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As someone whose spouse knits, it gave me a chuckle to see knitting mentioned as a low-cost hobby :)

> because they prefer flexible schedules Any theories about why they might prefer flexible schedules?

Google also finds these names confusing. Whenever I try to search for something Stream Deck related, Google returns results for the Steam Deck. It's quite annoying.

Oh, I had read about Centralia being the inspiration for the movie and assumed (or perhaps saw someone incorrectly claim) that it was also the inspiration for the game. Thanks for …

Centralia, PA which is mentioned in the article, is also the inspiration for the town in the Silent Hill games/movie. The real-life town has been burning for 60 years at this point…

It can be hard to understand complex legal issues. Let me explain. He was convicted of US Code 18 Section 241 which describes 2 or more people conspiring to deprive victims of thei…

When I used TikTok on Android, it was the most infuriating in-app browser experience because it had no way to open the URL in your real browser. Not even a way to copy the URL to y…

+1 https://www.youtube.com/c/PaulSellersWoodwork I started watching his videos about 10 years ago, and while I've shifted a bit toward using more power tools in recent years, I sti…

Rather than exhaustively list mine, I'll just list the ones I don't see mentioned in other comments. - Swag - Nginx reverse proxy for my other services. Similar to other reverse pr…

I feel like half of Ngrok's value prop is being undervalued here. Namely the fact that it captures requests for inspection and replay. That feature is an absolute game-changer for …

Because vaccinated people mostly don't believe they're immune. We believe we have a strong protection against infection and a stronger protection against death, but that doesn't me…

I bought a copy shortly after it came out. I think I've played it twice for a cumulative play time of perhaps an hour. I expect I'll pick it up again here and there for some stress…

I used power delivery from my Dell monitor for the last year, but occasionally under heavy workloads it couldn't keep up and my battery would slowly drain. I may have had something…

Untrue in practice. High income individuals have several loopholes they can use to make Roth IRA contributions. https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/backdoor-roth-i... http…

It requires a permission request, but yes there's a browser API to read the clipboard contents https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard/r...

True, if an attacker has control of your device you are probably screwed anyway, but there are still different degrees of screwed. There are more and less privileged portions of yo…

If an attacker is on your device, they very likely have access to your clipboard, so how is that more secure? I cringe whenever my password manager's autofill fails and I have to f…

Have you stopped beating your wife? Edit: this is the typical example of a loaded question, not an actual accusation against the parent comment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load…

"idiot" may have been a relatively innocent medical term, but "mongoloid" has a very racist history as a way to describe people with Down Syndrome ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M…

Potentially even more interesting information further down the tweet thread: https://twitter.com/DaveLeeFT/status/1347724205379309568 Trump's campaign claimed $69k in email marketi…

You may find the "Make No Law" first amendment podcast interesting. It's created by Popehat (Ken White), a well known first amendment lawyer. In his podcast he talks about the hist…

When applied for house arrest, ankle monitors are pretty expensive, with the expense borne by the person being monitored https://www.propublica.org/article/digital-jail-how-electro…

Oh? https://www.thecloroxcompany.com/covid-19/learn-about-covid-...

For anyone wondering about quarter-sawn wood, this article has a pretty good rundown of what it is, compared with other lumber cutting techniques and their properties. https://www.…

It's a great idea to have a template for writing secure Electron apps, but this particular template should only be used with caution. I don't think it has been reviewed or endorsed…