Root canals. The procedure has come a long way since the 90s and is relatively smooth and painless now. Obviously having a good and skillful edodontist also helps, but it’s no longer excruciating like decades ago.

I know “basketball today is positionless blah blah”, but Anthony Edwards always seemed to be a SG to me.

Would a lower temp, but longer dryer cycle be any better?

Attending a conference today and tomorrow so it’s a nice break from work. Things are also starting to quiet down at work due to the upcoming winter break.

Out of curiosity, I checked her wikipedia page. How did she jump from a relatively regular tech career to CEO of BlueSky in 2 years?

Wow I think this is the first time I’ve seen this meme template used so appropriately.

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It isn’t. It’s just the shiny new toy that twitter users who are desperate to leave the platform jumped to because everyone they know who already jumped ship moved there. They’re marketing themselves as “better” than twitter and supposedly have better guardrails, but only time will tell when they start to enshittify.

It sounds to me you are dealing in absolutes. When someone gives advice saying you don’t need to worry about that based on your threat model, that’s exactly that, nothing political about it. That’s the point of a threat model, so you can balance privacy with convenience and allow yourself to prioritize what you need to protect. It doesn’t mean you don’t care about privacy at all.

You also need to remember that security/privacy is only a fraction of the tech industry. Not everyone involved in tech is privacy conscious, just like why there are appsec teams to make sure devs code securely.

When you start talking about “grapheneos, qubesos, intel me” to the average person, you will obviously be looked at as either a nerd or a paranoid person depending on how you approach the subject. Imagine a non-techie person posts in this community saying they want to start taking steps to improve their privacy and asking for advice. Responding with a wall of text about “grapheneos, qubesos, intel me” will just scare them away. That’s why the first thing people respond with is “What is your threat model?”, because you want context to give proper advice to fit their needs. Going nuclear on the first step is overkill and unnecessary.

Taking tiny steps to improve privacy and not going full hermit doesn’t mean you don’t care about privacy. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

I’ve never heard a single Tool song, and I’m a prog rock/metal fan.

I only go if the movie is worth watching in (true) IMAX or Dolby. So that will be like 1 or 2 movies a year. This year it was Dune Part 2. Otherwise, I just wait for it to be available to watch at home.

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This is likely corporate-mandated MDM software on work phones, which is not native software on iphones. So no, this does not affect non-employees unless your phone also has some sort of MDM software installed on it.

I was parked at a gas station with my car facing nose to nose with another car. I was startled when I put my polarized sunglasses on and saw the person in the other car looking at me while eating a burger. I couldn’t see them without sunglasses because of the glare on their windshield.

Bitcoin wallet (and password) of someone who has a ton of it.

I was trying to find him in the picture.

That’s why I always carry a small bottle of isopropyl alcohol as my hand sanitizer. It’s also great that my local grocery store has sanitary wipes right beside the carts so you can wipe down the handle before using it.

Wasn’t there a guy who just recently claimed he found the parachute? I’m not sure if the claim of who owned the parachute is the same these people’s father.

I don’t trust myself to remember to check a to-do list, so when I know I want/need to do something later, I just add it to my calendar so I get notified and I can snooze it if I want to delay it but not completely forget.