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Comment on Whatโs something youโre putting up with? in ~talk
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Comment on What do you think about putting your driver's license in your digital wallet? in ~tech
frostycakes Link ParentSucks if you're in a state that issues a new DL number any time it gets renewed, though. Montana worked that way when I lived there. Luckily Colorado not only keeps it the same, you get the same...Sucks if you're in a state that issues a new DL number any time it gets renewed, though. Montana worked that way when I lived there.
Luckily Colorado not only keeps it the same, you get the same number back if you move to another state and then move back and get a new driver's license issued. It even stayed the same going from an ID to a learners permit to a driver's license, surprisingly.
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Comment on What do you think about putting your driver's license in your digital wallet? in ~tech
frostycakes Link ParentWell, it looks like they've recently added a feature to the myCO app where it'll generate a QR code for the other person to scan to verify the digital ID. If that's all one has to present to a...Well, it looks like they've recently added a feature to the myCO app where it'll generate a QR code for the other person to scan to verify the digital ID. If that's all one has to present to a cop, and they don't take possession of the phone? Slightly less worried, although I'd still worry about a shady cop just yanking the phone out of my hands while it's unlocked in that case still.
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Comment on What do you think about putting your driver's license in your digital wallet? in ~tech
frostycakes Link ParentYeah, in my state (Colorado) the Apple/Google wallet one is not accepted by anyone but TSA. There is a digital ID/DL in a separate myColorado app that is accepted, but that has the whole handing...Yeah, in my state (Colorado) the Apple/Google wallet one is not accepted by anyone but TSA. There is a digital ID/DL in a separate myColorado app that is accepted, but that has the whole handing over an unlocked phone to the cops problem still.
I've personally only used it when I've forgotten to grab my wallet and am buying some beer or wine at the grocery store with other things, I don't think I'd be comfortable with anything beyond tapping the phone on a reader while it stays in my possession when it comes to the cops.
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Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk
frostycakes Link ParentI don't get why not wanting to tinker is equated with just getting Apple devices. I've made the same progression of not tinkering, but I still have Android devices (Pixel phone and a cheap Samsung...I don't get why not wanting to tinker is equated with just getting Apple devices. I've made the same progression of not tinkering, but I still have Android devices (Pixel phone and a cheap Samsung tablet that serves as an ereader) and have no desire to go back to iOS (haven't had an iPhone since the 7 Pro).
It's a sentiment I see somewhat frequently and it confuses me. Is it somehow unacceptable to use Android and not tinker?
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Comment on British Columbia announces it is making daylight time permanent after years of promises in ~society
frostycakes Link ParentI don't live there now, but I've lived close to the Canadian border before (in Havre, Montana), and the sun sets before 5PM every day in December. Looking at December 10th there, sunrise is at...I don't live there now, but I've lived close to the Canadian border before (in Havre, Montana), and the sun sets before 5PM every day in December. Looking at December 10th there, sunrise is at 8:00am and sunset is at 4:23pm. Even down in Bozeman where I went to college (which is on the southern edge of Montana), the same date gives a 7:54am sunrise and 4:40pm sunset.
I'm back down in Denver now where it isn't as extreme, but the lack of evening light in winter does a number on my moods.
I'll gladly take post 8am sunrises in exchange for no sunsets before 5pm anytime of the year.
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
frostycakes Link ParentI just wish they had brought the orange from the iMac/17 Pro to this, it's such a good color and would be a neat throwback nod to the iBooks from around 2000. If I hadn't bought a nice gaming...I just wish they had brought the orange from the iMac/17 Pro to this, it's such a good color and would be a neat throwback nod to the iBooks from around 2000.
If I hadn't bought a nice gaming laptop two years ago that fulfills all my laptop needs, I'd be considering getting one of these just to mess around in Macland again (seeing as how my last one was a 2013 MBA). Low price and no notch? Sign me up, I could live with just using my desktop for any heavy computing needs.
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Comment on British Columbia announces it is making daylight time permanent after years of promises in ~society
frostycakes Link ParentAgain, I do not want 4am sunrises in summer (as someone else mentioned, this would also result in the heat of the day hitting earlier in the morning too) and would like some more "afternoon"...Again, I do not want 4am sunrises in summer (as someone else mentioned, this would also result in the heat of the day hitting earlier in the morning too) and would like some more "afternoon" sunlight in the depths of winter where it is easy to both go to work and come home from it in the dark. Yes, it's a trick of the clock, but 4pm sunsets, at least for me, exacerbate already existing seasonal depression problems.
