Words from a different perspective

Ever notice things are closed late at night lately?

We really need to change that.

Maybe a tax holiday from 10/11 pm till 4 or 5 am?

Do people just think it’s not safe? Of course, that’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. There’s a thing called Natural Surveillance. When there are things to do, there are eyes out there preventing crime. In the absence of acceptable things to do, crime fills the void, and the “Nothing good happens after midnight” becomes true.

A tax holiday is definitely cheaper than hiring more cops and adding pricey security options. Often, with crime, vandalism, and break-ins still happening as they chase the results instead of preventing the crime. Thus, we just end up paying twice. Once for the security, and again for the repairs and replacement of things stolen or damaged in the crime sprees.

Natural surveillance is a term used in crime prevention through environmental design models for crime prevention. Natural surveillance limits the opportunity for crime by taking steps to increase the perception that people can be seen. Natural surveillance occurs by designing the placement of physical features, activities and people in such a way as to maximize visibility and foster positive social interaction

See More: Wikipedia: Natural Surveillance

I am always forgetting what to call the representatives on the state levels. I’m like congressmen. Ok, that’s sexist? So, based on the names below. its “Legislature Members” or members of “their legislature”

Now, I remember why I frequently forget; there is no unified term for many. Here is the unified name for the state senates & house.

• State Assembly – California, which is false. That’s their name for their House (Lower House)
• State Legislature – Most other states
• State Congress – Some states? Nope none!
• Oh that’s wrong:
  • General Assembly
  • Legislative Assembly
  • General Court

Conclusion:

Its called:

• State Legislature in 30 states with
  • Upper House: The State Senate (100% of states)
  • Lower House: House of Representatives (41 states)
    Nebraska doesn’t separate into Upper/Lower Houses (Senate only or Legislature only)

As a reference: Ballotpedia’s: Official names of state legislatures
(Archive: pdf capture 3/2026)
NOTE: Archive.org shows it essentially unchanged 2013-2026
{Nebraska was changed from Senate/none to just State Legislature }

Or does it?

Does it matter?

I was told to look it up when I mentioned that cash is king in regard to using a cc vs cash.

My response:

Technically, it kinda does. Debt Cards are more liquid than a Credit card. (P.s. So is Cash)

Debt Card Fees are lower.

Thus, pretty close on that side [with regard to retail], but a typical common usage has taken over on the street. -ish.

The ish: Cash is king will also mean the person here first with payment (Payment is liquid to the dealer, but for them, that liquidity is coming from their payment processor… yet, again, cash in hand vs the guy they’re holding the loan for over the weekend IS STILL KING. A dealer is guessing that their loan holding company will accept your application. They have up to 5 days or so to decline to buy the loan from the dealer.

In fact, the dealer can take the car back in that first 5-10 days if they can’t sell your debt.

SO, yes, liquid cash is king, and tangible cash is the MOST LIQUID.

Conclusion: the colloquial/common usage is essentially the accepted meaning in much of the American-speaking world. Remember, English is a fluid and ever-changing language. Knowing its history is good, and I would argue that its historical & financial-world usage IS in line with the common less formal usage.

The post:

My response is to:

Google “cash is king origin”, you’d be surprised to learn it doesn’t mean that notes and coins is better than card…

— Lewis Farley

“unix” not Unix because of the “Unix Like” systems. Not everything IS “UNIX.”

But what about POSIX?

It is unix as in how Klenix, Google, Coke, Band-Aide, etc., both brand names and colloquial or common usage.

This phenomenon is called genericization, where a brand name becomes synonymous with a general class of products, often losing its trademark protection. Examples include “Kleenex” for tissues and “Aspirin” for pain relievers.

Wikipedia (Also see Wiktionary or similar)

However, today, after writing this, nothing looks right.

No paragraph yet. This is just a checklist of things I am finding out after installing

First week thoughts: 3 days in but only used one day because its such a shitty program

• YAY! = Love it
• Eh! = Take it or leave it (Fluf) Possibly A great feature in some “Niche” cases.
• CON! = Negative. Please address and fix!
• Negative Experience: Great option for some, but come on, there’s another potentially better option. Maybe created because someone is used to a Mac?

