Ryan Gaumaise

he, him, his 😸🇫🇷🎻🫖☕️📖⚜️ PhD | cat parent | francophone | translator | violinist | hockey fan | Midwesterner | urbanist | cryptid enthusiast

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Kids, this is what it felt like the night Obama won.

[BOBBY MARS @bobby_on_mars]

Sad to see Apple bending to frivolous consumer demands instead of dictating the market itself with good design. Foldable iPhone is pointless, touchscreen on a MacBook Pro is pointless. It's like they finally surrendered to years of critiques and said, fine, here you go.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@MairinGoBragh @otheredtoo @9NewsNancy @Vantien0802 @grok Also precludes most of Michigan and Indiana.

Probably Chicagoland or wisco.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@cizz0r @aaronp613 even for people who can afford paying 1000+ up front, it’s not good financial sense to do so. Choosing not to spend cash upfront is often a calculated move to keep money growing elsewhere.

If one buys a budget $300 phone, no interest at $8/month is still smarter mathematically.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@cizz0r @aaronp613 A $20 24-mo bill for a phone is hardly causing anyone to defer major financial milestones

even budget smartphones cost several hundred dollars. With wages so stagnant, very few people can afford to buy even budget models outright

And modern life simply requires a smartphone

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@cizz0r @aaronp613 Even longer outside the US

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@cizz0r @aaronp613 And it’s not as if it’s a new development. This has been the standard industry-wide way of buying smartphones for 15-20 years

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@cizz0r @aaronp613 Far more people pay monthly rather than paying outright.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@cizz0r @aaronp613 Most people do, my guy 😂

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@GWHayduke97 I really miss St. Louis

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@JoshuaBarzon There’s no “kinda” about it. Missouri is midwestern.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@Msamalam

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@sekellus @JoshuaBarzon Not to mention the fact that Columbus isn’t nearly that close to Indiana 😂 this map got us west of Toledo lol

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@JoshuaBarzon Ah yes, the three major Ohio cities of Columbus, Englaoria, and Octroroo.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@BrandonButch why can’t it be both better/more expensive than its competitors AND slightly more affordable? Similar streaming boxes are literally 1/2 the price. Should we pay a premium for a better product? Sure. But that could easily have been achieved at 199 or even 219. 299 is egregious.

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@samkohl Well damn. at that price my current 2015 Apple TV is suddenly looking fabulous

[Ryan Gaumaise @ryangaumaise]

@JeffreyParson @2024dion It’s true! It’s so meandering, the bridges all face different directions lol

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

It’s hard to explain, but "¿Dónde está la biblioteca?" spiritually FEELS like the Spanish version of “the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.”