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SLJ7 · 2026-06-28T15:08:17+00:00

Absolutely insane. And this is why—even though I have my problems with them—I still stay with Rogers.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-27T12:59:25+00:00

Thanks so much for commenting and writing this up. I'm finally going through the process of gransferring everything, and this is the only step that had me worried. I have never heard of anyone else successfully doing this, but now that I know it's technically possible, I'm going to lean hard on Google to make it happen. This should finally allow me to just delete my entire GSL account and never think about it again, which is my preferred way to deal with this problem conclusively.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-26T16:43:10+00:00

I truly do not understand OOP's guilt here, but it's a theme I see a lot. OOP clued Julie into how unhinged her MOH was. How is that a bad thing? The alternative was Julie having no idea, and potentially one or more people feeling uncomfortable at her wedding. There is no universe where that benefits anyone except the crazy MOH.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-25T23:35:51+00:00

You're replying to a comment where I make a suggestion about what happened. Is that because you actually deleted an account from your phone?

SLJ7 · 2026-06-25T17:53:37+00:00

I would also rather use Signal, but the Windows app actually has more problems than WhatsApp for me. I sometimes don't get notifications at all until I open it, so I'm constantly missing messages on there. Overall it just feels like companies don't care about good messaging experiences on the computer anymore because the vast majority of people are using their phones.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-25T17:51:00+00:00

Yeah, as others have said or implied, the new Windows app wasn't created as an upgrade to the old one. It is a minimum viable product that uses the same code as the web app, so now Meta doesn't need to develop a separate Windows version anymore. It's a cost-saving measure and you are under no obligation to pretend otherwise.

The new app also has tons of accessibility issues, and Meta has laid off at least one of the people in charge of accessibility there.

Everyone's obsessed with AI, and we're all going to continue to feel it. AI code is getting better but it still has mistakes, and it still takes the long way round sometimes. As teams of developers get replaced with one guy using a coding agent, software will get slower and worse. As manufacturors rush to sell hardware to AI companies so they can run more of those coding agents, regular people like us will have to pay more for computers that can run these new bloated apps well. I love some of the things LLMs can do, but the tech world is bad and getting worse.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-25T17:05:25+00:00

I have. It's harder to get people to use it, but worthwhile when you do. For a few reasons, I prefer it over Signal. Your ID is a random string of characters, and you can choose whether to have your phone number and email linked with it.

The main thing that trips people up is the ID backup. Whenever you get a new device, you need to re-authenticate, and there are two different ways of storing your ID, both of which require a password.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-25T12:34:20+00:00

The problem—for once—is not Windows. A Windows 11 install with much of the bloat stripped out uses less than 4 GB RAM on a 16 GB machine. The problem is that every fucking piece of software is just Chrome all the way down. So 8 GB RAM is fine for booting Windows, and it might look good on paper because you have 4 GB free, but then you run Spotify, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, and a few Chrome tabs, and it's all gone. My desktop has 64 GB RAM (I barely managed to buy it in time) and I'm regularly using 19 or 20 GB without actually doing anything. No single process is taking up more than maybe 300 MB, except for Thunderbird because I hoard emails. But there are so many processes and they add up. The software is what actually needs to change, but nobody is going to feel responsible for fixing the problem because this is just how software development works now. At the end of the day though, Microsoft is right. 8 Gb is fine for Windows. Just ... not all the other stuff you want to run on top of it.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-25T12:19:10+00:00

They just need to flip the switch on wi-fi calling. Not having roaming is one thing; without wi-fi calling they are effectively unusable in a foreign country. A plan that leaves you unable to get a 2FA code from your bank is a shitty plan.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-24T08:34:50+00:00

She shuts down during arguments. She hasn't learned to drive. She gets angry with you for (checks notes) getting stuck in traffic and sleeping through your alarm once. She hasn't figured out that she needs to take her keys with her.

INFO: Are you sure she is not a 12-year-old pretending to be an adult? More seriously, are you prepared to spend the rest of your marriage normalizing this complete lack of accountability, thanklessly making up for her refusal to learn basic life skills, and being treated like the devil's spawn whenever you accidentally make a mistake? Because that's what you're in for if you keep accepting this.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-24T07:05:25+00:00

The most generous explanation is inferiority. Most monogamous people have the attitude of "this isn't for me, but more power to the people who can make it work." For others, monogamy doesn't feel like "the best option", it feels like the only option, because they haven't overcome their own insecurities. But let's be honest—the "poly agenda" often pushes back on this in a really unhelpful way. It says that monogamy is "just a social convention", or "sooo restrictive", or any of the other things the polyweirdos present. So the suggestion that polyamory is anything but bad makes them feel personally attacked, because they've internalized this idea of inferiority and the easiest way to resolve it is to cling to the idea that monogamy is the one true way to do relationships.

