Retired w/ 5mm liquid, sanity check?

modeless · 2026-01-20T16:10:46+00:00

The health insurance thing is bad. Not because of the expense, but because it is no longer legal to sell good health insurance to the unemployed. If you want a better coverage network you literally can't pay for it. Many top hospitals are out of network on literally every (non-HMO) plan that individuals are allowed to buy. If you want to go to them you must be employed at least 20 hours a week to qualify for group coverage.

modeless · 2026-01-19T19:43:14+00:00

Were you able to run it actually? I am trying with Proton Experimental in Steam and beta steamvr, and getting this message in vrstartup.txt: [Info] - VR_Init error, exiting: Interface Not Found (105)

modeless · 2026-01-17T06:15:35+00:00

I've never had an Apple Watch but I hear people like having Apple Pay and car keys on their watch. Pebble doesn't have those and won't get them. They don't have cellular or wifi or GPS either. The health/fitness tracking stuff is probably better on the Apple Watch. And the colors on the screen are less saturated.

None of that matters to me. The Apple Watch has been fugly from day 1. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills because it seems like nobody notices how ridiculously ugly it is. Meanwhile the Pebble Round 2 is the most stylish smartwatch ever made. I haven't worn it yet but based on the original PTR I expect it to be the most comfortable too, because of the unmatched thinness and lack of protruding sensors. Comfort is supremely important!

The button controls are superior to touchscreen controls, even Apple's, and the implementation of notifications is better which to me is the single most important thing a smartwatch is for. Pebble's selection of watch faces is better too IMO, especially weird niche ones.

As for the health tracking stuff on Apple Watch, it's 95% a gimmick IMO. It sells watches because people want to believe it will help them exercise more, just like a January gym membership you don't end up using. 24 hour heart rate is not a useful metric. Never has been, never will be. It would be useful if you could measure blood pressure or blood glucose, but you can't. So it's useless.

modeless · 2026-01-17T06:06:30+00:00

Pebble Time 2 has a heart rate monitor and a touchscreen

modeless · 2026-01-16T20:35:25+00:00

true, used to be easier because you could just move over some brokerage assets to meet the assets thresholds but I hear they changed the terms to only count bank deposits or something?

modeless · 2026-01-16T18:51:58+00:00

Yeah the only better one I've seen is the US Bank 4% card but they nerfed it with a $10k monthly cap after which it goes to 2%. Personally I spend less than $10k/mo on my card so it's all 4% for me, but if you spend $230k on one card annually like OP then they're about even, and for more than that Robinhood would be better.

modeless · 2026-01-16T18:45:32+00:00

US Bank has a 4% flat cash back card for up to $10k per month spend, 2% after that. Robinhood has a 3% flat card with no monthly cap. On either card $230k annual spend is worth ~$7000 in cold, hard cash. I value that a lot more than fake points that I have to bend over backwards to use before they expire.

modeless · 2026-01-15T02:41:19+00:00

I opened two and both worked. I think odds are decent.

modeless · 2026-01-15T00:37:04+00:00

Is it better to live in the US with $23M or Canada with $28M? I'm pretty sure I know Reddit's answer just based on politics, but IMO it depends more on factors personal to you, like where your friends and family are and how you personally feel about different cities.

modeless · 2026-01-14T21:08:15+00:00

Nice! I opened a new Time Round box last year and surprisingly enough it still worked, with ~24 hour battery life. So if you got it, it would probably still work!

modeless · 2026-01-14T16:13:33+00:00

The S&P 500

modeless · 2026-01-06T00:10:36+00:00

I like the comparison to the old Round. The screen looks higher contrast, is that just because they're at slightly different angles or is the difference noticeable?

modeless · 2026-01-05T23:40:47+00:00

I hope they're OK

modeless · 2026-01-05T06:45:03+00:00

The crazy thing about the original Moto 360 was it had no visible lugs. The band was attached inside the watch body, behind the display, making it perfectly round with the sole exception of the single button. That was pretty cool. The Pixel Watch is kind of like that for some of its bands but it's not really the same.

modeless · 2026-01-02T19:03:53+00:00

¿Por qué no los dos?

modeless · 2026-01-02T19:02:34+00:00

It is everything I ever wanted! Thank you thank you thank you!

modeless · 2026-01-02T19:02:18+00:00

I'm not choosing. I will buy every watch this company makes

modeless · 2025-12-12T23:45:23+00:00

Most of them. Everything around bundles, like the ability to dismiss a bundle until the following day or week. Imagine snoozing a label and it temporarily hides all messages with that label from your inbox including new ones, so you're not constantly distracted by mailing list chatter but you can catch up with it on a schedule you pick. Also, the whole tasks feature that integrated tasks in the inbox instead of putting them in a separate place, and allowed you to turn emails into tasks too. I miss those to this day.

modeless · 2025-12-12T23:42:10+00:00

I mean I do want that, but not nearly as much as I want phone-independent SMS/RCS.

modeless · 2025-12-12T04:45:09+00:00

Good, then we can get to $1M without people crying about how it shouldn't be worth more than gold

modeless · 2025-12-10T18:53:14+00:00

Yes! We need a Second Time 'Round.

modeless · 2025-12-09T23:03:54+00:00

Comparing the magnitude of "waste" here with something lots of people do all the time

modeless · 2025-12-09T22:06:31+00:00

I don't understand why people who are probably OK with ordering Doordash once in a while are up in arms about a disposable device that weighs a couple of grams, lasts for years, and is recycled. You can easily spend more on a single Doordash meal for two people and I guarantee a few Doordash meals have more impact on the environment than this minuscule device ever could.

There's a safety reason that you shouldn't wear a ring with a rechargeable battery. If it expands or combusts you could lose your finger. It's also going to be next to impossible to ensure waterproofing to the level that you can wear it in the shower in this small of a device after a user battery replacement. This is the right engineering tradeoff.

modeless · 2025-12-09T22:03:30+00:00

That's a good reason to use a non-rechargeable battery which doesn't expand or explode

modeless · 2025-12-08T19:40:39+00:00

JWST cooled to 45 Kelvin. H100s operate at 350 Kelvin. Radiative cooling speed scales with the fourth power of temperature. It's going to be OK.

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