I recently logged into my bank and got the usual We need to send you a one time code screen. I input the code and got another screen saying Call us to continue. TL; DR - I had to talk to an operator who gave me another automated one-time code so she could then verbally give me yet another one-time code over the phone to log me into my account.
A company I know aggressively promotes its app. Recently, they phased out their old app for a new and improved version while sunsetting the old one abruptly after the requisite announcements. Meanwhile, I'm happily accessing their website via mobile browser without issue and without needing either of their apps taking up space on my phone.
Something similar happened to my dad's last car. Something was wrong with either the center console display or the newfangled radio. Whatever was broken was complicated enough and came with a steep enough repair quote he decided he'd use it broken as best he could until he had no choice.
My philosophy is similar: take care of this car a little better than the last one. With used car prices increasing significantly for multiple reasons including newer models with needless bells and whistles now finding their way on used car lots, I have every incentive to keep this car running as smoothly and rust free as possible until I can't justify the costs of keeping it around.
I had to download what seems to be a proprietary authenticator app for an email account I only use once or twice a year in the name of "improved security."
Having to download an app for everything is a fucking humiliation ritual and I'm tired of pretending it's not. I will refuse to download corpo apps on principle. If they have a deal that only exists on the app, then it doesn't exist as far as I'm concerned.
Small is good. We need more 90s sized cars. Mine has a 10.5 gallon tank. I average 35-37 MPG in mixed driving, so I can average a minimum of 350 miles per tank with buffer range. Same as larger cars with larger tanks that get worse MPG. It could get 40+ if I did straight highway, but traffic n shiet. Back when I lived in the DC area, I drove from there to NYC and back on a single tank. More than enough range IMO.
Basic apps should not connect to the internet for any reason. Looking at you, Microsoft Office. Why the fuck do I need an internet connection to open a powerpoint presentation? Same thing with the likes of Adobe killing the downloadable, locally ran, and permanently licensed version of their suite. I will pirate any software that requires this shit.
I'm willing to agree with you mileage-wise. I'll be happy with any vehicle whose combination of mileage and tank size can get me 350-400 miles on the highway with a little buffer to spare because it would allow me to complete my annual day trips on just one tank of gas.
I wholeheartedly agree. I shouldn't need an internet connection nor overpriced software for what boils down to simple data entry and exporting the data to a file for archival purposes. Cloud apps may have their purpose, but the lack of an offline alternative when the internet is neither needed nor available for whatever reason is short-sighted.
I refuse to download anything to my phone I feel is unnecessary, both on principle and all the issues with bugs and security flaws I'm always reading about.
It's gotta be able to fit about 3 dead bodies in there. Otherwise, it ain't a trunk. Gotta be able to slam the trunk too, no auto open/close. Gotta be able to knock the son of a bitch out when he's trying to wake up.
My current phone payment is almost finished. Switching to GrapheneOS once I have the money to purchase a used Google Pixel.
If there is one thing Will Stancil gets right, it's his appreciation of the Honda Fit. Those things have way more cargo space than their dimensions would suggest.
Then you haven't seen a lot. Handbags, watches, and cars all can easily be 200+ times as expensive as some low-end models while offering even lower use value.
I hated this trend as well. My previous carrier used to have "Sign up for 24 months and get the phone free" before it abruptly discontinued that and included the price of the phone in those first 24 months of payments. It sucked choosing one of the more basic phones available, be charged $600 for it, and have an extra $25 per month added to the bill for the first two years unless you chose to pay off that portion early.
Very few people need a flagship phone anyway. It's like if a normie who only plays Skyrim and League of Legends buying a $3000 gaming PC.
In the olden days, applications were statically linked, all the functions from the libraries were in the application so it used the amount of ram all the functions from all the libraries needed.
I use that extensively with the pair of Windows DCs on my Proxmox setup where a lot of the data is replication-related.
And you know most of them are heading right back to the store for the next Current Thing as soon as they're finished making their payments. TBH, I'm fine with that because it gives me plenty of good deals to choose from when they list the old one on Marketplace for 10% of what it cost new. My current phone was a flagship model in 2021 and I bought it used a couple years ago for $250. It does everything the latest model does and I still get a day and a half on a charge with pretty frequent use.
Exactly my thinking. You can have great deals on slightly used last-gen flagship phones which will easily last for a decade.
Batteries are not meant to last; most of my device batteries die ages before the actual device dies... And since the whole thing is welded to the motherboard the thing is dead weight.
My only real problem with Silverstone is the giant logo.
