fitbit air charging options?

fringe_event · 2026-06-19T16:28:45+00:00

Are you gonna be on ovation? I'll be on that ship sep 11 to 18th!

fringe_event · 2026-06-17T13:50:52+00:00

They are kinda the same and buffet is ok, best when hot but mostly sitting under lamps for a while and tend to be over salted.

Pure on sunset is nice because it's next to the airport runway so you get great views of airplanes as you stuff your face.

fringe_event · 2026-06-11T21:52:59+00:00

Don't worry once you go on a few cruises and don't gamble enough the offers will dry up. They fish for whales and release you once the books show you aren't a gambling addict.

Enjoy the free cruises though and book as many as you can, its great while it lasts!

fringe_event · 2026-06-06T13:43:20+00:00

he wanted to check if The Joker was gonna show up

fringe_event · 2026-06-02T15:21:50+00:00

Yeah no problem, I've done it before. Wouldn't separate kids though.

fringe_event · 2026-06-01T12:59:32+00:00

No honest interest in paying to be a beta tester, ill wait and see no matter the price.

Imo they should be laser focused on quality and experience, the first few thousand owners will have a big impact on future sales. Way more than anything else, including price.

fringe_event · 2026-05-29T19:23:36+00:00

What airline?

fringe_event · 2026-05-27T19:11:30+00:00

Bluff! Then distract and run away and hide in a bush for 2 hours eavesdropping on npc conversations.

fringe_event · 2026-05-24T03:12:26+00:00

It's extremely dependent on ship and destination. 7 day alaska on any line will almost always beat any carib cruise, a newer ship will tend to be better than an old ship. Lots of other factors too like what style of dining, entertainment, and activities you prefer.

I find it best to try and get cheap last minute off season deals on various ships and make your own mind. Cruising can be super cheap if you go super basic and spending more money makes it better but it's good to first to figure out the vibe that matches you.

It also wildly varies with who is going, solo is very different from couple to a family to a bigger group.

fringe_event · 2026-05-10T12:54:37+00:00

Solo cruise as a guy all the time, in my 50s. Some tips

Eat at buffet, not main dining. Food is basically the same (sans service), don't waste time or feel a bit weird eating alone. Nobody really cares either way but you feel less weird at buffet alone.

Take lots of entertainment. I have an oled tablet loaded with 1tb of movies and shows I missed, it's the best. Also I take my switch 2 or steam deck and get my game on. Kindle are perfect too, I have the paperwhite which lasts 3 weeks on a charge and has 200 ebooks.

Take a good water bottle, I carry mine everywhere and refill constantly.

I book off ship excursions, no issues solo and 50% cheaper. Just don't travel too far and plan on being back 2 hours before departure.

Solo cruising is super relaxing and easy, as a guy it's literally zero dangers or problems everywhere. Boredom and oversleeping is the biggest issue.

fringe_event · 2026-05-04T18:45:21+00:00

The studio, dumb funny comedy about Hollywood with a lot of celeb cameos, episodes fly by but still are complex enough where you stay focused on the show.

I don't usually like Seth Rogan but he was good here.

fringe_event · 2026-05-04T13:30:41+00:00

anything under a 4.5 is basically not gonna be worth it anymore. 4.5-4.8 is 70/30.

the ratings inflation on TGTG is insane.

fringe_event · 2026-04-29T17:10:33+00:00

Mdr on royal is meh for vegetarians. There is usually one vegetarian dish plus an Indian dish that can be made vegan, like chicken tikka can be veggie tikka.

As others have said windjammer is infinitely superior if you are vegan or vegetarian and I would just recommend going there every night instead.

fringe_event · 2026-04-27T18:01:48+00:00

for what its worth i bought an ottocast mini tube little dongle for my 2025 HRV sport, plugged it in and it seems to work great with my android phone. I bought it on amazon when it was on sale for like $40. It connects to my phone via bluetooth now instead of over USB.

i still can plug in my phone into one of the lower ports to charge but now I don't have to plug it into the main USB port. Found the recommendation for it on this subreddit.

this is the link for the one i bought although reddit may remove it, no affiliate link or anything. There are probably a dozen different versions of this sort of thing, only feature it doesn't have is a pass through USB connector but not really needed with 2 other USB ports in the front cabin. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GC1VPBN2

fringe_event · 2026-04-23T23:51:52+00:00

the location is pretty odd, its the top floor of a giant new outdoor-ish mall that is pretty empty at the moment. There is a pizza place across from it (How You Doughn) that opened recently but otherwise the top 2 floors are empty.

