Illinois just got rid of cash bail and it’s working pretty well so far, so at least there are folks there who see how crazy it is too.

Because of the taste? While it’s not common to brew a drink with other beans, we eat them all the time, and it’s pretty obvious in doing so that they aren’t flavors that lend themselves to a beverage.

Coffee beans are actually the seed of a more traditional “fruit” (ie, sweet and acidic) rather than a legume like other beans (also technically seeds, but vegetal in flavor, with an entirely different taste and texture). You’re basically just going to get a weak broth from traditional beans.

Similarly, people have tried steeping every type of leaf, plant, and fruit out there in water, but it’s a pretty limited list that remains popularly used for tea, as it’s a pretty limited list (relative to the incredible diversity of plant life) that actually tastes good that way.

People use mushrooms, various roots (like chicory), other fruity seeds, and more to create coffee-like drinks, and/so with the number of people and cultures out there with their own tastes and traditions, it’s a relatively safe bet that if people aren’t drinking it anywhere in the world, it’s because they’ve tried it and it just doesn’t taste good.

Finally

What fight is this image from? Looks like a short one.

Fool me once…

Yeah I’d absolutely consider replacing or augmenting my display with something like these glasses, but asking people to pay more, downgrade specs, replace their whole system, all while picking up an unfamiliar OS… I’ll wait for the gen 2. Or 4.

As opposed to non-business MNBAs of course

Hard disagree that earbuds negate codec importance. I love open-back over-ears, but one of my best pairs of headphones are Moondrop IEMs, and I can hear differences in audio quality more noticeably on them than a lot of speakers. I very often plug them into a Bluetooth receiver for semi-wireless convenience, and I can absolutely hear the difference between LDAC and SBC.

However, yeah definitely agreed that $150 is fair for what’s being offered here. Limited codec support is common (if unfortunate) enough in similarly priced gear without the other benefits these bring, so I’d say it’s fair enough unless the drivers themselves are bad.

I personally like having purpose-specific machines. I don’t want to associate my mobile phone with work and I don’t want it going off with every work email I get. I also want to be able to work faster than I would with a tiny display and no real keyboard.

At the same time, I want to use my work machines as little as possible, because that means I am working as little as possible lol. I find that physical separation of professional and personal equipment, beyond aiding workflow and efficiency, is psychologically helpful for me destressing when I’m not working.

Plus there are so many things that, sure, a phone can do, but a larger device is just so much better at. Writing anything over 200 characters, watching videos (particularly watching videos, erm, one-handed…), reading and writing anything complex, running multiple programs/tabs, accessing complex sites and apps, and a whole lot more.

Do I use full-sized devices much less because of my phone? For sure. Could I ever imagine going phone-only? Not a chance.