u/minshinji

Been on free for a couple months now and it does the job most of the time buttt I keep getting hit with locked features which is hella annoying.

Trying to gauge is premium is worth the dollars. The free version covers the basics food diary, calorie goals, manual logging but no barcode scanner. That might sell me just it's nice to log a protein bar quick and those things.

I know mfp premium also unlocks AI meal scan, voice logging and macronutrient stuff. Did the same thing with premium+ found out adds meal planning, a bunch of recipes, auto-logging, grocery lists.

My question is less about features tho and more like when does paying actually change how you use the app? Does premium help you truly stay consistent and on track with goals better than when you used the free version? Features are nice but do they work? LMK

I've been trying to get my runs and lifts done before work because it's the only time I can consistently protect. The problem is I cannot figure out the food situation.

If I eat anything substantial I feel it sloshing around for the first mile or feel weirdly heavy during lifts. But if I don't eat anything I hit a wall around 25 minutes. Coffee helps a little but I'm at a point where I need like two cups to feel human and then I'm jittery.

Tried the banana thing based on some advice and felt fine but i also have no idea if the banana did anything.

What does everyone else do? Do you eat something specific if so how long before? Is there something you take that doesn't involve eating a whole meal that early? Thanks

TLDR: It's a myfitnesspal coach that's more useful than a generic AI but it can't log food or change your goals for you.

It's basically a chat window that's connected to your diary instead of being a standalone chatbot. Knows what you logged today your macro targets recent food history stuff like that.

I've used it a handful of times now mostly for like I have 300 calories left and I'm still short on protein. Or I'm going out on Applebees tonight for dinner what should I order works pretty good for that. TBH probably not going to blow your mind but I do like not having to explain my whole situation every time.

Not sure I'm going to use it every meal every day, but it's handy when I'm stuck at the end of the day and don't want to think too hard haha.

So far so good! Anyone using it in better ways?

Used iphone for like eight years. not because it was the best. just because I was used to it and switching felt like a hassle after a while. Finally got to the tipping point and was just getting tired of how apple wanted me to use the phone instead of the other way around. I just want a little customization without jumping through all the hoops.

Just recently replaced my iphone for the s26 ultra last month. Adjustment was smooth actually. Apps transferred fine and got my contacts over and switched my cloud storage. Tbh the features are wayy better.

What's been the actual difference is all the stuff that just works the way I want immediately. Way more control over how things look. Been on it for a month and the biggest surprise is how I don't miss much from apple.

We're about 30 engineers split across Windows and Linux, with a handful on macOS. All C++, CMake + Ninja as the build sytem. The compiler situation is where it gets messy. Someone's always on a slightly different version and it surfaces in the strangest ways, usually right before a release.

We've gone back and forth on a few approaches...pinning versions across machines, containerizing the build environment, leaning on build servers and treating local builds as second-class, or some mix. None feel clean. All have tradeoffs, and the tradeoff's shift depending on the platform.

What's held up at a similar scale?

I've been working so hard to perfect the color and lighting of photos only to see them just sitting on a hard drive or get compressed online on Instagram. I've mentioned prints in my contracts and bring it up during meetings but once they receive the final gallery, it's absolute radio silence. How are you guys doing it? Are you selling prints or letting them walk away only with the hard drives? I've seen people rave about generating passive income thru prints. What am I missing here?

I know this isn't new to samsung or android's had versions of this forever. but the call screening on the s26 specifically has changed how I deal with my phone.

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I'm a freelancer. I answer unknown numbers because sometimes it's work. that meant 4-5 spam and robocalls a day, every day. since turning screening on I've answered zero. the AI, picks up, asks who's calling and why, transcribes it live, and then I get to decide, answer, decline, or kick it to a message.

