Buddy Hield, the newest member of the Warriors, understands his job will be to step into the Sixth Man role the four-time NBA champion held at points during last season.
July 2024
E-biking teens are attacking people, businesses in this Southern California city
Teens on e-bikes are terrorizing this Southern California city
1Password’s Account Recovery Is Now More Forgiving
1Password just got a major update with lots of new features, finally adding a way for you to recover your account even if you forget your master password. That’s in addition to quality-of-life improvements, which let you automatically sign you into your account even if it has multiple login steps. Plus, the service recently added a feature that lets you use a QR code to share your wifi passwords, which I’ve used to great effect over the past few days. Here’s all the best new 1Password features, all of which are available in the latest version of the app on all devices.
You can finally recover your accounts
Previously, if you forgot your master password and lost your Secret Key, that was the end of your 1Password account. There was no way to recover it, but now there is. You can now set up a safeguard and generate a recovery code. Once you have it, you’ll want to store the code in a safe place (outside of 1Password) so that you have another way of accessing your account. The steps to do this are detailed on the 1Password support page.
Autosave credit cards
1Password will now detect when you type in credit card details and ask if you want to save them to the password manager. I’ve never bothered to save my current credit card to 1Password, but this change might finally encourage me to do so. You’ll have a choice between adding a new card or updating an existing credit card.
Faster sign-in workflows
When you sign in to websites, they often add multiple steps to the login process. You may see an email page, a new page for the password, and additional pages for one-time passwords or other information. If you have all this information saved in 1Password, it’ll automatically load all pages and complete the sign-in process for you.
A QR code for improved setup processes
If you’re already signed in to 1Password on one device, you’ll now be able to scan a QR code on new devices to quickly setup the app. Previously, you had to manually enter your account details, password, and Secret Key for sign up. 1Password says this code is temporary and doesn’t contain sensitive information, protecting it against attacks via screenshots or by people standing behind you.
Search terms now include Secure Notes
1Password’s Secure Notes are good for storing information that doesn’t fit anywhere else. For example, you could use them for something as simple as a shopping list or as important as tax information. Previously, the search feature wouldn’t scan the contents of these Secure Notes, but that’s now changed.
Former Giants third baseman Longoria confirms unofficial retirement
Former Giants third baseman Evan Longoria indicated he’s retired from baseball in an interview with the Tampa Bay Times.
MLB All-Star Game viewership up 6% after falling to record low last year, while Home Run Derby declined
The 5-3 win by the American League saw a 437,000-viewer increase from when the National League won 3-2 in 2023.
MLB All-Star Game viewership up 6% after falling to record low last year, while Home Run Derby declined
The 5-3 win by the American League saw a 437,000-viewer increase from when the National League won 3-2 in 2023.
Cubs dismissing Seiya Suzuki’s interpreter Toy Matsushita: Report
The Cubs are dismissing Toy Matsushita, who served as the interpreter for Japanese outfielder Seiya Suzuki for the two-and-a-half seasons he’s spent with the team, according to a report from The Athletic’s Patrick Mooney. The team says it’s an “organizational decision” to go in a different direction, according to the report. Matsushita’s responsibilities included communicating between Suzuki and the American…
Four Downsides to High-Rise Buildings That People Don’t Consider
City living comes with a lot of challenges. Between safety concerns, the sheer expense, and the plethora of old housing stock, there can be a lot of frustrations in the urban lifestyle. That also translates into a lot of reasons an apartment in a high-rise building might be appealing: The security of a doorman, the spectacular city views from an upper floor, and the potential for modern amenities to name just a few.
But that luxurious image of high-rise living hides some serious downsides—downsides that most people don’t figure out until they’re actually living there. Having a home hundreds of feet in the air might seem like an exciting, glamorous way to live, but there are some potential downsides you should consider before you get in too deep.
A ton of neighbors means a lot of small talk
This one seems obvious—of course a giant building has more people in it—but it’s worth thinking about. If you’ve never lived the high-rise lifestyle before, you might be in for a shock. A single-family home typically has only a few next-door neighbors—one on either side, perhaps one behind the lot (though likely buffered by an outdoor space) and then the folks across the street. Even on a busy street or in a condo situation, you probably have a small number of neighbors you have to deal with.
In a high-rise, the median number of neighbors is around 274. That’s a lot of people you will have to interact with on both a polite good-morning level and on a more substantive level when dealing with building issues.
You’re reliant on elevators, which adds time and complications
When you live several dozen floors above the street, you’re totally reliant on elevators to get to and from your apartment. This certainly has a lot of advantages over living in a walk-up, but elevator living has its own lush subcategory of downsides:
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Breakdowns. As noted in this old Reddit thread, elevators can be delicate machines that break down regularly—even in nice high-rise buildings. That can leave you waiting a long time for the next elevator, or carrying your groceries up multiple flights of stairs as you wonder how long it would take anyone to notice you were missing if you had a sudden heart attack.
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Crowds. Remember all those neighbors I mentioned? Since the elevators are the one way up and down in your building, you should steel yourself for endless encounters and a lot of polite chit-chat as you wait for and ride in elevators with other people.
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Delays. Elevators aren’t all the same, and some can be infuriatingly slow, resulting in a lot of lost time. If it takes five minutes to get from your apartment to the lobby (and vice versa), you’ll need to build significant elevator time into every plan you make. This makes it especially challenging to take your dog out for a quick midday pee break—rather than open the door and walk down a flight of stairs, you may have to wait a few minutes for an elevator to arrive. And if your dog (or the dog on the elevator) isn’t particularly friendly, you may have to let it pass you by and catch the next one.
If the water pressure goes down, you might be waiting a while
Typically, city water pressure is sufficient to push water up a few floors (in New York City, for example, standard city water can make it to the sixth floor without a problem). After that, it requires a pump and storage system to get water to storage tanks that then disperse it to the apartments.
That’s fine when everything is working, but when pumps fail or water pipes leak in the building, it can be disastrous, because so much of that infrastructure is outside your control. Floods from broken water pipes can impact multiple apartments, creating an insurance mess. Unlike a smaller building, where leaks can be quickly isolated and dealt with, fixing leaks in high-rises can be a major undertaking that can further impact your water pressure—and sanity.
The creepy, wind-fueled shakes
High-rise buildings are designed to sway slightly. If they were completely rigid, high winds and storms would affect them much more powerfully.
So a little bit of movement is normal—but it can also be kind of terrifying. In this video, you can clearly hear what can only be described as alarming creaking noises in a high-rise apartment while a storm batters the building. High-rises can be noisy on the best of days—with “creaking, banging, and clicking noises” being pretty common—but in a storm you’ll have to get used to that sense that the whole place is on the verge of collapse (it probably isn’t, it will just sound that way). If you’re not sure you could sleep peacefully through that, a high-rise might not be for you.
Steph hilariously is sick of Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’ song
It’s safe to say Steph Curry is tired of hearing Kendrick Lamar’s infamous Drake diss track.