I’ve been caseless for a while and have had a couple of drops and the phone has been fine. When I eventually upgrade my phone, I’ll probably stay caseless, or add minimal protection. Mainly cause if the increasingly rare catastrophic drop happens, it’d be unpleasant to deal with.

I do like some cases for their design elements, I might use one to just further personalize my phone.

I have been caseless forever. If I drop the phone and it breaks I’ll bring it to repairs (I used to do it myself but it’s more complicated now and I don’t have the time anymore anyways).

>I have been caseless forever.

Almost the same here. We got new identical phones in 2023 for a good deal because they were made in 2022.

She breaks hers fairly regularly and myself not at all so far.

I guess they are considered obsolete already because in our complex there was apparently someone operating a cellphone shop who was discarding a couple dozen assorted brand new cases for this exact phone!

Fancy ones, tough ones, light ones, some with kickstands, quite a variety.

None of which I could abide for very long. She loves the most fashionable one.

Then one day I found something I could use that was made of a space-age fiber I have been long acquainted with, rayon.

It was an ankle sock, and it was not one of hers.

Pretty much useless by itself as footwear, so it existed for a time as orphan laundry before I tried it.

Uncased phone doesn't fall out when you handle it upside down, but slips out real easy when you want it to. Plus you can see who's calling through the fiber without having to remove it beforehand.

It surprised me that people seem to show more interest than they do for more fashionable alternatives that are not even footwear at all :)

Well, yes, we all know that you can go caseless if paying for repairs or new phones is within your budget.

The point of a case is to avoid having to pay for those repairs.

Aren't iPhones expensive to repair? Like $100 minimum for just about anything. That's significant to recover from one incident.

I usually drop my phone 3-5 times a month. Inexpensive cases and screen protectors have saved me quite a lot of hassle.

Fewer repairs saves time, produces less waste, and preserves more of the resale value.

I have AppleCare+ so it’s $30. I’ve had my phone stolen way more often than needing anything repaired because it’s caseless.

To answer both comments at the same time, I very rarely drop my phone. It happened 3 or 4 times, from pocket height, the screen stayed intact. Got a few scratches but that’s all (it’s the mini).

Have you heard about cases? They prevent damage

They are also making the phone bigger, heavier, uglier and just not a joy to use anymore.

i was for a while too. but the shift back to aluminum does not bode well for caseless.

deep scratches are trivial and drops will immediately lead to heavy dents. that being said the screen itself is incredibly tough so it will be usable.

before (stainless / titanium) you could go caseless without concern. the most i ever had happen was a little crack on the back

The aluminum helps protect the glass - it absorbs the shock.

I don't know what it is about iPhones but I find them to get damage/chips/scratches super easy compared to the Android phones I've used.

Maybe the new phones are better, but I was quite disappointed when I noticed how easy the paint came off. What's the point of a pretty phone if you're gonna need me to put a case around it?

Your phone was painted?

I wouldn’t say I trust ChatGPT without verification yet, but it definitely accelerates me by generating good enough code for me to quickly debug.

I am a much faster debugger than a from scratch generator, so ChatGPT/etc helps accelerate me through those moments even when I know exactly what I want to write.

This makes it useful enough a tool to use anytime I’m writing code

I don’t know anything about the algorithm, but my dumb lizard brain take is that I often find comfort in watching the same stuff again. Whenever a 3blue1brown video pops up in my feed again, it’s like seeing an old friend and I’ll watch to the end again.

I can think of many videos like this, that pop up in a feed after many years and you’ll see the comments like “see y’all again in a year when the algorithm brings this back” or “I always click when this video is recommended”.

I have several friends who’ll rewatch whole shows again and again for a similar reason. There’s the comfort of something familiar.

So I guess I don’t mind when youtube does this

Obviously, you have fantastic taste in videos. It drives me crazy to get repeats. But it’s really good for me to know that some people think the opposite way.

I like falling asleep to Adrian's Digital Basement. He's got enough content but I often just restart a video anyway.

This sounds awful. I honestly don’t know my mom’s birthday and perhaps interestingly she doesn’t technically know it either. Papers lost (and probably made up) multiple times when her family fled her home and then country before ending up here.

And she definitely has a birthday on her driver’s license now, but I think she might have to look at it to make sure she got it right.

On a long enough time line, we probably all don't know our own birthday, if still alive....

I'm sure there are plenty of people refugeed young that don't know.

I think that’s 6 out of 100 instead of 1/6

I think it would cover interest rate risk because an increase in rates causes bond value to decrease, implying the bonds SVB held lose value and they would not be able to cover capital.

And if they have to value it appropriately every quarter, the issue likely would have been seen earlier and maybe they could have changed their positions as the rates were rising instead of being in a hole and trying to do it all at once.

At least I think that’s how the regulations might have worked here.

Might be TMI, but I get my sperm tested frequently (partly because of this problem), and will say there is a lot of variability in my samples.

A standard deviation of 48.29 for total motile, and a very low positive correlation with abstinence period (R^2 of 0.082). There isn’t a discernible pattern over time yet (I’m expecting as I age for my average to decrease but I haven’t seen that yet), and I haven’t made any significant diet changes. I think my hydration level is important but I haven’t tracked that in conjunction with my tests. Also because it takes 74 days [1] for spermatogenesis, any change you make in lifestyle has to be performed for a while before it potentially can affect your sperm.

Alls that to say, I wouldn’t necessarily worry about one test being low. I’ve had some lows that initially worried me when I was first testing, and now it feels within expected variation. Though, the broader macro trend (or potential of a trend) is still concerning, so its worth it to me to keep an eye on it individually

Reference: [1] https://www.givelegacy.com/what-is-sperm/

For what it’s worth, the book this article is based on explicitly talks about these two different responsibilities and why a manager (by title) will always have to do both in some capacity.

And the amount of each responsibility a manager holds varies depending on level, like a “Director of Engineering” will be more on the “leadership” side setting direction but they still need “management” of their direct reports (other engineering managers or managers of managers), whereas an “Engineering Manager” will likely spend more time in “management” at the service of their team of IC engineers.

I fully agree with you on this one.

Down 80% from IPO but with a market cap above 10 billion. Compared to when YC invested I think that’s still pretty good

I also enjoyed this video from 3Blue1Brown about solving wordle with information theory:

https://youtu.be/v68zYyaEmEA