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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • Maybe it’s different for the upper management types, but for me I am easily 3x more productive at home in < 6 hours than I ever was at 8+ hours in the office.

    There are soo many distractions in the office environment we had (cubicle farm). People chatting behind me, constant noise, people coming up to my desk throughout the day to ask me something and disrupt my entire workflow.

    I work in my quiet home with headphones on listening to music. When people need something from me they ping me in Teams or send an email and I get to choose when to stop my work to respond. And when I really need to focus I can throw on Do Not Disturb mode. In the office “Do Not Disturb” was me booking a conference room for myself to work in silence.



  • I just started the show earlier this week and just finished season one. I really like it!

    It brings back some of the flavor of TNG where it’s more about exploration and diplomacy, but keeps some of the “modernness” of the Star Trek movies. Graphics, set design, wardrobe are all fantastic. I love the crew, everyone feels unique and authentic. It’s been a lot of fun.

    I don’t have that “omg I need to watch the next episode” thing which IMO is a good thing because I can watch a couple episodes and then go to bed at a reasonable time. The episodes don’t leave you on cliffhangers, each one wraps up nicely.


  • Read through the post, OP mentioned a few times that this isn’t about a phone war. It’s just one persons experience going from Android to iPhone; what worked well and what didn’t.

    I think a lot of folks have picked an ecosystem and never strayed from it; seeing a post like this helps fill the gaps of their curiosity. Being exposed to other people’s experiences and experience a change yourself is a good thing.

    At the end of the day phones are just tools to help you go about your day to day. We don’t have to foam at the mouth over a discussion like this. iPhones are very good devices and have great synergy with other Apple devices and apps. Android is a very customizable experience which has many great phones at very good prices. You can’t go wrong with either IMO.






  • There would have been no outrage if Reddit valued its users. If they came out and said they were going to start charging (a reasonable amount) for API access but were giving developers until the end of the year to prepare no one would have batted an eye.

    Most would probably migrate to the Reddit app for free. Some would just start paying to use the app of their choice and we’d have moved on.

    Reddit showed their true colors which was a big f you to the free labor and free content producers of their platform.

    I would’ve paid $5-$10 a month to Apollo had this all been handled professionally. Instead I’ve deleted Reddit , fired up an rss feed app and I’m also here now. There’s a handful of communities I haven’t found a suitable replacement for but I’ll live.


  • Been on Reddit since 2009ish before they had an app. I used reddit is fun, baconreader, relay and then sync lasted the longest. When I moved to iOS I grabbed Apollo which was the closest experience to sync. I’ve been off Reddit for over a week now. Deleted my apps, deleted most of my accounts. There’s some things I still miss that I haven’t found replacement for, namely some niche discussions (wrestling, destiny 2) but I’m sure I’ll find something.