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ktross commented on Google Workspace increasing prices from April 11, 2023 workspace.google.com/blog... · Posted by u/lightwin

mrbonner · 3 years ago

It is time for me to evaluate my custom domain email service. I had the original/free Google workspace with custom email domain. In 2021, they charged me $6/month to keep that option afloat. To be honest, I think $6/month is a bit expensive for just email usage. I don't even use any other stuff coming with Suite. My question for this group: how do I get out of this without losing my email domain?

ktross · 3 years ago

You could sign up for fastmail and point your domains DNS records there. It's $5/mo and they make it easy to import your existing emails from gmail. I switched to them when Google stopped offering free workspace accounts. It's been great so far.

ktross commented on How Spotify's podcast bet went wrong semafor.com/article/02/12... · Posted by u/lxm

Zetice · 3 years ago

Seeing a lot of hate for Spotify's implementation of podcasts; does anyone here regularly use the app for Podcast listening?

I do, and it's fine. It doesn't blow me away, and I expect they're trying to, but it's not like... unusable or anything. My one complaint is that it plays episodes in the opposite order; like, if I discover a new podcast, I want to start from the beginning, but it only wants to let me play backwards (older and older episodes). It lets you sort in reverse order, but I don't think it plays them in that sort order (or it didn't last time I looked anyway).

But yeah, a lot of "Spotify generally sucks" or "what Spotify is trying to do sucks" but not a lot of "I use Spotify for podcasts and I don't love it".

ktross · 3 years ago

I use it frequently, and there has been a major bug since launch that seems present on multiple platforms (desktop, mobile, Android, Apple). Seemingly at random, though I have suspicions that it's related to ads, the currently playing podcast will skip to the next unplayed episode before the current one is finished. This happens anywhere from a few minutes in to a few hours in. I would never watch another podcast in the Spotify app if the podcast I want to watch was available elsewhere.

They launched a half-baked product that was missing some of the most basic features you could imagine. It has since improved to the point where it's almost usable, but it can't compete with anything else from a UX/quality perspective.

It's also missing the discussion/community aspect that you get with a platform like YouTube.

Another annoyance is that I've had a Premium family subscription for years, but I still get ads on podcasts.

ktross commented on Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard logitech.com/en-us/produc... · Posted by u/davidbarker

twblalock · 3 years ago

I've never seen a "gaming" headset that is any good.

You will always be better off buying headsets from companies that focus on headsets and headphones, rather than from companies that see headsets as a cheap filler item to sell to people who bought their mice and keyboards and want the blinky lights to sync up.

ktross · 3 years ago

The benefit of a gaming headset over bluetooth is reduced latency. Unless things have changed recently, the difference is very noticable.

The HyperX Cloud (wired) is actually a pretty good headset.

ktross commented on Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard logitech.com/en-us/produc... · Posted by u/davidbarker

teschty · 3 years ago

Very weird, I've had the opposite experience. I used to think their hardware products were complete crap, but now I own a G Pro mouse, keyboard, and headset from them (they've definitely stepped it up in the design game at the very least.)

Changed my headset to the G Pro X Wireless after having broken 2 SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless headsets, which for some reason decided to use a single plastic piece for the hinge to hold the earcups on (on a $350 headset!).

ktross · 3 years ago

The G Pro X Wireless felt awesome and first and seemed like a great headset, but my mind changed when I ran into issues and saw how many others had issues as well. If they made it a bit more durable I would say it would be almost perfect.

I had an SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless as well before the Logitech one, and I ran into the same issue! Huge disappointment after having loved the SteelSeries Siberia wired headset

ktross commented on Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard logitech.com/en-us/produc... · Posted by u/davidbarker

Night_Thastus · 3 years ago

Are you sure the issue is static electricity? Despite being essentially some of the best mice on the market, the switches they use are a bit sub-standard. Over time, they tend to develop double-click issues. (Where a single click registers as two)

I had a G305 that did this, and given the low price of the mouse I gave up going through the work to desolder and replace the switches.

ktross · 3 years ago

I'm not 100% positive, but it seems to be. Blowing into the front of the mouse would fix it for a few minutes. I saw a bunch of threads about it the last time I looked into it.

