I’m waiting for the post-scarcity stuff 😭

Listen, I’m not saying I want to bang Tony the Tiger, but I’m not not saying it either.

There’s an argument for local availability of media, and a valid one. But at the same time, I play more “Xbox” now that I can stream my games to my tablet or phone than ever before. Removing barriers to gaming isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Honestly, if MSFT put out an Xbox Streaming Stick, I’d buy one. Having essentially a second console just ready to go would be amazing.

Unless they went to a scratch-and-dent or secondhand place, then I can imagine it’d be a lot cheaper

And it’s always wrong in the weirdest, someone-has-to-be-fucking-with-me ways. I ordered a sausage, egg, and cheese McMuffin for breakfast the other day. I hate their cheese, so I ordered just sausage and egg.

I opened the wrapper to my sandwich, and I had a sausage patty and 3 slices of cheese. It was rung up correctly, so I truly have no clue what was going on in the back.

It’s slightly different from the light just heating the water. The energy of the individual photons colliding with the water molecules causes them to vaporize without heat transfer.

I absolutely understand; I used to be a repair tech for Sprint. That said, screen repair for the Pixel 6a doesn’t even require the back to be removed, so I think it was more an education issue than anything else. I don’t think it was malicious at all, but shortly after I noticed the NFC issues, the back fell off and I saw they’d cracked it pretty severely and stuck it back on with double-stick tape. It was less the crime and more the cover-up that pissed me off.

I recently took my Pixel 6a in for screen repair; somehow, water got under the glass and caused the whole thing to glitch out in a way that looked like I spilled black ink all over. Really bizarre. Anyway, I picked up the phone and visually inspected it - all was good, so I took it home. They said they tested it, I took their word for it.

Turns out they destroyed the NFC antenna, disabling Google Pay for me. It took me almost and month and several emails to corporate, but they ended up fixing their mistake.

Point is, this very well may be the fault of the repair people. I’d reach out to them first.

Growing up in the Northeast, we got very used to wearing our puffy winter coats over our costumes most years. If you were lucky it was clear and cold, but most years it either snowed or rained.

Google did that with Nest Aware years ago as well. It’s super annoying.

I don’t recommend any Android TV box anymore that isn’t from a big brand, which pretty much leaves the Shield and Chromecast with Google TV. All those no-name Amazon boxes are lousy with spyware.

That sucks! I swear I JUST saw your post welcoming him home. Hopefully the little guy will bounce back quick

It’s also a (highly disturbing) memoir!

Luckily this one is easyish to get around. Some insurance plans don’t require a referral for a specialist; you can just make an appointment to see them directly. You just have to look for the policy when you pick your plan (assuming you have insurance available to you, but that’s a whole 'nother issue)

Not to mention food packaging can be pretty deceptive vis-à-vis what’s really healthy and what’s not. Making the “right” choices isn’t always simple unfortunately

Now that you mention it, I don’t think I’ve seen a single SFW furry thing here yet.

Wat.

OP meant regular washing-up detergent. It’s usually sold as “super-concentrated” so if you put it in a dishwasher the agitation and extra water make a LOT of foam. Usually it will start to pour out of the machine and make a massive mess.

using reg dishwashing soap in a dishwasher

At least that’s a mistake they’ll (probably) only make once.

I’m pretty fond of Hal’s. They even have a fruit punch flavor that transports me to my childhood, ha.