fubarx
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- Comment on How often do you take him for a walk? 3 days ago:
I watched as our little, barely walking toddler walked away from us in a busy department store. I followed behind, hiding behind racks, to see if he would get scared and turn around. Nope. Did not turn once. Just waddled away. I had to race and grab him from behind once he stepped onto the escalator.
It was then that I really understood the need for those leashes. Had a talk with the wife and we decided against it, but it was close.
- Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer 5 days ago:
Second the pickling idea. Read a similar story that a food bank had a lot of excess fresh material. Thry had set up production through a commercial food processing site, had put labels on them, and were selling them online and at farmer’s markets. The proceeds were going back to the food bank. Zero wastage. They were also making things like sauerkraut, kimchee, and kombucha. Watermelon can also be juiced and the rinds pickled.
I imagine for food safety and liability reasons, you wouldn’t want to do it in someone’s kitchen. Plus, licensing fees. But you have a great story to tell (good health, zero waste, help food bank).
Quick search since you mentioned NM: www.newmexicofma.org/food_processing_permits.php
- Comment on whoever recommended Almost Human (2013) to me, thanks 6 days ago:
Looks good. Put the DVD on hold at the library.
- Comment on Ryan Coogler Says He ‘Never’ Considered Making a ‘Sinners’ Sequel, Wanted to ‘Get Away’ From Franchise Films: ‘I Wanted It to Be a Holistic and Finished Thing’ 1 week ago:
In the book world, publishers LOVE sequels and series. Movie people are likely getting just as pressured.
- Comment on George R. R. Martin's New Announcement Has Finally Made Me Accept He's Never Finishing The Winds Of Winter 3 weeks ago:
At this point he should just feed the old books to an AI and have it write the next ones. Nobody will be able to tell the difference.
- Comment on Cheers lads an lassies 3 weeks ago:
Anthony Daniels cosplaying every Halloween.
- Comment on Gave him an offer, then took it away. Thanks PayPal. 4 weeks ago:
This was actually pretty normal for the last couple of tech jobs. Screening call with recruiter, phone screen with hiring manager, then a full-day on-site or zoom with 3-6 rounds. Sometimes, they would ask for a presentation about past work before the on-site. The number of rounds isn’t indicative of anything in big tech. Smaller companies do fewer and can’t afford to be as picky.
The problem is that after you’ve signed the offer and given your notice, you’re going on faith that the new company offer isn’t going to fall off. I’ve heard it happen a few times, usually when new company puts on a full hiring freeze.
It sucks, and the only way to mitigate it is to be talking to multiple companies when you decide to make a move.
- Comment on Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected for 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet 4 weeks ago:
Article not clear. Not following how his inability to find a job has any connection to AI?
- Comment on Volvo EX90’s Lidar Sensor Will Fry Your Phone’s Camera 4 weeks ago:
L.I.D.A.R.: Laser iPhone Death & Android Ruin
- Comment on Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model 5 weeks ago:
Google is in an interesting predicament. Their ad service brings in so much revenue, but it’s based on search sending traffic to places where those ads are consumed.
Boost search through Overviews and you’re limiting the effectiveness and reach of your ad service. And to top it off, your search needs content to ingest and remain relevant. But if the ad revenue drops off to websites, they go out of business, so search has less stuff to ingest.
It’s like a reverse flywheel, where each part is working to harm the other part. People have been pointing this out for the last couple of years, but Google search just keeps adding more to Overviews and choking off the flow.
And before you say “good, I hate ads,” most of the internet today and its services are paid by ad revenue changing hands. That includes ISPs that host the Fediverse, networking and storage gear makers, pretty much everything to do with open source, and so many jobs that exist to keep the whole thing humming so we can enjoy cat memes.
If Google (or someone like Cloudflare) doesn’t figure out a way to keep the money flowing, we may be watching a sea shift in how the internet has worked in the last 30 years.
- Comment on Wyze gets $255K tariff bill for $167K worth of floodlights 1 month ago:
Wyze devices are known for being lower cost than most other IoT/home security devices, but have a name brand, and decent app/assistant support. They’re way above no-name low-end ones, but cheaper than brands like Arlo, Ring, or Nest.
