I feel like it’s been a decade already… I paid for this app called CalenGoo. It’s kind of clunky and reminiscent of older office software, but it is such a powerhouse under the hood.

It is insanely customizable, and it did the thing that I needed the most, which was to remind me in a way that I define!!!

(Edit the whole reason I purchased it at the time was because there simply was no option available where you could get an Android app to continually remind you. Back then it was one reminder and then fuck you if you miss it or didn’t hear it go off. CalenGoo was life-changing in this way and I’ve come to love all the other features)

Plus when it does have a reminder go off, I can set any kind of quick snooze or even a very customized snooze like remind me in 172 minutes. If I dismiss a reminder I can undo it, and I can go into the specific event at any time and I can change the snooze, it’s just… I don’t even know how to describe how good this thing is.

When I set an event I can link it to map coordinates, Contact Cards, attach objects, have it synced to multiple calendars. It integrates with other apps which can then add in reminders (eg a line music event on FB). Linked events will update in real time and you’ll get notifications for example if the venue changes.

“Oh no, now there’s a video of my face somewhere”

I’m not trying to be hurtful towards you, but I guess I’m pushing back in a general sense and you’re the comment I’m replying to.

At this point, it’s 2025… Every single thing about you including 3D models of your face is in a computer somewhere.

Look at the Luigi situation. Police tipped accidentally that they have advanced AI they’ve been using for a decade that we didn’t even know about.

I’m kind of saying guys… like yeah on paper not a good idea to upload your video… But when you critically examine it, what has harmed you? Nothing, your face is everywhere. If you have walked outside one time, your face is on 100 video cameras. And it’s never being deleted from their server.

I respect the security concern but none of what you are describing is how Facebook market works.

If you got a text message, it’s because you gave them your number that’s your fault. Nobody has the ability to contact you outside of the marketplace ecosystem or messenger unless you specifically allow it.

If you’re getting promotional messages, it’s because you opened a business chat with that organization.

I’m basically saying learn.

None of that has anything to do with not wanting to upload personal information to meta.

https://lemmy.world/comment/17294280

I read so many of the comments and concerns, and I don’t even disagree with them!

Just want to add my two cents.

Lots of people are talking about how they resent that Marketplace has become the place to sell. I get that.

However, this is more of the same in an ongoing evolution of online ads & classifieds.

Originally eBay was King. Craigslist was kind of under the radar and not enough of a threat that they did anything about it.

Then all kinds of little online competitors to eBay started to pop up and they were becoming reasonably successful.

eBay then acquired PayPal so they could squash up startups. It worked. They no longer own PayPal but things change.

Kijiji popped up and was eating eBay’s lunch on a local level. Instead of competing, eBay spun off local classifieds to another company which acquired Kijiji.

I don’t even know all the back and forth wranglings, but it’s all a giant multi-corporate game that’s been played for 30 years.

Then all kinds of different “out of the box” storefronts started to appear.

Now Meta got in the game and they are keeping eBay and Kijiji “honest”. They’ve gone ahead and integrated it with Messenger and other apps so you never have to leave their ecosystem.

It literally took 30 years, but I am finally content as both a buyer and a heavy seller, with all of the online options available. I no longer feel like they are trying to wrangle every penny out of me as of seller, and they let me voluntarily pay to promote my sales in MY terms.

That said, I’m not sure how I feel about needing so much information about people just to make an account.

On one hand (I’m very biased towards the seller’s perspective) I can actually see the need to apply as much verification as possible for new accounts. It’s been a severe deficiency in their product for years and years and years. And as a seller, I am exhausted with bots and fake accounts and people who want to hide in the shadows, there’s no reason to do that when you’re buying a vacuum off me and want to come to my home to pick it up.

On the other hand, I made my account years ago so I’m not subject to this requirement. But if I put myself in the shoes of somebody making a new account today. Holy fuck would I not be impressed with this.

I really don’t know what the answer is. I would never upload ID or a video of my face to them. I don’t know what’s needed here.

You got banned because you’re a petulant, argumentative, obnoxious, pugnacious jerk. That’s why you got banned. I see you all over the place making obnoxious comments and getting into fights with people for no reason.

The newer battery technology (silicon versus graphite anodes) has the potential for massive improvements

We are currently in the early adopting phase, where companies have finally gotten this technology usable. All the early adopters are going to be crying in the next couple years as their batteries end up smoking and in the garbage

I cannot wait until this technology smooths out and a couple hundred million people do the testing

Man will you just shut up and leave me alone

Your first reply to me was dumb, because I already answered it… You just didn’t bother to read it

I really don’t care about your feelings because you bought this battery and you need validation

Just stop and leave me alone

Stop badgering me with pointless leading questions. You phrase them in such a way that they are rhetorical, yet you probably want an answer, WHICH YOU WILL ALLOW TO SAIL OVER YOUR HEAD, YOU’LL COMPLETELY IGNORE, AND THEN YOU’LL PROCEED WITH ANOTHER POINTLESS QUESTION

If you can’t ADD something to this conversation, leave. I’m not interested in this little performance you’re putting on here, it’s completely intellectually dishonest.

