I’m a big proponent of buying local whenever possible. This plus something similar for physical products is really useful no matter where you live.

Vimium. Allows you to use your keyboard to navigate instead of needing to always reach for the mouse.

Switch to Firefox

Same, the physical camera button and 3.5mm headphone jack on the Xperia are awesome

That’s refreshing to see in a world of ever increasing enshittification. Wish more companies move in this direction.

Use libro.fm instead and part of your subscription goes to an independent bookstore of your choosing

This is what I try to tell people who just want the cheapest things possible. We’re voting with our dollars what kind of world we want.

Also, shipping things across the sea burns some of the worst fuel for the environment so I’d rather buy things made here and support the local economy whenever possible.

MSFT has a $3T market cap and $60B of free cash flow each year, so I doubt they’re hurting for money. This is how “growth at all costs” incentivizes myopic decision-making and doesn’t really help foster an environment where studios are willing to take creative risks. Even when they succeed (a la Hi-Fi Rush) they’re on the perpetual chopping block.

“The layoffs will continue until morale improves”

They also recently won a deal with Rakuten Mobile to supply RAN equipment in Japan

https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2024/02/27/nokia-wins-deal-with-rakuten-mobile-in-japan/

100%. Seems like phones continually get worse under the guise of “progress”. No more headphone jack or removable battery, more bloated software, anti-privacy assistants/AI. Switched to a Sony Xperia for the headphone jack alone and it’s been great, I hope they don’t follow this AI trend or else I’m out.

Those are rookie numbers, gotta pump those up. First world ballers are working 140+ hours/week. /s

The one dealership that didn’t have a markup near us sold out immediately and we ended paying a slight markup at another place, but after all the incentives and trade-in it was a steal.

We love our EUV, I don’t think I’ll go back to an ICE car after seeing how convenient home charging is and one-pedal driving is great.

That’s a bummer. Was interested to see what a Honda EV with ultium cells would be like. A sub-$30k EV is what a lot of people are looking for, judging from my experience buying a Bolt. Hope they can figure out the unit-economics

Terrible. Getting caught up in a geopolitical fight while you’re just trying to eke out a living. Hope their families find peace.

The area has witnessed increasingly frequent run-ins between Philippine vessels and tiny wooden fishing boats against much larger Chinese coast guard ships and what Manila says are shadowy Chinese “maritime militia” fishing vessels.

Wooden fishing boats vs. steel hull ships tells you everything about who’s the aggressor. Hope they find a resolution.