I worked at the Gap and Banana Republic all through high school and college. This was well known amongst the sales staff. There's a small amount of variation between each pair of jeans because of how they're cut and how the material stretches during cutting. Also just different people on different sewing machines makes a difference. We always advised customers to try on a few pairs of the size they were looking for to get one that fit best.

Here's a quick shot of what the cutting machine looks like: https://youtu.be/oBt85Jgjvng?si=UAU0Jj4q_Vztmi5K&t=680

I once took a pair of jeans back to Gap (UK) because they didn't fit. After trying on pairs for fifteen minutes I ended up on a pair that fitted perfectly, but which were the exact same size, style and fit. Weirdest experience exchanging an item for the exact same item.

I'm surprised they even get as good of results as they do with those cutting methods. Aligning the direction of the threads (called the grainline) before cutting is extremely important. To the point that the approach they are taking almost seems like making a knowingly defective product.

Yes! Night mode was great on long road trips. I've honestly thought of buying a gently used late-00s Saab instead of anything new.

That is exactly what I did last year. Bought a low mileage 2003 9-5. Treated the whole process like owning a commercial aircraft where replaced as part as possible to start fresh. Easier in this day and age, with internet helping on guidance and parts. I am not a car guy overall, though average auto design, external and internal, low-priced or expensive, is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Saab was about only thing that was calming for me.

I occasionally answer a customer support survey, just because I know the person on the other end probably gets to keep their job or not based on some average score, but I am not wasting my time answering a NPS survey for some random app or company that I've used. It's just not worth my time and I get too many surveys to care.

Of course anyone who wanted to, including the Chinese, could just buy that exact data from data brokers in the US. It's readily available.[0] Nobody really believes this was about data.

[0] - https://www.404media.co/candy-crush-tinder-myfitnesspal-see-...

He can direct the justice department not to enforce a law.

Do you think he should? Do you think it's a healthy exercise in the country's checks and balances for the president to create a precedent where he directs the justice department to not enforce a law when Congress has drafted it, and the Supreme Court has unanimously upheld it? Last time anything like this has happened, it created devastating national history.

I don't think the country fell apart when Obama directed the justice department not to enforce weed laws. [0]

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Memorandum

I don't think this compares, but I do see where you're coming from. Whereas the present SC has unanimously upheld this TikTok law, The Court has avoided taking a position on federal non-enforcement of marijuana laws in states where it is legalized

Not enforcing laws by executive decision happens all the time. Whenever police "crack down" on something, that means they were previously letting stuff slide.

The law gives a new power. Doesn't say it has to be used. President can also nuke shit. Doesn't have to be used.

I'll take the bait. What was that last time and what was the devastating national history moment?

I mean the same exact criteria happened in Marbury v Madison and it changed the entire nation's check and balance system, lol. Many will claim for better, but the opportunity is definitely there for worse.

It wouldn’t be the first time an American President decided not to enforce a SC ruling.

I think actually it would be (if you are thinking of the Jackson one it’s not actually the way it’s popularly remembered)

How do you think Worcester v. Georgia happened in ways not popularly remembered?

Read the last few words in my GP, I know. Also, a law drafted by Congress AND an SC ruling upholding it??

How? The bill gives the president a power. SCOTUS has said the law is legal. Nothing compels the president to use the power. See Biden passing it along.

Which would put Google and Apple in a precarious position of ignoring a law because it's not being enforced right now.

Also:

- you can't watch at 2x on reels

- you can't pause a video while watching on reels

- you can't seek in a video either, you just have to watch the whole thing over

- reels interrupts your experience with awful ads every 2-3 swipes

- YT shorts probably has awful ads too, I haven't tried it

The time limit is probably going to be the biggest issue for YT and reels, but the ergonomics of both are so awful that I can't use them for more than a few minutes. I could scroll TikTok until the little video about scrolling too long came up (an hour I think).

- You can pause a video. Not the best UX, but you need to HOLD your finger, just like you do for Stories

- You can seek in a video too. Again, awful UX, the line is super small, but you can. Depends how large the video is, I believe.

Are there? Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts are awful in comparison to the TikTok experience. Red Note is funny, but not really a replacement. Nobody is going to go to Snap.

Honestly, my TV is connected to my AppleTV, and that is connected to the internet. I don't use any of the "smart" functionality of the TV. I don't even use the remote for anything.

Same. The only time my TV leaves HDMI3 is when I want to watch a Kraken game (local OTA subchannel that isn't on YoutubeTV) or Formula E (US broadcast rights are on Roku Channel which isn't available on AppleTV devices). I do have a Blu-Ray player on HDMI2 but I haven't used it in about a year.

We switch ours to OTA once a year for the thanksgiving parade, and use AppleTV the rest of the time.

There is a special advertising board that only the camera can see.

When California re-regulated the wholesale energy markets after the Enron debacle.

Source: https://www.apep.uci.edu/PDF_Research_Summaries/Impact_Of_El...

And now CA has gone full circle with how PG&E rules the roost over here. Outside of a few places, it’s very much a monopoly.