If I recall correctly, there were firmware updates that claimed to fix the same or similar issues, but those had no effect for me.

ktross commented on Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard logitech.com/en-us/produc... · Posted by u/davidbarker

jabroni_salad · 3 years ago

It feels weird to me, to judge a keyboard company by their headset. Those have always had fragile plastic hinges with the earcups falling off, that is not a new development. Their mice and keyboards are pretty good, and the G Pro Wireless is one of the best in the game right now.

ktross · 3 years ago

They're mostly a computer peripheral company. They've always made a ton of products like keyboards, mice, webcams, speakers, headsets, microphones, game controllers, etc. I've only experienced issues with fragile plastic parts in sub $80 headsets. You definitely shouldn't be seeing such a critical design flaw on a $200 headset.

The quality of their products used to be pretty good, but it's becomming obvious that they're starting to cut too many corners to reduce costs. I have an old pair of logitech speakers that have lasted me well over 10 years.

The G Pro Wireless has some major issues as well. They build up static electricity during use and this causes a single click to register as multiple clicks, and causes a continuous click to stop registering when you're holding the button down. This is terrible for a gaming mouse. I switched to a Razer Viper Ultimate and haven't had any issues.

ktross commented on Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard logitech.com/en-us/produc... · Posted by u/davidbarker

ktross · 3 years ago

Logitech is no longer the great company it used to be, so I have decided to no longer purchase their products. I purchased a G Pro X Wireless Headset less than 2 years ago, and I'm already on my second warrranty replacement (3 total headsets.) Multiple parts on it seem designed to fail, and all of mine have failed in the same way. They use laughably small screws to connect the band to the arms that hold the earcups and they just snap after a few months. It's very sad to see so much e-waste created just to increase profits by a few cents per unit.

I've been using wired mechanical keyboards for about 15 years so I can't recommend a wireless model, but Ducky makes great, reliable, entry-level mechanical keyboards. I've mostly used Ducky and I've never had one of their keyboards fail in any way. Glorious also makes great keyboards, but based on my perception of the build quality, I have a feeling their cheaper keyboards might not last as long. I'm currently using a Glorious GMMK Pro and it feels very solid.

ktross commented on Renew your service or we’ll trash your credit score, Spectrum tells ex-customer latimes.com/business/stor... · Posted by u/defqon

ktross · 4 years ago

It doesn't surprise me. Spectrum is currently the only non-dsl provider in my area, so I'm basically forced to use their service since I moved here. The first time I paid with one of my cards, the bank flagged it as suspicious and denied the transaction. Spectrum then charged me a $25 fee and initially refused to refund it until I was very persistent and annoying.

They also constantly send me spam regarding Spectrum mobile with subjects like "Your response is required". I even used their cost estimator to compare it to my current provider, Mint Mobile. When I entered my current plan into their calculator, it told me that I made a mistake (because it was so much cheaper.)

ktross commented on Cleaning Up Git History blog.sulami.xyz/posts/cle... · Posted by u/asicsp

MereInterest · 4 years ago

I think I'd go the other way around. Instead of squash/rebase, you should instead use `merge --no-ff`. The allows your main branch to have a clean history with the `--first-parent` option (e.g. `git log --first-parent`), while still maintaining the history on the branches. If you squash the commits, the original is no longer part of the commit history. Yes, there is a link in the commit message, but being able to manually click through to the commits on an external web page is a huge usability drop as compared to getting the information straight from `git bisect`.

Squash/rebase also plays horrendously with my local branches. If I make a PR, I should be able to use `git branch -d branch_name` to safely verify that the branch has been merged into main and can be deleted. If you squash/rebase instead, then I need to use the unconditional `git branch -D branch_name`. git can no longer verify that I'm performing a safe operation, because the history needed to determine whether it is safe has been rewritten.

ktross · 4 years ago

> Squash/rebase also plays horrendously with my local branches.

This is a very good point, and it has been slightly annoying at times with this approach. It hasn't been a major pain point for me, so I've just dealt with it. I've seen some scripts/aliases that claim to solve this, but I haven't spent much time looking into it.

ktross commented on Cleaning Up Git History blog.sulami.xyz/posts/cle... · Posted by u/asicsp

bonzini · 4 years ago

The individual commits disappear if the branch or repo used in the pull request are deleted.

ktross · 4 years ago

GitHub actually keeps these in the pull request indefinitely if you delete the branch. You can also restore the branch at any time if needed. We have the branches set to automatically delete when a PR is merged.