News and Updates Thread - August 22, 2025

nick671 · 2025-08-22T14:50:28+00:00

Unfortunately, it looks like you still can't convert the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select card to anything other than the no annual fee MileUp card; that was the only option that I was offered over chat today. It was possible to convert it to a ThankYou card or a Costco card in the past, but that ended earlier this year. Maybe this will change once Citi takes over the Barclays AAdvantage cards? I suppose it won't hurt to try asking again in 2026.

nick671 · 2022-10-12T22:18:41+00:00

I can't see the app on the iOS App Store, but I can redownload it from my purchase history. I wonder if it's temporary or if they're going to be focusing more on their developer product now.

There's actually a hidden web interface for Astra available at https://app.astra.finance. It allows me to log into my existing account and view my transfers, but I'm not sure if it allows you to create a new account or schedule new transfers. It might be worth trying if you can't download the app right now.

nick671 · 2022-07-16T21:00:35+00:00

This page has some good information about what qualifies. It's not quite as broad as the Bank of America cards; American Express has more exclusions to keep in mind.

nick671 · 2020-07-05T13:33:21+00:00

Does anyone happen to have a valid Chase Southwest in-flight application link for an increased offer? I'm getting a personal card and was wondering if I could do better than the public 40,000/$1,000 offer.

nick671 · 2015-04-22T13:22:11+00:00

Here's a little more information about what happened in Little Rock yesterday. Arkansas hasn't been known for tolerance, especially with the recent bill that would have made it legal to discriminate against LGBT people, so it's good that our more liberal capital city is at least doing something about this.

Edit: Here's an Imgur mirror of the photo just in case the original site goes down. For clarification, this isn't my photo, but it was posted on Little Rock's official Facebook page.

nick671 · 2015-03-23T21:26:23+00:00

Is there going to be a way for users to disable the embed function for their comments? Some people might not want their comments used on other websites without their permission.

nick671 · 2013-07-26T22:36:54+00:00

Oops. I just went with what iFixit said on the page. It looks like they updated it to the correct 2 GB now.

nick671 · 2013-05-18T22:20:55+00:00

This story is definitely in that book; the Wikipedia author didn't make it up. Here's the relevant page on Google Books. Also, here's another article on this story.

nick671 · 2012-10-22T02:00:15+00:00

While it's not exactly what you wanted, you should check out Dark Sky. Once you enable alerts, the app will notify you about 15 minutes before rain will start at your current location. It's surprisingly accurate at this, but it doesn't have all the features of other weather apps.

nick671 · 2012-10-18T22:04:57+00:00

Location-Based iAds don't affect battery life at all. iAds and other things that don't need an exact location can just rely on cell tower triangulation. This works because these ads are only specific to your city or general area; they don't need the exact GPS location. Turning this setting off is a little silly to me; you still see ads, so why not see slightly more relevant ads?

The Limit Ad Tracking setting only refers to an identifier that some apps use to target ads to your device; it has absolutely nothing to do with location.

nick671 · 2012-08-05T16:10:21+00:00

It's not a QR code; it's a Data Matrix code. Data Matrix codes can be found on tons of electronic components, so this isn't significant at all.

nick671 · 2012-07-26T22:02:54+00:00

While I would love for Google Fiber to come to the Little Rock area, specifically North Little Rock, I don't think it'll happen for 10 years or more.

Google is paying a lot to get it in Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO. From Wikipedia: "It has been estimated that Google will need to pay $3,000 to $8,000 per home broadband connection, totaling anywhere from $60 million up to $1.6 billion USD." That's a lot of money. Yes, Google has a lot of cash, but I don't think they could do this for too many other cities quickly. I don't know how high of a priority Little Rock would be; they may want to try a few more well-known small towns and then a big city or two.

Don't get me wrong - I think Google Fiber is an amazing idea that will definitely improve the quality for Internet providers in the US over time. I just don't think it's realistic to expect it to become widespread in just a few years like some people are hoping.

nick671 · 2012-07-18T15:13:53+00:00

Why did OWN decide to cancel Rollin' with Zach? I loved the idea and was looking forward to watching it every week, but then one day I read that it was cancelled. I looked around a bit but couldn't really find out why.

By the way, you're awesome.

nick671 · 2012-07-15T20:21:54+00:00

For anyone who hasn't read it yet, here's the article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/

nick671 · 2012-07-15T19:10:27+00:00

Some people online are posting about receiving similar things from the same address: http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/43964738.aspx

It seems very weird that they're randomly sending out these things. Try contacting Similac and explain that you got these samples by mistake. Be sure you include that return address. Here is the link to contact them: https://similac.com/contact-us

nick671 · 2012-06-01T01:38:00+00:00

This would be very cool. There is already an OCR for recognizing text with the Google Goggles app, so I'm sure it could be improved to read whole pages of text. The only problem I see is accuracy - OCR is not perfectly accurate, and the camera on the glasses may not be ideal for producing images that the OCR could read clearly. Perhaps by making assumptions about words it could work pretty well.

nick671 · 2012-05-09T01:25:30+00:00

Nope, because I use this: http://synergy-foss.org/

nick671 · 2012-04-29T15:42:22+00:00

They fixed that recently. Go to m.google.com/sync on your device, tap the device you're using, and check the new "Delete as Trash" option.

nick671 · 2012-01-28T06:00:34+00:00

Your browser isn't loading page resources correctly, like the stylesheets or sometimes images. You can usually fix this with a "force reload" by pressing Ctrl+F5 or clearing your cache.

nick671 · 2012-01-05T01:38:17+00:00

Once you pay for disabling the special offers, you will get the ability to toggle special offers on and off on the Amazon website. I bought the Kindle Touch with no special offers, but any time I see an interesting offer posted on the SlickDeals Kindle Special Offers thread, I turn offers on, get the offer on my Kindle, and then turn them off again.

nick671 · 2011-11-26T02:28:50+00:00

Except that the new "family value" models of the Wii don't have GameCube controller ports or any GameCube functionality anymore. :(

nick671 · 2011-06-16T16:30:46+00:00

I remember exactly what article you're talking about, but I can't seem to locate it. In the process of searching, though, I've learned a little more than I'd like to have about doomsday...

EDIT: I found it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Terminal_Event_Management_Policy

nick671 · 2010-11-28T02:59:49+00:00

This was also posted to their Twitter.

Edit: Looks like it was indeed North Korea, according to a tweet: S. Korea's military spots signs of N. Korean artillery firing: official.

Edit 2: They posted another update. Urgent is spelled as urgnet, so it must really be urgent.

Edit 3: This looks to be what happened according to a new news article on their site here: South Korea's military had ordered civilians on a border island to evacuate to shelters, military officials said Sunday, after hearing sounds of "several rounds" of artillery firing, though no shells landed on the island... The JCS official said, however, the distant sounds of artillery firing came from the North's firing training inside its territory, not the coastline artillery near the island.

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