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My mom used to be awesome with our Windows 95 Packard Bell [...] Now she struggles and panics to do the most basic thing if it’s not 1-step on her iPhone.

Hey, pardon me if I'm overstepping, but I'm going through the evaluation process with my mom right now and this could be an early sign of dementia (one that we initially dismissed). It could be nothing, but it might be a good idea to get her checked out if you have any other reason to be concerned.

There actually is a problem with the technology in this case. It sounds like what they're proposing is eye tracking, which is not reliable with some eye shapes, eye makeup, dry eye, etc. and any markers they use to try to detect drunkenness would also trip for people with legitimate eye problems. Anecdotally, I once drove a Tesla and it locked me out of cruise control because the tracker thought I was falling asleep. Imagine if the car refused to start at all!

on Heave-ho! · c/lemmyshitpost · 5 pts · 202d

I used to wear only men's pants, including cargo pants, and oh boy is it disgusting how much better I get treated by service workers, etc. since switching to vaguely fashionable women's pants. Fit issues aside, it's a lot more complicated than "just buy men's pants" (although I guess at least cargo pants for women are back "in" now?)

on Every time · c/funny · 10 pts · 206d

the waist thing is a non-issue

Depends on the shape of your hips. I wore men's pants almost exclusively until my hips changed a lot during pregnancy and I haven't been able to find a comfy pair of men's pants since (and I'm far from the only woman I know with this problem). Glad it works for you, though! The huge pockets are so nice and the fabric is usually sturdier, too.

I'll stick with ikea until the kids move out

Yeah, this is it for us. I grew up in a home with a lot of "grandma's heirloom dining table" type items that I was punished for bumping into, spilling on, etc. While I do believe in teaching kids respect, it seems like a lot of unnecessary stress for both parents and kids to use this stuff as your daily driver and we don't have the space for special-occasions-only furniture.

on do no harm · c/science_memes · 1 pts · 266d

Maybe this varies from country to country, but IME the mapping of descriptions to numbers isn't clear, which makes it hard to give a good response. At best, they'll pull out something like this.

Our clothes are comfy af

Not if you have curves, unfortunately. You can size up and belt down, but then you're left with a ton of extra fabric wadded up around your waist and the belt buckle will ride up and pinch.

I actually just switched from a Pixel 5 to the Jelly Max last week and I've been pretty happy with it so far. My Pixel 5 was starting to have problems and I hate that it's considered a "small" phone now.

My only real complaints about the Jelly Max are that the touchscreen is less sensitive, the camera is not as good, and there's no 3.5mm jack, but they're far from dealbreakers IMO. I haven't noticed that it's any worse at multitasking and I've read you can get better performance out of the camera with 3rd party camera apps but haven't gotten around to figuring that out yet. It is about as heavy and twice as thick as the Pixel 5, but I personally feel like the thickness makes it a little more ergonomic to hold one-handed.