• YAY! – It does offer the ability to lock folders to the top.!!!
• Eh! – It does give the age since last use. Cool, but distracting? It needs a toggle. (Yes, I can change the skin or the column settings, but the columns we can pick are super minimal. (Another Miss for below?) It can be great when cleaning up, so a YAY, just address other things vs let this be the only thing I might use the app for when you claim there’s more to the app)

What I miss:

• CON: the carrots that did exist in the left column
• CON: the visibility: when selecting multiple items to move/copy, if you skip some, i.e., use the Ctrl instead of Shift to select, you don’t know which item you’re on until you select it.
• CON: Star ratings
  (The author says they will eventually fix this. 9 months ago: June 2025 > March 2026)
• CON!!!: the ability to access android devises. First, USB, second, I guess FTP, in which case the author says they will never support accessing those devices (FTP, or Android over FTP; or Android at all? I can see the USB drive, I just can’t do anything.)

Notable: In some aspects, this is just a skin. Which is fine, given that the author/programmer is already lacking in key features. It still uses the Windows “About Dialog,” which provides access to additional information, including tags/keywords, star ratings, permissions, etc. More Skin Things: The move or copy pulls up the windows move command. Which at least has decent (Good?) duplication/overwrite checks.

Speaking to my goals:

•  Negative experience: The top-level carrots (Computer>C>Users>User>Documents> Category>Destination folder) in the left column, going down 4-5 directory levels, you still have to do that, but you use an upper window pane to do that. Sure, in the left column, you can add a single “bookmark” (my term) for each folder you want to access, but that’s silly when you could just use carrots. Thus, the NOT ADDRESSED carrot issue. (Created because someone was used to Mac’s?
• CON: Carrots non-existent! I think they are non-existent because the software, programmer, or programming language can’t support them. Even the above-mentioned upper window pane opens a new column for each and every directory level you open. Such a mess! Granted, that only controls the current directory listed in the window pane below!!! Yes, at least you can copy/move a file from the lower window pane to one of the higher-level directories above, BUT if you want to move to a spot in a different tree, you must use a Miller Column.
• CON: Forced Miller Columns: I understand many love them, and they’re a GREAT OPTION, but to be forced to use them when there are so many equally good options. i.e., the above mentioned Carrots in the left column.
  • Created because someone is used to a Mac?
  • Created because some unix / ftp / other file managers use it.
    PRO: Yes, its GREAT for viewing an entire folder, vs a disappearing tab or a dedicated 2nd window. VS. just seeing a list of columns in a carrot.
    (i.e., What actual files are in that particular folder)

First day:

CON: Left Column is just a link to the listed item. i.e. Grabbing a file and hovering over pinned directories in the left column doesn’t cascade open them. I guess I need to learn the Mac’s Miller Column feature, or get used to operating in two-column mode (The left column isn’t cutting it, and is one thing I didn’t like about half the modules in that left column on the MS Windows Explorer. I LOVE carrots’; the cascading directories feature)

It freaks out when working with a phone via USB. The Phone’s USB doesn’t like doing multiple things at once. From moving to renaming files, they all fail. Yes, copying/moving seems to use the window’s commands, but OneCommander must not be releasing control so that the command can be executed. Switching to Windows doesn’t work unless I fully release by closing the app. — known issue…

Cannot access Android device connected via USB or FTP, and FTP will never be added, as the developer has clarified that this feature will never be added. Unsure whether that “Never” includes USB.

The select multiple does not highlight the cursor line very well. I can see the selected items, but not the highlighted items. i.e. I use shift to select 3 items, then, when I switch to ctl to skip a few items, I can’t tell where I am until I hit the space bar to select the items.

Just a today post. I’ve worded it better other times. Just not here yet.

We haven’t settled on a fixed time because half of the population in each state disagrees with which way should be the permanent way‽ Last year, Missouri adopted permanent standard time (the legally allowed option from the feds), and this year they’re working on permanent Savings Time. It’s a mumbo-jumbo of states, each picking the opposite. Oklahoma passed both. Texas wants DST(Passed May 2025)

Permanent standard time would put US/Missouri essentially on mountain time:
Equal with Colorado and an hour behind Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Minnesota, and Louisiana

Permanent DST would put US/Missouri in with our neighbors, Kansas, Nebraska, and Kentucky, but also New York, which wants permanent Standard time.

