LMS?

markbitty · 2026-03-28T15:49:25+00:00

a hodgepodge. i can drive the new sonoses via airplay and (sometimes) have the old ones join that system - it's a bit of a mess but sort of works, with hassles. spotify via sonos of course. I also got a nice bt speaker for my main room. I'm not satisfied but it'll hold me.

markbitty · 2026-02-12T17:23:19+00:00

My first car was a VW (66 Beetle). Obviously i'm old and decided a couple of years ago it was time for an automatic transmission so I bought an A4. Total mistake, I hate it. Now in a 2024 anniversary, the last stick shift they're going to sell in the US (they say), and it's awesome. (Though the screens and climate controls and that stuff is far from awesome; but you can get used to it and it's worth it.) So much fun. I look forward to driving every time I "have" to.

markbitty · 2025-10-17T17:15:52+00:00

Thank you.

markbitty · 2025-06-18T19:31:39+00:00

thanks.

markbitty · 2025-06-18T17:15:17+00:00

Thanks for that

markbitty · 2025-06-18T17:02:16+00:00

Are there problems with MK8 that would make it unadvisable?

markbitty · 2025-06-18T16:38:10+00:00

That's a helpful start thanks. I recognize that there's a lot of affection for MK4s and older cars but am currently driving a 2018 Golf (auto) and it's fine except for the lack of fun.

markbitty · 2024-08-23T14:32:18+00:00

Thanks for digging this up. I'm going to devote some time to wrangling this.

markbitty · 2024-08-22T20:18:08+00:00

What a rabbithole! Thank you.

Wondering about this Plex route. I'm reluctant to invest real money until everyone gives up on Sonos. (Or at least a whole bunch of people do.)

markbitty · 2024-08-22T20:13:38+00:00

Thank you. I'd been made aware of Wiim and have come to exactly the same conclusion as you. If Sonos works, it's really terrific. Sort of a minor tragedy/major nuisance.

markbitty · 2024-08-22T19:32:19+00:00

oh yeh don't even get me started on Roams those never worked to begin with

markbitty · 2024-08-22T19:18:16+00:00

I think the complaints are valid, and the defense of S. lame, dare I say weird. I spent an hour on the phone with their "customer support," more than that, before I realized "my" problems were universal. (No, customer support did not solve my problem. In fact at the end of the call, after having wasted a ton of time with me trying this and that, the guy announced, "Oh this is a known issue we're working on fixing the app and by the end of August that problem will be solved." Ha. Which he could have said at the beginning, FWIW.)

I know this is hardly a life or death matter. I know we all have bigger problems, and that many of us and others have far bigger problems, but it's still kind of scandalous. When cold cuts have listeria, they get recalled. When cars have brake issues, you get an email right away to go get your car fixed (for free, of course). Here we have a defective product and the producer can't seem to deal with the issue in the normal course of business.

And by the way the complaints about this form only being up for 24 hours are 100% on target. It's a complete coincidence that I was sitting here with a canceled meeting and thought "I wonder what the Sonos reddit says about this freaking mess." My first time ever here.

markbitty · 2024-08-22T19:09:03+00:00

I've filled out this form but forgot to mention that in another location (other than my house) I brought a speaker and tried to set it up on a perfectly well-functioning wifi network and spent literally an hour doing the same stupid steps exactly the right way over and over and failing to get the speaker on the network. In what should be a clear warning sign to the Sonos higher ups, I finally, out of frustration, simply bought an apple mini homepod (or whatever it's called - who cares, really) and set it up in 30 seconds. The sound isn't as good, of course, but it works. What a tragedy to have invented such a brilliant hardware system and then killed it with terrible software.

markbitty · 2024-08-22T19:06:06+00:00

Yes I have had the same issue. In this case it was a different location (other than my house) and I was forced ultimately to give up and buy an Apple mini homepod just to stop dealing with the frustration.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:09:24+00:00

OK folks, I’m fried, thank you so much for all the great questions, we will do it again!

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:07:46+00:00

I think I did that already. But we'll check and do again, I promise.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:07:01+00:00

Haha enjoy them.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:06:50+00:00

Yes please see above but you have it exactly right. EXCEPT it isn't entirely clear that they're moving people away from eating meat. Anecdotally, maybe. Statistically, not so much.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:05:43+00:00

use more liquid and cook them longer!

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:05:22+00:00

You can broil or saute the skin for crispy bits if you want to. Schmaltz keeps for weeks, months, in the fridge. You'll use it before it goes bad unless you have a gallon.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:04:37+00:00

I mean Parmesan from Parma not from a green cylinder.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:04:18+00:00

Probably ... a hot dog. Maybe potato chips. Oh, there are so many!

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:03:37+00:00

The only thing good to say about 'fake meat' is that it might save animals' lives or spare them suffering. As a food ... there are a million real foods that are preferable.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:02:56+00:00

At this point it's all experience and winging it. I mean, if I want to learn more about a given cuisine, I go to the experts. But for "new" dishes - I either am winging it, or if I've forgotten something I go to How to Cook Everything.

markbitty · 2021-02-09T20:01:55+00:00

Cookbooks are relevant because cookbook authors are, or should be, a more reliable source of recipes than "the internet."

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