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it is kind of crazy how fast the browser space is moving (it was been a long ride imao, from the 20-25 years ago till now). i remember when even basic web scraping was a pain if the site had any kind of dynamic loading, but now we’re getting to the point where models can actually navigate the web like a human would. i was poking around some open source stuff on github yesterday and found the skyvern repo and it's pretty cool to see how they're combining computer vision with llms to solve the ""broken selector"" problem. do you guys think we'll eventually just have a single ""web agent"" that replaces browsers entirely, or are we always going to need some kind of specialized tool to help the us to see the gap between ai and legacy websites?

I have been looking at pickup options for a few weeks and the reviews online are hard to parse because they're spread across Google, Yelp, and app stores and nothing seems current or localized enough to be useful. I see noscrubs mentioned a lot in my searches. Has anyone tried it? What other services are people actually using in the Phoenix area specifically, not just what's listed on comparison sites. Central Phoenix and Arcadia if coverage matters for your recommendation, but curious what's working for people across the valley too.

familywall is something my neighbor recommended when I told her I was looking for cozi alternatives, she likes that it bund

les calendar with messaging, photo sharing, lists, and location tracking all in one app. She's been using it since her twins started preschool and says the family hub concept appeals to her because she wants fewer apps not more. I downloaded it and the free version felt limited for what I needed but the concept makes sense if you want everything in one place and don't mind upgrading.

google calendar shared between parents is what a lot of the sports moms in my circle do, honestly probably half the parents I know just share google calendars with each other and call it done. One of my friends from soccer has been doing it that way since her kids were born and she said she doesn't see a reason to switch because she's already in google all day for work and adding family events is second nature to her at this point. Everything has to be entered by hand which is the tradeoff but for families who are already in the google ecosystem it's free and familiar.

Did a serious reset on my foot care routine this year and tested a lot of things. Here's where I landed on socks specifically since it's the thing I get asked about most.

Dropped: Bombas (the feel is great but the band marks were consistent and I couldn't ignore it anymore), generic amazon diabetic multipacks (inconsistent sizing batch to batch, one pair caused irritation I didn't catch in time).

Still use occasionally: Thorlos for days when I'm doing a lot of walking and need the cushioning. The top runs tighter than I want but for specific use it's the best cushioning I've found.

Daily rotation: diabetic sock club. Non-binding top is the real difference, made in the USA which shows in the consistency, and the 6-pair pack makes it easy to keep a full rotation going without thinking about it.

The thing that changed my approach was treating sock choice as a medical decision the same way I treat footwear choice. Once I did that the criteria got clearer and the right options were more obvious.

Switched from Novo to Relay four months ago.

Tax reserve account has $14k in it that I haven't touched. On Novo that money was mixed into one balance and I know myself well enough to know it wouldn't still be there.

My employee has a Relay card with a monthly limit. She buys supplies, I see the transactions immediately. No more reimbursement requests.

Nothing exciting has happened. That's the whole point.

everything you need to know about gay comics if you're new to the genre. four areas cover it: historical milestones, top creators, digital platforms, and discovery communities.

Historical milestones in gay comics

Gay Comix anthology launched by Howard Cruse in 1980 at Kitchen Sink Press was the first dedicated platform for openly gay cartoonists in the US. Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse at Paradox Press 1995 proved literary weight a decade before Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin 2006, adapted to a Tony winning Broadway musical in 2015). Heartstopper by Alice Oseman started as a Tumblr webcomic in 2016 before the Hachette print run and 2022 Netflix adaptation.

Top creators of gay comics

Alice Oseman (Heartstopper), Tillie Walden (Spinning, On a Sunbeam), Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me), Jen Wang (The Prince and the Dressmaker), Tee Franklin (Bingo Love at Image Comics), Ngozi Ukazu (Check Please!), Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie (Young Avengers 2013 run). For BL/yuri manga: Natsuki Kizu (Given), Kou Yoneda (Twittering Birds Never Fly), Akimi Yoshida (Banana Fish).

Top digital platforms for gay comics

Globalcomix is the closest thing to a single subscription covering multiple categories: marvel and dc channels, the indie catalog covers Bingo Love, the kodansha channel handles BL manga with an 18+ toggle. Webtoon and Tapas host the ongoing serialized lgbt webcomics where Heartstopper and Check Please originally lived. SuBLime (Viz Media's BL imprint) carries licensed English BL manga. Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe Infinite carry deeper publisher back catalogs.

Top discovery communities for gay comics

r/lgbtcomics on Reddit is the central hub for crowd sourced recommendations. r/yaoi and r/yurimemes cover the manga side. Lambda Literary Awards and GLAAD Media Awards announce queer graphic novel winners annually, Eisner Awards recognize lgbt graphic novels in best graphic memoir and best limited series. The Queer Comics Database (queercomicsdatabase.com) catalogs lgbt comics by representation type. Tumblr remains the discovery layer for Tumblr pipeline webcomics before they break out.