Oklahoma picked both as well. So, Go with Kansas on Standard, or Texas on Savings.

Oh Wait, Minnesota picked both as well

p.s 4 or 5 people I talk to prefer evening light over morning, but the morning people are very adamant.

P.P.s, Considering NY going standard and Missouri going Savings, I almost think that central and eastern people are already following the same time, we’re just calling it by a different name/number.

Central follows East Coast TV times…
8/7 central prime time TV starts. the late news starts at 11/10 Central
that 8 eastern and 7 central. The old 9-5 eastern workday is 8-4 central

I also find it strange that NY would want more morning light. In July, the sun was coming up before 5 AM WTF!!!!

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The list:

Standard Time:
California (Weird, given Arizona and Nevada are Mountain, and that much of California is east of the PNW of which BOTH Oregon and Washington want perm DST)
Virginia
Nebraska
Kansas
Alaska
Washington DC
Illinois
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Missouri
New York
Vermont
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Pennsylvania
South Carolina

Permanent DST:
Maine
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Minnesota
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington

I understand security is paramount. But if my phone is unlocked next to me, its secure enough for me to do basic stuff.

Heck, if my phone is that close, can I at least accept that even viewing text messages is ok?

Oh, wait, you do allow that, but you threaten to delete my Samsung Pay cards from the watch. hmmm… Seems like you can lock the Samsung Pay app while leaving the rest unlocked. This lockdown, when and after charging, is BS.

Charging and battery life sucks. I could charge my FitBit Sense2 while showering. It really made showering a regular routine. IF, and I mean IF it were down to a 20% charge, I could get it to 90+ percent in less than half an hour. That’s a toothbrush, shower, coffee, laundry, and done.

Now, it essentially takes a full hour every single day, and often that’s 2x a day. I now regularly leave the watch at home because I can’t just pick it up and put it on after the shower. That 90% charge would last more than a day.

So, if I charged it daily, it could be done in less than 20 minutes. Instead, not only am I charging in the morning, but I am also frequently charging in the evening.

Thus, like leaving it at home in the morning, because its on the charger in the evening, I’m passing out before I get it off the charger.

I’m thinking you really need a charge alarm. If I’m charging 2x per day, hopefully then it can be done in 30 minutes if religiously done. That said, like the medicine reminder, you need a loud, hey, IT’S BEEN 30 MINUTES thing. PICK ME UP BEFORE YOU LEAVE (or pass out!!!). Sure, I have smart things turned on, but once out of the house, I can’t make it back.

Part of the issue is that the 9.9-watt charger rarely exceeds 2.5 watts, and when it does, it only goes slightly higher. Sure, sometimes up to 2.95 watts, but typically less.

Speaking of the frequent need to recharge. Yes, a

the other day, it said 11.5+ hours at 70% then 6 hours at 30%, then dead in 2 hours. it was 4 hours short of the 11 hours.

Yet the next day the phone died, and it dropped less than 10% charge in 3.5 hours. This is amazing since typically, it freaks out and loses 80% of its charge in just a couple of hours.

Below is just a stream-of-consciousness list of notes… only roughly worked in.

The Samsung watch kind of sucks on a few cases first this 9 + what charger cannot get above 2.9 watts and it’s frequently in the lower half of the twos to what range. I can literally plug it in and while it’s plugged in watch, the battery charge dropped 10% just because it can’t keep up to its own screen. And that brings me to the issue of trying to turn it off I understand that you have the watch set to automatically turn on when it gets plugged in I’m sorry I wanted to charge not discharge and I even did a hard reset on my watch thinking it was broken because you didn’t even tell me that this was grayed out I pushed it like 200 times trying to get it to power off just so it would charge. Maybe she pop pop up a info thing saying hey you can’t turn off right now because of the setting is set to always be on In which case maybe maybe just maybe you should say hey do you want to disable this or do you want to disable this right now or permanently. The other day just by going into work out mode I lost 25% of my charge It went dead yes didn’t shut into some battery saver mode or anything It was about 28% the locker room when I was on the floor is probably 25% when I hit start my yoga routine It stopped at the 40 minute mark. Maybe that was it trying to search for Bluetooth cuz I found out today that I went from 50% charge to 0% charge in 2 hours because I turned off my Bluetooth it’s easier to hit one button than disconnect headphones and reconnect headphones and do all those other stuff just turn off Bluetooth so rather than doing a deep battery surge searching for Bluetooth maybe she go into BLE mode Bluetooth flow energy Maybe that is happening because it’s desperate to find a phone which it shouldn’t be if I might be leaving it to go work out or something It gave me alert I swipe it away and acknowledgment that doesn’t mean I’m trying to find my phone. Maybe it’s that that’s pretty concern Wi-Fi and LTE on cuz I do have those set to airplane mode because I don’t need three radios I don’t need location services when I’m getting location services through my phone I have that turned off too maybe that’s being turned on because it’s disconnected from the phone I don’t know All I know is my battery goes from 50% to 0% in less than 2 hours from 25% to 0% in less than 40 minutes

