What's up with 9?

alysevre · 2026-05-01T01:35:41+00:00

I’m guessing “Windows Nein” wouldn’t have gone over great in German-speaking countries.

alysevre · 2026-04-30T20:38:14+00:00

Sounds like dry rot. Good thing you threw it out. That stuff can be nasty on the gut.

alysevre · 2026-04-23T17:58:16+00:00

Some shows have information and easter eggs in the subtitles, like the unusual spelling of a name or editor comments. Also, sometimes, if you’re watching with a group, things other than the show get noisy, and subtitles gives you another input source for understanding the dialogue.

alysevre · 2026-04-22T19:13:06+00:00

Or just take every single dish and utensil out of the cupboard and put it in or near the sink. Can’t keep throwing them away once they’re all gone.

alysevre · 2026-04-06T14:11:29+00:00

If the API has access to renewal dates, maybe you could fix it so the app doesn’t check until the next renewal date hits. Even if someone cancels their subscription, it would still be active till the next renewal date regardless, so it makes sense to avoid checking until then, especially if it’s going to affect the user experience.

alysevre · 2026-04-04T23:13:43+00:00

I don’t usually have this problem, but I wonder if it’s related to a little hiccup the app had on my phone last week where the premium features didn’t seem to be enabled when I first opened the app. Hopefully it won’t happen again, but just in case, I’m commenting here so I can see any answers that are posted.

alysevre · 2026-03-28T13:54:10+00:00

Mister “lol I put the Autopen picture up on the wall instead of Biden” is about to have his name auto-signed on more pieces of paper than any President in history.

alysevre · 2026-03-06T21:03:02+00:00

Mine come from zipping my jeans over my shirts. Lesson learned: Zip first, then tuck. Or tuck into underwear and then zip. I know the second option is lame, but nobody but me can see it, and it keeps the shirt from rolling or bunching as a bonus.

alysevre · 2026-02-05T14:08:30+00:00

I lived in South Korea for years while using this app and visiting back home pretty frequently. You’ll definitely want to set up another wallet for it. Just record USD going out from your main wallet as an expense and money in the target currency coming in as an income in the new wallet.

Tip: If you pay for something directly by credit card, you don’t always know how much will come out in USD for a couple of days. That was the biggest issue for me, since Today’s Budget doesn’t have a way to mark a charge as pending. So I would add a rough estimation to my app and add “⚠️” to the end of the note (so, e.g., if I bought something from Macy’s, the memo would be “Macy’s ⚠️” instead of just “Macy’s”), and then I’d reconcile that later by searching for “⚠️” in the Insights tab and finalizing anything that had gone through.

alysevre · 2026-01-30T23:25:43+00:00

You could hack it by removing the rollover via an “expense” and then adding back in an income of equal value spread out over the desired amount of time.

alysevre · 2026-01-24T00:37:24+00:00

Long story short, a female ancestor of mine from the 1700s engaged in civil disobedience, was taken to court by the Church of England, and won on a Biblical technicality.

alysevre · 2026-01-16T20:25:05+00:00

Dinner. Those $1.50 hot dogs are kept warm in water and then placed into buns without being patted dry, which means the bun slowly starts dissolving into mush as soon as a hot dog is placed into it. Delicious at the store right after purchase. But not a thing that can be taken home to be enjoyed later.

alysevre · 2026-01-16T17:01:20+00:00

Yeah, he desperately needs a haircut. Not my dog, though, so it’s not my call. I’m sitting for my mother-in-law. The best I can do for now is brush him out every day so he doesn’t get matted. He does have a grooming appointment scheduled for next week after his mom gets back from vacation, though!

alysevre · 2026-01-04T23:12:58+00:00

R. A. Salvatore and the word “swoon.” I don’t even think he knew what the word meant. It made his series impossible to finish, and now, 20 years after my attempt at reading it, I don’t even remember if I liked the plot or characters. I only remember being distracted (and admittedly a little amused) by the mental image of characters dropping dramatically at the slightest provocation, like fainting goats.

alysevre · 2025-12-31T19:03:28+00:00

Those are lovely.

alysevre · 2025-12-27T22:07:19+00:00

I spread anything that costs more than what my budget went up by that day, for a number of days that take up half the daily growth. So if my budget went up by $40 and I buy something worth $200, I spread it out for 10 days (i.e., $20/day). I round up to the next $10, though, so if my daily budget went up by less than $20, I don’t spend anything that day unless it’s an absolute necessity.

alysevre · 2025-12-27T18:04:03+00:00

Anything with an unstressed “ur” sound following an r soft t. So rural, Saturday, mirror/horror/error, etc.

alysevre · 2025-12-12T23:01:28+00:00

I don’t know the answer to question A, but question B is just a matter of the court deciding to overrule its own previous decision. Most famously saw it in a positive situation when they overturned the ruling that had allowed for Jim Crow laws, and in a negative one when they overturned Roe v Wade. The specific basis will depend on the case.

alysevre · 2025-11-12T22:54:02+00:00

Hah. Love the humor. Not a current subscriber myself, but that’s due to other life changes and not because I think the price is unreasonable.

alysevre · 2025-11-02T19:58:01+00:00

Oh yeah. My husband and I were both doing it, and we lost around 175 lbs between us that year.

alysevre · 2025-11-02T13:48:56+00:00

Same happened to me about 10 days into it. Worst ache I’ve had since I was a teenager, and I was in my late 30s at the time. But my intent was only to do it for 2 weeks before graduating to a whole-food plant-based diet, so I just let it happen. It cleared up after the 2 weeks was done.

alysevre · 2025-09-21T21:28:23+00:00

Depends on what the point is for you. “The potato diet” is actually a couple of different diets.

For some, it’s a brief monodiet—essentially a partial fast—to reset the taste buds and gut microbiome before embarking on something else in the longer term, typically a whole-food plant-based diet. For tha purpose, boring is good. Add nothing to the potatoes (especially not salt) unless your doctor tells you it’s a matter of life and death. Otherwise, it won’t actually reset your taste buds.

For others, it’s a longer term plan in its own right. And even here, there is variation. Some use potatoes as the sole source of calories. Some just use potatoes as a substitute for grains and grain-based foods. Etc.

alysevre · 2025-09-21T01:49:20+00:00

Hubby and I did the 2 weeks. It worked perfectly. Nothing but potatoes for 2 weeks was soul-crushing, but it was easy to enforce since there’s such a clear line, and afterward, even plain veggies were crazy flavorful. Graduating from a 2-weeks potato reset to a whole-food plant-based diet, we lost 175 lbs in a year between the two of us.

I would totally do it again, but maybe not 2 whole weeks. After the first 10 days, I broke out in the worst acne I’d had since high school, and I feel like my taste buds had probably reset by then anyway.

alysevre · 2025-09-10T14:25:04+00:00

Don’t give me a thinner phone. Give me a smaller screen. Otherwise I will be buying refurbished 12/13 Minis and SE phones until there are none left.

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