disparate_dan

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by disparate_dan 6y ago
I have a woodworking setup in my garage and in summer I work with the doors open. The local crows know me and come by in small groups and I’ll throw a few peanuts for them. One time recently, my shop vac’s 20-foot hose got clogged so I took
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
Well that’s not strictly true because of the effects of fragmentation. A few years ago I could get practically anything I wanted to watch from Netflix; today I’d have to manage subscriptions and search and watch queues and UX across seven
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
I’ve unfairly disregarded Safari on MacOS for years because it didn’t have parity with chrome/FF in terms of extensions. There’s uBlock of course, but I spend a lot of time on Reddit, and I can’t bear it without the RES extension. So n
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
I came to similar conclusions for similar reasons. For one thing I often spend some ‘work’ time dealing with personal stuff so it’s a fair turnaround to think about work (or even work) over the weekend. Before covid, I was reaching my offic
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
Isn’t it about time we moved away from the one-charger-per-device model? For the last few devices I’ve bought, I’ve only charged them from a multi-port Anker USB hub and the dedicated chargers have remained unused in the packaging. Which is
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by disparate_dan 6y ago
You had me at 100% agreement until you said “mussel” :). But you hit the nail on the head when you said “runaway train”, and no one is in control. These problems definitely exist in other western counties, but there is something about US so
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by disparate_dan 7y ago
I deleted mine a couple years ago and I haven’t regretted it or missed it at all, though I agonized over the decision for a long time because of fomo.