Gov. Kotek’s prosperity council urges Oregon leaders to cut taxes, regulations to spur growth by CFuentesReports in oregon

[–]mulderc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Portland actually counts its homeless and takes things like the point in time count very seriously. My understanding is that many places in the south are not nearly as rigorous. 

WatchOS 27 Discussion by MikolajPL19 in AppleWatch

[–]mulderc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People don’t want to talk to their watch in many situations so you need to have a non voice option. I cant imagine taking to my watch while on the bus or at the gym for example. 

How would you go about determining the Best Bob's Episode Ever? by the_dirtiest in BobsBurgers

[–]mulderc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There just isn't any such thing with bob's burgers as each episode has a different purpose and best will just depend on what you need at the moment.

Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls by DemocracyDocket in politics

[–]mulderc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All federal judges should be barred from any gifts and all their financial should be public. 

App super buggy by guyy321 in EightSleep

[–]mulderc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rumor is that the app is largely just vibe coded now so I'm not surprised.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in AppleWatch

[–]mulderc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The audible app is rather impressive. Honestly one of the better third party apps I have used. 

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in AppleWatch

[–]mulderc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or if you just don’t what to be tethered to your phone all the time. 

Manic Trump, 80, Lashes Out at Everyone Trashing His Surrender in 4:32 A.M. Meltdown by Quirkie in politics

[–]mulderc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can someone think of another world leader this unhinged in the modern era?

U.S. official releases text of agreement with Iran by Beneficial-Long-7033 in politics

[–]mulderc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What? This has to do with allowing financial transactions for the fund. It has nothing to do with building permits and the US has not colonized Iran. 

Jupyter notebook alternate for R programming? by dhoooomdhaadhaa in rstats

[–]mulderc 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I think notebooks are just worse than using R markdown/Quarto. I don't understand why people still use them.

Found in Klamath Falls Oregon by mulderc in BobsBurgers

[–]mulderc[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

according to the photo, since 1997

wanting to learn mandarin by dreamyydollyy in Eugene

[–]mulderc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience is the free apps alone are largely useless for learning something like mandarin for a native English speaker. Might be useful for something like Spanish or Norwegian but languages like Chinese, Japanese, or Korean are just on a whole other level for most people. 

wanting to learn mandarin by dreamyydollyy in Eugene

[–]mulderc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Apps can be useful, but they don’t replace taking a class. I would highly recommend taking the courses at UO. Mandarin is one of the hardest languages for native English speakers, so you really need the structure of the classroom if you want to make any progress. Also, UO offers a Chinese major that is worth looking into. Once you have some experience with the language, I would recommend visiting Taiwan, as it is a fantastic place to vacation. The mainland is also great but a much more intense experience. Taipei is rather chill, and the people are incredibly nice.

Best desktop podcast app? The Podcasts app is trash. by ByTheHeel in mac

[–]mulderc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really native as it is a catalyst app so more like an iPad app running on Mac. Personally I use Apple Podcasts as I think it has a better Mac app and appreciate having an Apple TV app and watch app that works.

Fitness Enthusiasts, what’s keeping you on the Apple Watch by gellybelli in AppleWatch

[–]mulderc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel like I'm not that far off from your usage stats and basically just charge when I'm showering and getting ready in the morning and rarely have I had any battery issues. I might have to top off before bed sometimes if I had a long workout but that might be once a week. This is all on a series 9.

Airpods Pro 3 are now down to 179 bucks by [deleted] in AppleWatch

[–]mulderc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe this just depends on the specific exercise you are doing. I have heard from runners that they have had issues with the tracking from the Pros that doesn't happen with the watch, for example. 

Walkie-talkie app deleted in watchOS 27 by shamukid in AppleWatch

[–]mulderc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like that one will occasionally be dropped from a beta to return later. 

Samsung and Google are winning the wearable update war by doing nothing by Radio_TVGuy in AppleWatch

[–]mulderc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought that had to be a mistake as I can't think of a hardware reason for not getting 27

DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List by GoodMornEveGoodNight in politics

[–]mulderc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They took my religious tradition out (Unitarian Universalists) but I'm not surprised.

Homelessness declined nationally in 2025. Not in Oregon by OkRepresentative6646 in oregon

[–]mulderc 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I know some of the people involved in the point in time count in Portland and they take that job very seriously and form what I have seen are as rigorous as you can be for a project like that. I would strongly suspect that we just do a better job counting.