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That is painfully accurate.

For anyone that hasn't heard of it, I find the Kill Sticky Headers bookmarklet helpful. https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/

I’ve honestly thought about getting a VR setup just to play Beat Saber.

Also, for anyone that doesn't know: you can request an old school ATM card (not a debit card, i.e. no MC/Visa logo) from your bank and use a credit card for purchases instead.

This reduces the exposure of a critical account. And if you do become a victim of fraudulent charges, you don't have to worry about your bank account being drained immediately (possibly resulting in overdrafts, etc).

Sure, but they're already reading your monthly payment data.

My point was just that Google gets and (probably) analyzes aggregate payment information but the user only gets what they already know. If Google is sucking up all of that data, they could at least give some insights to users too.

Now I'm curious to know if they're using this info to analyze competitor marketshare and/or set prices for competing services.

I've always assumed they do this since they've recognized and surfaced flight and event information for years.

I thought about switching my email to iCloud but I'm afraid Apple's going to change the domain yet again. And gmail is hella reliable.

Google of old might have done something cool with this info and annotated the purchases with something like "14,391 people bought this for an average of $1.08 less" or "you pay $7.44 per month more than the average Comcast customer in your area" etc.

Maybe domains registered more recently work differently, but my Google domains use a random user account generated by Google for eNom (the provider they were contracting with at the time). That makes each domain it's own virtual customer (I couldn't just login to eNom or Google see a list of all my domains). I need to log into Google Domains as a separate account for each domain, and then that takes me to GSuite which links to eNom.

Also, last I checked, unlocking a domain for transfer to another registrar required emailing Google/eNom. There's no interface for it. For a while the entire UI to choose to cancel a domain just disappeared as well.

I would not recommend Google Domains.

Also, for anyone thinking of using iBooks with iCloud Drive (iBooks syncing via iCloud, or whatever it's called) and importing ebooks or PDFs from iCloud Drive into iBooks, be aware that they will disappear whenever your device is low on space.

I loaded up a bunch of travel books on a 32GB iPad for an overseas trip this summer only to have them all evaporate shortly thereafter. Every time I got on decent WiFi I would redownload and reimport them from iCloud Drive. Sometimes they would stick around for a few days and sometimes they would be gone in literally hours (gone from the device, not from iCloud Drive).

Incredibly frustrating if you have big reading plans for your offline time. My understanding is that there's no way to get the books to stay put without disabling iBooks iCloud syncing and then loading or importing them the old fashion way (from Dropbox, or via iTunes etc).

"I apologize for such an algorithmically-generated letter letter - I didn't have time to write a non-algorithmically-generated one."

― Mark Twain's Gmail

Digestion as a Service.

I remember spending all of a Saturday typing in that game in the back of the book where you're a stationary cursor-sized block at the bottom of the screen and you have to tap the space bar at the right time to hit the big white block moving across the top. I was pretty disappointed after all that but I didn't have a tape or disk drive to save it. So I just sat there pretending it was fun until I finally bit the bullet and turned off the VIC-20.

Finally got a datasette drive a year later.

I felt the same way for a long time. It's like trying to train a cat to sit and stay.

You might want to check out the book, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. The free Headspace meditations are also a good lightweight introduction IMO.

Now Waze has an incentive to choose the route with the most red lights. The driving version of the "slideshow" listicle.

'You can skip this intersection in 15, 14, 13...'

FYI: It's $309 for individuals with the education discount ($329 for the general public, $299 for schools). The Pencil is also $89 for individual education customers.

https://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-9-7

> Why does it seem like there's no real oversight on macOS development anymore?

It may seem like that, but don't forget 15 years ago Mac OS X 10.3 erased external FireWire drives.

http://kottke.org/03/10/important-glitch-in-apples-panther-e...

https://web.archive.org/web/20031202034911/http://www.apple....

FriendFeed was great for this (until it was acquired and eventually shut down by Facebook).

Seems like a good time to resurrect that idea.

I've used these and they're good. Their digestive enzymes are good as well. I wouldn't trust any of non-refrigerated grocery store brands. http://www.giprohealth.com/probiotics.aspx

You can also get Rx probiotics from a pharmacy (in single use packets). I think they are pretty expensive without insurance though (around $250 for a month's worth) but may be cheaper than the above if you only have a co-pay.

You can also make your own yogurt. Letting the yogurt ferment a full 24 hours instead of 4 to 8 produces a lot more of the probiotics and reduces the amount of lactic acid left, but can be a pain to make (normal yogurt makers will usually overheat).

Additional opposition from the ACLU and the EFF: https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/internet-privac...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/03/eff-and-x-groups-tell-...

