There are websites that block copying to the clipboard. I wish browsers would block event binds to system keyboard shortcuts.

There is a point of diminishing returns. Like most things, you have to evaluate what you are willing to live with and let go.

I know someone who only browses incognito because they don’t want cookies tracking them. They log into everything every day. Which, imo, is worse because those cookies are still tracking you but you now have to log in everyday.

But for them they like the control.

I’ve moved most of my incidental link on my phone clicking to Firefox Focus (thanks to URL Checker) which has upped my privacy. I wouldn’t have made that change without the prompt that URL Checker provides though.

I use a VPN outside of my house and I use pihole at home. I am tempted to switch my DNS to unbound but the juice doesn’t seem to be worth the squeeze. We’ll see the next time I need to rebuild my pi.

Or just ask the person organizing the meeting.

“I saw you added me to a meeting tomorrow. Can you provide a bit of context so I can come prepared?”

Wasn’t the cardassian holographic doctor on Doogie Howser?

I think it’s very context dependent.

Pharmacists often recognize me and I’d rather they didn’t. But I get it. I’m there almost every week for something.

My favorite bubble tea place now recognizes the car I drive so they will prepare my tea as I’m parking and it’s ready by the time I get to the counter. I did tell them that on occasion I’ll order something different but I appreciated it nonetheless.

A couple of strategies depending on the problem you’re dealing with:

• if you don’t have time, make simple meals that minimize prep. There are cookbooks dedicated to this concept and highly recommend picking one up. “30 minutes or less” meals were a god send for me in college.
• if you don’t like the food you’re eating, explore new types of food. This is often a more expensive endeavor as it may require you to buy new spices, cookware, etc. again, cookbooks are a great help here. Most Americans eat a combination of Italian and Mexican food. Try making your own Chinese or Indian food.
• if you are lazy, consider a food prep day. I do food prep on Sundays and makes cooking through the week much faster and easier. Also helps to cook large batches that can refrigerate and reheat in the microwave or toaster oven. Make dishes that taste better with age. Chili, marinated dishes, etc. fall into this category.
• if you’re too lazy for that, then eat out and don’t cook. If you value not wasting food over your money, then this is the best choice overall. It’s the most expensive option but if you’d rather not cook and have the resources to just eat out, then do so.

Lack of motivation (assuming you’re not neurodivergent) often is a result of not having a plan or you find the activity tedious. If it’s the latter, I’d go the simple route and try to keep your cooking as easy as possible. This is essentially true if you’re new to cooking.

If it’s the former, consider meal planning. I plan my meals a week in advance, taking into account left overs I already have, left overs I’m planning on making, food I need to buy, and other factors.

If you’re neurodivergent, I’m hesitant to provide advice as I am not a doctor but I suggest talking to your therapist about it and seeing if they can help you.

Visual voicemail (voicemail transcribed to text) has been a godsend for me. The number of doctors offices that call with an unlisted number is staggering.

A corollary to that: we spend our entire lives moving shit from one place to another.

Works for both definitions.

I implicitly trust FOSS more than closed source but because that trust has been earned through millions of FOSS projects.

On occasion, I will dive deep into a codebase especially if I have a bug and I think I can fix it.

You can’t do this with closed source or even source available code because there is no guarantee that the code you have is the code that’s been compiled.

“We have changed the terms. Pray that we don’t change them further.”

Except today, it would be a shovel that is designed to break at around 100 uses so that you have to come back to buy a new shovel every few days or so.

Ruling class. He might not have been a billionaire but still deserved it.

It’s so hard to believe that this actor would grow up to play Saul Berenson in Homeland.

The easiest way is by keeping in contact with your co-workers. Doesn’t mean you need to hang out with them but just talk to them, get their personal numbers, etc. But if you want to hang out with them, do so.

It also helps to be the change you want to see. So if someone comes to you for help with a job or something like that, help them. If you have a job opening, reach out to your network first.

The second easiest way is by going to local meetups. Get to know the hosts as well as the attendees. Build these connections before you are searching and again, help out folks who are looking as well.

The hardest way is to cold-call people, even those you’ve worked with or had a relationship with. If you have to do this, do it. But try to establish some sort of connection before asking them for referrals.

You got to network. I say that as a deep introvert but I just entered the job market and reached out to my network one on one for recommendations and job postings.

I hate that I have to do that but it’s the best way to get a job.

So it’s a bit more complicated than that.

I believe it was Warner Brothers who held the copyright but it had been disputed whether they actually owned the rights. But it’s one of those situations where taking them to court to find out was going to cost a lot more than paying the license.

WB didn’t have to prove they owned it to get people to pay. They only needed to show that they held the copyright to it and the history of other people paying did the rest. Sort of like paying protection to a local mob.

So when WB finally got sued and they had to show receipts, the judge decided against them and we got something in the public domain.

But that’s easy to solve by just adding a zero to .5

.25kg < .50kg

Though I could see some profit seeking companies selling a .250 burger for 25% more than their .25 burger.

UPS has a service called My Choice where you can have the package redirected to a UPS store or you can sign for the package and have it left at your door. Though I think the latter is dependent on the service that the shipper chose.

For a fee you can have it delivered to a different address.

I’ve used it a handful of times.

Signal is a messenger service. You can expire messages after a certain amount of time.

They ask for a phone number to limit bots. I used my Google voice number and it worked fine. I like Telegram which banned me after a day of use for using Google Voice.

Messages are e2e encrypted. Metadata is not encrypted.