There has only ever been one iPad mini model at a time. Across its eight generations, it has shrunk in every dimension and lost weight.

The iPad mini is not for everyone. For those of us it is for, Apple has been nailing it. One model getting ever smaller and lighter as it has grown in power and screen size.

I know the iPad mini isn't for everyone. It gets a lot of hate. But it's just right for me. I've been buying every release for a decade. Apple provides long support so I can trade them down to my kids. And then the oldest mini gets traded in when I get a new one.

It's one of those devices that Apple doesn't pay a lot of attention to. So it only gets updated every 2-3 years and is a nice jump every time. Makes you genuinely excited when the next one comes out.

Compared to my current mini 7, which my kid on my old mini 5 is really looking forward to taking over, the mini 8 will get me water resistance, OLED, thinner, lighter, better battery life. For me, it's great for an iPad you can carry in a pocket or read a book on. For my kids it's just the right size. I know there are other use cases where it's just right: home controllers, waiters, pilots, ...

I'm glad this thing exists.

Google is an ad company. They give away everything from browsers, to email, to mobile OS for free; because they are an ad company. Do not use the browser of an ad company. Imagine if Facebook had a browser. Would you use that?

I think that's wonderful news. Living in another country will broaden your horizons more than any other experience I can think of.

We are all people. We all live on one planet. The more we live in different places, and the more we get to be around people living here from other places, the better it will be for all of us.

This is not a call for open borders. Maybe, one day, when we are united as a planet. However, within the pathways that exist today: let's get to know each other more!

Ironically, Calibri has already come and gone as the default in MS applications such as Word. Bierstadt is the new default font, which MS renamed to Aptos when it made it the default. Check it out! It's my favorite default font from Microsoft to date.

For my overall favorite, have a look at iA's Duo font. It's a two-space font (not mono-space, not variable). They make it available under the Open Font License even if you don't buy iA Writer.

I'm with you regarding hydrogen as energy capture. It should be noted however that hydrogen may be relevant to displacing fossil fuels in chemical applications, such as in making steel.

I prefer dubbed movies. Unless they're directed by Christopher Nolan.

A Brother Color Laser printer is the correct answer. Laser, because you don't want the potential mess, expense, and finickiness of ink. I got B/W, which has served us well, but if I were to do it again, I would get laser. Kids love printed photos even if they are super shitty low quality. Give them some joy.

Brother has a good reputation, is cheap, widely supported, and since it supports Apple's AirPrint super easy to print to it from Apple devices without configuration. It just shows up.

There is one annoyance you have to get rid of, disable Deep Sleep, which requires a hidden menu. Otherwise you have to manually wake the printer up to print wirelessly every time:
General Setup -> Ecology -> Sleep Time -> BACK and DOWN* simultaneously to enter secret menu -> Deep Sleep Off

*on the popular models. Check for the secret menu code before ordering your specific device.

I own an EV and a home. It would be trivial and cheap (thanks to electric company rebate) to add a home charger. I have not bothered yet. Charging is too readily available in my midwestern town of 100K pop to bother.

Everybody's situation is unique. For many, home charging may be necessary. But it's not a requirement.

Check if your employer provides charging. See if there's charging around your home or anywhere where you drive once a week anyway. That's all you need.

Civilization VI on the iPad is a great port. I play PC and Xbox too. But if I had to choose just one thing, having a full quality PC game on an iPad mini to play anywhere with many, many hours of battery life is just perfect.

As a parent that has experience with Apple's parental controls, they are nevertheless better than what the competition gives you. Guided access is great for really little ones. And then Screen Time gives you the controls you actually want, they extend across devices, and you can manage them either from the device itself or from either parent device. As they get older you can back off control in a gradual and sensible fashion. All the while family purchases and Apple subscriptions are shared across family members.

It's weird, but the Kindle Fire Kids, which is explicitly designed for child use, isn't nearly as good as using an iPad mini.

Disclaimer: I don't own a Tesla.

The NACS (what Tesla called it after opening it up) is objectively the better plug. I hope it wins out. It's not like Europe and North America are using the same plug anyway (CCS 1 vs 2), while China and Japan have two yet different plugs. So we might as well choose the better plug while there's still a chance.

Thank you! Too much emotion in this debate, not enough science.

"Trapped" implies that valuable assets still exist. It's gone. Like putting your money with Madoff. Poof.

But I'm sure the hedge fund executives enriched themselves with fantastic, tax-preferred compensation while the scam was running. So what do they care. Say you're sorry and rip off the next group of investors. None of them are going to prison.

Crypto is fiat. It has no commodity value.