Engineer: this glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Wut?

Relevant XKCD

I think just having a reasonable conversation and caring about her put me a tier above the average.

That’s assuming you get to the point where you are having a conversation.

Ownership versus no ownership? That’s what matters.

All software is licensed, there’s no true ownership regardless of medium.

Of course interent is faster than 200Mbit, it’s 2026. 1Gbit is standard and if you’re willing to pay a little extra you can get up to 8Gbit up/down.

Also, bandwidth caps? On residential internet? WTF.

Why don’t you switch to a faster plan then?

LOL, I am this old.

Ah yes, put the disc in, wait 5 minutes for it to load.

You underestimate how slow blu-ray drives are.

Except installing from disc is slower than downloading

The first version of DDC is from 1994

Pretty sure old VGA shit doesn’t transfer metadata about themselves.

Pretty sure it did. DDC has been a thing since forever. It certainly existed on VGA.

The monitor isn’t doing anything, it’s Windows doing this shit. The monitor just says to the PC “Hi, I’m an LG monitor, model number XYZ”. Every modern monitor does this. Windows then phones home and downloads a driver package for the monitor based on the brand and model, which includes this malware.

This is on both Microsoft for allowing this shit, and on LG for abusing the system.

Then again, if you’re still using Windows in 2026 you kinda deserve it.

Based on my read, the advertised product must be real and sold in the store and must match the product being sold.

How does McDonalds get away with it?

Yes, they’re essentially “just” a convection toaster oven, but honestly they’re better at it because they have much more convection.

Exactly, the faster moving air transfers heat more efficiently and this results in faster browning. For commercial kitchens there is something called an impingement oven that does this with even faster air. An air-fryer sit somewhere between a regular convection oven and an impingement oven.

The key difference is the speed at which the air circulates. The faster moving air transfers heat more efficiently. I have 2 full size ovens that can also air-fry.

It’s nothing like an actual fryer though, which cooks by immersing in hot oil.

An air-fryer is a middle ground between a regular convection oven and an impingement oven.

I don’t see how an additional hour in winter would help if you have a normal 9-5 job. Does it matter if it gets dark at 4 or 5 in the afternoon when either way it’s dark before you get off work?

Look for a used Sony RX100

I don’t even understand why they bother to include speakers in high-end TVs at all. Who’s going to buy an >80” TV and then only have stereo sound. For movies sound is at least as important for the experience as the picture quality. No built in speaker system is ever going be good enough, it’s simple physics.