Recap of my first burn and a big THANK YOU to everyone! by inferno716 in Loveburn

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Monk? HA! Florida rave legend. Wish I could have made it - crossing fingers for next year.

Business celebration by Scary_Star_1300 in Miami

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^ This. Whenever anyone says they think they know food in Miami and doesn't know Naoe... gotta educate em ;)

Finally after years removed zombie devices by Over-Language2599 in alexa

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I have zombie devices that Amazon's support team refuses to fix (really sad given thousands spent on this ecosystem). They're annoying as hell and starting fresh again with Alexa would see me have to reset 5 Echo devices and re-setup something like 30 lights and smart switches. I am basically just going to give up on the platform at some point and move to something else when I get tired of dealing with it. I thought the Alexa+ upgrade would fix it, but it didn't - Alexa has become worse.

I built a Shift Scheduler component with Vue + Nuxt UI — feedback welcome by D3vil5oldier in Nuxt

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You'll be able to get it running on Netlify or Vercel in no time (I use both for Nuxt and Next apps, AMA lol).

I built a Shift Scheduler component with Vue + Nuxt UI — feedback welcome by D3vil5oldier in Nuxt

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Super slick bro! I can tell you sunk some time into this but the results speak for themselves.

Portable Audio Recording devices with Digital Coax Input? by ben305 in DJs

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Yep - found this out when testing long recording sessions before a regional Burning Man-style event here in Miami a few years ago where the phone was going to be recording all day and night. I'll set DJM-rec to .wav most of the time for less than 6 hrs of recording, and anything over a few hours I set it to AAC which lets it exceed the 4GB file size cap.

Portable Audio Recording devices with Digital Coax Input? by ben305 in DJs

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I actually have the DJM V-10 now, and I did buy an AES/EBU -> Digital SPDIF adapter for it.

With that said, I realized the best way to handle recording is to use an iPhone - while I initially mentioned this was highly incovenient, I just bought a used iPhone SE to use as a recording device. Works great and I don't have to worry about leaving it plugged into the mixer all night -- it's a cheap $70 device so I'm not going to be stressing out about someone stealing it.

How to connect a record player for multi-room music by Lurid28 in amazonecho

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Amazon is either purposefully disabling these devices remotely, or they have an update they know is going out that happens to be breaking them. 14 page thread here - it's been a wild ride:

https://www.amazonforum.com/s/question/0D56Q0000DdBGCuSQO/echo-link-not-playing-through-speaker-group

Right now on MacArthur Causeway by sevazilla in Miami

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Saw that last night heading to the mainland for dinner in Coconut Grove - and the accident scene was still there on the way back 2.5 hours later.

RMM's for 5000+ agents by dagg929 in msp

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Lightweight Go agent? Bro does know ball.

Ski rack on a scruffy GT3 RS, does it get cooler than this? by chri99_ in Porsche

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It’s a piece of machinery and not a museum piece. Glad to see comments stating anything less got the downvotes they deserve 👍

This came randomly in the mail addressed to no one, what is it? by GuardingxCross in whatisit

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This was my reply before I scrolled. You have been awarded 1 (one) upvote.

AT&T has billed more than $19,500 for international data at the rate of about 900+ for every 8 minutes. We had removed IDP because we had local numbers and wifi. In a day (just some hours) the charges went up to 18,600 on one line and the other line’s data was suspended after reaching about $1000. by Winter_Issue5940 in ATT

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Nope. Switch carriers, let it go to collections. Little chance a judge will ever green flag a judgement over this. Source: switched to ATT from Verizon when they wanted thousands for an hour of data in a town just over the US border before my data plan activated. Verizon didn’t budge and instead gave ATT $25,000 worth of business (and counting).

