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> Always rinse the nuts to make them more palatable.

OK, I have to ask...what is this about? "More palatable" in what way?

> To put something on a credit report you need only match 2 out of Name, Address, DoB, and SSN.

So any third-party vendor on Amazon has enough? Fantastic.

macOS has had a "hidden" WiFi diagnostic tool for years. It produces real-time-ish graphs of (IIRC) three different signal strength metrics, and it also dumps the data to a file on the desktop as it's doing so. By holding down the "Option" key and clicking the WiFi icon in the menu bar, the dropdown menu will display additional information about the wireless interface, and it will also include an entry that reads "Wireless Diagnostics..." or similar.

> Similarly, my fridge is full of nearly empty jars and bottles of interesting sauces and condiments. If I chuck it, how will I remember to buy that one again?

A photo album on your phone might help...you could even mark up each photo with text to remind you what you liked about each thing.

You can kind of get close to this using merchant-specific card numbers from privacy.com (not affiliated). If you want to cancel a subscription, you just deactivate the number associated with that subscription.

In a literal sense, sure, git _the tool_ doesn't do much, though I think this is slowly improving as it evolves. For example, there is an experimental `git switch` command[1] under development to provide a simpler interface for changing branches. For me, the biggest leap in developing my own mental model was reading Scott Chacon's book Pro Git, and that is now available online for free on the official Git website[2].

[1]: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-switch

[2]: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2

Or wear a silicone one. They are cheap to replace and (in theory) will break if they catch on something. I have a couple from SafeRingz[1] (not affiliated), but there are plenty of cheaper ones on Amazon.

[1]: https://www.saferingz.com/

> Edit: to clarify, I find it weird that this has been limited to Private Browsing, when most people don't even use it for anything but adult websites. The feature is good and should be available for regular browsing too.

It can be enabled for all windows, but it was not enabled at all when the feature was first rolled out in v83. Presumably they wanted to allow time for any bugs to be shaken out before imposing it by default in any circumstance. It seems plausible they could enable it in regular windows as well in the future.

As has been mentioned in other threads, Apple did not write the memo, a spokesperson from NCMEC did.

EDIT: hmm, scratch that. Confusingly, it was an internal memo from Apple quoting a separate memo from NCMEC.

I have a couple stainless steel skillets, one of which I use several times a week for eggs. I wash them by hand with soap and water after each use, which is not something I would do with cast iron. If I cook something that gets the skillet really nasty, I simmer some water and baking soda for a while, and then while it's still on the stove I use a silicone spatula to scrape off all the stuff that's stuck to it. This has worked well enough for me for as long as I've done it.

I know some people do season stainless steel, but I've never tried it myself. I do cook with coconut oil, though, so maybe they've kind of self-seasoned over the years.

Arguably it does make sense in the context of making a joke about 90's Internet slang as the author appears to be doing, but I agree it doesn't make sense as something you'd actually say to pause a conversation. On the other hand, it might actually have that effect...

"asl", or alternatively "A/S/L", was short for "Age/Sex/Location". This was a pretty common way of kicking off a 1-on-1 conversation on IRC back in the day.

Well, they heavily promote their browser extension[1] (at least for me, when I hit their homepage). The addon gets access to your browser tabs and website data. Their privacy policy grants them access to serve you targeted ads based on information you share with the service, so that seems like it would be their monetization strategy.

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fakespot-fake...

The title suggested by the URL slug seems especially odd in this case, since the article seems generally positive and says nothing about "brainwashing".

Why wait? Teddit has been a great substitute for reading in a mobile browser, and making an iOS shortcut for transforming Reddit links was pretty straightforward.

If there are any (as opposed to "just" the added customer support burden), I wonder if they're the same issues that prevent Slack from allowing calls in Firefox...

The native JSON data type was introduced with PG 9.2 in 2012.

They also said in that episode, although the CEO at the time has since passed away, another former CEO, Al Carey, has publicly credited him with inventing the flavor.

EDIT: Apparently that is also disputed, however.

