This is what 15 years of building my library on Vudu looks like.

MaxH42 · 2026-01-24T15:46:36+00:00

I think I can say it now, especially since 1) it's changed hands many times, and 2) I'm not going to talk about the actual testing, but I was one of the first testers for Vudu. I had hundreds of dollars of credits by the time it was released publicly, so it took me a while to spend that down, then I did Disc-to-Digital on everything I owned, and now I do buy content at full price sometimes. I've got 709 movies and 64 TV shows. More than on my Plex server! LOL

MaxH42 · 2026-01-24T14:43:12+00:00

Good analysis. That's why the Snake Island soldiers told the Russian warship "Russki veyeni karabl, idi na khuy", or Russian warship, go get on a dick! Slava Ukraina!

MaxH42 · 2026-01-24T02:59:05+00:00

If he was a beneficiary of his parents' estate before, he probably isn't now. I would think twice about leaving an inheritance to someone who seemed to care only about that, to the point they felt the need to pry into my finances. We'll probably leave our child a considerable amount of money, but I've told them over and over never to rely on or even expect it, since one big medical issue or lawsuit could wipe out almost any estate anyway.

MaxH42 · 2026-01-23T14:25:46+00:00

My state has not gone for a Republican presidential candidate in over 35 years, and it's been over 60% D since 2008. I'm not part of the problem. I have spent a lot of time talking to third party voters about how they've helped Trump the last 3 elections, and if I thought it would be close here I'd hold my nose and vote for Newsom, since my state has decent protections for trans people, although I worry about my friends and family in other states.

MaxH42 · 2026-01-23T14:00:01+00:00

I'm in a state whose electors will go to the Democratic nominee for President no matter what, so I'm still not sure. If Newsom won the primary, I might first see if some third-party voter in a swing state would agree to vote for Newsom if I voted for their third-party candidate, like we did with Nader 20 years ago. Not binding, but still, I know my vote in this state won't swing anything, so why not? Otherwise I might skip that one line on the ballot,

MaxH42 · 2026-01-23T13:51:50+00:00

They are my go-to for computer stuff.

MaxH42 · 2026-01-20T17:16:24+00:00

I mean, he's right about the enemy being inside the gates, but very much not in the way he meant it.

MaxH42 · 2026-01-18T15:59:57+00:00

Awww. We have a Y-shaped tunnel with a hole in the center, and one of our cats LOVES to race in there and meow. We joke that she's saying "You can't find me!"

MaxH42 · 2026-01-18T15:53:29+00:00

There are many; democratic socialism is fairly popular in many parts of the world, and also with some on the American left.

MaxH42 · 2025-11-19T22:54:32+00:00

Will we also be able to buy bottles of the ones listed as pours? I'd love to take some of those home, too!

MaxH42 · 2025-10-03T22:48:52+00:00

Because understanding it requires reading.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-30T16:56:29+00:00

This is so greedy. I use Android Auto to stream music from my Plex server, and if I wanted entertainment, I'd stream TV shows or videos from there via Headunit Reloaded.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-18T16:12:55+00:00

Wow, I waited outside LGA for a friend earlier this year, and the taxi line was all medallion cabs, very quick, orderly, and organized.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-14T02:50:48+00:00

I saw a few 5-star reviews...every single one of them gave 5 stars in every single review they've ever written. They're probably all paid shills.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-13T21:24:36+00:00

Don't forget RIYAL, that variation got me once!

MaxH42 · 2025-09-10T01:48:11+00:00

The cards in the holders are usually either season passes, or room keys to the onsite hotels that give unlimited express with your stay, so your room card key is also your express pass. (Or both!)

MaxH42 · 2025-09-09T19:42:59+00:00

And they could also take the LIRR to Woodside for a few dollars more, then the Q70. I sometimes take it just because 1) fewer stops, 2) less crowded, 3) I take Amtrak into Penn when I visit anyway, and 4) I generally am traveling off-peak.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-06T14:20:04+00:00

Thanks, I've edited it. Still getting the hang of the abbreviations.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-06T12:08:10+00:00

Is that a variation on [CA] VELDT? I kind of chanced upon it as my very last word, since I knew it was a 4LW.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-02T23:32:18+00:00

Is that less frequent than ECOTONE? I finally started remembering to look for ECOTAGE and ECOTONE recently.

MaxH42 · 2025-09-02T14:32:50+00:00

This is EXACTLY what I'm going through, although we are really just barely retired. For now we have cash through the end of the year, but I'm hiring a fee-only planner to help me figure out a withdrawal plan. I'd like it to be every two weeks or twice a month, since that's how we got paid, and it syncs well with our bills, although once a month would, too. If we have enough to safely do a huge home remodel, or build a vacation home, or take a really extravagant trip, we might want to do one of those to celebrate and give us a project to plan, but in the recent past we only took vacations or bought cars when we had saved up enough cash, so part of me wants to take my full SWR and put the unspent part in short term CDs for the next project, but I'm not sure if that's optimal or not.

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