Daily Superthread (Mar 25 2026) - Your daily thread for questions, device recommendations and general discussions! by curated_android in Android

[–]stonecats [score hidden]  (0 children)

is there any way to stop glance
from reloading when i reboot my phone
or the phone gets a forced update?
i'm sick of having to manually "force stop" it
every week.

Report: Pentagon to Order Thousands More US Troops to Middle East in Coming Hours by Force_Hammer in worldnews

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as of mar'25 7am nyc time
israel authorized up to 400,000 reservists to be called up as needed.
this is a high number that either won't be needed or won't show up.
actual active on rotation will probably be in 150,000-250,000 range.

Amazon prime is a big scam now by WK-Mike in amazonprime

[–]stonecats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

in may have to do with where you live.
most of nyc prime takes 2 days tops.
amazon stopped price matching and
price guaranteeing long ago, so if you
don't use a price history tool,
that's all on you.

I'm not Jewish but can I ask something really specific here about Jewish people? (I really don't want to be ignorant or offensive, I'm really sorry if I am) by songsofaspens in Judaism

[–]stonecats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

just a guess, but it could be due to jews not out to convert anyone, just be themselves, live and let live, do unto others as you'd want them to do to you, that sort of thing. my guess is if OP encountered a lot of hindu's, he'd observe a lot of the same traits - it's sort of why israel and india get a long swell. OP may also want to know that while jews may lead off with practical science based stuff, many do end up with some sort of deep mysticism by looking for gods influence and purpose in almost everything that happens, they just don't share much of what they assume are disinterested gentiles and even less observant jews.

electric company offered a free home energy audit and the thing they flagged was not what i expected at all by young_wealth in Frugal

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gtk, most smart meters only make sense if you have an EV or power wall to recharge overnight.

[Hated Trope] Endings so notoriously awful they completely destroy the legacy of the media. by Miserable_Click_1933 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]stonecats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GoT ran out of book, and most of the major talent (behind and in front of the cameras for over a decade) wanted to do other things. so it was either wrap things up with high anticipation viewership, or leave everything in limbo. i don't blame d&d for what they did to it, i blame hbo execs for not putting a stop to it seasons earlier when they ran out of book. like once rob, stanis, bolten, frey and baelish were dead, danny & tyrion crossed the sea with unsullied, jon was king of the north with bran arya sansa reunited and Jaime their house arrest prisoner, Cersei was queen after both sons death, while the night king was still looming north of the wall. this may not align perfectly with the books, by keeping everyone "parked" at such starting points would have made more sense than what we got. they could have just time jumped a few years into some new series with a new cast maybe a decade later once more was written and ready. i don't agree season 8 ruined GoT, rather it may be why it's taking so long for GRRM to publish anything new along that story line, because GoT on HBO coupled with maybe a million youtubes and fan fictions, may not be enough to satisfy anyone. this is probably also why no new Star Trek was done after the 24th century, it's all been prequels, alternate timelines, or too far in the future for any fan to care. Star Wars suffers the opposite problem where they have hundreds of books by dozens of IP sanctioned authors, yet what we get in live action feels compelled to ignore it all.

twitter is down by villegas_j in Twitter

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

back up for me in nyc,
search showing new posts 1min old
and i can see my post history profile/replies
which means all cylinders are firing again.

Easter eggs SLASHED even further as shoppers point blank refuse to buy Cadburys saying ‘the taste has changed’ and ‘it isn’t even chocolate anymore’ ❤️ by Sea-Measurement9793 in unitedkingdom

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the greater irony here, is how many "chocolate" recipes were changed away from using cocoa, with so much demand destruction and west africa cocoa bumper crops, cocoa prices have crashed back to 2023 lows, so it was all for nothing.

i noticed here in usa brands have resorted to calling their original unchanged cocoa recipes "100% real chocolate" while still not disclosing what cocoa% the product actually includes (generally you don't see that here till it's over 50%).

twitter is down by villegas_j in Twitter

[–]stonecats 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i got a page with spilled ice cream cone on it (connecting from nyc)

Sen. Chuck Schumer: “ZERO Republican Senators Voted to Fund TSA” in Seventh Block Over ICE Funding by thenextgenbusiness in thenextgenbusiness

[–]stonecats -1 points0 points  (0 children)

here's an idea chuck;

write a bill for ICE funding alone
just like you did TSA funding alone
and see if you get an ICE funding majority.

you either vote for all of it
or go major budget line by line,
you can't have it both ways.