I'm in a city that sits on the longitudinal reference point for our time zone, so we're smack in the middle. I've also lived on the western edge of a time zone before (albeit noticeably farther north than my current location), and even there, I would have much preferred year round DST/moving a time zone ahead. Especially there, since winter sunsets were closer to 3pm and summer sunrises would hit around 4am with DST.
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Comment on British Columbia announces it is making daylight time permanent after years of promises in ~society
frostycakes Link ParentProblem is, states aren't allowed to go to year-round DST, only to standard time, without Congressional legislation. It would also require a Congressional act to just move a state one time zone...Problem is, states aren't allowed to go to year-round DST, only to standard time, without Congressional legislation. It would also require a Congressional act to just move a state one time zone ahead to their standard time, which would be functionally equivalent to permanent DST in their current timezone.
IIRC we passed state level law to go to permanent DST in my state a few years back, but they were clear that it would also require federal action to allow the option before it could go into effect.
I truly hope we can get the option, as permanent standard time would be awful with sunrises before 5AM in summer on top of the 4PM winter sunsets.
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Comment on Here are your choices for a self-hosted ebook server in ~books
frostycakes Link ParentDoes BookLore work with the stock Kobo firmware? I got my partner one as a gift for their upcoming birthday, but I was figuring I'd just put KOReader on it and sync it to Ubooquity that way. If BL...Does BookLore work with the stock Kobo firmware? I got my partner one as a gift for their upcoming birthday, but I was figuring I'd just put KOReader on it and sync it to Ubooquity that way. If BL supports syncing with stock hardware, that might actually change my calculus on switching servers.
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Comment on Here are your choices for a self-hosted ebook server in ~books
frostycakes Link ParentI've been using Ubooquity for years with no issues. I don't use the web interface all that often, but it works fine and the OPDS support has never given me an issue. BookLore looks nice, but...I've been using Ubooquity for years with no issues. I don't use the web interface all that often, but it works fine and the OPDS support has never given me an issue.
BookLore looks nice, but unless Ubooquity stops working for me at some point, I don't feel like putting in the effort to switch yet.
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Comment on Most and least expensive US supermarkets in ~food
frostycakes Link ParentDid they fold Sam's prices into the Walmart average, given their ownership? That would be my guess, but a strange choice nonetheless given they separate out Kroger and Albertsons brands.Did they fold Sam's prices into the Walmart average, given their ownership? That would be my guess, but a strange choice nonetheless given they separate out Kroger and Albertsons brands.
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Comment on Most and least expensive US supermarkets in ~food
frostycakes Link ParentIt's all relative, but yes, Kroger positions it as a value brand. In markets where they don't have multiple brands, their stores are segmented into (at least for the division I've worked for)...It's all relative, but yes, Kroger positions it as a value brand. In markets where they don't have multiple brands, their stores are segmented into (at least for the division I've worked for) value, mainstream, and upscale stores. (We also have a specific Hispanic segment for stores in heavily Latino neighborhoods, but that I imagine varies by market and division.) In markets where they have multiple brands, one ends up taking the value segment stores specifically (QFC/Food 4 Less).
QFC and Food 4 Less (in Chicago specifically) are unique as well as those were Kroger's only presence in those markets until they bought other chains up down the line (Fred Meyer in the PNW and Mariano's in Chicago) that were both more upmarket to begin with.
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Comment on Most and least expensive US supermarkets in ~food
frostycakes (edited )LinkIt's nice to see I'm not crazy in being annoyed at how few options we have for groceries in the Denver market vs most metro areas. We're down what, five+ options versus every other metro listed in...It's nice to see I'm not crazy in being annoyed at how few options we have for groceries in the Denver market vs most metro areas. We're down what, five+ options versus every other metro listed in this CR article?
Aldi and WinCo can't get here soon enough.
I'm also surprised at the lack of Sprouts in this comparison, given Whole Foods' presence. Granted, given what my partner lets me know re: pricing changes there (he's a scan coordinator at one, so he gets to see all the pricing changes in every department week to week), they'd be at or near the bottom of the list anymore.
It's also funny to see the differences in chains in the same market owned by the same company. Harris Teeter is owned by Kroger, as are Food 4 Less, Marianos, King Soopers, and Ralphs. Vons and Tom Thumb are Albertsons. I'm actually surprised Albertsons is keeping both brands alive in other markets, as locally they converted their last remaining Albertsons stores to Safeway after their merger completed. At least in the Kroger case (outside Virginia Beach, as the Harris Teeter acquisition has always felt like a roundabout way to bust the union, as HT is not unionized across the board while some of the Kroger branded stores are), Food 4 Less is their 'value' brand, sort of like QFC vs. Fred Meyer in the PNW.
