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It's difficult to skim the stream of symbols and instantly recognize concepts. Think of a word finding box puzzle in English ( https://duckduckgo.com/?q=word+finding+puzzle&iax=ima…

My second favorite tape is Honda's spicy rodent deterrent tape. It's made in Japan with capsaicin. It's not cheap, but much cheaper than an wiring repair at an auto shop*. The lowe…

Good question. I Last bought a 60 yard roll for $12.50; sold directly by Amazon. Looks like it's about $14 now. Here's the listing: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JX9D6I2/ Th…

My favorite tape for attenuating bright or annoying LEDs is ruby litho tape (3M Lithographers Tape 616). It passes deep red light and dims bright green and blue LEDs to a faint red…

> temporary impact on your credit score. Applying for multiple credit cards at once will reduce your score for a few months; if you will be applying for a mortgage, car loan, job, …

I have (and use daily) a pair of 13 year old Westone 3’s*. I bought them thinking of using them for a 40 minute walking commute involving freeway underpasses and a noisy sales pit …

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Some ideas for playing a notification sound in a script runtime: Shell # system beep; also flashes the screen if you have that enabled in accessibility osascript -e 'beep' # play t…

A little more info for the curious: Toyota Market Cap: 171.994B Tesla Market Cap: 205.619B > Market capitalization, commonly called market cap, is the market value of a publicly tr…

Don't know how much of this still applies (2011), but it's a good starting point: How Browsers Work: Behind the scenes of modern web browsers https://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorial…