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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Link to report instead of awful Fortune link: Giving Pledge

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Periodic reminder to get your library cards and fill out museum surveys.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have five library cards with 3 subs to Kanopy and 2 to Hoopla. I actually prefer Libby to anna’s archive or other alternative methods.

  For anyone who cares here is a list of the largest e-book lenders that I found when I was library cards hunting. If you are in one of these areas—get a library card!

  The top 10 ebook and digital audiobook-circulating library systems for 2020:

  1. Toronto Public Library
  2. Los Angeles Public Library
  3. King County Library System (WA)
  4. National Library Board Singapore
  5. New York Public Library
  6. Multnomah County Library (OR)
  7. Seattle Public Library
  8. Hennepin County Library (MN) - 228/63
  9. Harris County Public Library (TX)
  10. Calgary Public Library (AB, Canada)

  The top 5 ebook and digital audiobook-circulating consortia and shared collections:

  1. Wisconsin Public Library Consortium 126k total
  2. The Ohio Digital Library
  3. Greater Phoenix Digital Library
  4. Tennessee READS
  5. Digital Downloads Collaboration (OH)
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Off topic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I often need the subtitles also, but like you cannot stop reading them even if the dialog is clear and end up not seeing what is going on in the movie.

  The worst is movies like Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. It has beautiful visuals and action—and the versions on the streaming services lacked a dubbed version. Had to go blu-ray to getting dubs so I could watch instead of read.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are password managers secure to use?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember to think about your backup strategy if you use locally managed password software. I’ve helped (and been unable to help) some non-technical folks who relied on popular magazine/new site articles for software selection without good knowledge of how to properly backup their data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unexpectedly wholesome exchange after a poor performance from me in Rematch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I often defuse like this by referring to my age. “My reflexes were great when I first started playing video games in the 1970s—now I am just slower and not much I can do about it.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The driver for my mouse occupies over 1 gb⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use macmousefix.com/en/ on my Mac mouse. I’m not sure of its range of features.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had the pleasure of working with 8” floppy drives with the Social Security Administration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate that they renamed it on iOS but not Mac. Now my fingers can’t remember just one thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This work between certain states. For instance, you can drive into Oregon and shop with no sales tax then return to California or Washington with your goods.

  Liquor is also much cheaper in some states than others—you can really stock up if you are already driving through a state.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon uncovers something big⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  nVidia hallucinates—TSMC fabricates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bread⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The amount of bread we wasted before moving our bread to the freezer was crazy. Most of our bread gets toasted anyway, but the microwave handles the rest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It would distract from the grind⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  People with low scores are always saying I’ve got low standards… /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do passkeys work across devices?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Depending on the site, you can use one device to login to another without installing additional software. For instance, if you have an iPhone with a passkey for microsoft.com stored on it, you can login to Microsoft.com using the iPhone.

  Here is a webpage that has some screenshots to show you what I mean. You can probably google some other examples.

  appleinsider.com/…/microsoft-finally-lets-users-s…

  It is possible to sync passkeys across devices but at this point is mainly within a single ecosystem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supermarket plastic bag charge has led to 98% drop in use in England, data shows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in a conservative small town. My Walmart no longer even sells one use grocery bags! They had signs up for a couple months before hand.