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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Yeah I live in Florida. Our winters it might get close to freezing, some days. Maybe a little under overnight.

    I have a screened in porch and it’s open all day along with the windows in winter, A/C set to fan only. Close the porch/windows at night but no heat. It’s pretty cold in the morning but I’ll take the $50 electric bill lol


  • Ehhhh I wouldn’t be so sure

    It’s really easy to fall into when you’re month to month.

    You just barely scraped by on the rent and essential bills. Now you have $36.29 to make it through the next 2 weeks.

    But hey, you do have that credit card with a few thousand available. You need to get food for the house and $36 ain’t gonna feed the kids. You’ll be frugal. Maybe $200 or so. You’ll pay it off next month.

    But next month it’s the same story. Minimum payment it is.

    And next month

    And next month

    And then you need emergency dental surgery

    And then…






  • bdonvr@thelemmy.clubtomemes@lemmy.worldApple
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    I’m a techie guy. I like tech. I run my own servers at home. I run a Lemmy instance.

    Trust me I am very aware I absolutely do not NEED a new phone. But if I can get a good deal on a new one and recoup a significant amount by trading/selling the old - I do (after a year or so, usually)

    It’s something that interests me. Some people collect knick-knacks and probably spend more than I do on consumer electronics.



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    This logic is outdated. The top of the line iPhones are no more (and sometimes a bit less) than comparable Android flagships.

    Their base models come in around high-midrange Android, true. But some of the specs (CPU/camera) still beat out Android phones at their price range. Heck on CPU they often beat more expensive Android phones.

    I’m not saying that because I’m a fan of Apple it’s just like, it’s not just them. I’ve had something like 9 Android phones and 6 iPhones. Really in the end they aren’t that different day-to-day.