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Cake day: June 9th, 2023

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  • I can kind of answer this question. For a year, I worked at a big box store where you can “save big money”. They had periodic training and one of the modules was on their store card.
    The question was, “Why do we want people to have our card?”
    I replied, “Because we don’t have to pay the standard processing fees.”
    “No, it’s because of loyalty. If they have a [big box store] card, then they’re much more likely to spend their money here instead of [competitor].”


  • I’m a 3 monitor person as well. 34" ultrawide as my main with two 24" widescreens side-to-side immediately above it. I use it for work and personal use.
    Ultrawide has my main programs for work: internet browsers and job specific programs get about 60% of the real estate on the left, while pdf’s, and other less essential programs go to the right 40% of the screen.
    The top left monitor gets Teams, Excel docs, or auxiliary browsers.
    Top right gets email and media (YouTube, Spotify, etc) or any overfill if I’m dealing with a particularly cluttered job.

    For personal, ultrawide is obviously used for games, movies, etc, while top left has task manager, MSI Afterburner, and Throttlestop (I run a laptop). And the top right has Discord.






  • Honestly, if 25W charging is the biggest gripe they have, then this seems like a solid choice.

    Sure, it might take a while for the 5000 mAh battery to charge, but it’s also a 5000 mAh battery. It will take a while to discharge. Plus I’m sure most people charge their phone overnight. And you can easily fill that capacity with simply a 5 Watt charger while you sleep.
    Plus the slower charge rate will protect your battery even longer.

    Furthermore, in the past 15 years of owning cell phones, not once have I needed to charge it in an absurdly short period of time. I guess I just don’t understand why it’s such a big issue or selling point.