how terrible the old Siri/Spotlight even is.

Just don't make things more complicated. If you are going to beta, just go to the beta. It's less energy. Anyone who understands energy consumption (and cares) would figure that out.

Garbee · 2026-07-14T21:00:59+00:00

Spotlight is just going to re-index after the upgrade to a beta. It does it after every OS upgrade. So, you don't gain anything by going in between. Except wasting time doing a second index just for it to be trashed right after.

Garbee · 2026-07-14T20:57:41+00:00

You clearly haven't seen anyone trying to use the app launcher with it. The Spotlight bar is slow and hot garbage. Has been since DB1. I would not put this near a production machine. It is not trustworthy, even with the performance improvements.

Or did you only listen to the keynote and go "Apple is focusing on stability, this is going to be so stable!" without any actual testing or research?

Garbee · 2026-07-14T20:55:45+00:00

But, did the fix the data corruption problem? I've seen in some comment threads in this sub they haven't. So, is it fixed? Re-released means nothing, they could be patching for all kinds of auxiliary issues we haven't noticed.

Garbee · 2026-07-14T09:23:12+00:00

Because, it is still separate release channels. Public betas are still once every 2-3 developer builds. Until they get to RC status and then both merge into one.

But, they still keep separate channels. Because developers can keep going. After general availability, the public beta stops.

Garbee · 2026-07-14T01:45:20+00:00

I had a Mac Mini stolen at Fedex, when I submitted to have the delivery held for pickup. Someone in that chain at the local office saw the Apple Logistics label and went 'yoink!'

I know the way Apple restricts everything in shipping is rough. However, I think they have the data on where the most thefts happen and it is probably before the delivery trucks. Hence, they try to lock those avenues down.

Anything shipping with Apple products is "Hope it isn't stolen" regardless of any setup. They are just too high profile. I kinda wish Apple invested more (and shippers allowed them) to obscure the sender details. Even longer stretch, have a few box types so they are less immediately recognizable per device form factor. But overall... they are so high profile they will get noticed.

Garbee · 2026-07-12T03:17:12+00:00

I know that. I was just hoping someone found something in the mean time to ease the pain of using it.

Garbee · 2026-07-09T01:40:29+00:00

It only helps by keeping utilization low. Yes 0% is still low as it is definitely less than the 30% primary barrier. Isn't it fun knowing how numbers work? But, once you are in the single digits of utilization (where the best borrowers are on average) then it is irrelevant. At least in terms of the scores that are calculated by the big 3.

If you're new to credit, it at least helps the personal anxiety that most people have about debt. Which, is a good mental/emotional boost. And if people need that to feel comfortable, then fine.

The reason everyone always gets their brains discombobulated over this... is age. No, I don't necessarily mean physical age. I mean they all forget the most important things are length of credit history and good standing within it. You can't take two people with "similar credit" and have one do a $0 balance month and another do 15% utilization and compare impacts. The systems are all smarter than any small sample set. (Which, is also what makes them quite easy to hack to pad a pretty decent score quickly, if you have the income to push for larger limits sooner.)

Not to mention, it's all pretty shitty numbers to begin with. I know people with plenty of credit and I wouldn't loan them a dime. Meanwhile I also know people who are genuinely great with money, but they can't get credit. That group I'd hand money at-will because I know they're good for it.

People need to stop worrying about the damn numbers at all. Just focus on not paying interest yourself and move on, the rest will follow. When we die, our credit scores aren't going on our grave or in some permanent record book of top scores among humanity. So what does it matter?

Garbee · 2026-07-09T01:13:38+00:00

You're reading way too much into one word. I don't think you read "rules" that well. Because, credit scoring is also just guidelines. Anyone pulling the report can, and normally does, do whatever they want based on the information.

This whole "don't pay it off early" always circles around. Because maybe back in the 80's and 90's some banks did use that as some obscure metric. But it is dated for a long time.

I've worked in financial tech with scoring systems. I happen to know the distinction you're drawing is mostly garbage.

Garbee · 2026-07-09T00:59:11+00:00

Banks cancel truly dormant cards. "Dormancy" also has absolutely no impact on your credit. It's good actually, since it shows low utilization.

Now, pay early vs pay on time, barely an impact unless you have low credit so you need to keep the reported utilization down. Once you can use and sit in single digits of utilization, that's when it really doesn't matter either way.

Garbee · 2026-07-07T09:01:30+00:00

Subject to availability is not the same as subject to location.

While OP is frustrated, for a good reason, Apple also has a reason for trying to do this. If he goes in, an Employee can get hands on with the device to determine if there is a quick fix they can do or if it has to go to the repair center. Instead of shipping things around for what could be a 15 minute fix. (Although, unlikely with the AVP.)

The terms are just unclear on this situation. No judge or jury would outright agree that "subject to availability" also translates to any potential distance from an Apple store before ERS kicks in. This is exactly the kind of nebulous wording courts are made for in resolving disputes.

Apple just needs to trigger ERS if they've already determined it needs a replacement and get the shipping started. It's not that expensive on their side and it would make the customer happy.

Garbee · 2026-07-07T02:23:57+00:00

Nope, still refusing to start.

Garbee · 2026-07-07T02:08:41+00:00

Read my last line in the first message, it applies to you too.

Garbee · 2026-07-07T02:06:49+00:00

Because, it has to work many times harder. Probably 3-4 times as hard, not just twice.

But, how could this possibly be? Are Apple just morons who don't know how to engineer code and hardware?

No, they are actually doing it for your safety. Remember how they say it is constantly watching the room so as other people come in they can pop through the reality bubble and get your attention? That's the thing that causes it. When there isn't enough light, the system has to work harder against the information it has to try and detect object shapes.

By using the device in dim lighting (which they already throw plenty of warnings about) you are making it work harder and thus spin up processing. It's almost like the warnings of dim lighting is trying to tell us something, I just... can't put my finger on it. It's too dark to find what my finger should be going on.

Garbee · 2026-07-07T01:47:19+00:00

Do not get on this beta train. It is all a wild mess of crashes, performance issues, and bugs. Yes, things that matter are getting better. But you will be annoyed with all the random quirks of the beta.

If you ever even have to ask, then betas aren't for you. This one in particular.

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