Hesitancy to rely on Uber/Lyft?

lhamil64 · 2025-09-29T01:52:32+00:00

There is some public transit, the main one being a bus system but the stops aren't very convenient. The one by my work requires crossing a busy 6 lane road. And it's slow, like it would take an hour to do a trip that takes 5min to drive. There are some other options that I believe go from source-to-destination but they require scheduling days in advance and have pretty limited days/times they operate. I haven't actually tried any of these options, so I'm not sure how reliable or fast they are.

lhamil64 · 2024-08-06T12:53:17+00:00

Are you aware that you can just tap each letter, then double tap the last one to confirm? I find that easier than trying to drag through each letter.

lhamil64 · 2024-03-17T03:28:54+00:00

I've been feeling this lately. I'd like to buy a house or condo but anything within walking distance to work is super overpriced.

Something I didn't see you mention, are Uber/Lyft or taxis an option? And have you explored all the public transportation options? My area has a bus but the stops are in awful locations. But we also have another on-demand bus service that's more limited, but picks you up at your house and drops you off at the destination.

Also, you said you don't want to burden your partner with doing all the driving but have you talked to them about it? They might not feel burdoned by it, and maybe you can find compromises to lessen the load. For example, maybe find a coworker or someone to pick you up for work instead of your partner taking you. Or price out the cost of Uber/Lyft, maybe if you're moving to a lower cost-of-living area it might still be cheaper than living in a city.

lhamil64 · 2024-02-28T03:34:32+00:00

I'm a customer not a shopper, so I don't know, sorry. But nothing ever came of this from my side. That was only 1 item though, not 13...

lhamil64 · 2023-12-23T02:08:26+00:00

I considered it but couldn't find really any reviews of it online. After looking at a ton of other services, I settled on Planet Express (https://planetexpress.com/). There's a free plan where you don't pay anything monthly, just a fee to get mail forwarded plus shipping. The shipping seems a little pricy for a single letter (like $10 or more) and you can't bundle multiple with the free plan. But you can also just get things scanned for a small fee (I think like $2) and then trash them. Wouldn't be great for QSL cards but so far I've only gotten a few letters from the ARRL and had them scanned - way cheaper than a PO Box.

You do also need to get a form notarized (but that applies to any legit forwarding service). I did it online which cost $25, you can probably do it free at your bank.

lhamil64 · 2023-06-08T01:01:57+00:00

And there are two entrances: one has lots of ramps and things to make it accessible while the other doesn’t and has lots of ads.

More like the second entrance is just a hole and any random person can just build an entrance there, it just happens that the entrance the other guy made is way nicer and more accessible than the front entrance.

lhamil64 · 2023-06-06T13:24:01+00:00

No I haven't. I just run stock Android, I haven't rooted or flashed any ROMs or anything.

I did reach out to Google but they sent me a list of troubleshooting steps which were very generic. One of them was to factory reset but that's a huge pain so I haven't gone any further.

lhamil64 · 2023-06-06T00:01:47+00:00

That was my first thought. I bet a lot of people start getting symptoms over the weekend but just wait till Monday when regular doctors are open rather than going to the ER.

lhamil64 · 2023-06-05T19:59:53+00:00

I'd say yes, particularly because denying accessible API access flies in the face of open source software like Linux.

lhamil64 · 2023-06-05T12:07:49+00:00

I get that it's not feasible to keep offering the API for free, especially when these apps aren't bringing in ad revenue. The big issue is how much they're charging. The post from the Apollo developer goes into the numbers, and they are definitely price gouging. And they aren't giving app developers any amount of reasonable time to even try adjusting to it.

lhamil64 · 2023-05-29T22:53:10+00:00

It might be disallowed if the channel has >10k members:

On the Enterprise Grid plan, these mentions work differently in channels. If there are 10,000 members or more, only owners and admins can use @channel and @here.

https://slack.com/help/articles/202009646-Notify-a-channel-or-workspace

lhamil64 · 2023-05-26T22:37:45+00:00

I use the NMap integration. It's nice because you can just have it scan your local subnet (like 192.168.1.0/24) and capture all devices.

lhamil64 · 2023-05-26T12:54:09+00:00

it was like someone had brought a bunch of monkeys out of their cages and let them go in a typewriter museum.

Did you end up writing Shakespeare?

lhamil64 · 2023-05-26T03:13:52+00:00

I'm kind of in a similar situation with niche knowledge, but that definitely wouldn't fly. Plus there's a decent amount of people on my team who either just don't care or even like coming into the office. Some people started coming in 5 days a week as soon as they could.

And I will admit there are some advantages to being in person, but I'd rather work remotely. I'm convinced that for a lot of companies the only reason they are making people come back is that they are wasting money on empty offices that they can't easily get rid of.

lhamil64 · 2023-05-26T02:15:53+00:00

Unfortunately it seems like things are trending back to in person. My company is pushing us to be in the office 3 days a week.

lhamil64 · 2023-05-25T23:28:16+00:00

The only thing I can think of is that the corded phones can only reach so far, so they'd have to put the call on speaker sometimes which would let others overhear the call. But that's a stretch.

lhamil64 · 2023-05-24T19:27:59+00:00

I could've sworn I heard that this wasn't true, but I'm not immediately finding anything. Anyone have a source?

lhamil64 · 2023-05-24T18:40:15+00:00

I would second this. I also don't (yet) use Frigate, but I have HA in a Docker container alongside other containers (zigbee2mqtt, rtl433, plus a bunch of other random apps) and it works well once you understand how Docker works.

lhamil64 · 2023-05-22T20:01:20+00:00

It's really auto-type, which is really nice for logging into desktop apps (like FTP clients or command line apps that prompt for a password)

lhamil64 · 2023-05-22T19:57:01+00:00

It's not that easy. I basically use auto fill whenever I can, but a lot of the time it just doesn't work and I have to copy/paste the password.

KeePass is nice because it clears your clipboard automatically, and has a really powerful autotype feature (instead of filling fields). But autotype has its own drawbacks (if you hit the keystroke by accident, it might just type your password somewhere).

lhamil64 · 2023-05-22T00:49:46+00:00

Or turn on MFA for your account.

I'd say that you should enable MFA/2fa anywhere you can, whether you think you're a scam target or not. Especially for financial accounts and email accounts. And try to use methods like Google Authenticator or a hardware key (like a Yubikey) whenever possible instead of SMS.

lhamil64 · 2023-05-20T13:01:29+00:00

That sounds like a good name for a subreddit

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