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Ha, I was not quiet on the first non-Addiction thread, to the point where the ardent supporters were pissed off enough that I left.
It's crap. There's a psychological barrier where any amount of money (and miss me with the cup of coffee nonsense) changes the nature of the deal. When it's free, I'll put up with a lot of junkiness. As soon as they charge a single dollar, I am no longer a guest but a client, and that changes things. It's similar to how my expectations would change if you let me crash on your couch for a night on a cross-country drive vs if you charged me for it, even a nominal amount. When it's not longer a favor, the entire concept changes. There's a whole fascinating book about research into this called Predictably Irrational. I also don't trust Strava in the slightest. They ignore bugs forever, break features (like the BT sensor support, not that that's one I care about personally), break third parties intentionally, and generally act like poor digital citizens. Again, that's one thing when they're free, but if I were to pay a single dollar I'd have expectations about their quality and reliability of service that they've never demonstrated an interest in meeting. If they want to be a commercial service, they have to demonstrate professional quality, and I've never seen that out of them. Asking me to pay to enable that is up there with my ex who said "well if you marry me I'll change". I also don't need another social network; I already mostly ignore FB and IG, and completely ignore T. The more resources they pour into that side, the less I want to contribute.
Finally, this puts the stink of death on them - it seems their VC sugar daddies are tightening the purse strings in these pandemic times, and Strava is desperate to make money. If this attempt fails (which it probably will, when you read below) they'll either fail or have to be yet more draconian to try to convert free into paid users.
This article sums it up even better: https://medium.com/@cosmocatalano/on...k-b6928d6e8b5b
It's crap. There's a psychological barrier where any amount of money (and miss me with the cup of coffee nonsense) changes the nature of the deal. When it's free, I'll put up with a lot of junkiness. As soon as they charge a single dollar, I am no longer a guest but a client, and that changes things. It's similar to how my expectations would change if you let me crash on your couch for a night on a cross-country drive vs if you charged me for it, even a nominal amount. When it's not longer a favor, the entire concept changes. There's a whole fascinating book about research into this called Predictably Irrational. I also don't trust Strava in the slightest. They ignore bugs forever, break features (like the BT sensor support, not that that's one I care about personally), break third parties intentionally, and generally act like poor digital citizens. Again, that's one thing when they're free, but if I were to pay a single dollar I'd have expectations about their quality and reliability of service that they've never demonstrated an interest in meeting. If they want to be a commercial service, they have to demonstrate professional quality, and I've never seen that out of them. Asking me to pay to enable that is up there with my ex who said "well if you marry me I'll change". I also don't need another social network; I already mostly ignore FB and IG, and completely ignore T. The more resources they pour into that side, the less I want to contribute.
Finally, this puts the stink of death on them - it seems their VC sugar daddies are tightening the purse strings in these pandemic times, and Strava is desperate to make money. If this attempt fails (which it probably will, when you read below) they'll either fail or have to be yet more draconian to try to convert free into paid users.
This article sums it up even better: https://medium.com/@cosmocatalano/on...k-b6928d6e8b5b
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I've changed my whole coffee routine. I'm undecided about whether I got the grind right on the first try or not.
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So I waited for the bike to arrive until 9pm, and then turned out the lights and went to bed.
This morning when I checked the UPS tracker, this is what it now says.
Scheduled Delivery
Tuesday 05/26/2020
Estimated Time
by 9pm.
I'm glad I didn't rush home at 2pm to wait for it.
This morning when I checked the UPS tracker, this is what it now says.
Scheduled Delivery
Tuesday 05/26/2020
Estimated Time
by 9pm.
I'm glad I didn't rush home at 2pm to wait for it.
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So I waited for the bike to arrive until 9pm, and then turned out the lights and went to bed.
This morning when I checked the UPS tracker, this is what it now says.
Scheduled Delivery
Tuesday 05/26/2020
Estimated Time
by 9pm.
I'm glad I didn't rush home at 2pm to wait for it.
This morning when I checked the UPS tracker, this is what it now says.
Scheduled Delivery
Tuesday 05/26/2020
Estimated Time
by 9pm.
I'm glad I didn't rush home at 2pm to wait for it.
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Really? I'm more concerned about that drug scale. I know Les is a clean-cut guy, but I'd be concerned about what visitors think, especially considering Az is such a conservative place.
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This is what owners of large dogs do, because you cannot allow a large dog to think it rules you. It's cute in cats, not so much in dogs.
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Not YOU Jonesy.
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Teeth? Oh, ok you did the right thing.
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I use a bunch of grounds to make mine, which gets it strong enough for my taste. Especially with super-dark roasts.
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Also, what is the tool on top of the muffin tin? Rasp, file, microplane?
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That. Was. The. ******g. Best.
Consistently pushing the pedals harder makes you go faster! Why didn't someone tell me this earlier?!
Consistently pushing the pedals harder makes you go faster! Why didn't someone tell me this earlier?!
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For me, it was the little damn furnace cozying up between my lower legs and making me overheat at night. I start with gentle nudges, but she'd come right back, so I'd have to escalate until there was some airtime.
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