THIS ALL DAY. Do people even know that the Washington Post is owned by Amazon?

It’s Alexa and Ring in particular I wouldn’t trust farther than I could throw them. And I’m a weak man who throws like a toddler.

Ultimately I agree that it’s a (pretty) shitty compromise, but an in-screen fingerprint sensor does absolutely nothing to “solve” the purpose of the notch, which is somewhere to put (cram? shove?) the camera - you know, for the all the zoom calls and such that most of us do, whether by choice or being forced into it

You can actually do this:

Funny, the text on my screen reads “GOODBYE WORLD” - probably nothing, right?

ooh that sounds fun :)

deep cut, nice!

some of them *are* surge protectors (or at least advertise themselves as such), but yeah, my understanding is that even most of these can/would only handle one small surge, like maybe not even a decent-sized lightning strike, let alone a solar flare of the magnitude we’re talking about here.

Not sure if you’re being tongue-in-cheek, but yes, that was my first thought too. To wit, Kill The Poor by Dead Kennedys:

I haven’t bought one in quite a while (they tend to last a long time), but I’d say it’s about $15 too expensive. So it’s also pretty typical excessive markup for Apple accessories - and I say this as someone who has pretty thoroughly committed to the Apple ecosphere (Macbook, iPhone, even an Apple TV).

My (very limited) understanding is that TMS in general works by... not sure how to put it exactly, maybe disrupting or resetting your neural pathways. The idea is that some people develop thought patterns, habitual thinking that metaphorically carves paths in our neural pathways, and these paths can be very stubborn…

I’ll have to take your word for it - outside of literal masturbating, the only exercise I’m really getting is taking the occasional walk. I mean I’d *like* to start jogging, maybe some weight lifting, etc. but I guess right now I’m working up to it (at least I hope I am)

That’s kinda what I was going for, although I can see how I didn’t communicate it very well - the right one is not a new one (it was more of a joke, although if a joke isn’t funny or you have to explain it I guess it’s not much of a joke).

Lemme guess - the right one for you isn’t the MacBook Air, it’s the Air MacBook, right? (The one that exists not as a physical object but as more of an idea, a “ghost” if you will)

sub servant

I agree, with the possible caveat that I don’t recall Shallow Hal being well-received even then (I’ve no doubt it’s also aged very poorly.)

My understanding is that’s exactly what most people are asking for when they say “defund the police” (including me) - it’s not just less money to cops and police forces, it’s redirecting that money to people and orgs that actually help, rather than people that all too often show up and make things worse.

THIS! A MILLION TIMES THIS!

It *is* good advice - hell, it’s GREAT advice! Teens should be masturbating like it’s going out of style, like their lives depend on it. And not just teens either, anyone with a sex drive really. Run a few laps? Sing a song? Sure, but not until after masturbating. It’s one of the healthiest things a person can do, and…

I live in the Midwest and we have to pay more for the honor of recycling than pay for trash pickup.