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New comment by brewdad in "Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS"

brewdad — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:51:15 +0000

That’s what a good executive costs these days. You could try to hire a CEO for $100,000/yr with the expected quality of applicants.

New comment by brewdad in "Fastpotify"

brewdad — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:48:23 +0000

I carry my entire music library on my phone in Opus format. Smaller than a similar quality MP3 and good enough for the times I’m likely listening offline (working out, riding transit, on a plane).

New comment by brewdad in "“It works better in the app”"

brewdad — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:55:39 +0000

Enter a credit/debit card number then. They are under zero obligation to allow you a cash payment method.

New comment by brewdad in "U.S. State Department pauses immigrant visa applications"

brewdad — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:30:59 +0000

When was Canada ever a unified society? You have two official languages primarily based on which end of the country you live in.

New comment by brewdad in "Tracking Costco gas prices"

brewdad — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:13:18 +0000

I shop Costco because I don’t want to have to chase sales all over town. I did that in my 20s when money was tight but now I value my time more than saving fifty cents on chicken.

New comment by brewdad in "Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border"

brewdad — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:34:47 +0000

A third of America was cheering back then. The attitudes that brought us Trumpism go back many generations.

New comment by brewdad in "'Buy Now, Pay Later' Lenders Pitch Loans for Needs Like Electricity and Rent"

brewdad — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:17:45 +0000

The best time to plant a tree was fifty years ago. The next best time is today.

New comment by brewdad in "Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter"

brewdad — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:38:10 +0000

Does that program still exist in the way we expect it to or has it been DOGE’d like the USAID program?

New comment by brewdad in "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"

brewdad — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:02:53 +0000

Lately I’ve had better luck with Brave than with FF and UBO, at least one my various banking sites.

New comment by brewdad in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

brewdad — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 04:34:55 +0000

A few decades ago is a millennium in college admissions for top schools. I went to a top 20 university. My kid, who was a way better hs student than I was and state ranked in music with a ISEF engineering award couldn’t get into any of his top 10 schools. Got waitlisted as a dual legacy from my university and ultimately settled for a top 35 school.

It was during COVID, when testing didn’t happen and schools had to rely on gut feel and high school reputation, so that may have played a role too.

He’s started his career now and wondering what to do with all his free time after eight years of living on six hours of sleep or less.

New comment by brewdad in "Taylor Farms recalls salsa and guacamole over salmonella risk"

brewdad — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:23:03 +0000

They also try to portray themselves as a small family farm. They provide as much as 1/3 of the prepackaged and commercially used lettuce in the United States. It’s far more than Taco Bell. If you’ve eaten at any restaurant that offers entrees for under $20 there’s a good chance you’ve eaten their produce.

Obviously, not every lettuce leaf or jalapeno is contaminated but this has the potential to be huge if our government systems don’t push back.

New comment by brewdad in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

brewdad — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:23:29 +0000

My signature on a touchpad is noticeably different from my paper signature. It’s been a real challenge for me recently as I’ve had to sign a number of paper documents while the “official” signature on file for me is an electronic one from a touch interface. A few times I have had to resubmit fresh copies when the first ones were rejected.

New comment by brewdad in "2027 memory capacity is reportedly sold out"

brewdad — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:13:16 +0000

Cars get developed on a cycle that spans a decade in many cases. Four or five years is pretty much the minimum. It could impact development cycles going forward but it will take a good while for that to be reflected in the marketplace.

In the shorter term, you’ll probably see more “base” models on offer with some of the most intensive features disabled. There’s still going to be all of the telemetry stuff that makes them money through third parties though.

New comment by brewdad in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"

brewdad — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 02:27:43 +0000

They didn’t get lucky except to the extent they were born into a fourth generation Ivy League family.

New comment by brewdad in "Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership"

brewdad — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:07:05 +0000

The advantage of watching live sports over the air rather than streaming is that there is no delay and the broadcast is as high quality as it can get rather than getting compressed by your streaming app.

New comment by brewdad in "My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”"

brewdad — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:50:25 +0000

Not if they drive everywhere

New comment by brewdad in "My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”"

brewdad — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:42:14 +0000

I almost always run with my phone. One of the few times I didn’t, I was on about a 12 mile out and back run. At mile 6 my IT band seized up in a way it never had and never has since. I could barely walk, much less run and I was six miles from home. Eventually, I managed to hobble about a mile over the course of an hour and find a business with a phone I could use to call for a ride.

Having a phone that day would have been really nice.

New comment by brewdad in "My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”"

brewdad — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:29:30 +0000

Yes but then invariably I will forget to turn them back on the next time I use it. Additionally, sometimes that 45 mph option is still coded as a highway in Google’s data, so you get a really obtuse route.

New comment by brewdad in "My phone detects going on a run as “someone snatching my phone and running off”"

brewdad — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:23:16 +0000

I’ve been spending a lot of time in Mexico City. I had to abandon Google Maps there. The transit system has an excellent metro, a solid BRT setup, some electric tram buses that are fine and then the purple buses that run irregular routes, don’t always accept the transit card that the rest of the system uses, and are by far the most unsafe option, such that even locals won’t ride them unless they have no choice.

Google will always route me on the purple buses. Even when the metro is faster. Their directions in Mexico City make zero sense.

New comment by brewdad in "Just because a game is on disc doesn't mean it will work in the future"

brewdad — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:39:02 +0000

I wish them luck. I won’t hold my breath.