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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • I think in trumps mind, the US raises tariffs, which is a line item on the imported goods, he collects said line item. Imported goods end price stays the same (this is what he tried selling to the gullible) and other countries lose out.

    Reality is, he raises tariffs, which is a line item on the imported goods, and he collects said line item. Imported goods price goes up. The only loser here is the end user (american) consumer.

    Anyone paying attention knew “Reality” was the only outcome







  • I’m starting to think this just isn’t true. I believe that the average person is just not paying attention. Even the average immigrant family that might randomly have heard / seen trump ramble on about immigration problems.

    I think, just like the farmers that suffered with taraffs last time , these people are just on autopilot. They assume america is gonna keep on being “good” and do “the right thing” by them and just punish the deserving (whatever that means to them)

    They vote, and they vote party lines without a single thought put into the consequences. Without listening to what was said, or considering what it could mean.










  • Well, that truly sucks and could lead to me swapping to another brand if it adds ads to upgrade in my connect app.

    I paid a lot of freaking money for my watch and included services.

    INFACT I am going to email them my opinion on this and warn them I will absolutely leave in one Garmin recorded heartbeat

    Edit: I submitted the below response here: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/forms/ideas/. Not sure that’s the best place but that’s where I did it.

    *This is what I just sent them from their contact page

    I switched to Garmin fitness watches in 2013

    910xt followed by 920xt, Fenix 3HR, Fenix 5X, Fenix 6X, and now own possibly my last Garmin the Fenix 8X amoled.

    I just saw a story about a subscription tier for connect.

    1. total crap that nobody is asking for
    2. If I have to see or dismiss an ad for connect plus in my app that will be the beginning of the end of our relationship
    3. I’m about 90% sure, regardless of ads it will be anyway because it will be hard to convince me that the next set of new watches won’t be directly impacted by a subscription tier. At least one feature the watch(s) would have gotten will be pushed into the pay tier.*

    This is EXTREMELY disappointing




  • So, you’ve got option. You can just roll your own, or go to jellyfin.

    I’m one of the first people to complain about the incessant need to grow 20% a year to appease shareholders and how unsustainable that is. But I also realize as I said, stuff cost money and “just breaking even” will also grow in cost every year with everything else, so… Even in that perfect world you were describing, there would be an increase in cost applied to that project.

    Much like I am sure you expect at the very least a cost of living raise each year. I’m also guessing you’re glad your paycheck to bills ratio isn’t what it was 20y ago. (or I can say, that for me that is true). I’m pretty happy my discretionary money is more now than it was then. I bet those developers also want that same thing.