Having low manufacturing costs is how they pull it off. If they get forced to add tariffs to their cost, their only hope is if everyone else ends up increasing their prices, otherwise their big advantage goes away. It’s too bad. They make pretty decent gear.
- Comment on Netflix's CEO says movie theaters are old news. Director Rian Johnson says his next movie belongs there anyway. 1 month ago:
Someone linked to this clip by Ryan Coogler, director of Sinners (and so many more) talking about film formats.
We stopped going to theaters since the pandemic, but his explanation is getting me amped about going to see this film, even though horror’s not my thing.
Netflix has its place but it doesn’t replace the theater experience.
- Comment on Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Gets 70mm IMAX Re-Release 1 month ago:
Great to see someone nerding over film formats, like designers over fonts, artists over oils, or techies over just about everything.
- Comment on What is this for? (Wrong answers only) 1 month ago:
Taco forming mold.
- Comment on ‘Resident Alien’ Season 4 Casts Stephen Root as Harry’s Father 1 month ago:
Outstanding! One of my favorite shows.
- Comment on You can only use one for the rest of your life, which you choosing? 1 month ago:
All bow before the mighty impact driver.
- Comment on Counting our debt 1 month ago:
Alternative way of counting it: findingmoneyfilm.com
- Comment on Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads 1 month ago:
To be fair, they’re targeting people who WANT to be tracked, in return for personalized ads. If that’s not you (or me), just ignore their entire platform.
Bold move. Let’s see how it pans out.
- Comment on Try this yummy Easter dessert! 1 month ago:
How many borad-feet per yar?
- Comment on My name is death (to plants) 1 month ago:
I feel understood.
- Comment on Jennifer Lawrence was quoted implying that The Hunger Games was the first female-led action movie ... today I want to introduce you to one of my favorite exceptions: The Long Kiss Goodnight. 1 month ago:
La Femme Nikita (original French), Alien, and Terminator 2 all had seriously kick-ass female leads.
- Comment on Beachfront property 1 month ago:
Correlation with mass and surface area.
- Comment on Beachfront property 1 month ago:
8 seconds in freefall from 1000ft. Longer if you hit solid things on the way rolling down.
Also, if you bring air resistance into it, nationality will affect outcome.
- Comment on CVE Board members launch the CVE Foundation, a dedicated, non-profit to continue identifying vulnerabilities, after the US ended its contract with Mitre 1 month ago:
Looks like the negative publicity worked. CVEs are back on the menu: bleepingcomputer.com/…/cisa-extends-funding-to-en…
- Comment on SSL/TLS certificates will last 47 days max by 2029 1 month ago:
We could be heading into daily (or hourly) cert auto-renewals. Clients will have to catch up. But one day, can see it all being hands-free.
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 1 month ago:
I use it everywhere because it signals intent. You never know when someone might pull up fast or walk into your blind spot. This is the only indicator they have that you’re about to pull into traffic, or change lanes.
- Comment on Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, when he hears breathing under the latrine he's using [Day 116] 2 months ago:
For those looking for the backstory, recommend searching for Godfrey the Hunchback, not his father Godfrey the Bearded, both being Dukes of Lower Lorraine.
And for true aficionados of privy horror, don’t forget the Erfurt latrine disaster.
- Comment on Murderbot | Official Trailer | Apple TV+ | May 16th 2 months ago:
Friend of mine recommended the book series. Went in the queue. I may have to pick up the pace and try to read them before the show drops.
He got pretty excited about the TV show after reading this: www.vanityfair.com/…/murderbot-first-look
- Comment on Actually I will be happy to do it for you once a day 2 months ago:
Good advice, in general.
- Comment on Does anyone have ideas for cable management here? 2 months ago:
I tried this with velcro ties. Looked good for a while. Then I had to replace one and add another cable. It was a royal pain unwrapping everything and rewrapping it.
Haven’t used them, but look interesting:
