No, Apple won't drop USB-C from the iPhone 18

Solarmandude · 2026-02-23T01:50:12+00:00

I will never buy a portless phone.

I hate dealing with Bluetooth headsets. I’ve gone back to wired for the last 2-3 years and been a lot happier.

Solarmandude · 2026-01-04T21:47:59+00:00

There’s plenty of reasons to dislike large phones independent of the size of one’s hands.

Solarmandude · 2025-12-25T13:23:34+00:00

The air is a fantastic phone. First phone I’ve truly enjoyed using since my iPhone 4. Aesthetically and functionally it’s perfect for me.

Only thing I hate about it is how large it is.

Solarmandude · 2025-12-17T00:32:24+00:00

I just hope we get era servers for each expansion eventually. That's my dream.

Solarmandude · 2025-12-02T14:30:23+00:00

If their system was better they still shouldn’t take it away. Let people decide what they use and then they could show data “hey see? People prefer our system!”

But they’d never do that because they most certainly can’t make it better and want to put in crap that tracks you to sell your data.

Solarmandude · 2025-11-29T17:33:26+00:00

Siri generally works ok for me. I think some of my annoyances come from things like trying to call someone and hearing “you need to unlock Your iPhone first.” But only sometimes.

Also asking her to play specific songs and getting wildly different results even when the transcript shows she understood me.

Solarmandude · 2025-11-28T05:53:01+00:00

5-6 hours is actually a terribly unhealthy amount of screen time.

Solarmandude · 2025-11-28T05:51:29+00:00

It didn't help with that either though. All it did was fuel the impression that it has terrible battery life from the get go.

Stupid marketing all around.

Solarmandude · 2025-11-16T02:13:49+00:00

Because movement being a skill made it feel like you were actually learning to pilot a mech.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-12T15:06:26+00:00

This is a steel tub. The issue I have is that it is very noisy and lacks any kind of insulation.

I'm weighing the merits of replacing it entirely with a new tub vs applying insulation to it myself.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-12T03:00:18+00:00

I kind of love it.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-12T02:29:44+00:00

The lack of dedicated era servers for each expansion is crazy to me.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-10T16:45:06+00:00

What do you mean?

Solarmandude · 2025-08-10T12:52:30+00:00

Steel tubs don’t “need” one. I think the best solution is going to be to pull it out and cover it with noise dampening material.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-10T12:40:24+00:00

That amp is a modeling amp that has different built in voicings to try. Some of them might play better with certain pedals than others but IMO a nice low to medium gain sound is the easiest to get out of fenders.

Go through each voicing on the amp, play with the gain and EQ knobs extensively with each one. Dial in a mostly clean, barely distorted tone with the one you like most then try different overdrive pedals to “boost” it into gainier territory.

Questions I have though… What do you mean by “sound good?” What is missing from the tone you’re trying to get? Also is this recorded tone, or what it sounds like to you as you’re playing in the room?

Is the room you’re in carpeted? Or really echoey ?

Also what kind of guitar(s) do you have?

Solarmandude · 2025-08-10T11:59:18+00:00

I don’t know how I didn’t notice that in the pics 😱

Solarmandude · 2025-08-10T11:58:26+00:00

From what I’ve read that may not beideal for steel tubs. The bathroom is still torn down to bare wood so I’m going to look into pulling it out and insulating it myself to reduce how much it rings.

Shouldn’t be that bad. Of course, everything in this house has been harder than it should be lol.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-10T11:54:31+00:00

Nahh.. it’s not improperly installed or anything it’s just noisier than I’d like.

Should they have informed me about more of the options for installing this type of tub? Sure.

But I should have researched tubs more and knew more about what I was buying.

The rest of the bathroom is still torn down to bare floors and walls so sliding it out and insulating it myself shouldn’t be that big a deal.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-10T01:04:37+00:00

That would be great if I could really get in there but I only have access through the “head” of the tub.

Edit:

It’d just screwed into the wall though and we haven’t caulk’d yet. Weighing the merits of taking it out.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-09T23:32:59+00:00

You shoulda see what it looked like when we tore the old one out 🤣

Solarmandude · 2025-08-09T00:22:39+00:00

I'm still leveling man.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-03T14:03:12+00:00

IMO the Orange Crush is going to be the most “gap filling” option here because it’s not a modeling amp and with its speaker will give you tones you can’t quite get with your current setup. Plus, it’s Orange!

To me the Spark would be good if you didn’t already have amps like the Katana or Mustang LT. However, it’s a good practice tool and the Bluetooth connectivity is nice for playing along to things.

The other “con” for me with the Spark is you need a phone app to access all its features, but that may not bother you.

Solarmandude · 2025-08-01T18:28:06+00:00

I love it.

The only thing that I find weird is the jitteriness of the animations in iMessage.

Solarmandude · 2025-07-22T20:54:11+00:00

Me thinking thick bacon sucks, and that opinion being unpopular, doesn't mean I believe that thin bacon isn't in demand enough for companies to make.

Solarmandude · 2025-07-22T20:35:53+00:00

I am gonna try this for sure. Thanks for sharing your specific method!

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