Global Entry interview is a breeze as long as one is 1) an actual citizen, and 2) is honest and doesn’t have prior violent convictions. My own record wasn’t blemish-free (youthful mistakes), yet I still got it. I was just honest about it and didn’t try to hide it.

“This self-service prototype allows our trusted travelers to complete the screening process at their own pace,” TSA administrator David Pekoske said in a press release Wednesday.

Oscars are a joke. Often times it is the “who”, the “what” and the “when” that matter more than the substance of the films. The underlying politics of Hollywood determine the winners. Sometimes this just so happens to coincide with deserving films, directors, actors, and production. Many times it does not, and the…

Longer battery life would be nice across the board with phones, not just Iphones. But I think we’ve hit the physical limit in current li-on battery tech in terms of energy density per available space inside current phone form factors. So any significant battery life improvements will have to be software-side for now.…

Rice and dessicants and whatever else can only absorb moisture *it’s in direct contact with*.

Fine rice particles are definitely a thing, but the latest iphones are IP68 rated. So how is this an issue? The first number in IP ratings is for dust protection. It is based on a scale of 0-6, where 6 means “no ingress of dust”.

I knew it was over as a trend when I saw “emergency bacon in a can”. That’s full market saturation right there, and arguably the tipping point when people started to pull back. But it was fascinating that it even happened in the first place given the trend to “super foods” during that same era. It seemed like…

You have to remember the original Iphone 1 and HTC Dream had 128/192 MB ram, respectively. So even with efficient for the time ram management, suspended apps still had a limited amount of space to be stored. And that ram also had to be shared with other system functions. So keeping lots of apps and tabs open most…

This makes zero sense. The mass audience of sneaker heads willing to drop $400. on a pair of sneakers doesn’t exactly line up with Trump’s base, and Trump’s base doesn’t exactly strike me as people who would buy gold sneakers. There will be some Trump zealots buying this to put up on the Trump prayer mantle or use as…

If one is considering building a dedicated gaming rig, it might be worth checking out custom Windows 11 installations such as Tiny 11. Removes a lot of unnecessary bloat of Windows 11 if the goal is just gaming. Still gets updates and patches too.

True. They’re easing into it. If they had dropped marque titles from the jump, the Xbox zealots would have come out with pitchforks and torches in hand. They’re tempering the crowd. 

Good on ya! Although, you have to admit that’s kind of a niche use.

But making a human look like rocks in VFX works. Making a human elastic just doesn’t. It always looks dumb.

“Stainless steel” is just a terrible name. It actually stains quite easily with the right application of substances. Ask anyone with a stainless steel fridge.

Bacon practically became a meme at one point between 2010-2020. Particularly the “add bacon to make it better” notion or that men had to openly express their love for it at any given opportunity. It got to the point that the addition of bacon wasn’t a clever compliment to the dish. It was just bacon on top. People got…

Exactly my scenario with a Galaxy headset. Well, actually I came to this conclusion almost before the Galaxy when I messed around with a Google Cardboard set up. I was toying with the notion of developing content for VR, but after messing around with both of those headsets for a few weeks, I decided VR just isn’t…

There’s a brief period of time after the excitement of VR dies down where you know it’s there, but actively choose not to pick it up. That’s separate from #5 where you actually forget you own it. So I think these people played with it for the first week, and then didn’t touch it for the second and are returning it at…

Am I wrong, or do none of the current titles out for either the PS5 or Series X actually push the hardware to its full “next gen” performance that we were promised when these dropped? That was the talk of the town when you couldn’t buy either of these things outside of scalpers, but no one seems to talk about it…

I am convinced that no one will be able to translate Mr. Fantastic’s abilities to the screen and not have it look goofy, regardless of how advanced their VFX. So it would be welcome if they just focus on him being some god level intellect and keep the stretchy-man slap stick to a minimum.

Have a feeling that a lot of day-1 buyers who are returning them only bought them to review/show off, with no intention of keeping them. But I’d also assume that there are quite a few who are going through the 5 stages of VR that the rest of us did several years ago. 1) Buy bleeding edge headset, 2) marvel at party…