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No surprises here, but I wanted to write a few words about my time with the iPhone 12 Pro Max and why I decided it wasn’t an upgrade I needed to make.
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I’ve been using and sharing 1Password for an awfully long time now, and I wanted to gather a few tips that can meaningfully improve your experience of the service.
These aren’t hidden features, but if you’re new or haven’t spent much time digging into the settings you may not be aware of them yet.
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Several months ago, I was contacted about a secret project.
My friends at Ndemic Creations—makers of the über-popular Plague Inc. and Rebel Inc. games—were working on something new for Plague. An expansion of sorts…but on a scale unlike any previous addition.
It was a new mode that would entirely flip the gameplay perspective; instead of playing as a disease wreaking havoc on the world, you would play as humanity itself, defending against a raging pandemic.
A timely idea.
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“Why haven’t they finished the ceiling?”
A few years before she passed away, I had taken my grandmother to a coffee shop. When I returned from the front with our drinks, I found her examining the ceiling. To her eyes, the North American habit of leaving the piping and industrial elements of a commercial space exposed was bizarre. Why couldn’t they finish the job and put in a proper ceiling?
Ever since she drew my attention to it, I’ve been noticing it too, remembering how the question made us laugh. It was such a beautiful moment. These days, that memory follows me through every coffee shop, artisanal retailer, and mall outlet I encounter.
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Marius Masalar