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What's the point of smartphone colors that will get completely covered by the phone case? And don't tell me phone cases are not necessary, I've accidentally dropped my phone enough times!

(I'm on my 4th smartphone in about 12 years, and I've never scratched or cracked a screen)

Users have somehow been trained to ignore and dismiss error messages. Probably from getting too many ad pop-ups.

When my mom roasts a turkey, she puts onions, leek, celery and, yes, carrots around and under the turkey. She uses a rôtissoire that keeps most of the moisture inside, such that the turkey essentially bastes itself during the roasting.

Once the turkey's done, she takes it out and uses the mix of juices and vegetables left in the pan to make the gravy. Sometimes, she'll add one or two pouches of turkey gravy mix, especially if there's a lot of people to feed and she wants to have more gravy, but sometimes, all she does is purée the veggies into the juices, maybe add some water and corn starch to thicken everything, and that's our gravy! The carrots definitely add a sweetness, not to mention color to the gravy.

My own pet peeve is UI components whose associated action is divorced from the components interaction feedback.

For example, a button that seems visibly pressed (even lights up! Maybe there's even audio or haptic feedback!) but once you release, nothing actually happens because you were supposed to press it or hold it down for slightly longer.

This even happens with physical controls: in some elevators you can press a floor button such that it lights up momentarily, and even beeps, and yet the elevator doesn't register the command and you have to press again, longer.

Harvey Wallbanger?

Seems like a pretty roundabout and convoluted way to say TACO.

"On the other hand"

LoL, good one!

Well, is it a mine, or a plant? What is being mined or produced? How many employees? Or is it all automated?

Watch out for their sonic tanks, though.

A piece of shit that's been sitting out in the sun for 4 months is likely to be more solid than a fresh one. But it's also likely to be more brittle.

I've been "collecting" content for many years now. I learned most of what I needed to know about ripping and transcoding over the years, such that each time I need to deal with a new video format, or a new application, it's not too hard, because I'm building on everything I've already learned.

And each time I was learning new things, it's not like there was a risk that all my previous content might suddenly become unusable or inaccessible.

Meanwhile, a couple years ago I was finally able to build myself a proper NAS. While I know my way around Linux somewhat, I never kept a Linux-based daily driver because most of the apps I use regularly are on Windows, and I'm not confident about running them stably in Linux, nor am I confident about equivalent native Linux apps. And I'm not confident about setting up and administering my own server. My past experiences have shown me that whenever you need to do anything complex and specific, it involves a lot of work.

So at a coworker's suggestion, I got a Synology NAS that turned out to be a breeze to setup. And then I figured out how to get Plex server on there (not available in the Synology package manager, but the "manual" process turned out to be simple enough)

And it just WORKS! it's not perfect, but it's mostly painless to use. I was happy paying for the lifetime Plex pass at the beginning, because it handles all the routing and discovery that needs to happen to allow me to stream to my phone, or to my parents' TV when I'm visiting them.

My next NAS might not be by Synology due to their recent announcement about supported hard drives, but I'll probably be looking for something that "just works" because I can't be bothered to learn how to be a sysadmin, and risk losing my stuff because I'm making the kinds of mistakes one makes as they're learning.

Just like, if I owned a car, I wouldn't be digging under the hood to "tweak the timing" or replacing brake discs. I'd be happy paying someone I trust to do that work, leaving me with a car that "just works".

Rules of Acquisition: 34- War is good for business 35- Peace is good for business