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Ugh, so sorry to hear that. But I've had the same. I recently got a grip for my phone (TELESIN Master Grip). It gives me a physical shutter button, as well as a much better ergonom…

As someone with a workshop full of DeWalt tools, this was a bit concerning! However, looking into the Dewalt situation (dunno about the other brands), it seems like only certain hi…

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This looks great, but honestly without an RSS/Atom feed, I wouldn't use it. Also, please add a light mode. Some of us have visual disabilities that make such a high-contrast dark m…

I think this vague term of 'use' isn't being very helpful here. Does that mean actively posting original content? Commenting? Liking? Sharing? Just scrolling/reading? Seems all tho…

I've used Averia (Serif Libre, specifically) for at least a decade as my primary font for email, web pages in 'reader' mode, writing long-form text, etc. I find it extremely legibl…

A few weeks back I was messing around with Claude and some sample prompts, and happened to use the term 'xyzzy', and other terms from the classic ADVENTURE. Out of the blue, Claude…

Having this author as a travel companion would be a nightmare. > In the many great cities I have actually lived and worked in, I would never consider spending whole days walking. H…

I traveled there in 2008, and had that precise experience! I always wondered whether I'd just been there on a particularly excellent night, or if it was a normal happening. I'm so …

This sounds wonderful! This is exactly how I did design my education, back in the 1980-1990s: self-driven, curiosity-based, highly experiential, with (informal) advisers and mentor…

Dometic used to have small absorption fridges. (I had one in a tiny house, and it was totally silent.) Not sure if they do nowadays. (Peltier effect fridges have taken up some of t…

I don't have hyperacusis or tinnitus, but I am extremely sensitive to noise, especially fans, engines, pumps, and anything else that makes percussive or resonant noise. I am fortun…

Over decades of travel, I've found that one of the best ways to experience a culture and a place is to learn how to cook the local food. I guess you could do that through cooking c…

I agree, and I'm American, not Japanese. That segment was surprising, disturbing, and quite upsetting to me in its unnecessary violence. I literally ended up putting my hands up to…

'A Quick (Battle) Field Guide to the New Culture Wars' https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/03/06/a-quick-battle-field-g... Less about the specifics of the battles being mentioned, but …

I work on a lot of projects related to vintage/obsolete technology. It's not at all uncommon for me to research something and find that all the links are broken, and the data is lo…

> Anecdotaly, we have several friends who cannot digest homogenized milk, but do well with raw milk. We are not sure if this is due to the makeup of the milk fat or due to the (usu…

From the article: > We can advise patients that the diet on the day before a colonoscopy may include the following foods: cheese, eggs, milk, white bread, olive oil, butter, beef, …

The excellent book On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Harold McGee) has sections on major food groups, along with some incredible stories of how those foods …

I've been using Void for a couple of months now on a Raspberry Pi-based project. I'm impressed by its balance between simplicity and functionality. Namely, it doesn't have systemd …

I highly doubt there's much genuine 'design' being done on these kinds of UIs, and certainly there's no value in trying to universally coordinate UI choices (minus, perhaps, the gl…

I have never had the urge to have children. And whether consciously or not, I've never dated people who wanted kids. I don't know if my life is vastly different because of this cho…

I'm not going to summarize the article for you, but I'll tell you a story that actually relates more to the cruelty of crypto than the article does. A friend of mine was sort of a …

Look up 'limerance.' There are many online resources, including a few good subreddits. You may not have it, or may not have it strongly, or it may come and go — but some people are…