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New comment by jaypeg25 in "TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday"

jaypeg25 — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:56:54 +0000

Is this a common issue? I deleted mine around the same time. I recently moved to a small town where many of the restaurants and businesses use Facebook which kind of forced me back on. When I tried creating a new one the same thing happened, and there was no way of reversing this decision.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Lorne Michaels Is the Real Star of "Saturday Night Live""

jaypeg25 — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:23:55 +0000

It's been said before but I do believe that most people generally believe the 'best era' was the time around when they started watching - likely high school or around then.

I've watched for 20 years, every era is the same and it's exactly as you describe. A couple decent skits and many that don't hit. The one difference I've found lately is many of the sketches are for a terminally online generation - Bowen Yang in particular leading the charge. As someone with no social media, those sketches go over my head but I can't really hate on it, as I just recognize that I'm getting old haha.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Why YC went to DC"

jaypeg25 — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:38:47 +0000

Amortization (174) probably isn't getting fixed this year.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Even Apple employees hate Siri and are skeptical of its future, new report says"

jaypeg25 — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:49:34 +0000

Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are all generally good at those things but honestly not much else. I use my Google Home every day for timers and to turn on/off lights. I don't think any of them will ever be the helpful AI that they were initially promoted as, though.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Roku to cut 200 jobs in second round of layoffs"

jaypeg25 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:40:53 +0000

I would happily pay for a dumb TV, if they existed. They don't seem to anymore.

I have a Samsung Q-series TV now and tried using the smart TV apps for a while, but many were buggy and often had audio/video desync issues. I might blame part of that on the soundbar, but I gave up and got an Apple TV 4K and haven't had any issues at all.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "I went through a period where I loaned money to anyone that asked me"

jaypeg25 — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 17:15:41 +0000

Can I have $2k

New comment by jaypeg25 in "ExtensionKit"

jaypeg25 — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:00:03 +0000

Not really. You can do that for web, or email, or maps, but for the most part - and especially with third party apps for things like Reddit, or Twitter - you're forced into opening links in Safari. You MAY be given the option to open the link in an app once opening in Safari but in my experience it doesn't always work.

It's fundamentally a worse experience than it is on Android, in every way.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "ExtensionKit"

jaypeg25 — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:41:21 +0000

so will I finally be able to open a link in one app that opens in another app and not in safari?

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Apple bought out all of Newsweek's 1984 Election issue ad space for Mac"

jaypeg25 — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:49:52 +0000

I caught that too. Had no idea that was ever a thing.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Shazam turns 20"

jaypeg25 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:17:01 +0000

Google's now playing feature is somehow always offline (to relieve privacy concerns) and is somehow still incredible at recognizing even obscure songs. Really impressive.

I also love that it just shows up on my lock screen.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "H. R. 4346: The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022"

jaypeg25 — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:41:27 +0000

The funds are already there. It's not an additional amount, but just a % of the overall agencies budget.

I also personally don't have an issue with the VC fund ownership rules but my industry (biotech) necessitates it more than maybe others.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "H. R. 4346: The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022"

jaypeg25 — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:30:21 +0000

Disappointing that the SBIR/STTR programs are not reauthorized in this legislation. The program expires in 2 months and certain Republicans seem hell-bent on letting it die.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "The U.S. added 678,000 jobs in February"

jaypeg25 — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:11:05 +0000

Also in DC. The jobs are coming back but the work is still remote. My office has moved to hybrid schedule of 3 days in office (tues-thurs) and remote Mon, Fri. I know many other offices that are still remote however, and only just now starting to discuss RTO procedures.

Not to mention "core hours" becoming a thing even on in-person days for many offices meaning it's no longer as much of a thing to get out of the office for lunch at noon if you're only there until 3 or 4.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "I started a paper website business"

jaypeg25 — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 23:11:05 +0000

Definitely true about most subs, but not all. Some, such as /r/askhistorians, are very strict about low effort posts so what you end up seeing (amongst a handful of deleted replies) are very well resourced to whatever the subject of the thread is. Of course, this requires an engaged moderating team which not all subs have. That being said, it still doesn't quite match the magic of stumbleupon and clicking a link to be shown a page matching your interests from obscure corner of the web.

To be honest, I don't know why a similar app or extension hasn't come up to replace what Stumble did. Surely there's advertising potential there (1 ad per every X clicks) and even a subscription option (remove ads or access to unlimited interest categories for $x dollars).

New comment by jaypeg25 in "I started a paper website business"

jaypeg25 — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 16:20:13 +0000

I wish Stumble Upon still existed just so I could find the weird corners of the web again. This site and Reddit sort of fill that but also don't quite fit it at all.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "How songwriters felt watching the new Beatles documentary"

jaypeg25 — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:44:04 +0000

There were a few points in the doc where some of the Beatles would come in saying "I was thinking about this song last night while watching TV" and they'd hum it out or play some of the notes in their head on the piano. We saw Paul mess around with the guitar in real time as he slowly put together the chords for Get Back. Moments like this, to me, feel like times where that natural talent is necessary.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Workers quit jobs in droves to become their own bosses"

jaypeg25 — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:14:50 +0000

Looking at the chart toward the top of the article, I couldn't help but get a similar feeling. A huge spike of self employed workers in the early 2000's that preceded the crash and Great Recession. I'd be curious to see statistics on what these self employed workers were doing in 2004-2007, but I assume many of them got into the idea of flipping houses?

Either way, I worry that in a few years time we'll see a market correction of all these self employed workers and I wonder what its impact will be. Will they just go back to corporate life? Will it even be that easy to do so?

New comment by jaypeg25 in "What Makes Us Tick? (1952) [video]"

jaypeg25 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:39:28 +0000

The US govt is certainly still involved in propaganda. For example, NASA helped with The Martian.[1] DoD released a game, America's Army, about 20 years ago with a total budget of $32 million over 8 years or so.[2] Also, Pentagon pays about $10-15 million annually just for the various pro-military messaging we see at sports events (salute to veterans, etc).[3] These are just some examples, but there are plenty more.

[1]. https://www.popsci.com/why-nasa-helped-ridley-scott-create-m...

[2]. https://www.wired.com/2009/12/americas-army-budget

[3]. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/04...

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Death of the Calorie (2019)"

jaypeg25 — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:59:25 +0000

The same way people underestimate their caloric intake, I think unfortunately a lot of fitness apps and equipment overestimate calories burned. A recent 1 hr peloton class I did said said I burned a little over 1,200 calories. It was nearly 300 more than my Whoop band said I lost. I think both numbers were higher than what I actually did.

New comment by jaypeg25 in "Apple Watch Series 7"

jaypeg25 — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:17:33 +0000

I wish it had a charger similar to the Whoop fitness band. It's a separate battery that you place on top of the band while wearing it, so it can charge while you're sleeping or even while you're just wearing it throughout the day.