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Re: Sonos...first report - 11 months ago

Quotemattkime QuoteMarkintosh IT constanstantly finds our son's Sonos soundbar. It's located in the ADU on a separate wifi network (but off of the same router). So adjusting deeper sound setting is a crapshoot. Seems like it might be possible to fix that. Depends on the router. You need to either enable network seperation, VLANs, or disable cross device traffic between networks. Many routers

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Re: Interesting, Ford Maverick Hybrid w/AWD for $26k in my area - 11 months ago

I'm waiting for the RAM EV with the motor that powers a generator to charge the battery. I'm confident that is going to be the winner of the truck EV catagory for the next 5 years.

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Re: Anyone need a pizza cutter? - 11 months ago

QuoteTiangou Try one of these and you will never go back: Love those, but they are a pain to find a place for in most kitchens.

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Re: Kept the M3 Pro 16", a visual representation of the power - 11 months ago

QuotepRICE cUBE Anecdotally, my typical sports/action images that were affected by artificial turf heat waves took the M1 40-90 seconds to process in Topaz. The M3 Pro cranks these out between 5-15 seconds. That is a thing? Never heard of it, do the players feel that heat?

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Am I missing something? Kids account requires a CC? - 11 months ago

My parents bought an Apple Gift card for our daughter so that she could subscribe to an app for a year. The gift card more than covers the 1 year subscription. I'm trying to setup the subscription but all it is asking for is a credit card and it does not give an option to either use loaded funds or to use a gift card. Am I missing something? If I'm not and a credit card is in fact required

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Re: Interesting video about EV battery replacement cost (Hyundai) - 11 months ago

Quotemacphanatic QuoteC(-)ris The battery for my Bolt is listed at $16k-$18k. That being said, that only comes in to play when the vehicle is damaged (Insurance will pay for it) or if it has an issue under warranty (warranty will pay for it). If neither of those situations apply you wouldn't be taking it to a dealership to do battery work as all they do is swaps with new parts. You would be

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Re: When is a person wealthy? - 11 months ago

QuoteRolando "Wealthy" to me means "generational wealth" that will cover your kids, grandkids and beyond. I like this definition.

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Re: Airplane seat assignments - 11 months ago

QuoteKen Sp. United has a policy to try seat families together with young children, This should be required by law. OR it should be required by law that if families are traveling with young children that they be required to purchase assigned seats so that at least 1 adult is in each row with a child. It is ridiculous to put other passengers in the situation of having to accommodate parent

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Re: Interesting video about EV battery replacement cost (Hyundai) - 11 months ago

The battery for my Bolt is listed at $16k-$18k. That being said, that only comes in to play when the vehicle is damaged (Insurance will pay for it) or if it has an issue under warranty (warranty will pay for it). If neither of those situations apply you wouldn't be taking it to a dealership to do battery work as all they do is swaps with new parts. You would be taking it to an independant sh

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Re: Cybertruck stuck in the snow, rescued by a lowly Ford - 12 months ago

Quoteztirffritz Release candidate vehicle without rescue points installed, with non-functioning AWD software, on street tires, off-road where it shouldn’t have been. Clearly the driver wasn’t versed in off-roading. I don't think anyone well versed in off-roading would ever be caught dead in one of those.

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Re: Tool advice - 12 months ago

We only use the hammer drills at work. Just turn the hammer function off and you are good to go. Absolutely no need in a home setting for a seperate drill just to save a few pounds. This is our go to: Small enough and light enough to use for long periods of time and still packs a punch and can put holes through block walls with ease.

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Re: Curse you, Chopper!! - 12 months ago

I mean, the other alternative is that someone breaks into your account and steals whatever they can.

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Re: Tesla recalls nearly all 2 million of its vehicles on US roads - 12 months ago

So this is just a OTA update that the NTSB said they had to do?

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Re: For those that 'manage' Macs - can you explain this behavior? - 1 year ago

Typically the network adapter wouldn't show up if it was being blocked. Seems more like a network or configuration issue at first glance. You can go to System Preferences and then search for profiles and click on that. You will see a list of all the institutionally installed configuration profiles which could be adding or blocking functionality. You can double click on them and it will tel

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Re: Michigan fan sues to keep ‘G0BLUE’ license plate after state reassigned it - 1 year ago

QuotepRICE cUBE You snooze you loose. The state didn't do anything wrong and he should know what the expiration date is. Not so sure about that. The vehicle and the plate were both registered to him according to the article. The state law states they expire on the owners birthdate. The state law would trump whatever is on the renewal notice, which an incorrect date would be considered a

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Re: Detroit touts country's first wireless-charging public road - 1 year ago

Interesting. I can't imagine it is efficient at all with the vehicle in motion. It would be interesting to see this adapted for street parking instead. Park over a spot with a coil and your car will charge. Integrate it with parking meters in big cities or put them in delivery vehicle parking stalls.

