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I do like my Sonos setup (have a pair of Era300s, an Arc Ultra, Sub4, and Sub Mini) and now that they've fixed the app issues, it works really well. And the sound quality is good enough for me. I just wish the Amp product was about half the price. It doesn't do all that much more.

Doesn't look like the Amp50 is available to buy...

Whoa, yeah that does look very promising!!! Thanks!

Is that a thing? Can an organization be given sovereign immunity? I thought that was reserved for actual countries?

I really wish someone would come out with a $25 "box" that sits on top of my bookshelf speaker that allows me to Airplay to it and power said speaker with a ~50w class-D amp. Then if I have multiple ones, it would allow them to pair and setup stereo or surround sound. I might even pay $50 for it. Kinda like a Sonos Amp but not at that price point.

And also, how does one bend time?

Let us know when your infrastructure sees the load that Microsoft's does and how you've handled it.

I listen to NPR daily and I don't think I've ever heard any of them use that phrasing.

First day on the Internet huh?

The A18Pro is a very powerful CPU, besting even the M1 in single-core performance (about even in multicore). Saying its just a "phone CPU" is disingenuous.

I love my Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel pan. It's just really heavy and kinda ugly. But it works great, especially at high temps when searing meats.

its highly unlikely any restaurant uses teflon coated pans. Most use carbon steel or stainless. Teflon just won't hold up in daily use at a restaurant.

I put that into IBM's AskIBM Watson LLM and it replied with "This question is beyond my capability." Which to be fair, probably is.

I find any report that lists Mini Cooper and Audi as the most reliable cars to immediately be suspect. I'm not a Tesla or Musk fan by any stretch of the imagination, but Mini and Audi are not known for reliability, at least in their ICE vehicles.

Meh, I don't care much about control, I care more about getting my work done with the least amount of friction. Macs do that for me. Linux and Windows have too many barriers to make them a daily GUI driver.

I haven't driven a Windows box since 2010 (and even then it was just a few months at work) and I'm perfectly happy! Except I'm on a Mac and have been at every job since 2006 when they came out with the Intel-based ones. I of course run Linux on VMs at work, but my daily driver has been and likely will forever be a Mac. I don't miss installing/tweaking video drivers or registry settings. Things just work 99.99% of the time for me. No one is perfect and Apple has made mistakes, but for me, I'm 100% satisfied.

$40k invested in AAPL in 1990 would be worth about $40m today. $40k is about what $100k is today. So what stock would you invest $100k in today, that in 35 years would give you a similar return?

what a waste of a life, I can't help but feel disgust.

it's a public company, read the quarterly reports

Startup I used to work at fueled Cingular's mobile storefront and distributed those J2ME games along with ringtones and graphics. Those were the days...

jobs...

It's always freakin DNS...

Never heard of Talos before now. That looks pretty cool and I might start playing with that on my home lab. Can't use it at work for reasons, but good to keep on top of tech (even if I am a little behind)

If the Mass Effect games have taught me anything, it's that heat dissipation in outer space is hard.

national security breakthroughs

Can you explain what you mean by this? Still not sure how SAR would fit in here...

I suppose some version of CTRL-ALT-DELETE is needed to reset the car's OS.

Ah good ole MPLS (Mario, Prem, Luca, and I can't remember who was S)...

What are you insinuating?

That's a pretty privileged take there. No, not everyone gets to choose what makes them happy when they have obligations to others or even to themselves if they want to eat that night or not. Glad you do, but don't assume everyone does.

A few issues I see. First is what does it do when you come across a no-haggle dealership? Next is does this negotiate the value of your trade-in? Finally, the initial negotiation up front on the sale price (and trade-in value if applicable) is only the first hurdle. When you have to come in and sign the paperwork and get your keys, that's when a lot of dealerships really try to tighten the screws. Oh you need an extra warranty! Or you need paint protection and nitrogen filled tires! How about that one-time fee for lifetime oil changes and maintenance?