This is the primary way I read longer articles on the internet. I hope something else pops up because this changes my daily routine pretty significantly.
Almost everything you have written here can also describe Canada. There is an Australian YouTuber named Chris Kohler who does really funny little shorts describing things happening in the Aussie economy and it’s jarring how often they apply directly to Canada also.
I'm not much of a MacOS fan, but his laptop is the best laptop I've ever owned. I got the 8GB/256GB version and it was worth the price because my kid still uses it every day. The 720p webcam is fantastic quality. The speakers are the best I've ever had in a laptop.
We just replaced the battery with a new one from iFixit and it's like a brand new machine.
I have some Prana pants that I really like, but don't wear too often. Recently someone asked me where I got them and I said, "hmm maybe 5 years ago at MEC." A month later I came across a picture of me wearing those same pants on a fishing trip 16 years ago.
There is an artist who has a Tumblr featuring characters in the style of Richard Scarry that parodies professions that many on HN would be familiar with.
The gambling aspect has become part of NHL hockey broadcasts now in Canada. On HNIC on a Saturday night, I watched Ron Maclean hand over the broadcast to some guy from a gambling company for a ~10 second segment on the current odds of each team winning. It wasn't like cutting to a commercial break where there's a clear separation between the broadcast and the advertiser.
They've been doing this for almost decade. The last straw for me was when they decided to put the smiling face of a murdered woman in my start menu. It was just so bizarre.
There's stories popping up in the UK, US and Canada recently about this vulnerability.
From a comment in the reddit thread below:
"Thieves are gaining access to the left headlight computer sub-assembly by peeling back the plastic splash guard, where they can stick a couple of pins into the CAN_H and CAN_L wires in the wiring harness plug."
Yes, spending time with little kids can be really boring, be present when it counts though. This period of life doesn't last forever so take care of your health and maintain your important relationships with whatever energy you can muster.
Every time I look at pictures of my kids when they were younger I feel a tinge of regret for not being more in the moment.
That's a pretty lousy policy from Moto, even more so considering it has a decent Qualcomm SoC in it.
Android 9 got its last regular security update in January of 2022. If Google's pattern continues, Android 11 itself should continue to get regular security updates until Q1 2024.
I switched from Globalstar to Zoleo (Iridium) because Globalstar wasn't reliable enough for use cases like messaging the float plane pilot. I'd often have to wait for certain times of the day to send messages or make calls. This was at about 54 deg lat, so not in the fringes at all.
It may have been my device (older Qualcomm branded phone), but my experience seems consistent with what others report.
On the contrary, I've been very happy with the Zoleo device and service. It's been 100% reliable in all conditions even in the middle of the bush.
I will use Harmony for my home setup until it no longer functions.
The horrors I have seen related to CEC and ARC are something else.