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Real account of just how "not trivial": https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/03/stack-overflow-a-tech... That said, thanks to VPS and Raspberry Pi, it's fun and extremely inexpensiv…

As does CIA https://fas.org/irp/cia/product/style.pdf

To learn more about soil health, watch Dr. Elaine Ingham's talks available on YouTube. Also see: https://permies.com/wiki/redhawk-soil

My general experience as pedestrian is that while commercial vehicle drivers speed, they seem focused and give a wide berth when passing, whereas regular drivers often explore thei…

Or from the air. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wireless_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla_electric_car_hoax

The chicken gravitron is full of flair, but to work gardening into the picture, I've settled on this for now: http://www.bbqzoo.com/22-UFO-BBQ-COVER-UF22A.htm https://www.backwoods…

This documentary seems relevant: Bill Still: The Secret of Oz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI

Watching a scambaiter won't help recover their loss, but it may offer some form of vicarious revenge: https://www.twitch.tv/kitboga

Before returns enter that ecosystem they may be stolen en route, placed back in an Amazon FC, resold on Amazon as new, returned by customer, stolen en route, placed back in an Amaz…

Seems like a good approach but beware "any issue" that's really a decoy filed by applicants aware of your hiring process. Unlikely yes, but worth considering, if only to appreciate…

Spraying poisonous chemicals can be very effective, but may harm life forms other than mosquitoes. I wear a bug shirt as an effective alternative to bug spray. https://www.bugshirt…

Trees can be planted a lot easier than you probably think (e.g. cuttings from existing trees). Trees grow best in established forests or areas with shrubby growth, as this indicate…

> > With the era of mass communication upon us, the collective human organism . . . rose into existence. > I like thinking about us this way too, as being both individuals but at t…

I keep thinking of this: https://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html

Sadly, I can’t measure [power consumption] as my power meter is dead. Would be nice to see those measurements, as RPi 4's idle consumption (initial reports of ~3 watts) is quite po…

Don't miss Defunctland for more Disney attraction lore. [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defunctland

Trade jobs deserve more respect than they get. Skilled labor is in short supply, nearly guaranteeing vocational school graduates steady work and good income (especially in construc…

I've had a terrible time using Firefox since Tab Mix Plus was killed. Dev is working on a replacement but many of the necessary APIs were also killed in the great add-on death of 2…

Yes, Die Glocke / the bell has been embellished beyond all recognition of whatever it really was. I bear some guilt with my comment above; it would have been more appropriate to su…

It never hurts to wonder. If we assume the Tic Tac is a man made craft, it doesn't seem a far stretch to also assume it may employ antigravitics. Perhaps it can be traced back to D…

Also check out IEMBot for live (immediate) access to raw NWS products [1]. It should be noted that the scientific discussions are exactly that - while quite valuable, it can take s…

> That said, this is great news! Great news indeed. Scientific progress into psychedelics needs to be celebrated. We also need to celebrate specific individuals in the field, like …

I agree that User-Agent is suspiciously leaky, but it's microscopic compared to JavaScript. [1] It's unfortunate that browsers are privacy-insane by default. Luckily, with a bit of…

Google search worked much better over 10 years ago than it does for me today, i.e. before it abandoned the what-you-search-is-what-you-get model. My once-masterful Google-fu seems …