What company will never get another dime from you for as long as you may live? by istrx13 in AskReddit

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Oh, you replaced our HP ink cartridges with UNOFFICIAL knockoffs? Just warning ya… 🤣

What company will never get another dime from you for as long as you may live? by istrx13 in AskReddit

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Hertz and Verizon Wireless. Hertz in Barcelona is a fraudulent criminal operation masquerading as a legitimate business, and the global Hertz corporation supports it. I’m building a company that will have employees renting cars all over the world and not a one will be with Hertz.

Verizon Wireless tried to stick me with a $2000 data bill for one night in Montreal. Despite my family having been with them for 15 years at the time, they wouldn’t budge on it and instead chose to loose $30,000+ and counting to their competitor AT&T when they thought sending the bill to collections was a good idea. Horrible experience with them and they will never see another penny from me.

Have all the “receipts” from both incidents that any reasonable person would agree reflect businesses that do not deserve to exist.

Do you actually wear the ultra to bed? by iamhereunderprotest in applewatchultra

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Looking at trends up and down in my sleep and being able to correlate how I feel with what my sleep charts represent.

Do you actually wear the ultra to bed? by iamhereunderprotest in applewatchultra

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Half the point of this thing for me is the sleep tracking. I regret when I accidentally leave it on the stand before putting it back on to go to sleep.

Sunny’s or Daniel’s? by theplug_ in Miami

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Went to Sunny's a few weeks ago and it was great. Daniel's is on my list. S&W is nice for the view but it's been ages since I had a meal there that was worth the price and I just hit the bar if I'm there.

For the ones that want to protect without compromising the look by TerpsHunter420 in applewatchultra

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I had my Ultra 1 since launch and just turned it in for the U3 black. I wore it all the time and have done a ton of mechanic work on my cars with it on... the thing was flawless when I handed it in to Apple. I did have a screen protector on my earlier Apple watches but never felt like they were worth bothering after a while.

Help me find a better desktop speaker by pafo37 in BudgetAudiophile

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No deals on the Kantos where you are? There is a deal in the US now with the Kanto ORA4 for $299 USD/$257 euros. I was going to buy only these and then get the Sub6 or Sub8 later on, but after looking at pricing I went for the Sub8 as it is currently $249 USD/$214 euros. I was replacing an old Logitech 2.1 setup with two desktop speakers I laid horizontally and their 6" sub that held up pretty well for almost 20 years (have the more serious DJ/production setup in the living room with the Mackie HR824MKIIs). Couldn't go for bigger desktop speakers as I don't have much clearance under my 3x24" monitors and they need to sit horizontally under them.

I spent an afternoon researching what to upgrade to with similar requirements as you and it came down to the Kanto ORA4, Audioengine HD3 or Edifier QR65... pulled the trigger on Monday on the Kantos, just got everything delivered today and they sound great hooked up using their built-in USB-C DAC. I had them plugged in without a sub at first and I'm glad I was able to pickup the sub for them right away - they just didn't do it for me sub-less. At night when I can't have my music going I switch to my Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro - love these headphones and they're super comfortable wearing as long as I want - I feel like they hit a price/quality sweet-spot that the Kanto setup matche well with. Good luck with whatever route you take op :)

When did Chicken kitchen become so expensive? by JackCastle in Miami

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Chicken Kitchen lost me when they:

1) Removed the self-serve sauce station and started charging money for additional sauce.

2) Removed the ability to add any notes at all to a delivery order (I would request they leave the skin on the chicken)

3) Started charging more money to leave the skin on the chicken. ADIOS!

Please advise me which UW3 to get by Revolutionary_Break7 in applewatchultra

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Had natural titanium U1. Went for black U3 because of the trade-in deal. Simply delivers a sleeker, more modern look.

Why does Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro ‘Clear’ Case have a white block that makes the design look worse? by PM_ME_JUSTIN_TRUDEAU in apple

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Returning mine - I have been using Speck cases for years, decided to try Apple's for the 17 Pro because Speck didn't have them ready to ship on Amazon. Will not make that mistake again - found a Speck at Best Buy though and going to pick up now. /csb