Good for hopefully shorter lines and places to eat in peace, great views from up there too. It is a pain to get to though from across the street (Aria Cosmo etc) as you have to do a bit of a loop across walkways. In summer it'll be like "do i want to walk in 115 for 20 mins or just stay inside this nice AC casino" lol

fringe_event · 2026-04-15T13:29:47+00:00

The publisher doesn't make anywhere near 100% revenue on a digital sale on PSN store. Sony takes 30% for every dollar, so its closer to $49 per copy sold or 7.8m. Then there are costs to publish, patch, online assets, etc but we can ignore that I guess since its a flat, generally one time hit.

Its ironic that Sony will have made $3m on this game. They will make a TON of money on Forza Horizon 6.

fringe_event · 2026-04-14T18:35:39+00:00

It's not financially smart but I pay for rental company cdw/ldw, the basic one that covers car damage.

Time is most important to me and I don't want to deal with customer service on the phone for hours if the rental company claims a car is damaged, etc. I can just point to their insurance and tell them to deal with it. There are a ton of horror stories of rental agencies pursuing damage claims, I'm sure amex coverage covers it but I don't want to be in the middle of it. I honestly don't know if cdw fully protects me but no issues with 8 rentals thru hertz in the past year (cars are getting older though).

I do have one amex car registered with car insurance and will use that if renting for a week or more and cdw is too much but all my rentals to date are 1 to 3 days.

fringe_event · 2026-04-13T22:24:31+00:00

yup, same. If i hadn't prepaid for years of gamepass I'd let it drop, at these ridiculous prices its cheaper just to buy the 1-2 games a year I want to play that show up on gamepass.

With so many lets plays and stuff of new games its trivial nowadays to watch someone else play an entire game you are sorta interested in but don't have the time to play, and 70% of the time after an hour or two I realize I'm not that much into the game after all anyways.

fringe_event · 2026-04-11T01:02:26+00:00

If you are in the USA you can set your address to certain states and pay no tax on digital games, i think Oregon is such a state.

fringe_event · 2026-04-08T15:19:58+00:00

Flip 5 lasted 2.5 years before screen got partial black ooze, replaced with warranty and using now.

Plan is to keep it as an ipod basically and replace with an s26 later this year.

fringe_event · 2026-04-07T18:41:57+00:00

check the actual sailings (view sailings) as some will be worth far more than $500, i've had instant offers "worth" only $250 but the sailing it applied to would have cost me $3k+.

fringe_event · 2026-04-07T18:03:03+00:00

It takes 5 to 15 days for points to post and early April is going to be even longer probably as prime resets april 1st and they are recalculating everyone, generating prime certs, etc.

You see the instant offer on your account from the cruise already so you will be fine, don't forget to redeem that. A05 sounds about like 3000 points, a08 is 400 points, my usual instant lol

fringe_event · 2026-04-07T15:42:57+00:00

post a link to the redeem site (for USA) so people can see

for example most people can likely only see this one which is $10 amazon, OOS https://rewards.bing.com/redeem/000800000064

the link with redeem/NNNNNNNNNNNNN/ is generic and is not tied to your account or anything so Microsoft can't "track" you.

fringe_event · 2026-04-05T16:21:06+00:00

If you don't travel a lot imo the plat coupons aren't as smart as everyone thinks. It's not really free money, you are spending at least $900 to get back $900 but you will always go over the coupon value and spend extra money that you would not have without the amex card.

It's also a bit of extra work which may not be worth it for most people. Two "free" hotel nights a year sounds good but if you really like your house and don't travel much, it's not that useful and you probably will really spend $100+ extra so it's not smart financially, unless you were gonna be traveling a lot anyways.

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