This is totally plausible and I imagine some manufacturers will try it. Alternatively they can simply make the TV not work unless it has been connected to WiFi...I believe there may already be some sets that do this.

Exactly. There are probably two groups of people in this thread who are interested in the pitch:

* people who want a completely dumb display with a bunch of inputs, as you say

* people who want a display with some smarts but that is "open", can be "hacked", etc

I totally understand the desire to have more things to hack, but there are already numerous little boxes, pucks, sticks, etc to scratch that itch. What's really missing is a way to get a display that doesn't have any of that at all and also doesn't cost 5x because it's made for commercial entities. (Incidentally, my early research suggests a lot of commercial displays actually have "smart" BS in them already, it's just more targeted at device management than serving content-based ads, so that inflates the cost if I'm not going to use it.)

EDIT: formatting

Absolutely, direct or trusted retailers only now. I don't trust Amazon for any purchase anymore. I got tired of putting in so much effort to researching products and still feeling like I was rolling the dice.

The video streaming service is the only thing keeping my Prime subscription active, and I'm hoping to drop it before the renewal date in July this year.

The author of this post was a recent guest on an episode[1] of the Rails with Jason podcast. She discussed the book she's working on, which I believe is based on the series of blog posts of which this one is a member. The episode was a bit of an introduction to garbage collection in Ruby, as opposed to the deep dive into one particular aspect in this article.

https://railswithjason.simplecast.com/episodes/093-garbage-c...

Assuming reasonable levels of competence on the part of the service, which scenario seems more likely for the average user:

1.) Some unexpected glitch occurs (could be the user's fault or could be the company's), and the user's ability to access the service is temporarily interrupted until a human is able to investigate and resolve the problem.

2.) The user is specifically targeted by a malicious actor performing SIM swap and/or social engineering attack.

I'm not really a gambler, but if I'm forced to guess, I'd say #1.

EDIT: clarify initial assumptions

>> Encryption is super important because it secures your data in case your machine is stolen.

> If your machine is stolen and off*

It's possible to configure macOS to wipe FileVault keys from memory when transitioning to a hibernation state. Assuming this works as designed, it might help in a snatch-and-grab situation if the thief closed the lid of the laptop. I would assume competent LEAs would take measures to keep their target's machine awake however.

Mozilla has an easy-to-read guide for this stuff as well: https://infosec.mozilla.org/guidelines/web_security

As well as a system you can use to evaluate your site: https://observatory.mozilla.org/

Security Update bundles were released for Catalina and Mojave as well.

The list of security fixes for the Big Sur update 11.3 has three entries mentioning Gatekeeper: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212325

...whereas the list for Catalina has only one: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212326

> - make the "tabs window" (the downward arrow after +) a tab, so the tabs can be sorted, searched in, or copied from, as html, to a file (I now get a rather useless list of 100 tabs)

If you go to about:performance, you can double-click on a Tab entry, and it will jump you to that tab.

Exactly. The TTL is lowered in advance of the maintenance window, sufficiently far out to allow any entries with the old TTL to expire from most resolvers. Once the maintenance has been completed and validated, and sufficient time has elapsed to decide there are no issues requiring roll back, the TTL is raised back up to its stable value.

> I kept tilting my head because it was hard to see the clue and interpret it at the same time.

Agreed, I definitely found myself doing that.

> The final clue I had to complete was that tricky .(.)(.)(.)(.)\4\3\2\1.

Interesting...I think I had the main guts of that one worked out when I was about 1/3 of the way through, but admittedly I did take a screenshot and mark it up in order to keep track of the various possibilities. It was (...?)\1* that tripped me up because I had an overly broad interpretation of its mechanics.

I wonder if it would be possible to record a bunch of 0-100% runs and then to make some sort of visualization to demonstrate different approaches...

There are actually four spaces that can be filled by accounting for only a single pattern. Two of those are at the end instead of the beginning.

I agree it definitely feels imposing when you first look at it, but stick with it. Look for spaces that have a very small set of possibilities, and then try to map out what neighboring spaces could have for each possibility. If you really feel stuck, take a screenshot and mark it up.