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My employer frequently reminds us to shut down when we're done for the day. Otherwise a thief will have a laptop with the BitLocker already bypassed.

I can't upgrade due to hardware requirements. So I bit the bullet. New CPU and motherboard arriving tomorrow. Rest in peace to my i7-8600k, you were completely fine.

I'm not a programmer, I work in finance, but I've read half of a book called "Python Crash Course". I've been trying to improve my productivity recently, so I vibe coded some scrip…

I'm almost certain I'm mildly intolerant to xylitol, maltitol, and sorbitol - so I avoid them all. There must be others like me, but I hardly every see this discussed. And there's …

If your budget is tight, use your phone for video, and sort out the audio equipment first. Folks will watch mediocre video with excellent audio. They will not watch the reverse.

I was an Evernote subscriber for a time, then I asked: Why am I paying just to save notes? So I switched to plain old text files. After a while, on a whim, I tried Obsidian, and I …

David Grusch (UAP whistleblower) seemed to believe this was a legitimate thing on his recent appearance on Joe Rogan. As interested as I am in the UAP phenomena, I just can't serio…

This idea of a "matrix" often occurs to me when such topics are discussed. What attributes would you add to the matrix? You've suggested race, family wealth, zip code, whether a pa…

A disappointing development to be honest. This is one more way the government can exert control over the people. The downsides risks are horrendous. I haven't yet read this publica…

I can add to this as I've read parts of the 3rd edition. First off, it's a one thousand page textbook so it's not a short read. However, the second chapter is just called "Theory" …

Video editing with Davinci Resolve. I've taken hundreds of videos on my phone over the years, and I want to organise the memories into watchable clips. I signed up for a 11.5 hour …

Nice, original LaTeX code is there too.

I've used the Glühwein (mulled wine) recipe from based cooking before, I recommend it.

Yup, working! Looks cool.

Hmm, if I search "nordic curls" I get "No results found". If I Google "nordic curls reddit" the first hit is an incredibly useful reddit post. Edit: That's weird, it seems to be wo…

I've got their paperback style guide, it's 276 pages.

I sent them an email saying I wanted to cancel and they confirmed it a few days later. There was no nonsense involved. I've since resubscribed.

If I recall correctly, the book 'Look to Windward' mostly takes place on a Culture orbital and the reader see a bit more of the ordinary Culture citizenry. When a famous composer p…

I save my recipes in plain old text files. For a long time now I've been meaning to write them up in LaTeX and print them on A6 cards with a nice font. Then construct a nice wooden…

I was just thinking about Dex the other day. By any chance do you know if a simple USB C to HDMI cable will work? Or do you need a Samsung specific dongle?

You've stated exactly why the Tyler Cowen episode was so good. Cowen said a couple of times, look, if you think you know something about the market that everyone else doesn't, then…