jdeibele

42 ms·

421.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Authy is excellent for this. I've got it on my phone and tablet. I'm reluctant to use it on my desktop because I don't want to type in a huge password but I regard my 2015 MacBook as less secure than my devices that are pr
422.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Agreed. Mozilla has a special container just for Facebook and I use that. Other people have made similar special containers for Google, etc. but I don't trust them as much as Mozilla. So I use one container for Google properties (g
423.
by jdeibele 8y ago
You can substitute Google Photos for Amazon Photos. I have several Google accounts that have soccer photos, family photos, etc. I want to keep pictures of other people's kids from trying to be recognized as my own. And the family
424.
by jdeibele 8y ago
I used to give my real birthday. Then I kept reading about how knowing that plus your address (usually easy to find on the internet - whitepages.com, etc.) got someone a long ways toward imitating you. So I started making up birthdays but
425.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Yes. I answer something like "favorite color" with "blue green red" or "blue was the color of my first bike" if I can. I end up with something like this: pet: answer school: answer friend: answer
426.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Pendantic hat on: 4 www.
427.
by jdeibele 8y ago
What I would like to see is a membership where the price drops each year. First year, it's $5/month. Second, it's $4. Third year, it's $3. And so on. Ideally it's free year 6 and from then on as long as you h
428.
by jdeibele 8y ago
https://github.com/kensanata/mastodon-backup/ allows you to backup your mastodon data. It also allows you to expire your toots, boosts, etc. The idea is that you don't want people searching your timeline to
429.
by jdeibele 8y ago
I've been using Google's 2FA app for years but switched fairly recently to Authy because it allows for multiple devices to be used as authenticators. It would also allow you to wipe a device and add it back. I'm using an iPh
430.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Went shopping there yesterday. Got salad mixes, tomatoes, potatoes, apples, carrots, cherries, broccoli, oranges, Brussels sprouts, etc. Some stuff I buy elsewhere because the quantities are too large even for 2 adults and 3 teenagers.
431.
by jdeibele 8y ago
I would expect brand to be important. Do you want to be in a Waymo with no accidents, a Tesla that kills the passenger occasionally, or an Uber that kills other people? There are people who only buy Volvos because of the reputation for sa
432.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Yes, and I've gotten called to approve additional expense because there was more work needed than they estimated once they got in there. Or the door latch on my van seized up. Tried two different independent shops I like and they both
433.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Does the rent go up or is it fixed?
434.
by jdeibele 8y ago
I switched my wife first because she wanted Verizon's network and at that point you had to buy a new device from Comcast. After a couple of months, I ended up buying a used phone compatible with Xfinity Mobile and have been very happy
435.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Thanks for that link. I take lots of photos and only want to save the best. I bought a lightning->SD card adapter but the Photos app would only show pictures in a grid. I wanted to see them as large as possible so I could pick the on
436.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Yes. One of the things that's different is that there's now https://www.commonapp.org/ which says "you can apply to more than 700 colleges" using it. To some degree, application fees (paid per college)
437.
by jdeibele 8y ago
Amazon, Walmart, Target do a lot with their store brands. It becomes more and more tempting to buy just from those because I (presumably) don't have to worry about counterfeits (where Amazon co-mingles everything that's supposed
438.
by jdeibele 9y ago
The killer add-on for Firefox is Containers. This lets me run multiple instances of Gmail without them knowing about one another. I run Facebook and Twitter in another container and they don't know about anything Google. My default
439.
by jdeibele 9y ago
Try https://addons.mozilla.org/ca/firefox/addon/auto-tab-discard... I had been using Tab Suspender from the same author but recently noticed that it was deprecated for FF 57 or newer. Pretty happy with it on
440.
by jdeibele 9y ago
Pay $20 and you get the number permanently. I've set up my kids' soccer club and my son's Cub Scout Pack with voicemail-only numbers. Callers leave a message and a recording and a transcription is forwarded to the appropr
441.
by jdeibele 9y ago
Maybe you could replace Jap with Japanese? I grew up with people like my dad (born in the 30s) saying they'd "never buy a Jap car". He never did but we did have Honda and Suzuki dirt bikes because of the quality and price.
442.
by jdeibele 9y ago
For me, there's three reasons: 1) they seem much more accessible to people with @outlook.com, @comcast.net, @yahoo.com, etc. email addresses 2) On a Mac, I've found their syncing to be quicker, more reliable and more efficient tha
443.
by jdeibele 9y ago
Why not just rewrite it to "To my mother, my daughter, and Ayn Rand" or "To my mother, my daughter and Ayn Rand".
444.
by jdeibele 9y ago
Use Firefox and Container Tabs. I have set up a Container for Gmail and use tabs for Google Calendar, sites that use Google for authorization, etc. My default window (and other Container Tabs) doesn't have a Google account attached t
445.
by jdeibele 9y ago
What kills me about the advertising are three things: 1) It creates a huge barrier to entry because new ISPs have a hard time getting any name recognition. 2) Newpapers, radio stations, and television stations probably wouldn't want to
446.
by jdeibele 9y ago
Because they work in different ways, that's what I'm fond of doing for myself and my children. Start with ibuprofen, then try a table of acetaminophen a couple of hours later. If it's a really bad headache, start with one o
447.
by jdeibele 9y ago
I'm in the same boat. Things are complicated by the fireplace and chimney being in the middle of the house. I used an TP-Link Archer C-7 as the main router and an Apple Time Capsule as access point and backup connected via Powerline.
448.
by jdeibele 9y ago
There was an article just a few days ago about the remaining elevators that have operators: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/nyregion/manual-elevators...
449.
by jdeibele 9y ago
Sometimes mail bounces. I liked to delete those messages off the thread. I find that using Gmail with mailing more than X people is impossible because the replies all get mushed together. I now change the subject line for individual rep
450.
by jdeibele 9y ago
I want long lenses for taking pictures of my kids playing soccer. The phone on my camera just isn't going to work for that. Nor will point-and-shoot telephotos because they're too slow to focus.

More ›