It is a wonderful transformation that younger people will never be able to appreciate, but of course there are dark sides. We did also lose valuable qualities related to socialization, imagination, physical activity, attention span

Hey, anecdotal, but you might not have to … the one time I succeeded in losing wait, they encouraged me to eat breakfast and it did seem to help. Without breakfast, my metabolism was slower - mornings were miserable. With breakfast, I became much more of a morning person, plus better at moderating lunch or snacks. While it’s easier to limit calories by reducing the number of meals, some of us are more successful sticking with regular meals and trying to reduce them… Of course I eat breakfast now also, when I’m no longer fit

I don’t have any dtata, but my manager is from China, and that’s what she always claimed. It’s not easy to emigrate from China, it’s not easy to pursue US immigration and naturalization, so there is a strong selection bias. Not necessarily smartest, but definitely the most driven people

I see that was added to the conversation: so weird to have opposite terminology. I’ve always heard “tags” refer to the plates, never the registration sticker

I know it’s fashionable to hate Apple here, but switching from android to iPhone was the best decision Ive made. They just work. All of them. As a software guy, I spend my time making computers do stuff, so my phone needs to just work

Currently iPhone 15 Pro.

I replace every 2-4 years so I can give it to my kids another 2-4 years

• iPhone 13 Pro
• iPhone X
• iPhone 6+?
• iPhone 5?

They also are welcome to whatever beliefs they have.

The flaw is ignoring the separation of church and state, the lack of an official religion, the intentional non-religious start of the founders, the judicial history of protection of beliefs

My speculation is based on who hands them out.

• states I’m familiar with do not show county. Plates are handed out by a DMV/RMV, which is a state agency
• for those states that show county, are the plates handed out by a county level agency?

Cars should have both, so they can be uniquely identified both coming and going.

For example when you run over a road pedestrian by not stopping for a red light, as he sees you coming and jumps out of the way he might see your plate, whereas once you’ve run over him, cracked his hips and given him a concussion he may not be able to read your rear plate

A big chunk of the infrastructure spending for rail was to identify “corridors” to focus improvements, and start planning for them. It’s hopeful that Ohio has two such identified corridors for rail improvements l, but frustrating that it’s only to start planning. Maybe four years from now there will be a plan that can be invested in

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corridor_Identification_and_Development_Program

I don’t generally buy that but Amazon lists coffee at half that price

Price of gas is high now? I hadn’t heard that complaint and the price has been going down.

Sure enough, I see a spike two years ago when the sanctions hit after Russia invaded Ukraine but it quickly got back to near normal and stayed that way or trended down. I guess the new plateaus is higher than four years ago but not by much, not recently, nor is there an upward trend.

I need this so much

The best cut changes seasonally

• cut medium in the spring to better control it in fast growth
• cut long in the summer to hold more moisture and choke out weeds, to better handle dry season
• cut short in fall, to help it green up faster in the Spring, reduce thatch, and make it easier to keep clean of debris over winter

Once grass is hibernating, it’s not like cutting it short inhibits anything: that part of the grass isn’t coming back to life

Are not most other outlets required to be afci?

• Gfci protects “wet” areas where you might accidentally short yourself to ground, to save your life
• afci protects against arcs in the circuit, such as cut insulation, or a wire getting hit by a nail, generally to prevent a fire

Maximum power cord lengths are in the NEC. Regardless of the original motivation, now it’s in the electrical code (US)

Well that was depressing. Google does indeed list regular speed dating events near me, by age range and preference.

However I’m really not happy where my age lands. I can’t be that old. Just a few years ago I would be hanging out in the rec room playing video games on my Atari ….

Where are you?

I’ve never seen grass stay green over winter, in the northeast US

• Massachusetts
• New York
• Michigan
• New Hampshire

I’ve always heard it recommended to cut short after it goes dormant. It helps the grass come back quickly in the spring and cuts down on thatch.

That does look really short though

Ideally, yes, Matter/Thread has a lot of potential to be that common framework that makes everything work together. I want to recommend it for everything new …… but products have been really really slow to come out, so your choices may be limited.

My understanding of Philips Hue is limited but I believe they do use Zigbee as a standard network, but functionality is extremely limited unless you use their hub. That’s been more than enough for me to stay away

Clarifying the terminology for the new standard:

• Matter is Ethernet/WiFi, based on IPv6. Great for powered devices, especially those that do need to connect to the internet. Many powered Matter devices will route Thread traffic
• Thread is a local wireless mesh network, similar to Zigbee or z-wave. The range should cover a home, but it is low power, low latency, suitable for all sorts of devices that do not need internet access, or where low power is important
• Device Profiles are a feature that the standards committee has spent huge amounts of time on as a way to make everything’s work together. These define what a device can do, so all such devices work the same way. For example, it defines a light that has statuses and operations for on-off, brightness, color, and maybe more. Instead of a company like Philips having proprietary definitions, now all lightbulbs can be controlled the same way

It’s always convenience and cost

• the cost is absurd
• I used to wait 4-6 weeks so I could watch without crowds but now the movie is gone
• just like with live tv, I no longer have to follow their schedule. However if it is only out for a short period, they’re going to miss me.
• lack of advertising, believe it or not. Maybe they still advertise, but advertising is. So bad now that I block as much as I can. Even if they tried and it’s “a tragedy of the commons”, that’s their fault that I no longer hear that a movie exists

It’s too bad because now that my kids are away at college I keep thinking I can go more frequently. But not if it’s too expensive, too inconvenient, and I don’t even know what movies there are

In reality, I actually do go to opening weekends more frequently now that there is reserved seating and less crowds, but my overall movie frequency is much lower.

Even Alamo Drafthouse is not a solution. We finally got one but it’s downtown only, so that’s a lot of inconvenience.