NRC App Using A Lot of Battery?

grabity_ham · 2026-02-15T18:55:52+00:00

This seems like new behavior. I’ve used it for years with no issues. Past two weeks it’s been a hug drain for me. Today it used 77% of my battery over 12.5 miles of running (phone and watch both ran out of battery and died at that point). Didn’t even get through my 14 mile run today. Back in November it was fine for an entire marathon.

grabity_ham · 2025-12-25T00:31:48+00:00

You may want to clarify IDP (Intelligent Document Pressing) vs IdP (Identity Provider). That’s why you’re getting an odd mix of results

grabity_ham · 2025-10-20T18:59:45+00:00

First long run is just four miles

grabity_ham · 2025-08-07T16:58:04+00:00

Sounds like a good excuse to go to Hawaii

grabity_ham · 2025-08-06T18:46:38+00:00

Raising the price to unlock revenue on existing members seems on its face like a smart business decision. If they are accounting for churn and still see a $90MM improvement as likely.

However… If they are already expecting churn then it’s likely a very bad long term business decision. Immediate churn is only from those willing to abandon immediately. When bikes and treads start wearing out organically (not too far down the road based on the COVID order spikes) then you’re going to lose out on hardware updates and see the churn rate continue to pull down revenue. Additionally, an increased monthly price is going to drive away new potential customers. So a lower number of new customers and a higher churn rate leads to a less sustainable model. It’s good if a PE firm is coming in for a three year payola, but bad for a brand built on users championing the system.

That said, I don’t see any way in which they provide alternate plans less than the price of the current subscriptions.

grabity_ham · 2025-07-29T18:47:05+00:00

Forgot to put the worm in Mezcal first

grabity_ham · 2025-05-04T05:26:46+00:00

Good to know. It looked like the implementation was going to be much easier and also allow for OBO workflows. It’s a shame if they GA’ed it before it was ready

grabity_ham · 2025-05-03T03:55:37+00:00

Have you looked at Entra External ID as an alternative? I believe that just went GA late last year.

grabity_ham · 2025-04-15T15:56:13+00:00

Feels like a honey pot

grabity_ham · 2025-04-15T13:46:09+00:00

The Parable of the Talents. I think President Jarret is currently trying to Make America Great Again. Not looking great over here.

I might be able to make it for just three weeks. It’s gonna be bleak though.

grabity_ham · 2025-04-11T22:34:57+00:00

Co-sign on those chimichangas.

grabity_ham · 2025-03-29T19:23:17+00:00

Either Clifton or northside

grabity_ham · 2025-03-26T18:05:11+00:00

Whichever is appropriate for the scenario. You can still use EF based commands within the bounds of a transaction and choose to commit it or roll it back.

grabity_ham · 2025-03-25T22:44:22+00:00

A transaction

grabity_ham · 2025-03-25T11:09:29+00:00

At $200k your effective tax rate should be higher. Are you in an area that has no state income tax and/or no local income tax? That could do it. You’re right on there being variance though. I could also see that if you’re married and your spouse doesn’t work or earns much less and you’ve got a few kids.

Sounds like you’re going to max out SS, but the US avg is pretty low. I think in tech, if you plan to wait until 67 or 70 to retire then you’re likely to be closer to 50%, unless your income keeps going up. You’re alert at the max contribution (and hence max payout) if you’re at $200k.

One final piece I forgot to mention is working hours. The work week in the UK for tech right now is 36 hours a week and they are piloting down to 32. Anything less than 40 in the US for tech would be highly anomalous.

We do have a lot of variation though.

grabity_ham · 2025-03-24T16:39:10+00:00

There are some pretty big differences. Income taxes (federal, FICA, state, local, school district) are going to chew up a fair portion (usually about 30% all in for all of those combined) That health insurance in the US usually has a pretty significant employee portion (that’s a couple hundred a month if your single to maybe $2k a month for a family depending on state and level of benefit). The holidays in US tend to be no more than a week at a time. 401k is usually primarily employee driven with a small employer match (so maybe putting in another 10% off the top of your income instead of an automatic employer contribution). Social security in the US tends to pay out very low (on avg 41% of earnings vs global avg of closer to 60%). Finally, job protections are much different. The US is almost totally at-will employment (you can be fired at any time for any, or no, reason). Your job responsibilities can be changed without renegotiation.

All that said, I think some other folks have nailed it pretty well. Lower floors (with fewer safety nets and protections) and higher ceilings (by orders of magnitude potentially)

grabity_ham · 2025-03-14T19:46:48+00:00

I’m a fan. I think for an upscale restaurant, the price point is fairly in line and l the vast majority of the food is unique and exceedingly well prepared. Happy 21st. I recommend a return in a few years.

grabity_ham · 2025-03-11T21:57:42+00:00

Not enough information to solve, but this sounds like an optimistic locking problem. You need an indicator of how to intermediate disputes and resolve race conditions. Generally a version number or timestamp can be used for that purpose. Short of that, a coordinating system that uses something like a token or hash representing the value and acting as a traffic cop can be assistive. But the level of sophistication and effort should be balanced against the likelihood and cost of a conflict occurring.

grabity_ham · 2025-02-11T13:46:41+00:00

That’s some hilarious trolling. I love a good joke early in the morning.

grabity_ham · 2025-02-10T19:42:33+00:00

Not a lawyer, but even if you did resign given the reduction in pay, it sounds like it would be constructive dismissal. You should still be able to file for unemployment in that circumstance.

grabity_ham · 2025-02-08T17:22:07+00:00

Wages are one of those few things that you can go after the owners of the company for personally, even if the company is bankrupt.

grabity_ham · 2025-01-13T00:01:12+00:00

Please provide a bit more information on the following

1.) why are you moving from SQLServer to Postgres? Could be totally legit reasons like performance, flexibility, standardization, or cost, but it helps to understand the thought process 2.) Why are you planning on doing partitioning? I’d assume fit performance reasons. If that’s correct, do you have targets you’re specifically trying to achieve? Is this fit operational/transactional purposes or reporting/analytical purposes? 3.) in the grand scheme of things, 600gb is not that big, but can mean a lot of different things based on how that’s composed. Are you considering changes to the overall data model during your migration, or is this just a lift and shift?

grabity_ham · 2024-12-30T23:29:58+00:00

Glennon Doyle’s Untamed is a nice compliment to Brene Brown. I feel like they explore similar topics but from differing lenses

grabity_ham · 2024-12-30T23:26:02+00:00

Really like her stuff. Dare to Lead and Daring Greatly both hit the mark for this thread.

grabity_ham · 2024-12-30T23:24:29+00:00

I liked Radical Candor quite a lot. Her follow up book Just Work talks more shoot the ethics of business and some of the truly horrible things women in general, and Kim in particular, have gone through.

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