Is there a decent tutorial somewhere on how to make these shortcuts? I’d like a “commute” shortcut where it will transfer the BT to the car audio (which, for some ungodly reason, doesn’t happen automagically), then start playing a playlist, and turn on Waze and set it for directions to “Work.” But the “steps” you seem…

From the mind of David Chang... Ramen flavor packets. Shockingly good.

I had some coverage issues with my 11750ac router, and tried using a simple range extender. That meant 4 SSIDs in my house, which was annoying. I ended up switching over to an Orbi mesh set up, and was delighted to reduce all of that to a single unified SSID.  Until I figured out that my phone liked to lock onto the…

Don’t they have like VINs and shit to prevent stuff like this from happening?  Shouldn’t Ford be able to figure out that its financing the same car twice?  Or being asked to finance a car that doesn’t exist?  smh.

If you knew shit about networks or network neutrality, you would understand that packet prioritization is a good thing and built into networks for good reason—what network neutrality is all about is paid prioritization, dumbass. The whole “all bits are created equal” is the way you sell network neutrality to a bunch…

I think you are ignoring the commercial realities of how business works. You say that gateways merely need to be configured “correctly,” but there is cost involved in that and no golden standard of what “correctly” means in this context. See my example above.

That’s a more than a bit of an oversimplification. Look at the whole debate that happened in the midst of net neutrality when ISPs were accused of slowing down Netflix traffic—some speed charts figured famously in John Oliver’s very popular screed. Turns out the root cause of the slow down was because of Netflix’s own…

My experience (FiOS, FWIW) was that when I called and bitched about speeds they discovered the WAN transfer speed on the “gigabit” router I had was the limiting factor. I bought a Cisco router that specified the WAN transfer speed and have consistently gotten speeds as advertised or slightly better. I still experience…

Do you actually take the position they can or should guarantee performance on someone else’s network outside their control?

Just keep whacking on that strawman. I’m not defending any “industry.”   You just hit on a pet peeve of mine—the misplaced notion, usually espoused by people without a particularly broad world view, that their personal views on what is or isn’t worth it constitute wisdom that they should feel compelled to pass on to…

Funny, I remember being distinctly neutral with respect to how much people should or shouldn’t spend on a wedding, so you are railing away on a strawman of your own construction. And why should you care so passionately about how much someone does or does not spend on a party for their friends and family? I’m starting…

Aw.  That the best you can come up with?

So you had a good time, it was a nice ceremony, you got to talk to the bride and groom and drink beers with family, but still offer it as an example of how it was a ridiculous event?  I’m not understanding your POV.

You assume too much. I’ve been to lavish weddings, I’ve been to frugal weddings. No one said you had to spend tens of thousands (although I’ve enjoyed that kind of wedding too). It is a celebration and people (rather inexplicably in your case) want you to be there to enjoy an important moment in their life—the fact…

You sound... young and judgmental. Weddings are celebrations and it takes a really hard-hearted soul to say that they are “ridiculous” and to be “endured” by guests and only enjoyed by a “handful” of individuals. It certainly doesn’t correlate with my experience. People who don’t want to attend should decline the…

I like a big thick burger too, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room in my heart for the occasional smashed burger. My one tip—I’ve found that wetting the back of the spatula you smash with helps. Occasionally I’ve actually had the burger meat stick to the spatula when I lift up, which is a not good thing. The water…

Ha! I remember once toying with the idea of a DIY wine dispensing system like the WineKeeper—nitrogen-based, pressurized. I did some googling and that stupid cardboard soda machine (and a whole bunch of equally stupid variants) came popping up.

I’m with 4c Millions here.  If you make a dumbass complaint that results in cops rolling somewhere, you ought to get a bill for their time.  Happens with false alarms, happens with search and rescue if they decide you weren’t prepared, and it oughta happen to these pinheads.  Hell, maybe give them the first dozen…

While I agree he ought to be fired, there needs to be even more—this needs to be a mark on his permanent record so he isn’t hired for any LE jobs in the future. See https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/antwon-rose-jr-and-when-white-privilege-kills-black-pe-1827137476.  Otherwise he’ll just drift into another LE role…

That $110 “lab hot plate” is 250W—even the Joule, which is $200—is 1100W. And, given the difference between a heating element that the pot sits on versus an immersion heater directly inserted into the water, I have doubts that could keep up with the heating requirements for a lot of sous vide applications.  I’d just…