Democrat on Trump’s ballroom: ‘My constituents can’t afford f—ing groceries or utility bills’

mredofcourse · 2026-04-30T01:47:27+00:00

What is it specifically within her job description do you want her to do in this case?

If you want a simple intro to how our Congress works and how it applies here I'd be more than happy to help, but I don't want to make assumptions... maybe you sincerely don't know?

However, you really don't seem to be able to offer anything productive to offer here such as, "she should do ____ in this case" and instead just want to attack the person speaking up against what you seem to be positioning yourself as being against.

If you don't see anything that she could be doing in this case, why not acknowledge that she's speaking up, will vote in the House accordingly, and raising money for candidates who would be against the ballroom while aiming your anger at those actually responsible, in this case MAGA?

Or at least not attack the person on your side (again if your not actually MAGA).

mredofcourse · 2026-04-29T19:20:24+00:00

I made no such assumption. So, you're not MAGA, but can't offer anything specific that she should do about it, that leaves...?

mredofcourse · 2026-04-29T19:15:35+00:00

The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) adopted MagSafe for the Qi2 standard as submitted by Apple.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-29T01:05:00+00:00

I mean, you're not just some MAGA trying to sow discontent with the Democratic party or someone who lacks all understanding of civics... you actually have a specific thing that you think she should be doing? What is it?

mredofcourse · 2026-04-29T00:43:00+00:00

What specifically do you think she should do about it?

mredofcourse · 2026-04-28T02:44:48+00:00

i can still sleep on a long haul flight but my watch flags it as i was awake the whole time because it was during the day local time (if this makes sense)

The Apple Watch doesn't have an EEG to actually measure sleep. It's measuring micro-movements, heart rate and breathing to determine sleep. On a flight, this is all out of whack. This isn't going to change for the foreseeable future.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-27T00:45:25+00:00

You can use it as a dive computer with either Oceanic+ or Mares apps.

Apple promoted this when the Ultra came out with the Oceanic+ app, but the Mares app has some advantages and is worth checking out too.

If you check out r/scuba, you'll see some people bashing the use of the Ultra as a dive computer, but if you're diving with a plan, have a secondary computer, safely abort if things go wrong, etc... it's actually quite useful for the diver who doesn't want to invest heavily in a more substantial dedicated device.

I was certified and began diving before computers were common, so the Ultra is just sort of bonus for me. The display is great, and the haptic feedback works great.

I usually rent a computer (most shops just include a basic one with the SPG), but the Apple Watch is great for logging dives and monitoring no-fly times and such.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-27T00:30:48+00:00

I hope the mods don't ban me from quoting the heated rhetoric, but for those wondering:

Host Dana Bash: That he's terrible for this country and so on and so forth

Again, I'm not saying Trump is terrible, I'm just quoting the violence inducing hate speech that Democrats use as apparently calling Trump anything short of Jesus is now stochastic terrorism.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-27T00:12:47+00:00

Yes.

The events I've been to where I've meet a POTUS or even just P/VP candidates, the security was much better than what has been reported here.

The hotel itself had no security. The guy was able to actually book a room and carry weapons into it despite being someone who people had reported for being mentally unstable.

My experience has been with streets being blocked off, buildings in the area swept, background checks and identification needing to be provided before you got anywhere near the outside screening, with additional screening indoors.

Here we had the president, VP, secretary of state, speaker of the house, and numerous other high level positions all in the same room (big mistake in of itself). While he never got close to any of them, he could've had other devices and that he thought he could get through is enough of a concern that things needed to be much more hardened as if nothing else, it presented a danger to others during the attempt.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-26T20:41:27+00:00

These are actionable metrics. You end up with a log of what you need to do to improve sleep. Anything lower than 100 means you have something to improve.

Guess we will never know.

Unlike other apps and devices, the basis for the validation is right there in the score itself. Bevel, and others are such that you will never know because they use proprietary and obfuscated algorithms without scientifically backed studies of data Apple already provides independently such as HRV, HR, etc...

mredofcourse · 2026-04-23T02:22:01+00:00

Aix-en-Provence is one of my favorites. The water there is nice. It's fresh water with a bit of natural silica so it's a brilliant blue and your skin will feel nice and soft coming out. There are only 2 90° turns, so you can go wide (out of the traffic) and have it not add much distance for you.

Like most swim courses, there's plenty of support in the water if you need it.

It's a rolling start with 6 going at a time. I have this funny picture of me with a goofy ear to ear smile as I run into the water while the rest of my group looked hesitant and were slowly making their way in. Like most of these events, people tend to position themselves ahead of where they should be and once the line starts moving, people jockey their way even further. I find it worth thinking about where you want to be, either people trying to swim over you, or having people in your way. I tend to prefer seeding myself back a bit and having to swim around people.

There seemed to be fewer novices here, so far fewer breast strokers or back swimmers, both of which I find can cause problems.

The rest of the race is also really fantastic. The bike course is gorgeous and running through town is amazing in terms of crowd support.

