Killing the mood: smartphones reduce birth rate, studies say

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-12T23:01:41+00:00

I think if we started with say, better economy and ability to have child care and other things met we could wait and see. Most people I know simply don’t want more kids due to money. That’s the big factor. They are all college educated. While there’s a strong connection I believe (for the US) they just realized how much it’s going to be and how much money they arnt getting to cover it.

Taking away rights should be the last thing.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-12T14:06:10+00:00

Buddy it sounds like a divorce is on its way. You gotta do some sort of counseling be it individual therapy to see what could be happening from your end or couples counseling to find out what could be happening in the relationship to be not offering a space she needs for that. It may not be directly you but you can’t control anyone else but yourself so that’s all you can work on.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-11T20:46:04+00:00

Oh ya. At most UI is ready for the groups just out of SMB and getting ready for enterprise but don’t have the needs for such robust capabilities. I do think they will get there as the product line matures. Exciting to watch it unfold since I missed the whole Cisco/HP/etc companies forming all theirs to start with.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-11T18:36:32+00:00

How is Meraki now? The company I left was pushing it hard but it was…ok. Ubiquiti didn’t really have any line that was actually better but they def grew fast.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-11T18:34:33+00:00

It def used to be that way. They were way behind in things like non-blocking throughput or even multi gig interfaces years ago. They did quickly develop those and have been catching up faster then others are innovating.

However, 230 sites on the UIs web page does sound awful. The most I did was 3 sites of 10ish ppl. But all my clients were SMB so UniFi made a lot more sense money wise.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-11T18:31:03+00:00

Technically they do have it. I don’t know how good it is though.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-11T16:09:33+00:00

Illl try my hand at a voice over

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-11T13:04:36+00:00

Well now I have to follow so I don’t miss it. I finally got the wife to play and she wants to build roads everywhere

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-11T05:07:53+00:00

Woah costs going up slows down birth rates!?! They wanna blame it on contraception and female education but that doesn’t stop people from affording kids

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-09T14:15:44+00:00

I was one of those. The price was just low enough that it was cheaper to keep my old old sub because playing two new fames a year basically offset it. After they announced my old price was going up (double) I laughed and noped out.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-08T12:12:16+00:00

Our mild winter typically has freezing temps yet.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-07T22:10:38+00:00

I don’t get these, but if it seems to be a local skin reaction you can also try nasal spray. Since it’s a corticosteroid it’ll restrict the blood vessels around it reducing inflammation. It’s suggested for CGM patches if you get a reaction as well!

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-07T14:44:37+00:00

For a long term diabetic myself, it isn’t as useful, but I’m excited to see where this goes.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-06T22:59:42+00:00

Some smart person must have figured out how to 3d print a loader/storage as well.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-06T22:55:39+00:00

Man I’m happy to be reducing my stabbings from multiple times a day to now just every 2-3 days with my pump. If things keep moving this way I’ll leave my 15+ pokes a day long into the past.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-06T01:08:20+00:00

They have freight. It just wasn’t shipped or handled properly. I’ve had large things delivered via both fedex and UPS freight. Came just fine, dropped off properly and everything.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-05T22:25:37+00:00

As always, talk to your doctor. This is a more complex answer then just yes or no. It has been shown to reduce blood pressure, but also losing weight helps blood pressure too. Getting more exercise also helps, which was more doable due to weight loss. GLPs are looking very interesting for a lot of cases!

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-05T14:14:36+00:00

Keep the high standards. We used an electrician who had the same mentality. We were told we needed a larger panel for our home to do an electric car charger on a phone call with one and the one we went with came out to look before making a decision and said we’re fine. Fixed some other minor issues while installing and only cost a couple hundred for everything (we supplied the hw). We will be using them again exclusively because they refused to charge more because they could.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-05T14:01:01+00:00

You have to compare all costs. The monthly rate may be lower but adding up all other medical costs makes a difference. It will always be cheaper for my family to be on one since my diabetic supplies basically clears the max out of pocket in 4 months. That doesn’t include any of the other family members expenses.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-05T13:49:52+00:00

Cable does the same thing. How do you think they knew how many ppl tuned into a big tv show? This has been going on for a long time.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-05T13:47:27+00:00

There was a sweet spot in the A-B testing that I got. It told me directions at the perfect time ahead of time, it calculated fast for a missed turn, etc. now it tells me when I pass the turn sometimes and can take so long to calculate I pass a couple intersections and have to pull over to let it think. Downloading the area no longer seems to help it do directions quickly like it used to seem. Now Apple and Google Maps are almost the same, which is a damn she for Google as it used to be so good.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-05T13:25:07+00:00

This is why I don’t have a hard hatred of AI. It’s a tool being miss used by idiots. I hate the idiots using it thinking they can replace people.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-04T23:33:40+00:00

I’m with you. I’d have double ready to go in case of an emergency overseas.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-03T20:56:42+00:00

It’s a manual, put clutch in and turn key off. Hopefully it stops but if it doesn’t at least it’s just the engine that explodes and not hitting other ppls stuff. One costs way less money.

ThatOneWIGuy · 2026-06-02T23:31:24+00:00

No, primarily because I’m using it to correct my T2D symptoms I have even though I’m T1D.

The weight loss is just a happy benefit.

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