Yeah, we are seeing people all up and the down the replacement pipeline move up a notch. I have a few friends who used to do the every year upgrade thing, and they are almost all on 2-3 year cycles now. While everyone else shifted to: “well, my current phone still works” cadence.
Yeah, Swappa is pretty solid for tech stuff like this.
A bunch of people who upgrade every year put their phones on sites like this. So when you do need to upgrade, you don’t have to spend nearly as much. Conversely, if you do upgrade regularly, this lets you get some of your money back, lessening the blow.
I usually keep mine for as long as it is getting security updates (plus a few months). This currently means 5-7 years.
And quite frankly, I would like to keep it longer. New phones just aren’t that much better anymore.
Call me old fashioned. But when I press the brew button on my coffee machine, it works every time. No internet, apps, or ‘smarts’ required. Just consistent quality.
From the top of the comment thread: “Right wing Architecture”
Again, these are most well known in cities, places that aren’t known for being controlled by the right…
Very odd to call things like that right-wing given they are most notable for being built in cities. Places well-known for being lefty.
Vast forest arcology-scapes.
Go build yourself a house that is a forest archology-scape, something with trees and other plants growing all over the building. Not only is that significantly harder and more expensive to build, but you also have significantly more water intrusion issues, meaning the building won’t last nearly as long and will require horrifically expensive fixes on the regular.
end manufactured scarcity
Making everything a forest archology-scape is a great way to make housing even more scarce and expensive.
Man, I really hope those were just forgettable for them. The Lion King live action remake is so damn disappointing. All the emotion, all the storytelling, just gone. It’s a very poor imitation of the original.
Remakes can be good. The new Dune movies are worlds better than the 70s movie; that is a movie that needed a proper remake. The new ones actually do the books justice.
That is a big part of why people talk about addressing the sources of violence. A big one is to reduce the feeling of loneliness/helplessness. Education about finances, education about and for career paths (we have a dire shortage of blue collar workers), social safety nets, and increasing people’s involvement in their community.
Make people feel like they belong, make people feel they are in control of their own lives, make people feel like they have a future.
Same, swapped to pork and chicken-based meals. Ground beef is still cheap enough though.
Sweden and Germany doing what needs to be done. Putin (and to a lesser degree Trump) forced such action.
Basic investing. The short version is you want to regularly put a portion of every paycheck (5%+) into index funds. Leave them there for decades.
If you have credit card debt, get that paid off first. 8% per year looses to 27% interest. ;p
Saves a shitload of money too. Groceries are ~4x less expensive than restaurants.
Protip: You can freeze meats, cheese, and bread. You don’t need to go to the grocery store constantly, you can buy more over fewer trips.
If Ukraine fighting back against Russia’s invasion is enough to convince Russians to continue the war, then it was always going to continue until one country is defeated. Handicapping Ukraine only helps Russia.
Hell, if it isn’t obvious that after four years of war Russia is not going to stop, and instead must be stopped, I don’t know what to tell you.
They can bellyache all they want as the nation they invaded fights back. The solution is to stop invading them.
Ukraine has the right idea on how to deal with the Russian ones: Make them permanently inoperable.
There is very little quality control. Amazon mixes supply from different sellers, so bad actors often supply garbage into legitimate listings.
B&H is a great source for electronics, computer parts, and photography.
What’s the proper way? Seems being shipwrecked is a perfectly valid surrender by itself.