I agree with most of what you’re saying, but I don’t think gambling should be illegal. That’s the tough thing.

No their app is free. You can access via your phone and on the web. Fyi music control on the Garmin is a bit clunky, but it works.

The 255 is also MIP and is basically the same as the one I have (265). The 265 swapped out the display for an amoled display.

I think the forerunner 55 is MIP. It’s not a smart watch and it’s their base level running watch. I had one before I upgraded to the 265 and I loved it. Off the top of my head, I know it gives you sleep data, heart rate, data, stress level data, a HRV, VO2 max. Max. Maybe some other things. Along with the standard steps and Miles moved or kilometers moved.

I tried jellyfin but didn’t like it. Currently using emby and it works well.

Garmin allows you to export data to a csv file. I’m not sure if it’s all data because I haven’t used it, but I know it’s simple.

I’ve never heard of that. That’s a cool idea.

An AI chatbot for a cloud service I use helped me find the right documentation for setting up SSO. It’s not all bad. But the way it’s pushed is bad.

Good to know and thanks for the tip. This was back when I did more on a personal computer, but I remember spending hours just trying to get software to work. Again, this isn’t something I need to worry about today, but getting Octave (free version of Matlab) to work on Linux was a nightmare.

Don’t disagree, it’s just fascinating to see it all play out.

It’s interesting how ahead their government is with some things and behind it is with others (generally speaking they have a lot of crime in their larger cities).

This feels like me. But I read somewhere that even if I am on windows 11 ,my current laptop won’t have this feature. So I think I’m okay for now. Maybe my next one will be Linux.

I’ve used Linux before and I kind of hated it. It was fine for me when I had time to fuck around with every setting and go into rabbit holes. But I don’t know if it’ll work on a family device. I have 1 laptop in the house and myself, my wife, and kid all use it. Other than that, all devices are just tablets or phones.

We use the laptop for browsing, casting, document editing, and that’s about it I think. So since it’s that simple, I would hope Linux would “just work”. But we’ll see on my next device.

The programming field is going through what math has been going through for ages. Many people don’t want to learn how things work because they can use a calculator or software to do basic maths. But then when it comes to actually understanding what’s going on, there becomes a big loss.

I think the better answer is iTunes. Could be wrong but I don’t think so.

They’re working on securing licenses to move money. They’re making a financial services play (similar to what apple has done). It’s a great idea for X, but I’d never trust them with my money.