A guy was ready to drop $1,500 on a new OLED TV because his 3-year-old Smart TV was freezing up and took 5 seconds just to respond to the remote.
He unplugged it. Deleted old apps. Cleared the cache. The lag kept coming back.
He went to Best Buy to get a replacement.
The home theater installer in the blue shirt stopped him: "Before you spend a grand, let me show you something."
He grabbed a remote and shook his head.
"There are 8 hidden tracking settings throttling your TV's processor right now. Manufacturers turn them all on by default. Nobody tells you they exist. Let's fix this."
Here's what he showed him in the next 8 minutes. 🧵
Stop saying "Just following up" in your career emails. You are signaling desperation. You are handing them the leverage.
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Apple wants you spending $2,000 on a new MacBook.
But 9 out of 10 slow Macs just need 10 minutes of cleanup.
Mine was overheating, lagging, fan screaming nonstop.
I changed 7 settings and it felt brand new.
No upgrades. No reinstalls.
Here's what actually worked:
It is no secret that I love the Caribbean region as a whole. I have been to all, and I have been to many of them multiple times.
Let this be a feel good moment FOR ALL OF US. As a region we can shine brighter together.
We rlly like family bickering and it not cute.
Your AirPods Pro are an FDA-approved hearing aid.
You paid $250 and never turned it on.
That's 1 of 12 features Apple buried in Settings.
Here's all 12 (bookmark this):
More than 120 cubs and scouts from across the South-Central District are attending the first annual district camp at the Petrotrin Sports Club in Pointe-a-Pierre, taking part in activities including swimming, golf, taekwondo, camp craft, pioneering, astronomy and artistry.
Participants will also visit the Wildfowl Trust and engage in a tree planting exercise.
District Scout Commissioner Curtis Dindial says the programme is designed to keep youths engaged while helping them build lifelong skills and relationships.
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Millennials are the elite generation because they cranked out 12-page essays the night before they were due. No ChatGPT. No Claude. Just lo-fi beats playing in the background, Black coffee at midnight, footnotes that were somehow correct, and pure delusion. Grade was an A minus. Period.
🚨 I just learned about a concept, I can't stop thinking about.
The Four Burner Theory.
It destroyed Elon Musk's first marriage.
It explains why Bezos is jacked but divorced.
And why Zuckerberg has no real friends.
Once you understand it, your life will never be same:🧵