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I thought the same. I had no idea there was a special cloth in the box. I'll have to dig it up and search for it. It sounds like a quality microfiber cloth is still fine though.

It still exists. I'm currently paying for the ad free add on and often cancel and resubscribe to it before I'm about to watch anything.

Annoyingly though, even with that, it'll still show you skipable ads about other shows they have once before you start something in a session.

Their business model is already in line with my values. I give them money and in exchange I get an ad-free experience. They don't need to change.

I also back people on patreon. Isn't it irrational to expect something for free? If you don't like the service or it doesn't align with your values, simply don't use it.

Also, isn't patreon also a middleman by your definition?

Because I want to actually support content creators. I also want it to be more normalized to pay for things vs having ad supported content.

I'm pretty happy paying for things I like. Solid explorer is a great file manager for Android that I also pay for.

Generally you can exchange some amount of money in return for not seeing ads...

Think of it like DataDog 2.0: https://devnull-as-a-service.com/

What is slow about them? I've never had issues with my ultra and frequently stream 4K HDR content. I have not found a good reason to upgrade to Google TV and prefer the cast-only behavior. I do have it connected to Ethernet though. Also, some services' casting implementations are less than ideal though.

This post made me wonder whether they quietly removed the feature. It's still there though. All my uploaded music from the Google music days is still there and there is still an option to upload new stuff.

It's not as well-integrated as it use to be in the Google Music days though.

I'm not sure what I'm missing out on by not using VSCode. LSP support in Sublime is quite good now and there are still tons of extensions.

A built-in debugger is probably the biggest thing I'm missing out on -- but I don't personally want that in my editor anyway.

They've been making me take my mask off for precheck still at SFO and LAX.

https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP with https://github.com/sublimelsp/LSP-typescript works pretty well for me. They are also both being actively maintained. It'd be nice if it was built-in, but it works well enough that I still have not found a compelling reason to switch to VSCode.

I really love sublime and it doesn't seem to be dead just yet. Sublime Text 4 was also a pretty great release.

I've been using ChromeOS as my primary OS for a couple years now (though, not sure I'd be willing to use it for work just yet). The officially supported Linux container integration is extremely well-done. I get all the benefits of a stable OS, but with (almost) all the flexibility of a real Linux environment. Linux and Android apps seamlessly integrate into the ChromeOS desktop environment.

I've been a huge fan of lazygit. You can even do side-by-side diffing if you combine it with the "delta" pager.

For me, it feels really similar to "gitx", which was mac only and stopped being maintained. Having it just be in my terminal is a bonus.

I got a few "Won't you get bored" or "I'd get bored" comments before I started my career break. I honestly don't understand it. I like software engineering (despite burning out), but there are so many other things in the world. I'm a year into my career break and I still don't get the "boredom" comments.

I'll add that one thing is for sure: it took a while, but I've slowly started to feel like my old self again -- or at least the self I want to be. I'm also infinitely more relaxed now when it comes to handling traditionally stressful events.

Wow, I have not really been keeping track, but this post made me realize I'm now almost a year into my career break (and now about four months into my road trip of mostly camping). I can't say I ever worked extreme hours, but I definitely reached a tipping point. It's only recently that the idea of working again and having a stable place to live is starting to sound nice/exciting again.

I still have another 2.5 months planned on the road though and I'm still not sure what I want to do after. Finances have worked out much better than expected, so I kind of want to do international travel, but between covid concerns and concerns of being out of my field for so long, I've been a bit on the fence. On the other hand, I'm very unlikely to get rid of my apartment, downsize my belongings, and put the rest in storage ever again.

I wonder if this is why LastPass is down. It has completely locked me out of my vault. You'd think it'd continue to work offline in a case like this. :/

I've become more and more content/happy with not having any particular grand goals. Taking an extended career break right now (currently doing a six month US road trip) and not really sure exactly what I want to do when I'm done. But that's ok.

Why not a satalite messenger? I'm doing a lot of solo travel in remote areas with limited to no cell service. My Inreach Mini pairs to my phone and then I can text whomever I want and turn on location tracking when I want people to know where I am.

It's worked really well and I've abused the unlimited plan chatting with a few close people while lonely in the woods.

I like your blue color! Also, I feel like dark mode becomes more awkward to do if your sites uses a less traditional color scheme. I'm like you, and decided I like my desert theme and gave up on trying to do a dark theme (https://chrisbeley.com)

ChromeOS's Linux support is even more streamlined than Windows's approach. You enable it, the container is automatically created (though, it is possible to install other distros -- but you void official ChromeOS support), and then graphical apps just work. All window management works across Linux, Android, and ChromeOS apps seamlessly, and even the open with dialog in the ChromeOS file manager shows apps across Linux, Android, and ChromeOS. The app launcher also includes Linux apps.

One unique "feature" I like about the setup is how easy it is to just delete the container and start-over if I'm so inclined. I have an elaborate set of scripts to bootstrap a newly created Linux container on ChromeOS -- if anything goes wrong, I can just delete the container and re-run the bootstrap scripts.

I'm a big fan of where ChromeOS has headed and I like the containerized approach to the problem a lot. It's extremely close to getting to the point where I'd consider ChromeOS over MacOS for a work laptop, especially since they added Desk/workspaces support. I use ChromeOS exclusively at home and for personal dev now.

How does having the "BSD Zero Clause" with your content work? I open sourced my blog's software, but I still keep all the actual content in a separate private repo, since I don't want my written content distributed under the same license. Also works out well, since I have the github action automation in the private content repo.

I can still easily change the private flag down the road if I were to decommission it (though, unlikely -- I'd just archive it somewhere).

I'm also using Gatsby if anyone is curious (https://github.com/cbeley/beleyblog & https://chrisbeley.com).

Apparently how badly it smells can vary pretty widely. Last I was there it was moderate. I've read accounts online saying everything from it doesn't smell at all to saying it is absolutely terrible.

Neat place though, but not for everyone.

San Francisco too! The hours are a bit of a mystery to me, but one day I saw someone in the booth collecting entrance fees and finally got to go inside. Probably will have to wait until after covid to go inside again though. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_Obscura_(San_Francisc...

As others have mentioned, it's an officially supported feature and it's well integrated into ChromeOS itself. It's still "Beta", but it's now in a really solid state.

I'm really enjoying ChromeOS for software dev. The Linux container is tightly integrated with the rest of the OS. On top of that I can run all my favorite Android apps as well, making it an excellent OS for personal use.

One interesting example is that if I have a file I want to open, it doesn't matter if it's Chrome, Android, or Linux that has the executable to open it. I just click the file and it opens in the right app. I can also open it in any other apps via a dialogue that lists things I can open it with. The list shows all relevant Android and Linux apps.

The app launcher is similar -- all apps, regardless of how they are run, show up together.

I'm still not sure I could give up my Mac for my day job, but for personal use, I love it.

I would imagine it would live in my pocket more often. In that case, the round design is a lot more comfortable.

I'm not sure why I'd want it to stand up-right on my desk either. It'd just accidentally knock it over.

To each their own.

I've had multiple Airbnb hosts have no problem with that. However, you can't really rely on it, and unlike a hotel, figuring out timing logistics for when they will be around to let you drop it off early can be tricky/more trouble than it's worth.