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We have a lot of swallows (mostly barn and green) on our rural property. Wife is currently battling a pair that wants to build a nest above the back door. Anyway... In the evenings…

It appears MSFT never wanted to see the image used outside of Windows. Would be interesting to know if had been sold as a stock image by either Westlight or Corbis, and if so what …

Wow gotta agree. It was satire I think, but... not sure. Also the below link to the Oslo ad was also great. Thx for this, RF

Been following/hoping for the ultimate battery for... a few decades now I think. Donut reads as a home run of sorts. However... during those decades reading about "new tech" that p…

When Coffee People was just one shop in Portland, went there every day before work. (B4 internet or phones.) Loved the shop, but they played pretty aggressive rock. Not adverse to …

1000% agree with this. Been using Macs for decades, but now prefer Linux. But Mac hardware is just so much better. Funny note: Sorta just for fun I bought an old Mac Mini ($25) and…

M$FT increased 365 student monthly charges from $7 to nearly $20 per month automatically to cover CoPilot for 2026. Evidently did not inform the college about this. Just sent yearl…

Daughter in the Material Science Phd progam at major state university with "world class" MS program. Vast majority of her peers are from abroad. Met some. All were the nicest, smar…

I get so frustrated with the damn "are you a human" checks for Google search. My default search tool from Brave. I had gotten in the habit of searching quickly for something while …

"Hey iyO, can you help me load your page faster?" Incredible (on an older MBP).

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Imagine William Shakespeare wearing a black hat. Yikes.

Welp Gemini got me. Using G3 to improve what I write, generate specific images, and use NotebookLM to dive into some research materials. Tried to do a bit each day with my free cre…

I agree completely re: mev-13 == optimal solution. But the word "pragmatic" hits me hard. Merv-13 when new/clean start out with pretty restrictive flow. They catch a lot of particl…

Thanks so much. The merv-8 to HEPA discontinuity is a great insight. RF.

I use a bank of eight Noctuas to vent from the rooom with our wood stove to the main hall. Then use more units with two sets of Noctuas ganged to move from the hall to various remo…

Thanks. However note that the site dropped electrostatic filters to simplify things. My understanding is that for non-static-affected particles merv-13 would obviously out perform …

Appreciate any thoughts you all have re: this post. For years I have been using Noctua NF-P14 fans to circulate air in house to distribute heat in the winter from our wood stove. E…

We were not in the service bay. Our Maverick was outside. The Service Guy said they had to download the update to their servers. From there it was a quick trip to the service bay f…

Not just the ads. They are likely tracking your location, and drive events. These can be sold to your insurance company who may adjust your rates, or even drop you if they consider…

I have had a FOSS web app for learning arithmetic for quite a few years. I occasionally review it, and make changes. Each year Chrome and Safari both nip at the edges of what allow…

We live in Western WA. Mostly Rufous and Anas. Used to feed them, but had to stop as the battles over the feeder got very scary. Plus if the feeder was empty (it was located outsid…

"It's omnienshittified, a partnership between the enshittified search giant and the shittiest parts of the totally enshittified health industry." Omnienshittified: May go down as t…

My reaction also. 80K payroll rules!!! Without much prompt effort, I got about 350K Canada Federal Service employees (sorry if not correct).