Falling into the DIY category you also have Plex, assuming you have PlexPass (fortunately I bought the lifetime pass before it went way up in price) - the Camera Upload feature is more or less an “ok” option, especially if you’re on android. IOS has always have some extra struggles though it does convert from HEIC to…

Frustrating that in 2020 we have to call out companies that actually give a damn about this sort of thing BUT I’m glad, and honestly not surprised to see my company is on the list in the article. We do a lot to try to promote diversity, equality, support LGBTQ rights, and women in technology fields. Each year, for…

That’s the hardest thing for me too. I work for a cloud computing company and have a 1 hour 1-way commute to the office so I work from home a lot normally - 2 to 4 days per week. You don’t really realize how much you miss just leaving the house to go to the office or the gym, etc.

I agree with all of this. So my wife and I picked up ballroom, latin, and swing dancing in between our 2nd and 3rd kid. I can honestly say that most of our friend now are from our dance studio. We all have a nice little group now and hang out both in and out of class and have even gone on vacation together and traveled…

Prior to squats I do planks and hip thrusts which seems to help me engage those individual pieces a bit better. Before deadlifts I do planks and squat/leg press. I could probably scale back the time and weight I do for those exercises so I’m slightly less fatigued but I don’t think it would lead to me lifting all that…

Exactly. I’m primary Tae Kwon Do but have also dabbled in other styles. When I’ve sparred with other styles, it can be very interesting to say the least. Take Crav Maga for example. That style loves to do something quick and end it but if you have someone who has the skill counter or weather that quick storm then you…

YES... when people don’t, it just re-affirms my belief that I’m a completely unnecessary, highly annoying fixture in their life that merely get’s invites, texts, idle chitchat or whatever sort of social interaction you can think of out of a sense of obligation on their part.

Interesting read - my wife and I came to dancing way later (late 20's) but it’s been a lot of fun. We do different various flavors of ballroom, latin, and swing and while we’ll never be pros, it’s still something I’m glad we started. We’ve met a lot of fun people and our current best friends are mostly comprised of pe…

Not too shabby - I get our ISP’s 1GB down 500 MB up and it costs $110/month. Local, ISP, runs fiber to your house... I’m pretty happy with them. This particular speedtest for Netflix just gave me 820 down and 540 up

I’d also add something to the effect of “This Childless Friend”

Very valid point. It does help that my wife is a SaHM for regular day-to-day childcare stuff, but we do have a fairly active adult social life still and while we do have to drive often times to meet up with people, at least we don’t have to pay a strangler or someone we don’t really know all that well to watch our…

I feel, in particular, like I’ve plateaued with squats. Adding to the frustration is that the “plateau” is absolutely pathetic. I’m by no means a big guy, 5'5" 140. Oddly enough, my legs look far bigger than the average person my size and had good definition and I’m very active... but I can’t squat my body weight...…

Well...I live 10 minutes from my mother-n-law who is our typical babysitter for our kids. We can then drive 40 minutes (minimum) to go do the activities we like and/or hang out with our friends... oh and I work about 55 miles away from home (but work from home 2-3 days a week). Really F’d that one up when we moved 2…

Make sense in the sense of corporate policy and whatnot, but in practice, this would be a bit extreme for my own personal experiences. To preface, I worked at a company where I and most everyone else globally worked from home (several thousand people) so people’s kids, dogs, UPS, or whatever else were fairly typical…

Proceed with caution - I’ve had 2 of these and both constantly reboot when plugged into the power source.  First one was replaced via the Logitech warranty (which was slow but got the job done).  Second unit had the same issue despite new power cord and even a new PC.

Proceed with caution - I’ve had 2 of these and both constantly reboot when plugged into the power source.  First one…

Wow that sounds awful! My company is just the opposite. In the 2 years I’ve been there, I’ve been on 2 teams (1 of those teams, twice) and had 3 different bosses. I’ve always been able to come and go as needed and am trusted to get done what I need to get done. Sometimes that may mean working 6 hours in the office and…

Is there a promo code or is the deal already over?  I’m seeing it for $9.90 now.

Is there a promo code or is the deal already over?  I’m seeing it for $9.90 now.

Similar experience for me (now in my early 30's) but mine’s more triggered by soccer.  After a week or 2 of playing rec soccer (1 or 2 games a week) my shins hurt constantly... even while not doing anything.  It’s frustrating because I exercise regularly and never had a problem with anything like this up until I…

Yeah, I hate that! Our gym is 24/7 and overnight somebody had been deadlifting ~500lbs. Apparently since nobody was in there to see their awesomeness and hear the grunts, they decided to leave all that on there as a momento... given I’m tiny and at the time was working some knee issues, I had to talk nearly all of…

Yep, you nailed it right on the head. Density is to low to be worth the time to run the infrastructure and lobby the local government to kick out the competition. Another thing we do have is choice - last time I looked, our town had Frontier, Comcast, and my local ISP as choices. I believe Comcast may now offer gig…