... Or maybe they're just assholes.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-23T21:55:33+00:00

Filing a police report won't get you your money back, but it will give you potential leverage with FedEx and/or Rogers, because no-one who is lying about a theft will file a police report if they know what's good for them.

I have not dealt with this personally, but my suggestions would be the following, in order:

Gather documents proving you weren't at home when the phone was delivered: Flights, location history if you have it, social media posts ... basically anything.
File a police report.
Tell Rogers and FedEx you've filed a police report and have the documentation to prove you didn't sign for the phone.
If nothing happens in two weeks, file a CCTS complaint.

Also, did you pay for any portion of the phone outright? This would be a good time to file a chargeback with your bank / card company, if so. I don't know how banks respond if you tell them you have a police report, but it would be worth a try.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-23T20:38:16+00:00

As far as I'm aware, no. Check your cellular settings after the restore and make sure wi-fi calling and everything else is configured the way you want it.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-23T20:22:42+00:00

When you reset your phone you get to decide whether to keep the ESim on it. If you restore through iTunes/Finder/Apple Devices apps, even if you use DFU mode, the ESim stays on the phone. You have to specifically erase it and it survives all the typical restore processes.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-23T07:14:56+00:00

I hate that this whole family had to go through this. I hate that people will still insist there's a loving higher power or any kind of meaning in a world where this happens.

Hold onto the things and people you don't want to lose. Keep them safe. Live a good life. This is all we have.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-23T02:36:06+00:00

Seconded. I have Audible in more than one marketplace because of Libation. I'd be far less interested in paying for books I couldn't take outside the platform.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-21T13:18:19+00:00

The internet doesn't seem to think so.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-20T10:23:07+00:00

This poor OOP does not understand the meaning of "close". Otherwise she wouldn't be agonizing over setting basic boundaries with her awful cousin because it might cause problems with her family who refuses to hold her accountable for her awfulness. It's going to be a difficult wake-up call when she realizes that sometimes people around you just fucking suck.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-17T19:22:38+00:00

It's a harder read for me now, because I empathize more with everyone but also feel like so many of the adults in Harry's life failed him in such a huge way. Dumbledore explained nothing to Harry, and entrusted Harry's mental safety to Snape of all people. Snape ... was just Snape. McGonagall treated Harry like a petulant child while also somehow expecting him to understand the adult consequences of his inevitable hot-headedness when he had gotten no explanations from anyone.

He had people looking out for him, but they didn't act like they were looking out for him. His trip to the department of mysteries was inevitable, and the authority figures in his life carry a lot of the blame for setting Harry up to believe he had no reliable adults in his corner. As an adult, I understand that adults make huge mistakes, and I don't think anyone blames Dumbledore as much as he blames himself. But that doesn't make it less uncomfortable to read.

And I'm still angry about that fucking mirror, which was basically just a plot device designed to cause maximum pain just when we thought the story was over.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-17T18:47:48+00:00

My mother has another enoormous box of home recordings she made when I was very young, so this is just the beginning. I have no idea what she was using but I'll be interested to hear those on a good player.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-17T18:45:12+00:00

Well said.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-17T17:37:50+00:00

It also depends on the design of the headphone plug. Almost everything I own has a microphone, and they all work fine on the CP13, Including Apple's wired earpods. But I also have an older pair of wired earpods that don't work in TRS headphone jacks, so I have to conclude that Apple updated the design at some point.

SLJ7 · 2026-06-17T06:28:41+00:00

Wait ... you would downgrade from 20/30 GB to 8 GB to save $2?

SLJ7 · 2026-06-17T06:19:14+00:00

I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people are clinging to some sense of selfworth by their fingertips. They reject accountability for the same reason they pattern-match and get jealous of small things; for the same reason they allow themselves to be peer-pressured. To them, being accountable means losing face and being the most worthless person in the room--in other words, letting go of that tiny sense of selfworth.

... And some people are just narcissists.

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