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Re: If I were going to buy an EV, which one? - 1 year ago

Quoteztirffritz The Chevy Bolt, or the slightly larger Bolt EUV is actually a great option in your use case. It's very inexpensive. GM worked out most, if not all, of the bugs over the 10 years they made the Volt, it's hybrid cousin. Depending on which state you live in, you might be able to get one for at or even below $20k new if you include federal and state credits. The downside is that G

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Re: Decent deal on a thunderbolt for dock from Anker: $90 - 1 year ago

FYI: A1: This dock works with Windows 10 laptops equipped with Thunderbolt 4, and MacBooks running macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later. It doesn’t work with Linux or Chrome OS laptops, Thunderbolt 3 Windows laptops, or M1 MacBooks

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Re: Tesla Cybertruck prices and range - 1 year ago

Quotekj QuotepRICE cUBE Quotekj QuotepRICE cUBE QuoteCarnos Jax I guarantee you won’t be able to buy it at that price. After the dealership adds their fluff, it’ll be more than $60K. You gotta wonder why nobody’s buying the lightning enforce cutting production on them. And Chevy and Tesla won't add their fluff? The entire EV market is slowing. Ford is responding to their customers and

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Re: does your Tesla 3/Y smell bad? - 1 year ago

Poor design. Other automakers figured it out a long time ago, Tesla just doesn't have the experience yet to know about and perfect these small nuanced issues. Either that or they just don't care and replacing the filter every 3 months is a good enough solution for them.

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Re: Genuine OEM oil filter, but... - 1 year ago

Quotegadje Sure, but you need to buy the oil, store the used oil, drive back to the store to dispose of it, clean up, etc. I am not saying you should not do it, I just personally decided I can invest my energy in other things and let other people get dirty for me. It took me until I was 40 to stop doing my own oil changes. Still do the ones in the Firebird, but the rest of the cars go to a

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Re: 2-in-1-washer Dryer Combo - 1 year ago

Quotegabester Yeah a combo unit might actually be nice in our household. Things frequently go like this: Family member 1 declares they're going to do a load of wash. Family member 2 declares they also need to do a load of wash. Family member 3 declares the same but can wait. Family member 2 starts said load. Family member 1 complains because they had dibs. Family member 2 forgets to

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Re: 2-in-1-washer Dryer Combo - 1 year ago

Quotejdc Quotesekker There are models in Europe. They all tend to have some compromise when we use them. Seems like the cost of making a nice one does not justify the overall expense. actually watching the video, turns out that GE is far far more efficient than a standard unit... he talks numbers about halfway in. The time is the killer. I suppose if you are single, and not in a hurry, me

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Re: Elon also removing code - 1 year ago

Quotegabester Quotemattkime I'm sure it will be entertaining. For some unlucky people it's going to be downright tragic. I just hope it's no one that anyone here has any personal connection with. I'm sure everyone here knows someone who was killed by a normal driver in a car accident. Wouldn't it be a positive if the FSD reduces the amount of fatalities? I don't think it needs to be perfect

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Re: abandon hope all ye who enter?!…..Apple abandoning in-house 5G modem development….. - 1 year ago

This is probably one of the hardest problems to overcome: " plus Apple has to be careful not to infringe on Qualcomm patents while developing the chip."

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Re: Freaking OMNY robbed me again - 1 year ago

The only way for Wallet to present is by double tapping the lock button which brings up all your cards with the default one presenting to the reader. You must have done that and had the OMNY card as the top/default card as that is the only way to get the phone to present a card to be read.

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Re: Need Recommendation for Battery for G Daughters 2014 RAV4 - 1 year ago

Quotejdc Daaaaaaang $175 for a battery? (maybe that includes install) Always great to have one of these for such times as needed. Pretty typical. The AGM batteries in my truck are over $200 each.

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Re: local stores checing receipts at exit - 1 year ago

QuoteJoeH QuoteC(-)ris QuoteJoeH Quoterz I don't know if they still do it, but Best Buy used to. The frickin' annoying part is that you would literally walk 5 feet from the register to the checkout guy, with him watching you the whole time, where he would demand to see your receipt. Where is the sense in that? The guy literally just saw you pay for your item and walk directly to him. Was a st

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Re: local stores checing receipts at exit - 1 year ago

QuoteJoeH Quoterz I don't know if they still do it, but Best Buy used to. The frickin' annoying part is that you would literally walk 5 feet from the register to the checkout guy, with him watching you the whole time, where he would demand to see your receipt. Where is the sense in that? The guy literally just saw you pay for your item and walk directly to him. Was a stolen item supposed to m

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Re: Man, I really want someone to break Amazon's Monopoly... - 1 year ago

This isn't exclusively an Amazon problem. This is a problem with most independent contractor last mile delivery. DoorDash, Amazon, UberEats, etc. The people who are good and reliable all have jobs at UPS, Fedex, USPS, etc. What is left is mostly those who couldn't cut it at the top tier places, and a few people who are using it as supplemental income. Since Amazon can't complete with th

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