Interesting, I didn’t know it costs extra in some places. TIL.

My pets depend on me and I love them.

Remember when tap-to-pay was new and didn’t work at a lot of places and some people were freaked out over it?

And now most of us use it without a 2nd thought.

I speculate passkeys will be like that.

Written by the assistant to the manager, no doubt.

My sense of direction and route memory are complete dogshit, and always have been. When GPS became commonplace it was a godsend for me. But some people are still assholes about it and give grief for using GPS for 95% of my driving. Especially older people.

I have noticed a few messages slipping through the past several weeks, whereas I used to get basically zero spam.

If you return ‘too many’ items they may suspend or even ban your account. I’m not sure what the threshold is.

Same as you. I used to game a lot (too much) in my younger days. Now I use the computer to support my tabletop gaming hobbies, 3d printing, a little coding, and streaming.

NAPS2. I go paperless as much as possible, but still have to scan stuff sometimes. It’s the GOAT for scanning.

It is a little strange. But even way back in the day we called PC software meant for user interaction “software applications”.

Michael Hobbes said the same thing, take it up with him.

Honestly I wish everyone spoke as clearly and articulately as gay men. Mumble and mangle your words together, and dumb down your vocabulary to sound like the typical straight dude. Think of yourself as a kid in school, the teacher just called on you, and you really don’t want to answer.

I’m an avid indoorsman. One of my best friends is too, fortunately. I almost never get cabin fever (though it does happen).

Winters for me feels like home turf. My favorite activity is tabletop gaming with friends. When I can’t do that, I love reading books and watching videos. Occasionally I’ll play Steam games, but I spent enough of my youth on that, so it’s way down the list of choices.

I also like to try out new recipes. I’m a better cook than baker, but I do some of both. And I really enjoy playing with our two dogs. They teach the stupid human how to be in the moment.

I’m a boring but happy guy when left in peace.

I had similar thoughts. Someone more knowledgeable would probably call them “healthcare professionals”, or “healthcare practitioners”, not “doctors and nurses”.

And you’re right, as important as they are, they can’t do their jobs without the infrastructure you’re pointing out. Power and water are more essential, as they enable everyone all of the time. And waste piling up would create serious problems fairly quickly.

This reminds me of the Silo series, where every level thinks they keep the Silo running.

I use bullshit answers for these, and save them in the notes section of my password manager.

Google voice is hit or miss. It’s worked for a lot of smaller sites for me, but the bigger / more corporate it is, the less likely it seems to work.

Boot scrapers.

Coathooks, drawer handles, book ends, door stops, gardening or tent stakes.

Been using Fastmail for a few years now. I really like it.

I mostly agree. I do miss some niche communities, though.