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warranty scam calls get caught instantly too. figured I'd post in case anyone's sitting on this feature and hasn't flipped it on.

i've been doing LH strips for months and i'm starting to think they're useless for me... i'll get a dark line and assume i'm peaking, BD around it and then nothing. last cycle i swear i had like 3 days of almost positives and i genuinely have no clue if i actually ovulate. keep seeing the inito fertility tracker pop up and the thing that's got me curious is it apparently tracks progesterone , so it actually confirms ovulation. that's kind of my whole problem rn... need to know if i'm actually ovulating or if something's off but also not trying to throw hundreds at something that might not work for my weird cycles... any current inito users wanna weigh in, looking for unbaised reviews here on this sub?

I got a final notice from the IRS a few months ago and it got put off because I panicked and didn't know what to do. Big mistake I know. My HR person at work just told me they received a wage garnishment order and it kicks in on my next paycheck. I owe several thousand in back taxes from 2020-2022. I'm a single parent and I genuinely cannot afford to lose a chunk of every paycheck I'm already living pretty tight. From what I've read, IRS wage garnishment can take a big portion of your take-home pay which would make it impossible to cover rent.

Is it too late to stop this or at least reduce it? I've seen stuff about IRS payment plans and installment agreements but can you set those up after garnishment has already started? Does it pause the garnishment while you work something out? I've also read that a tax relief company or enrolled agent can sometimes negotiate directly with the IRS to release a garnishment so I looked into Optima Tax Relief the other day. Has anyone actually had success with that route? I don't want to get scammed but I'm desperate at this point.

Been seeing Fahlo animal tracking bracelets and find the concept interesting. I like thar you can track an animal and part of the purchase goes toward conversation work with endangered species.

Im thinking of getting a bracelet to try, maybe the wolf one thats connected to AZA safe or the dolphin that partnered with FIU marine mammal ecology lab.

Have you guys heard of these or used an animal tracking bracelet and can share more details on how they work, how legit they are etc??

I'm honestly in full panic mode right now and beyond pissed at myself. Tried using my debit card this morning and it got declined. Found out there's an IRS levy on my account! They basically froze it. I had about literally my rent money and then some in there.

I knew I owed back taxes and yeah I got some notices, but I kept thinking I had more time to figure it out. Didnt think it was bad enough to swoop in and freeze my bank account like that. I'm trying not to completely lose it, but I know i need answers fast. Ive been on hold with the IRS for freakin hours.

Is there any way to appeal this or stop the levy before they actually take the money? Can I work with the IRS directly and work something out, or once the account is frozen is it basically too late? Would hiring a tax attorney or enrolled agent actually help get this released faster, or is that just wasting more money I don't have?

I'm not trying to dodge paying what I owe. But I absolutely cannot lose that rent money right now. If I can get the levy released, set up a payment plan, do an Offer in Compromise, whatever i can work it out

If anyone's dealt with this, please tell me what I should be doing in the next couple days because I'm seriously freaking out!!

Ive been looking at life insurance as we recently had our first child but I keep getting stuck on committing to something fixed when my income isnt fixed.

Some months are great, other months Im moving things around just trying to keep everything balanced, so the idea of locking into one monthly payment makes me hesitate even if I know I probably should have coverage.

Do people with freelance, commission, sales, or gig income usually just pick the lowest option and hope it still makes sense later? Or is there a smarter way to think about flexible life insurance premiums when your income changes month to month?

Im trying to figure out what people consider the best life insurance setup when consistency isnt really part of your paycheck.

Figured I'd share some hard-won notes because I see this come up a lot and the "just automate it" advice is usually missing a few steps.

The fantasy: employee requests access to a tool, the system checks their role, approves or routes for approval, provisions through Okta, done.

The reality: the system doesn't know their role. Or their manager. Or whether the company even has licenses available. Or what the approval policy is for that specific tool. So you get halfway there -- maybe it creates a ticket -- and then a human still has to do the actual lookup and make the decision.

The thing I've realized is that access provisioning automation doesn't fail because the automation is hard. It fails because the system doesn't have the employee context to make the decision in the first place. The automation is easy once you know who the person is, what they're allowed to have, and where the approval needs to go.

What's actually worked for teams that have gotten this right? I'm specifically curious how you got the "employee profile" part built out so the automation had something to work with.