Daniel Kao
@danielkao.bsky.social
One of the things I already miss about AZ is the MVD. It was quick, efficient, and not a headache like the CA DMV.
March 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
One of the things I already miss about AZ is the MVD. It was quick, efficient, and not a headache like the CA DMV.
I've invented a car registration situation so complex that the folks at the DMV spent 30 minutes talking to each other to figure out what I need to do
March 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I've invented a car registration situation so complex that the folks at the DMV spent 30 minutes talking to each other to figure out what I need to do
should I subscribe to the merc
March 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
should I subscribe to the merc
whoever said AAA is better than the DMV is lying
March 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
whoever said AAA is better than the DMV is lying
Buying ikea furniture new: spend hours assembling it yourself
Buying ikea furniture used: spend hours fixing how the last guy assembled it wrong
Buying ikea furniture used: spend hours fixing how the last guy assembled it wrong
March 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Buying ikea furniture new: spend hours assembling it yourself
Buying ikea furniture used: spend hours fixing how the last guy assembled it wrong
Buying ikea furniture used: spend hours fixing how the last guy assembled it wrong
Moving be like: It's been four days and I'd like to know which box my underwear is in
February 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Moving be like: It's been four days and I'd like to know which box my underwear is in
Renewed my passport online last week, the website said to expect it to take 4-6 weeks for delivery. I got my new passport three days later.
Literally the first time in my life that I've been positively surprised by US Government Efficiency.
Still in disbelief.
Literally the first time in my life that I've been positively surprised by US Government Efficiency.
Still in disbelief.
February 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Renewed my passport online last week, the website said to expect it to take 4-6 weeks for delivery. I got my new passport three days later.
Literally the first time in my life that I've been positively surprised by US Government Efficiency.
Still in disbelief.
Literally the first time in my life that I've been positively surprised by US Government Efficiency.
Still in disbelief.
Honestly iOS has horrible UX
February 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Honestly iOS has horrible UX
Reposted by Daniel Kao
decentralization is just highbrow commoditization
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
decentralization is just highbrow commoditization
I don't understand how people deal with artificial sweetener. It has this terrible metallic-banana taste to it and is just downright nasty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I don't understand how people deal with artificial sweetener. It has this terrible metallic-banana taste to it and is just downright nasty.
Thankfully I got an SE 3
Yes, the iPhone SE 4 will have a notch, says key analyst
Yes, the iPhone SE 4 will have a notch, says key analyst
We’re not too far away from Apple’s expected unveiling of the new iPhone SE 4. And recently, conflicting reports have caused confusion over the device’s form factor. Now, a key display analyst has weighed in with a more authoritative answer on the…
9to5mac.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Thankfully I got an SE 3
was not prepared for a new Mac Miller album today
January 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
was not prepared for a new Mac Miller album today
if you told the elementary school me that grown ass adults my age would be getting into fistfights over pokemon cards in costco in 2025 I would probably thought you were crazy but yet here we are...
January 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
if you told the elementary school me that grown ass adults my age would be getting into fistfights over pokemon cards in costco in 2025 I would probably thought you were crazy but yet here we are...
this is incredible
This is my periodic rant that Apple Intelligence is so bad that today it got every fact wrong its AI a summary of @washingtonpost.com news alerts.
It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing.
It's wildly irresponsible that Apple doesn't turn off summaries for news apps until it gets a bit better at this AI thing.
January 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this is incredible
The migration from tiktok to rednote is amusing because it isn't a careful "here's another platform that supports our communities and has ethical data and moderation policies", it's literally a "let's just find any random Chinese app because we're pissed"
January 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The migration from tiktok to rednote is amusing because it isn't a careful "here's another platform that supports our communities and has ethical data and moderation policies", it's literally a "let's just find any random Chinese app because we're pissed"
It's time for me to get a new phone, current one is having some weird hardware-related problems. All I want is something that is small (around 5"), has a headphone jack, and is newish so that it still gets software and security updates.
Literally nothing exists.
Literally nothing exists.
January 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It's time for me to get a new phone, current one is having some weird hardware-related problems. All I want is something that is small (around 5"), has a headphone jack, and is newish so that it still gets software and security updates.
Literally nothing exists.
Literally nothing exists.
facebook doesn't need fact checking anymore because everything on it is reliably false
January 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
facebook doesn't need fact checking anymore because everything on it is reliably false
The bezel-less phone trend was a mistake. The amount of times I drop my phone on my face in bed because there's literally no good way to hold these giant phones with no bezels... It hurts man.
December 22, 2024 at 7:05 AM
The bezel-less phone trend was a mistake. The amount of times I drop my phone on my face in bed because there's literally no good way to hold these giant phones with no bezels... It hurts man.
Been a while since I've updated my blog, so here are some photos from 2024.
www.diplateevo.com/photoessay-2...
www.diplateevo.com/photoessay-2...
2024 Photoessay: Rekindling the Inner Child
2024 through my lens.
www.diplateevo.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Been a while since I've updated my blog, so here are some photos from 2024.
www.diplateevo.com/photoessay-2...
www.diplateevo.com/photoessay-2...
Finally putting together another blog post. This one's going to be more personal and I'm excited for it.
December 6, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Finally putting together another blog post. This one's going to be more personal and I'm excited for it.
wow bitcoin hit 100,000. Only 31,072 more until a nice round number
December 5, 2024 at 6:16 PM
wow bitcoin hit 100,000. Only 31,072 more until a nice round number
What in the world is going on in Korea
December 3, 2024 at 3:34 PM
What in the world is going on in Korea
really has to be a special place in hell for people on fb marketplace who confirm they are going to show up and then no-show and no-respond when the time comes
November 30, 2024 at 9:43 PM
really has to be a special place in hell for people on fb marketplace who confirm they are going to show up and then no-show and no-respond when the time comes
Social media has all changed so much over the past couple of years that I feel like I no longer have a pulse on what content goes where. In any case, here are some photos of a sick Lada 1500.
November 29, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Social media has all changed so much over the past couple of years that I feel like I no longer have a pulse on what content goes where. In any case, here are some photos of a sick Lada 1500.
unifi products are such a rabbit hole
November 27, 2024 at 10:31 PM
unifi products are such a rabbit hole