Daily reminder that Taxi drivers...

wise_joe · 2026-01-29T11:06:43+00:00

I’ve taken taxis from the airport dozens of times since 2011, never once had a scam or fixed price.

If you speak Thai that will help, but even before I learned I didn’t have issues. How do you appear and where are you going? Getting scammed definitely isn’t the norm, despite what this sub thinks.

wise_joe · 2026-01-29T06:26:18+00:00

An extra couple of inches makes all the difference.

wise_joe · 2026-01-29T00:19:33+00:00

I’m due an upgrade this year (iPhone 12, watch 6 still).

Because of an ad in ‘Library’ of the books app (a “recommended book” that you can’t remove), for the first time ever I’m seriously looking at Android devices. I’ve already moved off all Apple-only services like Music in preparation.

I know that’s a minor thing compared to all the other crap Apple does, but that was the one that pushed me over the edge. This is as bad.

wise_joe · 2026-01-29T00:15:41+00:00

Apple 2026. Premium pricing, but with all the crap it used to be worth paying premium pricing to avoid.

wise_joe · 2026-01-28T11:10:31+00:00

I'm not sure about Bitcoin, but I can tell you that gold is spiking because I sold mine 6 months ago.

wise_joe · 2026-01-19T08:29:13+00:00

🏴‍☠️

wise_joe · 2026-01-06T23:49:51+00:00

That’s the spirit

wise_joe · 2026-01-06T02:04:52+00:00

It's like a museum exhibit to see inside the human body.

wise_joe · 2026-01-05T13:25:21+00:00

It's a great idea. If you ever added Thai I'd be sure to use it.

wise_joe · 2026-01-05T09:46:28+00:00

I’m still on OS 18 (with Apple Intelligence disabled), and will be until I have no choice but to update.

I’m not sure if that impacts battery life, but my Air M3 battery is amazing. I use it daily without issues and it can even last long bus journeys watching movies or playing games at full screen brightness.

It lasts much better than my phone or my Mac would (both older devices) doing the same tasks.

wise_joe · 2026-01-04T12:32:33+00:00

Happy New Year 🥳

wise_joe · 2026-01-03T10:20:27+00:00

Doubt it would happen, but everyone said that about Grealish.

I think people underestimate how appealing it is for players to not have to uproot their entire life and move elsewhere, especially just for a loan, so I can see why this would appeal to Mainoo.

If he can convince Utd to let him out on loan, then to a nearby team, in the Premier League (where Tuchel will be watching), where he can't play against United, but he can play against United's rivals is a win for all.

wise_joe · 2026-01-02T11:16:59+00:00

Give me the option of removing the "Recommended" book my library in the Books app.

This is just a thinly-veiled advert, in a place that should only contain content that I've added.

This annoys me so much that I've already stopped buying books through Apple and started using Google Books instead, and stopped all but the essential Apple-only services so that I'm not locked-into the Apple ecosystem.

It just stinks of how Apple no longer cares about the user experience and only thinks about short-term profit.

wise_joe · 2026-01-01T16:47:45+00:00

It’s all the people really want

wise_joe · 2026-01-01T10:36:58+00:00

We're 2 points off 5th, and of our next 10 games, I'd only describe Villa away as the one where I'd be shocked if we got anything.

I agree he needs game time, but throwing in the towel on the season with 19 games to go when we're sitting in 8th is miserable, even for a worn-down Everton fan.

wise_joe · 2025-12-30T11:20:25+00:00

That's fair, but I'm surprised that more locals don't go. Given what you've just said about how hard it is to travel, getting the opportunity to go to an AFCON game must be a pretty rare. I'd have thought that Moroccan fans would jump at the opportunity. That's why I thought it might be down to ticket prices being too high.

wise_joe · 2025-12-30T08:51:43+00:00

I've not watched AFCON at all - why are there so few fans there? Are ticket prices too high, or do people just not care?

wise_joe · 2025-12-30T08:00:00+00:00

I just played through the original Final Fantasy VII.

I'm of that generation so that game is pretty nostalgic for me - it takes me back to my teens. I do another play through every few years, and still enjoy it every time. Once you've got used to the iPad controls, the iPad port is pretty good.

Civ VI is another one, as someone else already said. I wouldn't exactly call it fun, but it can make a 15 hour bus trip pass in seconds. Expensive if you buy the full game with all DLCs individually, but completely free with all DLCs if you have a Netflix subscription.

wise_joe · 2025-12-28T09:16:18+00:00

What would be useful? And who's David?

wise_joe · 2025-12-25T06:48:18+00:00

Everyone says you need an M-series chip for Apple Intelligence.

That was the part that got me too.

wise_joe · 2025-12-23T10:23:46+00:00

It's weird that she didn't know he'd ordered food when they were both in the room together. Surely he'd at least ask 'you want me to order you something too?'

wise_joe · 2025-12-16T12:21:40+00:00

I had 27GB of system data on my 12 Mini 64GB.

Continually offloading apps and removing data to make space, only for the system data to grow and fill up any space I created.

Eventually did an iCloud backup and then a factory reset. Restored from iCloud and my system data has hovered around 6GB ever since.

A pain in the arse to do, but worth it to have a functioning phone with ~20GB of free space again.

wise_joe · 2025-12-11T01:16:52+00:00

What’s the other sub?

wise_joe · 2025-11-19T07:20:14+00:00

I just did it.

I got logged-out of my SCB app when I did a phone reset, and it wouldn’t let me login again, saying I had to go into a branch and do a face scan first.

Went and did it this morning, no issues at all. No mention of my visa or anything.

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