Counterpoint from Lawfare (published in cooperation with the Brookings Institution) supporting the legislation: https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-cloud-act-good-privacy-and-h...

I use vinegar for light cleaning and dusting, and rubbing alcohol for almost all other household cleaning now. Isopropyl alcohol is basically magic — it sterilizes and completely evaporates with no lingering residue or fragrances. And a steam mop for the floor.

Mine is clearly set to only "While Using" on iOS 11.

I don't see why it's surprising that MoviePass tracks your location when you open the app to look up movies or check in. Would that not be obvious?

Here's a photo page from mine in 1997 (still sitting on my hard drive).

http://seanfitzroy.com/old/1997/fantasyfest/index.html

A GIF "writes out" the title on a notepad background image. Then it "refreshes" to the actual photo page — but it's timed for a 56k modem so the text takes about 10 seconds to appear.

At least it taught me Photoshop and ImageReady. All hand-coded (poorly) in Notepad on Windows 95. Sorry for the Comic Sans.

For anyone interested, the documentary Betting On Zero is very good (on Netflix). I'd be curious to hear how the film came together and got financed. It certainly has an agenda and Bill Ackman comes out looking pretty good vs Herbalife.

That said, Ackman looks a lot less good in episode 3 of "Dirty Money" regarding Valeant (also on Netflix).

Obligitory "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" quote.

EDIT: Just noticed Herbalife owns bettingonzero.com. They put up a "FAQ" saying Ackman secretly funded the doc and they're promoting the link with ads on Google.

There are a lot of conversations happening about this. In short, right now the autonomous features available to consumers are considered level 2 so the driver is required to be alert and ready to take control at all times (similar to using cruise control).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car_liability

2 observations:

1) A video ad is potentially a poor environment for direct response signups in this case. People usually just want to watch the video they clicked on (unless maybe you're advertising on videos about Japanese candy — but in that case it might me more effective to sponsor videos by a popular video producer / channel (what SquareSpace does with Lessons From The Screenplay etc). At least with a sponsorship you can have a link in the description that doesn't disappear in 30 seconds.

2) Going a bit further, something like this is ideal for content marketing on Instagram (et al). I looked for an example of an account that posts novel Japanese candies. Low and behold the top two are both content marketing for similar services. https://www.instagram.com/tokyotreat/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/japancandybox/?hl=en

$14k will get you a lot of pretty photos, posts, hashtags, follows, comments, etc. You continue to own your audience going forward and you end up with a neat little online publication / channel, which is a great jumping off point for other types of organic publicity (news quotes, etc).

Disclosure(?): I do content marketing / PR and formerly worked for a video platform on the product side.

Always boil the water.

Source: Binge watching 7 seasons of Naked and Afraid.

"a late-2012 iPad Mini, model number A1432, black, with 16 gigabytes of storage. It retailed, at release, for $329."

So the cost of owning this iPad has been less than 20 cents/day over its 5 year usable life. That doesn't even factor in the slight energy savings vs using a full laptop if you want to be nitpickey. Nor does it factor in the current resale value. I just sold an original iPad 1 for $80 on Craigslist. I'm sure this would be worth at least as much, if not more.

"I still use my old iPad for passive consumption: reading, watching videos, checking feeds ...formerly easy tasks have become strained. Social apps have become slow, videos take longer to load and Safari can’t seem to handle the most important and fundamental services of the modern web."

This is all also true of my maxed out 2012 MacBook Air. Final Cut Pro X runs more smoothly editing HD video than browsing Facebook. And, while I agree the uses for an old iPad are limited (photo browser, music player / media controller, eBook reader, kitchen recipe browser), they are more elegant than keeping an old computer around.

The mixed blessing and curse of something like the iPad is that it still looks beautiful and functional long after it isn't. I'm sure it would be easier to part with the device if it was a 5-year-old $300 Celeron netbook.

Paris has the loveliest architectural tax-avoidance.

Another vote for On Writing! Fantastic book (and the only Stephen King book I've read).

Seveneves

"Some things are just easier on a desktop, like sending an email, bolding text, or copying and pasting between apps."

Are these the best examples they could come up with?

This is definitely a known issue on 2012/14 the Mac Minis (USB 3.0). https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203729

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/usb-3-causing-interfere...

Apple's article mentions USB 3 devices, but the issue is very much with Mac Mini's ports. Moving the devices further away doesn't help much.

I have a pair of cheap Bluetooth earbuds. They have a range of about 30 feet with when paired with an iPhone and about 4 feet when paired with the Mini. Apple's Magic Mouse needs to be within about 4 feet to work as well.