it’s preface this by standing that whenever a ride or gets in my car I’m asking him where are they going give me the name of the place you’re going is there something identifiable is there a blue awning a green awning is there a big letters on the building that says 2121 maybe the entrance says lifestyle shaman maybe the interest of the parking lot says green life number one

correction: The user interface appears to be fixed as of late 2025 but the questioning is not. I have decided to add a second user interface suggestion that is seriously directly involved with this see the last half of this article

so I do like that Ube gives writers the opportunity to type in the destination as a name of where they’re going sure it sometimes that dated, but at least they can do it. Heck maybe Uber should prompt them sometimes I do they at least on the pickup they’re like is that near XY or z business I don’t know how that appears to us cuz it doesn’t say it doesn’t often say near ex maybe that’s because people don’t actually click on Yes this is what it’s by. but why not do that on the destination as well you know the address you know what businesses are at that address

Heck if it’s a place they go to a lot prompt them say hey is this somewhere you go a lot is there something identifiable about it is it red blue red door is it have a tree swing in front maybe it’s got a wooden fence if the others don’t have well it’s not very consistent you could ask hey is there often a red car is there a truck off and out in front

this displaying of the address seems to be fixed in the latter half of 2025. I don’t know when it was fixed I was off to platform for about 2 or 3 months when I switched to Lyft due to poor customer service experiences with Uber me being a customer drivers are customers too but then we’re also the product what users are the product I don’t know

but then comes the issue you end up displaying the name of the business they’re going to and it’s nearly impossible to find the address I can see on the map where we’re going but the address helps me know less side of the street right side of the street mentally I’m like hey this is three blocks south of main Street That’s a useful piece of information that the address gives me that isn’t always known on the map because I have to examine the map versus a quick two-word description of 201 South 1st Street

addition relative to what was stated above

I believe I stated this under the perfect app checklist

when I say Knowing Knowing where you’re going and knowing identifying markers is important. part of that plays into the request or suggestion to zoom in on the destination when you hit start right ride ride. One of the super nice things about Lyft is it highlights the building you’re picking up from and dropping off at it’s only accurate about 60 to 80% of the time depends on the day some days it’s right almost 100% other times it’s wrong almost 100%. that said if you zoom in on your destination when you accept the ride when you start the ride sorry you can know that you’re going to ride from this direction drop the passenger off on that side and it’s this shape of the building they placed a pan at this entrance that’s all great now I know where I’m going and what I’m doing pair that with knowing the name of the building or what color of awning it is or something like that You’ve got a perfect way to find the destination

but also part of that it’s also something left excels at once you’ve accepted the ride Lyft continues to show you the destination where you’re going so while you’re waiting for that person to come out you can see the destination and be like oh I’m going to 2121 main Street that’s on the east side of the road that is a third building down all that cool stuff Uber on the other hand gives you a vague destination maybe up to six blocks away while you’re accepting the trip and you don’t get to plan your destination till after you start the ride I suppose that’s a security feature but you’re going to know where they’re going anyway eventually

not aside I hadn’t really been thinking about it before but The only thing to make that even better is have the option to toggle in the street view and say this is a recent view of the building granite if it is changed since the street view a picture was taken it’s useless, and there should be a way to flag that street view date as inaccurate but hey put on the screen and you can show the writer is this where we’re going Yes okay let’s go. Heck drop the writer and say is this the your destination put an x on the door you’re trying to get to Grant you can do that from overhead when you say what’s the destination or pick up