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aug_aug··on CVS ditches common cold meds after FDA advisers say they're useless
Actually, Sudafed continues(d?) to make both, you just have to ask for the one with pseudoephedrine which is usually locked behind the counter. Not a meth chef here, but do I have allergies and get migraines, the only thing that seems to help is pseudoephedrine. When they introduced this crap however long ago I could immediately tell it did nothing compared to the 'original' version. Not surprised at all by this revelation/confirmation years later.
aug_aug··on St. John’s Reading List: A Great Books Curriculum
I look at this list, especially the "Freshman" list, and feel like public school really let me down, lol.
aug_aug··on Apple HomePod 2nd Generation
Siri - 15% Alexa - 20% Google - 88%

These are my success rates talking to home devices across brands in last 5 yrs. Yes - I am complaining, Siri is horrible. Can't believe I'm complimenting Google (Chromecast Audio, Stadia, that RSS thing) at the same time, but I am in the realm of voice recognition.

aug_aug··on A Note About Today’s Wordle Game
That's funny because "plant" was a solution on Earth Day, I thought that was suspicious too...
aug_aug··on A new Moon race has begun
Yes, it's called Space Force and it's on Netflix. Can't wait.
aug_aug··on X-Force Command Cyber Tactical Operations Center
Can't wait to hear about the first app hack in which they remote start this thing and turn the heat on full blast!

It would be really cool if you had kids and you could point to that beast as your office. I bet they have cool t-shirts too. And stickers.

aug_aug··on I tried to hack my insomnia
also magnesium supplements - I had some nervous system/restless leg issues and finally diagnosed as deficient in it, cured insomnia that was ongoing for months - just wanted to throw this out there
aug_aug··on Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cause, study suggests
Hah, I could regale you with cannabis stories all day too, during this incident though, tobacco only. Everyone says "suuuuuree" it was tobacco about 3 min. in every time I tell the story.
aug_aug··on Havana syndrome: Exposure to neurotoxin may have been cause, study suggests
Possibly related tidbit - I used to roll my own cigarettes when working in the field as a geologist, left a pack of papers under the seat of my truck which had no carpeting, spilled 100% DEET on the floor, DEET absorbed into pack of papers. Months later found those same papers (what luck!) and rolled a cigarette without thinking about it, minutes later I was asking my now wife if she "could hear the helicopter sounds!!?" and thought I was losing my mind. I put it all together weeks later when I remembered the DEET spill from several months earlier. Pesticides/insecticides, in my experience at least, can induce those symptoms, lol - maybe the mosquito spraying was a little heavy by the hotel? And now I hope I don't have brain damage, thanks internet.
aug_aug··on Americans can opt out of airport facial recognition
Anyone ever seen Face Off (1997) with good ole Nick Cage?! Here we go...
aug_aug··on Explore ISS on Google Maps
Looks like they need to send Marie Kondo to outer space!
aug_aug··on Publishing with Apache Kafka at The New York Times
Figure 3: The Monolog, containing all assets every published by The New York Times.
aug_aug··on Databases have failed the web
"Access control on modern databases is too course." - I think you mean "coarse" here.