Is “Inflight entertainment” just marketing without meaning now?

My last two flights on southwest. No WiFi. Cant connect. Not working.

Flight attendants say it doesn’t work until the door is closed but we take off and it still doesn’t work. We tell them. They say there’s nothing they can do.

Southwest used to provide great value for fliers. Now it’s just excuses and higher prices.

Very annoyed this evening.

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u/jcwillia1 — 4 days ago
▲ 0 r/Rouvy

No heart rate

It would be nice to have an error message in red background and black font that shows up when you start your ride if Rouvy detects a zero heart rate

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u/jcwillia1 — 6 days ago

Unwanted Negotiations

I feel like Facebook could do sellers a solid favor by adding a “terms negotiable” tag to every listing. I would turn that off for every single listing. Every single thing I list people come back with crazy low ball offers or trades or they want me to deliver it to them. No no no. I put my terms in the item description. If those are not agreeable to you please don’t contact me about my listing and waste everyone’s time.

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u/jcwillia1 — 9 days ago

Help - PC vs Xbox, 2020 vs 2024?

Question.

I’m selling my XBox because I don’t use it anymore but I still need to have MSFS. I have a Legion 5 gaming laptop to use going forward.

I use MSFS to create short flyover videos of cities around the world for my wife’s preschool class and they seem to really love it.

  1. Do I stick with 2020 or move on to 2024?

  2. Am I going to have issues recording the streams?

Xbox makes it super easy with broadcast to twitch and then export to YouTube.

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u/jcwillia1 — 9 days ago

Dusty May you dirty dog - any UM players want to play for a winner? Come on down to Champaign...

ESPN reporting Dusty to the Mavericks.

This is a disaster for the defending champs now that most of the portal dust has already settled.

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u/jcwillia1 — 14 days ago

Bad / inaccurate strain

This app doesn’t handle multiple data sources well at all.

I turned on all the Apple health permissions then had to add strava because it’s not getting heart rate data from the Apple workouts.

And now even though both are synced it still shows zero strain for my 2 hour bike ride.

Think I’m done with this.

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u/jcwillia1 — 15 days ago
▲ 176 r/airpods

I never realized how loud the world is...

These are the very first ANC headphones I've ever worn. I'm sitting at my desk at work and there's some normal ambient noise - HVAC is going, my office fridge just kicked on, the building "hums" a bit.

But you turn on ANC and the entire world just disappears. For someone who occasionally gets a little stressed out, that is a rather wild piece of escapism. I felt like that commercial starring Pedro Pascal was a bit of overkill - I think I'm starting to get it now.

Even with no music or no podcast playing, the world is just entirely silent. It really feels like a magic trick.

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u/jcwillia1 — 17 days ago

Toggling between noise canceling and transparent mode

Longtime iPhone user, first time using AirPods

took me a minute to find the touch sensitive pad on the front of the stem - still getting used to all the various gestures.

So I've tried the press and hold on the stem and I think I'm hearing an acknowledgement chime but I'm not sure and the device I'm listening on doesn't show any changes. Not sure how that is supposed to work. Are there times where it won't change bc I feel like I have experienced that too.

I've never used noise cancellation before so I have no context for what I am or am not supposed to be hearing.

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u/jcwillia1 — 17 days ago

"My Ally Update"

Ally,

Don't send these to me but ESPECIALLY don't send them to me without an unsubscribe link.

I check all of my bank accounts every single day - I don't need an email that gives me an "update".

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u/jcwillia1 — 18 days ago
▲ 2 r/Strava

Apple Fitness will not update from Strava unless I open the app - why?

This happens every day - I jump on my bike trainer - ride my every day workout, check my Apple Fitness app on my watch and my phone and nothing. Open Strava and all of a sudden all my Apple Fitness notifications spring to life.

Why can't it sync without me having to touch it?

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u/jcwillia1 — 21 days ago
▲ 0 r/Rouvy

Rechargeable Zwift Click?

I’m so sick of changing the battery of this thing that I barely ever use but seems to be dead every time I actually want to use it.

Who has any kind of rechargeable option that works with Apple TV ? I almost don’t even care how much of a Frankenstein it is.

I’m using a zwift hub with Zwift cog v1

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u/jcwillia1 — 22 days ago
▲ 1 r/Tapo

Tapo c402 no subscription

How do I get this thing to show me images of events/notifications without paying for a subscription? Waze does this for free.

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u/jcwillia1 — 22 days ago

Inherited computer 400 GB photos - how to add to my Google Photos to share?

We inherited my father in law's computer and he was a photographer - I'd like to share these photos with my wife's siblings - how do I add all these photos to my google photos account?

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u/jcwillia1 — 23 days ago
▲ 15 r/Rouvy

Riding with Friends should be easier

My old boss is the only person I actually know in real life who rides on Rouvy. It just so happens that we ride at the same time every day.

But if you're asking either one of us to set up an event and then send invites and then wait for the person to connect... you're crazy.

There should be a button when I log in that says "Join Friend" and poof I go straight into his world where he is at and please turn on the elastic option because he rides a good 30W faster than I do on average.

It should be just that easy and yes there should be a switch to prevent that if I don't want people auto - joining on me.

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u/jcwillia1 — 1 month ago
▲ 3 r/Rouvy

Route Creator Camera Position

so the help documentation says to keep the camera dead center but the picture they have on their blog shows the guy mounting the cameras ALL THE WAY on one side of the car. I assume this is a European picture which would make that the passenger side?

https://rouvy.com/blog/how-to-record-a-rouvy-route

All of the "official" rouvy routes I have ridden have been filmed (seemingly anyways) from the driver side as you're almost looking at a 3/4 view from behind of your rider. Which lets you see what's in front of you much better than if the camera was straight behind your rider.

Finally ordered a GoPro Hero 11 Black (and accessories) today and I'm excited to try this out.

u/jcwillia1 — 1 month ago
▲ 5 r/help

How do I see more of the subs I am subscribed to and less of what Reddit thinks I want to see?

Title

Filtering through "New" or "Top" is useless because all subreddits are different sizes and have different post frequencies.

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u/jcwillia1 — 1 month ago

Searching for a $5 white

I tend to drink cheap wine during the week and then if my wife and I are in the mood we will have a “nicer” bottle on the weekends.

I’ve been drinking a few bottles of TJs carmenere (which is awesome for $5) but the more I drink the more I’m finding I want something lighter.

I used to drink a LOT of beringer Pinot Grigio but that was before I “got into” wine and I’m not sure it would hold up anymore. I used to love costcos PG box but something has changed the past few that I have had where it has a terrible metallic taste to it. Maybe I’m changing who knows.

What do you recommend?

Thanks.

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u/jcwillia1 — 1 month ago
▲ 137 r/Fire

Under what circumstances does a 4% withdrawal rate deplete an investment account?

I'm doing my own math in a google sheet and I can't for the life of me figure out how withdrawing 4% of the starting balance every single year would ever deplete the retirement balance.

What am I missing? I know the market isn't going to grow every single year but it's also not going to be flat over 30 years?

Sorry if this is the wrong sub for this question.

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u/jcwillia1 — 2 months ago

When is return of Solar Cam Pan?

I understand the whole recall issue but when are these going to be available for sale again?

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u/jcwillia1 — 2 months ago