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I'm a Data Scientist 🧑🏻‍💻, driven to create love as inspired by my God & my Autistic Brother 💙, and I'm way too caffeinated 🤪

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  • I would also add at this point, I’d be hard pressed to say there are going to be massive changes in the price you’d get. A phone tends to decline in value the most for the first few years it’s been released, sort of like how new cars depreciate the fastest in its first three years. So I suppose to answer your question: yes you’d maximize your money if you gave it up today, I just don’t know how much more you’d be making.

  • Because I’d like Lenny/Memmy to succeed Reddit and that means making it more accommodating to the non technical focused folks.

  • I’m going to say something unpopular: I think you should make it possible for users to pay you for premium features like notifications.

    Writing software is a hard thankless job. I’m sure there are many in the community who’d like to help you so that you can be more recharged and sustained in your pursuit to make Memmy better.

    It’s admirable you want to keep it free, I hope there’s always a great free version. But I think you should consider a premium route, for features which actually do cost money to operate, and make a few bucks out of it too.

  • No problem! I didn’t get paid to say they’re the best, they just are. Lots of great options and lots of care in designing them for the best intersection of everyone’s foot sins. Plus they always come with extra insoles in different shapes to accommodate both flat foot and… overly-arched foot (you’d think I’d know that term…)

  • So I'm someone who has to use an orthopedic shoe because I have (really bad) flat foot. So to add more flavor text,

    • It is true, orthopedic isn't really a regulated term, so it gets thrown around pretty aggressively with little meaning.
    • Some shoe companies genuinely are creating orthopedic shoes for people with actual foot problems. For me personally, I use Orthofeet brand because I find them to straddle the very weird intersection of shoes with extra wide toe boxes/foots, and terrible arch support, and flexible + lightweight materials. They didn't pay me to say this, I'm just really really happy with them after nearly a decade of jumping between brands.
    • Sometimes orthopedic shoes are not enough... like in my defective case. In my case, I have Orthopedic Insoles which are NOT the same things as the flimsy things in the supermarkets. They're actually custom molded to my foot, to prevent my skeletal structure from collapsing more under the horribleness of my flat foot. Between my shoes and my insoles, this is literally the difference between me being unable to walk and me being able to run a bit.
  • If we want to get really technical, the NSTB is requiring all new cars to have emergency braking so in this situation, the car should slam on the brakes. Even if it can’t slow down fast enough to prevent a crash, it should slow down enough to minimize it.

    Is this particular Tesla under said law? Probably not. But I think we can see why this tactic is the infinitely safer and more ethical than saying “good luck, control this car on your own or enjoy this 100 km crash otherwise”

  • I think your statement and the fear for self driving can be true at the same time.

    Self driving is safer than humans most of the time… but not all the time. Nothing is perfect.

    Self driving currently assumes that a human can intervene when it fails. It assumes that a human is present and not eating a bowl of cereal and applying mascara. It assumes that the human is actually paying attention, in a situation where they usually don’t have to because self driving is usually safer.

    Yes, self driving is statically safer. Yes, self driving will one day be perfect.

    But I don’t think we can fault anyone for being worried about self driving, especially with companies like Tesla, who sell the promise that you don’t really have to pay attention… even though you kinda have to right now.

  • But I would add, don’t hold back money from your higher interest accruing accounts if you have it, if you’re trying to optimize the interest. Once you have the money, deposit it as soon as possible, so interest begins accruing on it, even if it’s not the beginning of the month yet.

    In other words, if you hold back money, it’ll never accrue interest. You’re not going to get exponential or compounding growth on money that wasn’t accruing interest. You only get that once it begins accruing interest.

  • Marvel Snap @lemmy.ml
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    August 3rd - Balance Updates

    Interesting that they're bumping up the medals you win in Conquest mode for the 'smaller' conquest missions. What do you think?

    NoContract @lemmy.ml
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    US Mobile has updated their plans so there are really only two tiers

    • Unlimited Plans from $25-50/month
    • Pooled Data Plans

    Both are now tax inclusive (about time), have higher throttling speeds when you hit your cap, and appear to have the same cut off point before throttling happens on their VZN and TMO networks.

    But they’re arguably a bit more expensive too now, especially if you used to be on a not unlimited plan. What do you think?

