I could understand if you were buying a pay-as-you-go phone on the cheap... but this is an iPhone you're talking about. What's the minimum, $799? I think they can afford to toss a cable your way if you need one.

You're right. It's not that someone can't admit they're wrong, is that they'd rather double down because they think others are wrong and that makes the feel good in their brain happen.

Christopher Nolan is one of the few that can nail big spectacle as well as story telling.

I never knew Microsoft even had support. Was part of a very large (worldwide) enterprise and remember the other teams complaining about lack of anything when trying to escalate issues.

I had a Lexus ES350 that had a melting dash, and the recall for it has ended a year prior to me having the issue. Essentially the dash was engineered to be easier to recycle/break down - but inadvertently had a lifetime limitation to it. The rest of the car was in decent enough shape and didn't give me any real problems. There were alternate solutions to fixing the dash, but once you start talking 200000 miles on a chassis - you're gonna start replacing things. Touched surfaces start breaking down; things with less robust parts (cd player) start having issues etc. Overall the entire package just starts looking tired, and replacing the whole thing looks more attractive than trying to find parts for a fifteen year old car. Perhaps modularization in the future can help. For instance I wouldn't have minded replacing the audio system in the car - but it was very much a specialized installation that wasn't a standardized "double din" setup. Also trying to find basic comforts like replacement seat cushions or leather to match gets tricky after the manufacturer stops keeping stock.

I remember surge strips that had infrared sensors to see if there was someone at the desk. Easy way to power off the old CRT monitors and save energy if away.

Give them the ol' Glock twist!

They charge a subscription fee for mental health?

Oh. Oh God damnit.

Again you're putting logic in an equation where it may not exist. I'm also not disagreeing with you, but people tend to make connections where they don't/shouldn't exist.

I mean, can you really call it unnatural overall if people have a desire to connect to and with others - even if it's not fully logical. Emotions can be far from logical.

There's definitely some water in those!

Some companies in the US have a deal to where they match on 401k. One such organization puts in 5% for your 2%. Two percent is low enough it wouldn't be a hit to almost any cash in your pocket given that the money is taken out pre tax.

I work healthcare adjacent and some providers were affected as expected. Hoping as well that those critical systems were not, but that chance is non zero.

There's no technical reason for 320 CBR but the space loss from a VBR ~224 encode to the CBR 320 is minimal compared to 320 vs flac around 1000. I do keep two copies of my collection for space reasons though - one in flac and one at 320. My phone is still a limiting factor to from a space perspective, I can't store my entire collection on it in flac but I do choose to use it where I'm actively listening to an album through the weeks. The rest can be mp3 because it's usually a single song that gets in my head.

I've taken several mental health days in my lifetime of work. I cannot imagine not having that as an option especially when you know you cannot mentally work.

Haha fuck my bad... Had the daily show on my mind.

There's still some use cases for sure. My 4 gig Garmin running watch (2.5 usable) might play flac but I want more than a few albums on it.

Chloesterol amirite

Didn't they do a podcast the next day?