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
frostycakes Link ParentWhile I did want to become one for a large part of my childhood, today I manage a produce department in a grocery store and live a couple thousand miles from the nearest ocean. ๐ The childhood...While I did want to become one for a large part of my childhood, today I manage a produce department in a grocery store and live a couple thousand miles from the nearest ocean. ๐ The childhood desire set me up well for this game, though.
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Comment on List animals until failure in ~games
frostycakes LinkI got to 258. I had a ball when I realized it would accept individual species of whales and penguins...I got to 258. I had a ball when I realized it would accept individual species of whales and penguins
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Comment on Sonyโs TV business is being taken over by TCL in ~tech
frostycakes Link ParentMinor nitpick, but TCL also sells Fire TV and Google TV based models, as well as the Roku ones. Costco has carried both the Fire/Google TV ones in my area for a while now. I've only ever seen the...Minor nitpick, but TCL also sells Fire TV and Google TV based models, as well as the Roku ones. Costco has carried both the Fire/Google TV ones in my area for a while now.
I've only ever seen the Roku TCL models at Walmart, now that I think of it.
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Comment on Josรฉ Gonzรกlez โ Against The Dying Of The Light (2026) in ~music
frostycakes LinkI'm so excited that he's coming out with a new album. I had the pleasure of seeing him at the small outdoor ampitheater of a local suburb's arts center (the Arvada Center, for those familiar with...I'm so excited that he's coming out with a new album. I had the pleasure of seeing him at the small outdoor ampitheater of a local suburb's arts center (the Arvada Center, for those familiar with the Denver area), and I have to say it was one of the more (as cliched as this description is) magical shows I've been to. His music backdropped with the sunset and a view of the Denver city lights on a warm summer evening was concert perfection, in my eyes. Even my partner, who only knew his Heartbeats cover from the playlist at the store we both worked at when we met, had an amazing time there.
He's coming back in May of this year (at a larger, indoor venue in Denver proper), but I dunno if I can even bring myself to see him anywhere here but outdoors. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll do a proper Red Rocks show one of these years.
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Comment on The gift card accountability sink in ~finance
frostycakes Link ParentIt's not a majority of our customers or anything, but the grocery store I work at regularly does a 4x fuel points promo (normally, $1 = 1 point, and you can use the points in increments of 100 up...It's not a majority of our customers or anything, but the grocery store I work at regularly does a 4x fuel points promo (normally, $1 = 1 point, and you can use the points in increments of 100 up to a thousand, so $1/gal off) or buying gift cards. We sell them to tons of places, so there's a dedicated subset of customers who buy gift cards to other places they regularly shop so they can rack up fuel points.
Obviously this time of year they're flying off the shelves, but people buy them year round for birthdays as well. There's also the people who do things like buy their kids Roblox credits and Steam gift cards so they can buy games while being too young for a debit card.
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Comment on Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options. in ~tech
frostycakes Link ParentComcast famously has unsecured xfinitywifi networks broadcast from their modems by default, I wouldn't be shocked to see a TV manufacturer ink a deal to have access to them. I don't think any have...Comcast famously has unsecured
xfinitywifinetworks broadcast from their modems by default, I wouldn't be shocked to see a TV manufacturer ink a deal to have access to them. I don't think any have (yet), but that's one way this could happen. I can't control whether my neighbors disable the hotspots or switch ISPs, and even then, they also have strand mount wifi radios also broadcasting that SSID.IIRC the Ring doorbell cameras have/had a mesh network feature too, so that they can get Internet access even if the owner does not connect it to the internet directly. From my family's experiences buying new build houses in the past 5 or so years, builders are including them by default, and HOAs are starting to require owners keep them on and enabled too. There's some precedent for devices including means to get Internet access despite the wishes of their owners.
If you have one near you, try a Kroger (or whatever brand they use in your market if not Kroger, there's tons of them) pharmacy. I'm forced to use them because my PBM is a Kroger subsidiary, and fortunately they have never had issues sourcing generic Adderall for my scrips through these shortages. It changes manufacturers regularly (it's been bouncing between Lannett and Capsule every fill for the last year or so for me), but they've never not been able to fill them on time.
I can't remember what the specific wording was, but one time I had to request a sort of override to have my insurance cover brand name Adderall (albeit at the third pricing tier instead of the first) back before that insurer switched to only covering brand as well. You might have some luck having your doc do a prior auth and writing scrips for the brand name with "dispense as written" checked too, if you can't get generic anywhere.
I do miss my last job where the insurance moved to only covering brand name Adderall