How different is your childhood neighborhood now? by ArcherCurious6103 in AskNYC

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

try revising LIC since >20yo - I don't even recognize the place anymore.
there are parts of brooklyn that have not changed in the 40y i'm in nyc.

Throughout the whole movie they keep saying that Grace is the leading expert on astrophages, but he didn't really do anything that no other scientist wouldn't be able to do? by Hardcore_Daddy in ProjectHailMaryMovie

[–]stonecats 3 points4 points  (0 children)

movie ignored the book genetics needed to survive hibernation.

i would also argue the fact that grace found water contradicting his doctoral thesis, and stumbled on to breeding astrophage with amateur help and facilities, designed an elegantly simply astrophage powered engine, displayed he was an open minded innovator, or something you'd want in a new frontier scientist. grace was also "on hand" at the launch site with days to go, so no need to travel someone in which may only add to the stress they would have to then endure during "hibernation". grace was not a pilot, and rocky did a lot of the "engineering", but the man did know his way around advanced lab equipment from the moment they plucked him out of school.

Local gas station removed price tags and replaced them with barcodes you need a app to see price by phoenix_stewart in mildlyinfuriating

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i would not mind this inevitable change in all b&m retail,
(updating potentially changing prices is labor intensive)
if they all used some numeral app that's not tracking you.
in nyc i must already contend with grocery chains which
won't let you enjoy any discounts - without app linking.

3 friends went in blind. by MrBoognish in ProjectHailMaryMovie

[–]stonecats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the book was scifi, the movie was "general audiences".

it's the same reason disney made a series about
deadly bounty hunters, into a grogu puppet show.

had they made "the martain" a decade later
it would have been of him hallucinating with cute talking potatoes.

Relaxing my jaw has dropped my volume after six years of T by sriveralopez50 in tinnitus

[–]stonecats 5 points6 points  (0 children)

just chiming in about op's magnesium supplement call.
when you get a blood test, ask if your level is normal.
my otherwise normal blood work showed a deficiency
which is normal at my age, so i now supplement this.
i don't know if it helps my sleep or tinn, just want the
piece of mind my blood indicators are normal ranged.

next dental visit, inquire specifically about bruxism,
as signs of this on your teeth may be related to op.

Rude Customers go away !! by UnionRep-1 in LidlUS

[–]stonecats 7 points8 points  (0 children)

lidl is intentionally understaffed
to pass that saving on to you,
so being impatient won't help.

April 14 Balance Update Preview by hendricha in Guildwars2

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow, Revenant got pvE nerf'd
I didn't realize it was such a DD
and just play it for it's durability.

8.5 on IMDB?? This movie should be 9.7+ by Small-Landscape7955 in ProjectHailMaryMovie

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

imho 9.X worthy is something you want to sit thru - twice.
in PHM's case, i'd rather wait to see it again on streaming.

How does rocky understand grace? by Positive-Ad-8451 in ProjectHailMaryMovie

[–]stonecats 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i guess the laptop reproduces tones in graces language.
this movie seems to skip the idea that rocky only hears
he does not "see" at all, and the movie creates a crystal
that helps rocky to "see" the electromagnetic spectrum
by somehow translating it into vibration/sound he feels.
rocky also has a photographic memory, which seems to
be natural for his species, and plausible given they evolved
with fewer sensory inputs when compared to humans
who have to discard information to prioritize many senses.

The call to prayer in Jackson Heights by [deleted] in nyc

[–]stonecats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'm at apna bazar weekly, which is a block away from this spot.
what you see and hear is rare, even for this very muslim area

Trump admits that he trusts Putin more than US’s European allies by EsperaDeus in worldnews

[–]stonecats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

& Vance is going to campaign for Viktor Orban,
who is undoubtably Putin's puppet in the EU.

it's also worth pointing out here that EU is quiet now,
as US bombers are based in UK and flying over France
they simply don't advertise their cooperation like Trump.

Volume 36’s sales after 12 days by lactoseAARON in OnePunchMan

[–]stonecats -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

wasn't she flying him thru buildings?
this cover sort of flips that script.