I finally cancelled my Apple One premier subscription today. I get Apple Music Family for 10$ through Verizon Fios Perks. With change in Chase Sapphire Reserve (and their increased yearly fee), I get 18 months of AppleTV+ free through it. All I needed was iCloud+ 2TB. Canceling Apple One Premier and going for individual subscriptions through Chase, Verizon and Apple made the most sense and easily giving us a savings of 17$ per month for another 18 months. It was a no brainer. I don’t care for any other Apple bundled subscription, so this is perfect until it runs out!
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Started watching Frankenstein. Cannot be watched in one sitting so it continues tomorrow.
I miss touchID. I still think FaceID is an over engineered piece of shit most folks did not ask for. Touch was more than enough.
I finally upgraded my personal Mac to Tahoe and honestly the design language on this new OS is just so weak. The over emphasis on curved edges is just not working for me and it looks way worse on a Mac than on a phone due to screen real estate. On phone it’s not as bothersome and you totally overlook it, but gawd on MacBook Air it looks kinda ridiculous. Couple that with Liquid Glass, I have no idea what happened to the design aesthetic of Apple. Usually they always get this right, but Tahoe is so off.
Costco Croissants are to die for. Prove me wrong.
📺 The Great British Bake Off (2017) – ★★★★★
In its 16th season still remains our family favorite. I still remember starting to watch this show years back when my kid was like 6-7 and it’s still a show that just makes us happy!
Every time I hear the OST of interstellar I wish Nolan made a sequel to it (but also not because it’s perfect the way it is)
A relative of ours is getting a completely souped up Alienware laptop via my inlaws. The thing is a beast of a configuration and cost 2k – Intel Ultra 9, 64gb ram, Nvidia 570 with has its own massive RAM, 2TB, 240Hz 16″ screen – you name it its the top of the end. He is in first semester of engineering and wants it to both play games and as he said, “host local ML models so I don’t have to worry about internet access”. At first I was like wow, look at that, even college freshmen are now like I want to host ML models and all. Then I was like, this is how WE were too when we were freshmen. We wanted to buy PCs that were powerful enough to play games…. and be able to compile Java/C++ code without taking an inordinate amount of time. Be able to host a local ML model is literally “I want to install Java/C++ and compile code” of our times.
First order of business after installing 26.1 IOS was to disable that stupid Liquid Glass effect. I can finally see again!
Me to inlaws yesterday: cmon let’s go to Costco you will see how Americans shop in bulk here!
In laws: we don’t need anything. Our shopping is done! We can go but we don’t really have anything go for.
Walk out with a 300$ bill. Costco is a fucking scam.