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jamesjuicy55on Getting rid of bed bugs: trickier than ever

I fought bed bugs once with DE, heat, and dry ice traps or you can use a co2 fish tank pump to attract them into a trap. We also placed containers filled with oil at the bottom of each bed post.

It took a year but we were successful

jamesjuicy55on Newly discovered deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic

https://www.purecycle.com/who-we-are. ?

jamesjuicy55on Nick Cave on ChatGPT and the creative process

I agree. AI is a tool. A hammer. Those who do not wish to use the hammer and go on strike because the hammer workers are faster or better, will be left behind.

jamesjuicy55on Microsoft lost its keys, and the government got hacked

Absolutely. Maybe Louisiana and Oregon DMV hacks?

jamesjuicy55on RAWGraphs: missing link between spreadsheets and data visualization

Power bi and Tableau offer a number of ways to transform data including python and R. There are a ton of plug-ins out there for custom d3 graphs or even using matplotlib right inside power bi. Check out "the charticulator."

I've also been using Google data studio and it is great and offers tons of way to connect to data and refresh for free!