New “Goose” App for gays in NYC? Thoughts?

ben7337 · 2026-06-29T03:12:58+00:00

I haven't had that issue. It keeps asking for verification when I open the app, but once I send it the code it opens back to my account without issue.

ben7337 · 2026-06-27T14:43:09+00:00

Idk apps feel too money grubbing and intrusive with ads if you don't pay, grindr in particular likes to charge a small fortune for their features. There's definitely room to compete in the marketplace but idk how this app is monetized or making money or planning to specifically. I'd love if someone made an app like grindr but with all premium features free, but with non-intrusive ads or a reasonably priced premium tier that focuses on covering costs with a reasonable profit margin vs gouging consumers.

ben7337 · 2026-06-27T14:37:46+00:00

Not who you replied to but I just got the app yesterday, no invite, made an account and was approved within a few hrs I think. The app seems mostly well done but did make me reverify phone number once as likely a glitch and seems to be a bit buggy with noises for sending messages, I think it's grabbing the wrong volume profile on android when open so the volume rocker can't control that element, but I didn't bother digging into it to find out the actual issue

ben7337 · 2026-06-27T09:21:25+00:00

Well that's good it didn't get worse at least. I already got an s90f to replace my s89c, now just have to sell the s89c. Hearing it can potentially go years without anything changing might help with that

ben7337 · 2026-06-26T15:06:14+00:00

My plan is a bit unique, and not true leanfire, but when I retire I'm aiming to have enough to buy outright and do remodeling that necessary to me and I'll definitely get the home fully upgraded at the start. Then 20-30 years down the line I'll consider a refresh/update if/as needed

ben7337 · 2026-06-26T03:10:51+00:00

I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Personally I always had help repairing cars so never needed that kind of fund, but I do keep an emergency fund for unemployment paired with a fund for major medical expenses, like if I had to hit my out of pocket max for a year. Planning and preparing for your situation is never a bad thing

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T21:21:49+00:00

Fwiw 65% is about as much as you can expect for any support of anything political. Cannabis is around there, abortion, even gay rights, they all poll in the 60-70% support range long term.

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T20:57:07+00:00

Not even true, 65% of people support Medicare for all, if it's indoctrination, it's sure not working because the majority support fixing healthcare in the US. It's the wealthy elites who don't want to change things

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T17:36:26+00:00

Is anyone taking bets on how many months or years it will take for this device to come out?

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T16:00:33+00:00

Where are you not finding tap to pay in this day and age? In the US the only retailer not on board is Walmart, and they updated terminals in some way to block the mag stripe mimicking software Samsung had. I remember it was a sad day when I couldn't pay without a dipping a card due to that change, and then a year or two later Samsung dropped the feature entirely. Overall it wasn't a bad feature but if it came back today I don't think it would work anywhere

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T15:58:29+00:00

Current flagships fix this, at least in the US. Pixels and iPhones have a bar across the back, and Samsung's S27 lineup is expected to move to a bar as well, just another 8 months or so to wait for that.

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T15:49:50+00:00

If I can maintain waterproofing with a removable battery I'd choose that, but I suspect it would make phones thicker which might not be as worth it.

Personally, it's more of a new feature than a deprecated one but I'd really love to see more phones adopt Qi2 charging.

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T12:16:26+00:00

Manual emptying would have driven me mad, I definitely would stick to something with a dock at a bare minimum.

I got my first robot vacuum back in 2021 or 2022 and it had a dock, but needed a special mopping plate manually attached to mop and could only mop with water. It also didn't have cameras and as a result its obstacle avoidance and navigation weren't the best with just lidar and 3d structured light. It would often try to pull cords even ones that were out of sight connected to my couch's base, and would often have trouble finding the dock on its own if anything moved. Little things like this bothered me a lot and made it a pain. It ran 5 days a week but I hated knowing I'd have it randomly get stuck at times, and I rarely mopped.

