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Technically they were helpful, but not with the display in my poor computer. I walked out of the store with a brand new MacBook Pro with the nifty touch bar. I really like it even today.<\/p>\n
At the time, sitting on the couch in my apartment I pondered the functionality of the fingerprint scanner and the fact that it could be used to authenticate transactions. I distinctly remember thinking that could be trouble.<\/p>\n
I mean, you see something online, and there\u2019s the nifty button saying…<\/p>\n
Press me and your hearts desires can be yours\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n I set it up to handle authenticating my passwords for websites and added one debit card to it.<\/p>\n My iPhone tried to helpfully add other credit cards. While I appreciate the assistance and the Apple ecosystem, there are times when you can be a bit too helpful!<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been very good about using that nifty button. Or rather I should say not<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>using that button.<\/p>\n The first time you use it, you\u2019re not sure that it worked. It\u2019s special, you\u2019re excited about using something new. After you use it a few times it\u2019s not so new or exciting, it\u2019s still special, but it starts to become “ho hum”.<\/p>\n There\u2019s the danger! Next thing you know, you\u2019re tapping that little button all over the place and it\u2019s very easy to become disconnected from the concept that each time you press that cloying little fingerprint, you\u2019re spending yourself into the poor house.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t get me wrong. It\u2019s very cool and very convenient.<\/p>\n BUT<\/strong> if you\u2019re unemployed, essentially locked down and\u00a0bored<\/em> you\u2019re potentially in trouble!<\/p>\n Thankfully I\u2019ve had decent self control but over the past week or so, It seems that I\u2019ve been hitting that button a lot. Not so much that I\u2019ll need to have it replaced, but much more than usual.<\/p>\n To be honest, I\u2019m a little terrified with the holiday season coming up.<\/p>\n Me, bored and holiday depressed with super easy online shopping is a really<\/em> bad<\/span> combination. I tend to get a bad case of consumerism.<\/p>\n In my defense, I do need to buy some shirts, the ones I\u2019m wearing, I\u2019ve been wearing for 10 years. Yes, they\u2019re starting to get threadbare and the collars are fraying. That being said, it seems that the shirts have been at the bottom of the list this week and (ahem) haven\u2019t been the recipients of the touch button love.<\/p>\n While in Florida, I watched my brother place an order for gun parts on-line and get them the next day UPS. OMG! That was a revelation!<\/p>\n Living in California I assumed that just wasn\u2019t possible, my Brother looked at me like I was crazy. Differences between the California gun legalities and living in the real world astounded me. And I thought to myself, \u201cProbably just as well the little button and I would get too familiar,\u201d Not that I\u2019m a gun nut or anything, but guns like any other hobby can get expensive.<\/p>\n Luckily, most dive gear sites aren’t using “The Button\u201d I\u2019ve noticed that some travel sites are using the button though, that could be dangerous too.<\/p>\n My weaknesses seem to be in the area of movies, TV shows, music, electronics, and software. Guess what? Amazingly, those sites all use \u201cThe Button\u201d.<\/p>\n I\u2019m soooo screwed! But I\u2019ll have plenty of entertainment, and a house that is smarter than I am\u2026 At least until the power gets turned off.<\/p>\n Have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is such a first world problem, I\u2019m laughing at myself. In August, a year ago I got laid off from my job. That afternoon after all was said and done, I went home and opened my trusty 6 or 7 year old MacBook air and was greeted with a display that wasn\u2019t working properly. … <\/p>\n