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I use hrblock online for taxes and at least there you can opt out of information mining.

There is a setting to change this behavior. It’s in System Preferences->General->“Jump to the spot that’s clicked”

I have a very similar schedule. I use 5am to 630pm to work on my side project. Sure, I only get 1.5 hours a day but it works for me, and over the past 4 years I've made enough progress to keep me happy. My primary motivator is the joy of working on my own idea, but hope to launch this in the next 2 years. (I'm working on an app.)

This is cool (and I don't even use mechanical keyboards). It reminds me of the movie "The Dilemma" where the characters were making an audio system to emit fake "muscle car" engine sounds for electric vehicles.

Not a great quality clip, but here is the scene: https://youtu.be/Etu44hXY3zg?t=55

Funny enough, the Contagion movie was funded by Jeffrey Skoll a billionaire philanthropist. The purpose was too educate the public on the reality of a pandemic and importance of health organizations.

There are other movies too, all designed to compel social change.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-giving-pledge-a-new-club-fo...

I’m a fairly new TiVo user and have never experienced any other DVRs. The appeal of TiVo for me is a few things:

- skip mode: while watching certain shows that were previosly recorded(mostly prime time) you can skip commercials at push of a button

- ability to stream or download shows onto mobile device. We download kid shows onto the iPad and they’ll play offline, and you can even delete the original off the TiVo

- ability to manage recordings and setup one pass from mobile device. (One pass is a feature that lets you record all episodes of a particular show)

- user interface: I never used the old interface, and have not used other DVRs, but the latest interface is really nice. I rarely use it to manage recordings but when I do it works quite well.

I’m probably an outlier in that I never had cable my entire life. I recently got cable and watch quite a few shows regularly. I never watch commercials and get to enjoy TV on own own schedule.

Long form TV, like sports, or live shows, and things like the olympics olympics are great to speed through the boring parts and watch what you want.

You have to admire him for standing up to them and not folding under pressure. Sending that initial email just painted a target on his back. I wonder if things would have played out differently if he quit first, then leaked the information in secrecy.