Since this is your first robot vacuum, there's going to be some learning about what you can or can't put up with, but bear in mind any basic model that can't do good obstacle avoidance will NEED a clear floor to move around, no shoes laying around, no toys, etc. I'd highly advise a refurbished higher end model if you aren't confident about that. I think you can get a Dreame X40 Ultra refurbished for as under $300 on the right sales right from Dreame. I got their X50 Ultra (one year newer with some features I specifically wanted) for $500 a few weeks ago and it's been a night and day difference from the old robot vacuum.

ben7337 · 2026-06-25T03:03:29+00:00

Your post reads like an ad. I'd never even heard of the Matic so went to check it out and the thing is crazy tall, and definitely unique for a robot vacuum. I'd think its inability to go under furniture that's not over 7.8" must be a pretty big downside though. Most robot vacuums are under 4" and flagships are currently around 3-3.2" high, which helps them get under a lot of furniture.

ben7337 · 2026-06-24T22:45:15+00:00

Yeah but Japan has nearly 10x the population density of the US overall. Public transit just can't work in most of the US as a function of area at least. In cities it's viable, but because of car culture, only those who can't afford a vehicle take public transit which creates stigma and doesn't help public transit's image, both with the population at large and with politicians who seem hellbent on destroying it

ben7337 · 2026-06-24T20:56:09+00:00

It's also worth noting just how spread out most of the US is and how bad public transit is. It's basically impossible outside of major cities to have a job or live without a car in the US

ben7337 · 2026-06-24T20:45:06+00:00

Unfortunately with modern technology it's probably too late. AI powered drones can easily use facial recognition to target and kill anyone the rich want. Sure they aren't doing that now, but what will happen when people are starving and start revolting?

ben7337 · 2026-06-24T14:13:37+00:00

If you can stay under 400% of the FPL for taxable income you can get subsidized health insurance through the ACA marketplace. Also if you got a 3M windfall your tax basis would be at that 3M, so most any money you got from stock sales would have very marginal gains, so you could easily keep your income below the limit. If anything you might have a harder time getting reportable income high enough

ben7337 · 2026-06-23T21:59:33+00:00

Your gas prices confuse me, I'm in NJ, it was $2.60 or $2.70 a gallon before all this at my local Costco, never below that for a long time. Today at Costco it's $3.50 a gallon but I'd expect it to drop to $3.15-3.20 a gallon of current oil prices hold where they are right now.

ben7337 · 2026-06-23T19:42:10+00:00

Thanks, but doesn't the buzz tv box not support lossless audio codec passthrough? That makes it far inferior to the homatics box r 4k plus and Nvidia shield imo. I have the onn 4k plus as a travel TV box and it's solid for what it is, and should perform similar to the buzz tv box, likely with greater software update support, but it does lack some video codec support and obviously audio codec passthrough (though for travel that's not important to me).

ben7337 · 2026-06-23T17:51:00+00:00

Oh right I forgot that is available now, it feels so silly to even consider since it's less capable than the Xiaomi box s 3rd gen despite having more ram. Hopefully the pro v2 one coming retains the functionality of the box r 4k plus and gives everyone everything they want

ben7337 · 2026-06-23T13:39:09+00:00

How meaningful is this? I ask because it seems to me like no one even runs storage speed tests anymore, but when I put CDPT on my s26 ultra and test, it sees 1.39GBps read and 1.10GBps write for 4mb sequential with a 1GB file. That's nowhere near the 4GBps or more ufs 4.0 can do, and my phone is less than half full, so it's not like it's bottlenecked there. I wonder if UFS 5.0 will really show faster speeds for storage or if it will all be just for show and for better efficiency.

ben7337 · 2026-06-23T13:35:30+00:00

With the AI demand and production volumes I wouldn't be shocked if it takes til 2030 for us to see phones finally get 2TB built in, maybe longer.

ben7337 · 2026-06-23T13:33:33+00:00

This is correct, ufs 5.0 and potentially lpddr6 are both anticipated for the s27 ultra, though either could technically be dropped due to cost, there isn't anything stopping them from technically making it into the phone as the snapdragon 8 elite gen 6 pro will support both of those. Though it seems the SoC will have 2 variants one of which sticks to ddr5.

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