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This is why I personally built a home media server. Lapsing licensing agreements, older content, escalating streaming subscription costs, etc all led me to it. The secondary effect…

Consider the age group(s) for most of the world's politicians.

> The completely arbitrary and almost random lock-down decisions have crushed all small business, giving over their entire customer bases to large big box stores. The response here…

Occasionally I stumble on a Facebook thread that allows multiple tiers, and I'm not sure what the enabler for that is. I'd love to see that extended to all threads even if I would …

Because privacy. I have no illusions that Apple’s privacy stance is permanent, but for now, they’re far superior to Google, Android, and associated vendors in that regard.

Last night I did the final iOS 13 update on all of my devices. I no longer trust any iOS or OS X update at launch -- I wait several months.

I've had my own share of this. Among the emails I've received, there have been some from within the New Zealand Parliament, a fire department in Oregon, an OB/GYN on the east coast…

Have there been any studies that factor in the repeated reuse of the same masks?

That's fine from a theoretical standpoint, but the reality is far, far different. People in general do easy, token gestures. They're not following proper procedures for mask use.

How does it not matter? If their breath contains something that shouldn't be spread and they're actively touching the damp mask containing it and then touching other things, how do…

How's the actual mask use? The majority of people I see reuse the same one over and over, frequently touch it and adjust it, and then touch other things. I don't see how they're ac…

Can confirm it’s not anyone but probably anyone eligible to donate. My sister could not due to visiting Guatemala in the last year.

I’m actually more of a fan of a la carte content than channels. I typically spend $0-100/mo on TV shows and movies, which I strip the DRM from and copy into my permanent collection…

> I never understand the complaints about investment in infrastructure and having to pay for it in taxes. In the US, this is largely due to the perception (right or wrong) of budge…

Can't answer that question, but it's worth mentioning they also add their affiliate tag to Amazon product links and possibly others to get some revenue.

Got it. I was leaning that way with my interpretation but wasn't completely positive. The biggest risk in all of the WordPress ecosystem are third-party plugins. Minimizing the use…

What do you mean by content farm? I'd argue the opposite about using managed hosting -- a self-hosted WordPress site is more likely to outlast one on managed WordPress hosting for …

I started in CS, moved to photography for about 10 years, and I'm now back in CS. The amount of customer interaction is ultimately what soured me on it.

This site is going to hurt its interaction rate by doing this: By filling out this form you agree to receive occasional emails from one or more sponsor organization. You may of cou…

I don't have much experience with hCAPTCHA, but my biggest complaint with reCAPTCHA aside from the privacy aspect is that it quite literally tells me I'm wrong on a puzzle when I'v…

There are other options. Cloudflare just switched to hCAPTCHA [0], and proof of work [1] can be effective enough. Aside from those, there's always the option of just leaving it ope…

Know your target audience too. I'm not sure if I'm it, but reCAPTCHA gives me enough friction that I often abandon pages with it. Simply using Firefox's antifingerprinting feature …

Rightly or wrongly, many people are avoiding testing due to stories of health officials removing children or other people from homes where someone tests positive.