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New comment by xanrah in "A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro"

xanrah — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:17:52 +0000

37% of Americans would be unable to cover a 400 usd unexpected expense* without using one or more credit cards. 13% would flat out be unable to cover it. [1]

Are you honestly saying most families would be able to justify 200 usd a month for ChatGPT?

https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2025-economic-we...

New comment by xanrah in "A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro"

xanrah — Sat, 09 May 2026 06:02:45 +0000

Lots of people in the west can’t afford 200 a month. How rich are you?

New comment by xanrah in "What your Bluetooth devices reveal"

xanrah — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:32:26 +0000

There’s a middle ground here. There is no technical reason a pacemaker constantly broadcasts itself - there is ways to allow communication to such devices without yelling your name all the time. And there is definitely no reason for such a name to be a unique identifier.

New comment by xanrah in "How often do full-body MRIs find cancer?"

xanrah — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:58:12 +0000

And if everyone had scans at their healthiest we would know better

New comment by xanrah in "Consent-O-Matic"

xanrah — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:28:45 +0000

This is why I use it too. UBlock and other options remove the banner or consent screens fine, but this breaks functionality sometimes. Even not accepting the required cookies can break basic functionality.

New comment by xanrah in "Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001)"

xanrah — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 14:51:14 +0000

I'm sorry, should we design websites around SEO, or should search engines just use context properly?