Well then if I must answer the question to satisfy you, the answer is it’s too difficult and expensive to manufacture them right now

You may have a great battery, I’m proud of you for making that consumer purchase

But the technology is still in its infancy

It’s been known for years that silicon is much better at storing lithium ions, like insanely more efficient than graphite which is what’s currently used in anodes. But it’s ability to pack in the lithium ions is its downfall… Charging and discharging embrittles it by actually and expanding/shrinking the lattice

So it took a few years to surmount that challenge. Figuring out how to not have the material destroy itself, and finding the balance of how much energy to store. As far as I know there’s a few different approaches that involve deposition of individual molecules into crystals… and nanotech photo lithography and crazy shit that’s honestly too hard for me to keep up with.

There’s all kinds of hype surrounding them and people talk about them being like an order of magnitude more efficient than current LiPo technology, but that’s a lot of hot air, we’re looking at like 30% improvements now with slightly increased charging times… huge complexity increases in manufacturing… cost… We don’t even know what’s going to happen when we deploy a couple hundred million of these.

They’re going to be the next big thing for batteries but we’re kind of in the early adopting phase right now.

You can make it right now, get two tablets and a piece of software called unified remote, done

I do a 20 minute quick-rise, then 5-10 minutes kneading, then 45 minute rise. A quick fold-over then another hour rise. Usually it’s ready to bake, and at that point I weigh and portion. Sometimes another rise if conditions require it. I cut it with a plastic edge, put the blobs of dough on a cookie pan covered with shrink-wrap so as not to dry out, and when frozen I bag them up.

Dough is a great discussion topic to explore.

Once I learned to make dough, I realized it’s actually a total of 30 minutes work distributed over 4 hours. Reorganize and re-prioritizing my time made it work. Simple planning.

If I make dough, I make 2Kg so I cut it up, freeze the chunks I wont be immediately using and I have dough for as long as I need. Why make new dough every time? Batches.

It’s way simpler than you guys think. Scoffing is fun, but getting off the “convenience train” was the best thing I ever did. Requires a bit of upfront adjustment and learning, but change isn’t free.

edit: Another guy above was mean/joking about not having a job. Think, guys. If I save $300 on bread that’s $300 I don’t have to earn at work and pay taxes on. I win big for just learning to stop the bs already and take control.

In full forensic accounting, you make/save money by getting off the “convenience” train.

Once you realize that a checkerboard costs $5 but a piece of paper and 24 pennies costs… well nothing… it starts to make more sense. Because most stuff in life, you use once then throw away or stuff into the closet and never think about again.

Breadmaking is just one great example. If I save $300 by making some bread I have to earn $300 less at work. I work less now.

I just don’t anymore.

I don’t buy a wire- or mechanical- puzzle I make one. If I want a tile-based game (think scrabble, qwirkle, rummy) I make them with upcycled junk and paint markers.

I don’t buy bread or pizza crusts or tortillas, I make them. I can make a month of bready products in an optimized hour of work for 1/30th the price.

I play indie games by inexperienced developers who charge $4.99 because I’d rather try new mechanics even if they fall flat.

I’m currently precipitating copper into an aqueous solution on my stovetop and later I’ll try electroplating the copper onto some random thing. Because this is free and fun AS FUCK. Forget going to the arcade or to a pre-packaged event show or movie.

I am just drifting away from everything that’s not hand made. Fuck it already.

Why spend $12 on an easily replaceable battery when you can just use $11.97 worth of 18650’s and six hours of your life?

Donate to homeless shelter or men’s transitional housing.

720 streams run from strange websites in timbucktoo have higher fidelity than the 4K stream I paid good money for.

Here’s a great price and you can share it with your friends. Wait not those friends. Wait your phone isn’t authorized anymore. Okay you authorized your phone but you need to authorize it again. Okay we just doubled the price and cut the quality again. Now you can’t watch the movies that you downloaded for offline viewing without an internet connection. Now your ad-free service has ads.

Netflix can take a long hard suck on my pudding factory, they’re never going to see another penny of my money again, and this is from somebody that goes back to the DVD days of Netflix.

Unified Remote

I asked her how she felt about nitrogen on her lawn

She exploded. I WON’T ALLOW IT!

I said what do you think most of the breathable atmosphere is made of and what do you think comes down with rain that makes your grass grow?

You know how well that went.