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Comment Re:user consent (Score 2) 72

Does anybody read anything?

From the summary: "The free feature, part of Xfinity Shield, can send activity alerts through the Xfinity app and offers Home, Away, and nighttime monitoring modes"

From the link: "An opt-in feature of WiFi Shield, WiFi Motion is turned off by default. Use the Xfinity app to access the feature, toggle it on, and follow the setup process to configure your WiFi Motion coverage. Once activated, you can adjust settings, view activity, and access a feed of WiFi Motion events from the Xfinity app."

This place really has the Reddit stink lately.

Comment Re:No subsidy. (Score 1) 143

There were income limits on the $7500. I forget exactly what the top limit was, but I think it was around $190k for a family.

I believe that was MAGI. I was making right around that number and didn't have problem getting 7500 (fed), 2000 (state), 3000 (air quality district) as a rebate. It took my Model Y LR down to the mid 30k range.

Comment Re:Yes sales are down for new vehicles (Score 1) 143

And my kid is still driving the same Toyota that I bought them 8 years ago or so and their sophomore year of college. That will change when they get out of grad school I'm sure but you're talking a viable used car with somebody who has been making what is good money for an American for about 8 years off the market.

Such a 2020+ type of paragraph.

Comment My life as a Roku user (Score 2) 13

One thing Roku has done well is make it easy and relatively cheap to get the device going as a streamer. As I went from real cable to streaming including YouTube TV, their devices were easiest to use especially on TVs that weren't "smart" (another topic altogether). In my case they are also good when helping elderly parents downsize and use more basic streaming for TV.

I have had a stick die. Those things get so hot. The streaming speakers are pretty good. Our guest room has the branded TV. For the price, I think $140 for a 40", it's been great, but yeah the prices are going up.

I did go Apple TV streaming device on the family room setup and it's really different and better quality.

At the new price increases, I probably would go quality on Apple next go around.

Comment Re:They should do the same in The Netherlands (Score 1) 263

Most of the world doesn't have DST. It's really just Europe

Do you just say shit without even trying to confirm. Look up the complicated structure of Australia and New Zealand. Or are they honorary Europe. So a bunch of modern countries use it and some don't and some split the difference. How the hell did you get Insightful for 3 remedial, useless sentences.

Comment Re:$60B *in stock* (Score 5, Interesting) 67

Don't short stocks. Period. The loss potential is unlimited and you will get margin called if it keeps going up.

If you really want to short SPCX, buy puts on the options market. Your max loss is the cost of the put.

Also, if an inverse ETF gets created eventually, don't do that as the child thread suggests. Inverse ETFs have a specific purpose, same as the leveraged ETFs. They are intended for day trading and short term hedging. The ETFs have to settle positions daily so there there isn't a perfect correlation the the actual rise and fall of the underlying security.

Enjoy. I bought 10 lousy shares at trading started. I always kick myself for not being more aggressive, not much of a risk taker. That little trade is up 30% so far, still holding.

Comment Re:I just want competition (Score 2) 38

Interesting and no idea if any of what you say is true. I don't really care. I mod rsilvergun as I see him on a case by case basis and that includes an occasional "I" rating, maybe 5-10%. About 1/2 I don't do anything. If I'm going to mod, there has to be a "there there." The rest is Flame, Troll, and sometimes Funny even if it's not the intent of the post.

Comment Re:Think of the school children (Score 1) 141

Honestly the time change has never bothered me. I haven't really noticed it in decades. Laptop, tablet, cell phone time all change automatically and alarms ring when they should. If people stopped thinking so much about the time change and using it as an excuse for their ills, it would affect their health less.

I guess a lot of folks here are severely impaired by this minor tweak.

Comment Re:Think of the school children (Score 1) 141

I would be interesting in hearing from people who _want_ the twice-annual clock change.

I really don't care, but I love to see the passion and exhaustion on this topic. I do prefer the change. It normalizes daylight clock hours with how we operate. It's an annoyance once a year from standard to daylight (the 23 hour day). The other side is a little perk.

I laugh at the angst of all the people that seem to die unnecessarily twice a year because this happens. If you are at risk, for the love of God, don't fly horizontal patterns. The pain of going from PT to ET? Awful! Actually, no, it's not a big deal with some minor adjustments.

Let's just be permanent daylight saving (not "savings" you idiots). Fine. I'm in California. Let's just set the locale on our computers to US/Arizona because that's what we are half the time. What a fucking pointless thing to expend even minimal concern. I'm old enough where it really was an inconvenience because of computers across US circa 1990~2000. I haven't heard of a DST shift incident in a decade at least.

Comment Re:Certainly more useful (Score 1) 98

I'm not going to look up or anything. All from memory. In the very early 80s I rode a few friends' dirt bikes. I believe it's left foot half up neutral and full up 1st gear. Then down clicks 2-5 gears then up-up back sequential shifting. I did ride a Harley Sportster too late 80s and I think it was the same pattern.

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