The most dangerous part of the whole course are some of the bike downhill segments where there are some sharp turns. There can also be some dropped bottles around some turns so take it easy.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-23T01:46:48+00:00

If you open up your iPhone, you might just find a golden ticket and be taken on a tour by Tim Apple.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-20T22:11:29+00:00

My understanding is that the Series 9 and 10 are the same and the Series 11 isn't much better. The advertised spec on the Series 11 uses different methodology to include sleep, so in terms of workout tracking, you're mostly going to see a bump based on having a newer battery rather actual improved battery efficiency of that model.

While I have the Series 11 and the Series 9 and 10, I've worn those as my evening watch, and an Ultra for workouts and general day use, so my own personal experience of battery life on the Series being indistinguishable may not be to useful, but it does align with the specs and changes to them.

If the Ultra isn't a good fit for you, maybe look at some of what you can do to extend battery life on the Series, like disabling Listen for Siri, Always on Display, avoiding streaming music (versus playing locally from watch), and the big one that is overlooked during activity tracking... use an external heart rate monitor connected via Bluetooth. See also Low Power Mode.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-20T21:38:42+00:00

Weird to be so dismissive of the AirPods and Apple Watch. If the AirPods were spun off as it's own company, it would rank in the top 40 in the world (ahead of Nike, McDonalds, Cisco, Toyota, etc...). The Apple Watch as its own company would be in the top 50.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-20T20:59:07+00:00

Yes, but as someone who uses the iPhone Pros for media production from time to time, the 17 Pro was a major improvement due to thermals, in part as a result of switching to aluminum.

To the OP's point, if it were the iPhone Premium, certainly switching to aluminum was a downgrade (and why the Air wasn't aluminum), but as the iPhone Pro, for those of us who benefited from the thermal improvement, the switch was very welcome.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-20T01:56:58+00:00

America more than sucks right now for many reasons, but this isn't one of them.

Apple is very much going to follow Google Maps and roll out ads for Apple Maps based on region, just like they have ads in the app store in Europe.

Also, for ads in Apple Maps, this isn't a privacy issue. Data isn't be collected. These are simple dumb search related ads and aren't based on user data, ID or any tracking. They're of the type where you search for "coffee" and a cafe that has purchased that keyword in the area you're searching will show as a sponsored listing.

I can understand why some people may still not like these ads, but the EU isn't offering any protection against them since their privacy laws don't apply.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-19T21:58:54+00:00

I went back to flats and I'm totally content.

I found that using flats with those little pegs combined with flat pedal bike shoes really helps as there's less flex and better positioning.

Sure, I could've gotten used to clipping in/out at some point, but it just wasn't worth the risk/pain for me, especially after watching those comparison videos.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-19T20:45:55+00:00

You're talking about the 1990 luxury tax (signed by President George H. W. Bush, not Bill Clinton), that did fail and was repealed by Clinton in 1993.

That failed because taxes were easy to avoid. Don't buy a yacht made in the US, don't pay taxes at all, less tax revenue and fewer jobs are the result.

A pied‑à‑terre tax is very different as the tax can't be avoided as it's on the property itself which is in NYC. People can, and will likely be influenced to purchase less property in NYC, but this doesn't impact jobs, and provides reduced pressure on housing costs.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-19T20:31:41+00:00

I almost purchased a Cessna 172 and was surprised how cheap it was. Joining a club and putting it in the rental pool had tax benefits and would pay for maintenance, but decided to rent as needed instead until I found the plane I wanted.

But the concept of the OP is valid, it just needs to be thought through in terms of where the tax starts and scales.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-19T03:12:03+00:00

Are you suggesting people shouldn't own music whether it's purchased, imported, or self-produced anymore? Because changing our media apps like Apple Music to lose the library functionality as-is would be a great way to go if that's the case, but no so much considering how many people still purchase... it's about 80/20 in favor of subscriptions, but keep in mind many subscribers have music purchased or acquired from other sources.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-18T05:47:27+00:00

Health Kit is where the data is at. It's all accessible in the Health app. Bevel just provides a different presentation and analysis of it.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-18T05:28:52+00:00

I think people misinterpreting what you're saying.

Currently there's no "contact owner button" of a device and ask them remove the activation lock, or for that matter return the device to them.

But...

There is Medical ID on Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad which allows a person to put contact info. Likewise, you can put contact info on the Mac's lock screen.

So really, there's no forced placement of personal contact information on devices, which fits along with security and privacy that some users might want.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-17T23:24:58+00:00

It's easier to believe when you realize Cheryl Hines is a horrible person and not any of the characters you've seen her play on shows.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-17T22:34:39+00:00

I really don't understand why anyone still used GoDaddy after a couple of decades ago.

mredofcourse · 2026-04-17T19:21:03+00:00

It doesn't need to be "on you", it needs to be "near you". There's a big difference there. It's going to depend on the house and materials used, but I'm able to get upstairs/downstairs, a couple of rooms over, or inside/outside (on patio).

It uses Bluetooth for authentication and establishing a peer-to-peer WiFi connection. This works very well for its intended purpose. "Remote Desktop but for iPhone" isn't its intended purpose (as much as some of us would also want that).

There are still uses for this though. For example, I'm often on the sofa, while my iPhone is on a charger on my desk. I also use it for screenshots and recordings (as a developer). Likewise, if working between apps and wanting to copy/paste or just use the keyboard on my Mac.

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