  • I don't think you said anything differently? The article said ALL batteries must comply by 2027. You appeared to say high performing batteries don't have to follow the law until 2027. Both of these statements, the original post and your revision, are true -- all phones, including high performing batteries, must comply in the EU by 2027.

  • Apple @lemmy.world
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    Chromium browsers can install an iCloud Keychain web extensions with macOS Sonoma now

    Autism @lemmy.world
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    Heads Up for those with Intellectual Disabilities on NJ’s DDD Community Care Waiting List

    [Sorry for the possibly off topic post for most of you]

    If this title is you or someone you know: If NJ, the DDD, or the CCW Waiting List calls you and asks if the client with intellectual disabilities would like to be placed in a group home, that means (1) you’re at the top of the list and (2) do NOT say No.

    Saying No means you’ll be removed from the list. It is your right to use the CCW for increased funds to take care of said individual in the residence of their choosing – not just traditional group homes. So you can say: “Not a group home, but, I’d like to use the CCW in other ways, such as in house supports and services”.

    Insane amounts of information for anyone reading this wondering what’s going on

    • If you or someone you know has an intellectual disability that (1) began before the age of 21 (which isn’t the same as diagnosed before the age of 21 – just that you got it before 21 and any sane doctor would conclude yeah you must have got it) and (2) reside in New Jersey, you
    NoContract @lemmy.ml
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    Simple Mobile was the best selling MVNO in 2023 Q2

    Simple Mobile led the way in sales in the past quarter. Following behind them is Ultra/Mint Mobile. H2O wireless has the fastest growth.

    Important to note: This survey only appears to survey actual independent dealers. So for example, US Mobile which only sells directly to consumers on their website, wouldn’t be eligible for this survey.

    So take it with a grain of salt but, are you surprised or does this check out with you?

    Walt Disney World Resort @lemmy.world
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    Disney World holiday tickets now on sale for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and all-new party at Hollywood Studios

  • It sucks to type that because I’m all for helping young adults get higher education. But I do agree with the court, it can’t be at the expense of executive orders because then we’ll be on a crazy hamster wheel with every president. Congress needs to do their dang job and create a college bill that everyone dislikes and likes.

  • I think in addition to the other points on this page, the thing that keeps coming to me is because I think deep down inside, Biden knows where the fault is.

    The Supreme Court's primary role is to decipher existing laws, existing precedent, and figure out how it should be interpreted in a different era. Yes, I know due to how politicalized everything is, sometimes questionable outcomes come from the Supreme Court. But at the core, their job is to interpret existing law and precedent.

    Congress' role is to actually pass new laws for a new era. It can be argued, they've done a terrible job at that because they're busy trying to appease their base. Because they're so divided, very little acts, with any substance, are being passed at the federal level.

    Expanding the court might result in the outcome you want today, it may not result in the outcome you want tomorrow.

    But expanding the court also continues to give Congress a way out of making tricky compromises and laws, so they can continue fundraising on outrage, and yet do very little about things by blaming the other side.

  • Reddit @lemmy.world
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    Reminder: Delete/Edit your Reddit Posts today before the API Shutdown!

    As a PSA, remember that the API changes don't only impact third party apps & accessibility tools, but also your ability to bulk delete or modify your Reddit history. If you intend to delete or modify your previous Reddit posts, be sure to run a tool like Power Delete Suite today before the shut down.

    Also remember that as Subreddits went from private to public, there may have been posts and comments you attempted to delete but couldn't until they went public again. So if you ran these tools, you might want to run it again to make sure you got everything.

    New Communities @lemmy.world
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    Game Shows - A community to talk about both classic and modern game shows

    New Communities @lemmy.world
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    Dead Malls - A community to share photos about dead or dying malls

    lemmy.world Dead Malls - Lemmy.world

    Anything related to dead malls that are either abandoned, still in operation, on their last leg, etc. without renovation. Additional rules besides the standard Lemmy rules: - Please give credit (such as a direct link, social media handle, etc.) to any media you post if they are not your own. - Do no...

    NoContract @lemmy.ml
    iWidji @lemmy.world

    In summary:

    • Plans are getting more data. The cheapest $20/month plan goes from 2 GB -> 3 GB and the most expensive $60 plan doesn't get a data bump, but does get a dedicated 20 GB hotspot pool.
    • Data Throttling Speeds increase from 128 to 256