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> "But instead of honoring their obligation to give refunds, many airlines have only been offering vouchers and credits for future travel, which customers often must use before the end of the year."

This happened to me with Alaska Air on a nonrefundable fare, but I have to use the credit 1 year from the date of cancellation, which in my case would be around March of 2021. My hope is a vaccine will be available by then, or at least by the time I actually fly in 2021.

I originally purchased the tickets with another credit that expired at the end of April 2020. If you try to cancel on Alaska's web site, before you press submit, you have to check a box that says "By cancelling this flight online, I agree to FORFEIT all credits/vouchers I used to purchase the flight." That's when I called a representative and explained the situation - and had a great experience - all credits refunded and extended for another year. Just took one 15 minute call. Happy to fly Alaska again.

How much of an improvement is it? I was considering getting "the original baking steel" for crispier crusts but wasn't sure if it was worth ~$80 for a hunk of metal. Is it significantly crispier crust than a regular old oven rack (which really isn't very crispy at all)?

This is going to be great, because the last time I ordered soap (in mid February, before most of the lockdowns started), it took Amazon 10 days to get it to me, even with Prime. Looking forward to seeing this improved on my next soap delivery ...

I think in many cases it's not a matter of dishonesty, but of laziness, lack of care, or not wanting to pay for a better checkout experience.

My wife placed our first Amazon Fresh order last week and received it the next day, as expected. Worked great - on time, well-packed, and it was nice to be able to see when the driver was 6 stops away.

One other option you might try - if you don't have any relatives nearby that can help, community groups on Facebook and church groups in your area may be delivering groceries to residents in need. Get on a couple of neighborhood/church mailing lists and see what's available.

Three tips that have helped with my wife and I:

1. You can usually recognize when you’ve said something in a tone that you regret. Within a few minutes of saying it, try to preemptively and meaningfully say you’re sorry for that tone.

2. If you’re discussing a topic that one or both of you are very passionate about or that triggers high emotions, each person should stop and write down what the other person is saying. Then repeat back what you understood about what the other person said. This helps both people understand that they are being both listened to and understood, and usually calms everything down. (We’ve only needed to do this 2x in several years of marriage, but it’s been helpful each time.)

3. A tough one, but try not to discuss any hot button topics when one or both of you is tired and/or hungry and/or driving.

Finally, someone else in the thread mentioned high ratios of good/complimentary interactions to bad ones. This is very important. Be grateful for your spouse and show it, every day. This will go a long way toward improving most any relationship.

Homes can be designed for working from home: Don't forget that you can have a comfortable climate controlled detached garage.

Maybe this has been improved in the Model 3, but in older models: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/how-laggy-is-your-to...

* It helped me figure out I usually get the best rest if I'm in bed at 23:15.

* It automatically calculates what time you need to go to bed if you're running a sleep deficit. (And it calculates how much of a sleep deficit or surplus you have.)

* Most useful of all, it gives me at least 1-2 days of early warning that I might be running a fever or flu - as I see my heart rate, which is usually quite consistent from night to night, leap 5 or 6 BPM over consecutive days.

This is especially important to know during the current outbreak. I can then do whatever I need to do early to shorten the length of whatever illness I might have (take vitamins/extra rest/fluids/etc.)

It also records a history, so you have a record of roughly when the fever starts and ends based on your heart rate, which you can then share with your doctor if necessary.

I'd like to see a similar map built into pihole. Seems like a natural fit. This way you could get a map for connections made by various apps on your phone too.

You can do this to some extent with UPCItemDB and BrickSeek.

I have kids and I’m still a night owl. Thankfully, I have flexible hours at work so I can work late. When the kids hit school age, we will attempt to find a school that has a later start time.

Thanks. So, for this to work, I have to enable iCloud Drive on both machines? Looks like it takes quite a long time to upload 375MB playground files to iCloud too.

Does the app sync between different macOS computers though? My experience has been: no. Both computers are signed into the same Apple ID ...

Interesting that your NHS fees are at £7k for the year. That's about the amount I pay for my family's annual insurance premiums + deductible.

I'm no fan of insurance/hospital bureaucracy, but at least I can go to any specialist doctor I want without having to see a GP first. And I pick the job and insurance provider I want to reduce the amount my family pays each year.

Emergency situations like the last one you mentioned, if they are out of network, are still covered at in network rates, thanks to my insurance plan specifically stating that in their plan documentation. I feel bad for your sister-in-law and am glad she survived, but she did have a not so great insurance plan. I would strongly consider getting a different job or lobbying hard with my workplace HR if I had a plan that would only pay 10% in true emergency situations.

Hmm, as of now I see them when navigating too, even when in CarPlay. Thanks!

Were stoplights and stop signs at intersections supposed to be part of the redesign?

I still don’t see those except in certain areas of the country (some parts of NYC/NJ, for example)

This happens because:

1. The original app that was playing (Podcasts, Spotify, etc.) got automatically killed for whatever reason (consuming too much memory, etc.)

2. The default app for audio playback is Apple Music, so if you press play (or if your car resumes audio), that is the app that starts up.

There is no way (at least right now), to change the default app for audio playback on the phone.

You can usually get a usable preview on the Apple bookstore.

Curious, do you find iBooks (Apple Books) on the iPad2 any faster at opening books or scrolling lists of books? Or is it about the same as the Kindle app?

Why the web font though? I would have liked to read your article in a standard font already built into my system. Something that I'm used to reading in, ex. Helvetica, Arial, Georgia, etc. Instead, I get this slightly-off font that isn't that widely used, and have to switch to Reader mode to get a nicer built-in font.

Not the original poster, but it's easy for a commute to be 1 hour each way even if you live very close to work. I'm about 18 minutes away from the office by car, but by bus, it takes about 1 hour or more, and monthly parking costs are insane. (several hundreds of dollars per month)

As for your wife, I may be misunderstanding if she works from home as a Mom or remotely, but my wife works from home as a stay-at-home-mom and exercises almost every day with two young ones. She takes long walks with the children, one in a stroller and the other in a front pack.

The other thing she does is a variety of workout videos. Our oldest actually does some of the workout with her and encourages her with the same phrases the people on the workout video use. (ex. "train your body!") It's cute.

Were stop signs and stoplights supposed to be part of this latest update? If so, how do you get the maps app to show them?

If you live in a metro area with good signal, you can actually use a metal paperclip as a functional antenna. I picked up over 20 channels this way, no extra antenna needed.

When I scroll, it won’t show me anything past the letter K. It’s also displays a grid of boxes with artwork instead of a simple easy-to-scan text list.

From third party sites that index Netflix content, looks like they have a little under 3000 movies, most of which I’ve never heard of.

Versus Disney+, which seems to have over 600 movies with quite a few big titles.

I live next to an Airbnb unit. Never had a problem, with one exception of a renter’s pickup temporarily blocking the driveway.

Is there an automated way to get it to self-destruct sooner? Like every 12 or 24 hours?

This guy has an odd (seemingly nonsensical) quote in his email signature.

To a machine learning algorithm, it might look kind of like the random nonsense some spammers put in spam to corrupt Bayesian filters. He might want to try temporarily taking out that signature if he’s using that as part of his emails.

Thank you for the inspiration regarding your acquaintance. I am trying this now with my wife who knows Spanish. We are doing Sabado por la mañana español. Lots of fun already!

Can multiple people at the same address sign up for this?