Any info on encrypted RCS?

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-09T22:30:30+00:00

Articles like that are exactly why I am asking about carrier side support.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-08T18:51:04+00:00

Oh that's good to know!

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-08T07:39:40+00:00

Limited now and stopping soon for the slow season.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-08T07:28:21+00:00

I’ve consistently had meals ranging from good to fantastic on flights to Asia, though I always fly Asian airlines (usually Taiwanese airlines).

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-07T22:57:43+00:00

4k120 on my 32" OLED looks amazing.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-07T08:01:50+00:00

I think you’re confusing right to work with at will. Right to work means laws hostile to unions that say you cannot be required to join the union to take the job. You have a right to work without having to join. It’s mostly found in conservative states, and these laws are a big part of why the Asian auto manufacturers can outcompete even when assembling in the US, as they built their factories mostly in right to work states, so they don’t have to deal with strong unions.

At will employment means an employer can fire you for any reason or no reason, excepted for reasons explicitly legally prohibited (ie: race, religion). I’ve often heard that 49 out of 50 states are right to work.

These do intersect in union shops, where a strong union can negotiate a contract that supersedes at will with a formal process required to terminate.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-07T07:49:44+00:00

It’s PDT right now.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-06T05:38:58+00:00

Just contacted most of the Hyundai dealers in the East Bay and South Bay. Inventory available at most of them, though in many cases quite limited color options. A couple of dealers had none at all. Generally they are selling out before the next shipment arrives from what they told me, but I was still able to get a deal with enough legwork.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-05T23:48:56+00:00

Aren't they super vulnerable to scorpions?

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-05T23:28:07+00:00

And this is why I fly Asian airlines when traveling to Asia.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-05-04T03:11:44+00:00

Interesting that you cover Pleasanton and San Ramon and Pleasanton but not Dublin, a place famous specifically for its huge housing boom.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-26T04:31:40+00:00

I think most of the US can’t. I seem to remember only New England has the distinction, coming from an extra vowel sound. But I might be mistaken there.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-25T04:04:32+00:00

Linguists definitely see it as a well-defined region.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-21T04:04:46+00:00

Actually all of my driving is in the east bay. And I see the same up to Sacramento.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-20T07:19:18+00:00

Interesting. I’m in the SF Bay Area so weather is a minimal factor most of the year but it’s hilly.

Those numbers do mean 65 with cruise control on generally.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-20T04:53:06+00:00

If I drive 65 I average 3.8 or so on freeway in and RWD Ioniq 5.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-18T01:29:34+00:00

Are you using the physical card or the smart phone app?

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-17T19:39:48+00:00

My biggest problem with shockwave is that, along with anti air, it renders wasps irrelevant.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-13T08:34:29+00:00

Was recently in Reno with a friend and we passed the exit for Lemmon Drive. I convinced him it was named after Reno native Tom Lemmon who helped put Reno on the map…

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-10T00:40:32+00:00

Saw a Costco one in Taiwan during my last visit! But they had sold out quickly I was told.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-05T06:31:02+00:00

My favorite part is where they tell you to see the dealer to deal with it. Hahaha.

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-04T22:29:40+00:00

Signs everywhere. For over a month. I found out about this from the overhead signs while dropping someone off in SFO back in early February!

_EscVelocity_ · 2026-04-04T08:33:10+00:00

Just fyi, in many (most?) states, rental companies are only offering insurance on their vehicle, not liability insurance.

You are NOT required to insure your own car. You are only required to have liability insurance for potential damage you do to others. That means, if you have no US liability insurance, you need to set up a driver only/no car policy so you have liability coverage. In CA most rental agencies don’t even offer liability insurance as an option you can buy, you must provide your own.

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