Apple Watch specifically has a mode for when it’s turned off that shows you the time when you tap the screen

There’s a general thing throughout tech where off isn’t off. This is one of those cases where “off” is just a low power mode, but you can still turn it off for real. This is not specific to Apple Watch at all.

There’s some grains of truth in the rant

• too many devices don’t turn off by default
• voice assistants listen to everything by default and are very good at picking out voices
• and yes there was research that with a special setup researches were able to use WiFi to “see” through walls

But you can turn off always listening or otherwise remove voice assistants from your life. You can turn off devices. And you can gain perspective that researchers doing something clever doesn’t necessarily translate to every device doing it.

Be more afraid of the personal data you’re “willingly” giving away. From profiles to location to listening/watching reading content and times to opinions and associations

Maybe that’s the real reason for the focus on tariffs. People don’t understand it and don’t see it directly: it’s easier to lie about

Their issue might be that carbon steel can be expensive. Meanwhile you have some great cast iron for reasonable prices and are much more likely to find “heirloom” pieces

While I’ve been tempted to try carbon steel, I invested in cast iron and am very happy with that. No reason to spend more money.

I’ve never tried ceramic non-stick because

1. Aluminum pans don’t sear well
2. I read reviews questioning the durability of the surface

So I’m at

• cast iron skillets
• 5 ply stainless steel set of pans
• a couple non-stick skillets for company or my kids who want to cook with it
• bakeware: glass, stainless, non-stick, porcelain

Next

• when I need to replace my rice maker, I’ll trade up to a stainless pot

In particular non-stick pans are aluminum and induction-ready ones might be quite a bit more expensive. Just another reason for any other type of pan

And that’s another advantage of cast iron for me: cost.

• For non-stick I spent more money for the coating to last longer and an anodized outside to reduce scratches and mars.
• For cast iron my brand of choice is similar or lower cost, yet more scratch resistant and a significantly increased expected life

Cast iron is extremely forgiving of improper treatment. And even if it eventually rusts, you can fix it. I’ve been using cast iron as my primary skillets since pandemic. I know I don’t treat them like I should, but they’re not yet rusted, still have an easy to clean surface that food doesn’t stick to. I’ll probably have to reseason eventually but if that’s not until I’d normally have to replace non-stick, I’m way ahead without putting in any extra work

Edit: sure, standard three cast iron skillets, and cast iron Dutch oven. I also have a set of stainless pans, and some induction ready non-stick for company

Speak for yourself: I don’t intend to keep mine nearly as long. “Buy it for life” is not usually multiple centuries

May be a little expensive but they sell batteries to run a home, usually in connection with solar but doesn’t have to be. You should be able to handle a power outage for a day or two (and after that is when it’s great have solar to recharge them).

For a house in town it’s likely expensive but you also are less likely to have long outages. For a rural house it may be cheaper than the alternative of propane

I don’t know what you consider good quality stainless but my 5 layer stainless pans are almost as heavy as my cast iron

Really not. See the lye comments.

I generally wash with dish soap and a chainmail scrubber, then dry with a paper towel. If I remember I might spread a tiny amount of oil.

Yeah I could do better but the point is I’ve done almost nothing to care for them in years.

• You can use metal flippers.
• you can scour
• you can sandblast
• you can stack them inside each other without eating teflon flakes

And most importantly they can last a lifetime. I got frustrated replacing non-stick pans every decade or so, now I expect not ever to do that again

That was one of my objections to replacing kitchen appliances for all too long. I’m not even going to consider all the same brand. But they’ve added enough “styling elements” that it’s tougher to fill a kitchen with similar appliances from different manufacturers

The problem is it’s not really people’s choice. Companies have gotten very good at disguising quality tradoffs and marketing has got very good at muddying the waters.

Since this is about tools, I’ll bring up Craftsman as an example. For many years, it was a quality brand accessible to homeowners. But as they changed to be cheaper they still marketed themselves as a quality brand and they seemed like the same price. It was only after the brand value was destroyed, that it became clear how “cheap” the tools had become and people were able to make a legitimate decision to move on

Especially not true if the second strike. It’s such a farce to claim “they’re still trafficking” when it is just a few survivors out in the ocean clinging to the wreckage

If they want people to believe them, they need to share a sanitized version of their intel, and send a cutter over to pull heroin out of the water. Go through the effort of identifying the victims and justify that they were indeed cartel members

I realize all of that can be faked too, and I’m not sure I trust this administration even if they showed ”evidence”, but at least it would be an attempt to justify murder

While I go through logic like this, it all comes down to trust. This administration has not offered any evidence that they are actuating affecting heroin trafficking nor are they allowing due process. It’s straight up murder without due process or evidence. We only have their public claim and their rhetoric has too much history of flat out lying, too much history of complete disregard for human life.

Interesting news but why is this @politics?

Am I the only guy be who thinks this is somewhat wholesome, despite the tragedy? No one is stoking outrage, no one is casting blame, it casts the teachers in a heroic light, and it even looks like they were correctly prepared. They had and used bear spray, they stayed in a group, defended their charges: that seems like about the best you can do and sometimes it’s not enough.

Even just that this is a natural tragedy. Man’s best efforts will never overcome what nature can do: but it’s so nice that it didn’t start “rogue gunman opened fire at a school….”

I’m not trying to make light of the tragedy; they have my sympathy, but it’s “only” the tragedy

Edit: downvoting for the horrible source. I turned off reader mode and there were so many layers of so many ads that I could no longer find the article

That’s still a conflict of interest - while it would prevent trading on insider information, it does enable making decisions what will increase returns on your investment.

There’s an entire universe of indirect investments where you’re not directly involved in decisions. That should be the requirement

Similar but I don’t leave comments.

• if someone is sufficiently trolling or argumentative, or blatantly misinforming I’ll downvote.
• if a comment adds value to the discussion, I’ll upvote it, even if I disagree with it
• if it’s a response to my post, be more generous