marine_mustang
@marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Microsoft insiders worry the company has become just 'IT for OpenAI' 1 week ago:
They see the post-PC world, and Windows Phone never panned out.
- Comment on T-Mobile users thought they had a lifetime price lock—guess what happened next 3 weeks ago:
I’ve had the same T-Mobile family plan since…I actually don’t recall. 2011? $25 per line for 4 phones. It was 2GB of 3G data per month, with a promotional bump to 4GB that they kept extending until it was permanent, then LTE data, then 50GB of LTE before it throttles down. It’s plenty fast, so no real need for 5G speeds, especially since most activity is on our home WiFi.
- Comment on ‘It’s got nasty’: the battle to build the US’s biggest solar power farm 2 months ago:
They aren’t in one area. Midway through the article, there’s a diagram showing the actual areas, many of them are non-contiguous. It isn’t a monolithic block.
- Comment on Will people show off their old computers and phones in say, 30 or 50 years in the future? 5 months ago:
I’m not sure, because cars were more widely seen as a status symbol in the US (because they were marketed that way). I would bet that a much smaller percentage of people in the US see their phones as a status symbol. Other countries may be different. Remember all the premium phone brands like Vertu? Or the gold Apple Watch?
- Comment on European Union set to revise cookie law, admits cookie banners are annoying 5 months ago:
“Free sites already operating out of the goodwill of some random admin” are where the good shit is.
- Comment on Do Teslas have OBD connectors? 5 months ago:
Not Tesla specifically, but anytime I look at the included navigation of a “legacy” manufacturer I am immediately reminded of the difference. Thank god my Chevy has CarPlay (that I didn’t have to pay extra for).
- Comment on Regarding Avocado Toast 6 months ago:
Jan 4, 2010. Air date for an episode of Good Eats with this avocado toast recipe.
- Comment on You may want to sit down 6 months ago:
#wirelessaccesspoint
- Comment on Academic Writing Mood Meter 8 months ago:
Asleep.
- Comment on Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success 8 months ago:
My boomer mother only knew how to heat up frozen foods or follow the directions on the box, so what really helped me learn to cook was Good Eats. Watch it and make the food. Many of the recipes were retooled by Alton Brown and are on his website for free (with no annoying monologues before each recipe). The rest are on Food Network’s site.
- Comment on At least it's not Pumpkin Spiced 8 months ago:
I recently learned of the existence of Frearson; like the Philips but without the slightly rounded inside corners.
- Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels 8 months ago:
Interesting, I never got into the details on “reading level”. Yeah, sounds like this should be used to score readability of text, not someone’s intelligence or education level, as was originally intended. I’ve read many military manuals, and can vouch for their ease of reading, so thanks to DoD for making that a requirement.
“Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss comes close, averaging 5.7 words per sentence and 1.02 syllables per word, with a grade level of −1.3.”
I just find that funny.
- Comment on New Study: 54% of American Adults Read Below 6th Grade-Levels 8 months ago:
For me personally, it seems like reading comprehension is a pretty necessary skill. Between social media, texting, email, etc we are reading more than ever. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had to jump on a call because some colleague has misinterpreted or misrepresented something from an email.