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.

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?

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.

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 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’m lactose intolerant but I use a little bit of lactose-free, 0% fat milk for my coffee in the morning because the alternatives (almond or oat milk) just don’t taste as good with coffee.

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1. Purpose - Wanted some protein for Sundubu Jjigae (aside from the tofu) but was too lazy to handle and cook raw meat.
2. Hypothesis - If I used the last remaining frozen, microwaveable burger patties in the freezer, I might be able to add protein into my soup without altering the taste too much from the processed patties.
3. Materials(if any) - Sundubu Jjigae ingredients and frozen fully-cooked burger patties.
4. Procedure - Perpare Sundubu Jjigae according to recipe and add 3-4 burger patties.
5. Observations - The burger patties looked fine even though I threw them in without defrosting. Cook long enough for the patties to defrost and get warm.
6. Conclusions - The patties’ seasoning did not alter the taste of the soup and added the protein I was craving. Success.

At least Frank Zappa’s kids owned their names.

The most impact it has is in my work life. I do design reviews and suddenly AI/ML projects became priorities and stuff has to be ready for the next customer showcase, which is tomorrow. One thing I remember from a conference I attended was an AI talk where the presenter said something along the lines of: If you think devs are bad with testing code in production, wait till you meet data scientists who want to test using live data.

Jinny’s Kitchen, which is on Amazon right now. It has different titles depending on the cast member’s name they want to use for the season. It’s basically a bunch of Korean actors/celebrities that are tasked to run a pop-up restaurant for a week. I like that there are no egos and they actually hunker down and do the work. No American tv show style drama. It’s a good show if you just want to watch something and not want to think or understand plotlines or dialogues.

Metal vocalists hate him!