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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Growing up celebrating Xmas in Canada resulted in me dreading the month before with Xmas music and decorations everywhere. As an adult I love that I can mostly choose not to celebrate (aside from parents and inlaws). Even living in Korea I
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
I found this out in October when trying to figure out this complaint. timcappalli from FIDO Alliance mentioned in that above thread that plain text exports shouldn't be allowed, and that password managers/providers should be block
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Province of Ontario literally just passed a bill (212) to rip up already-installed bike lanes in City of Toronto at an estimated taxpayer cost of ~$50MCAD, despite opposition from city residents AND city officials, which is unheard of becau
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
I've been using data-only plans since 2015 combined with voip.ms VoIP numbers (for Toronto and SF). This means I could travel and pop in a prepaid SIM card whenever I went anywhere and not have any problems using data-based messaging s
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Just calling out the poor way this (and many) articles write about car accidents. I’m not a Tesla fan at all but blaming Tesla for the crash is incorrect. (It is correct to blame them for the way the door locks work though and therefore can
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Just calling out the poor way this (and many) articles write about car accidents. I’m not a Tesla fan at all but blaming Tesla for the crash is incorrect. (It is correct to blame them for the way the door locks work though and therefore can
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
I expected to spend a couple of minutes browsing this, yet 25 minutes later I'm not even halfway through. The best (so far) are the ones above the strings "on June 2nd, 1940" and "effort by Russian War Relief". I ca
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Hi Peter, thanks for all the AMAs you've done in the past. From the perspective of a recent Green Card recipient not yet living in USA, is it possible/advisable to convert to a Commuter Green Card, work remotely (and paid as US-ba
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Apologies, I specified "filtration" but meant "quality", which I would define as filtration + fresh air intake. I'd have expected a better mix (more fresh air) since even with filtration removing many particulates a
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Thanks for this recommendation; I was considering ordering these for my next trip since they should fit the same as 9205+. (I don't see an issue with wearing an exhalation vent next to folks who aren't wearing masks themselves. If
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
I used to think this especially since airlines touted how good the air filtration was when COVID hit. It's actually quite poor and significantly worse than most indoor spaces I've entered (most spaces aren't great at around 8
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
It works for most of them, but not all. And sometimes a service originally supports it, but then changes and doesn't, which means you need to get in touch with them to fix it. I now have a Tello eSIM ($5/mo) that I use just for th
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
For those who wear N95s on planes, I can confirm that 3M Aura 9205+ works great with Vision Pro※ and doesn't hinder using it at all, nor reduce comfort, at least for my head and face shape. ※ - Tested during my 30 min demo (more like 4
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
I've been using data-only SIMs (and now eSIMS) since 2015. Bria voip client with voip.ms providing DIDs. Works wonderfully well and I can highly recommend going voip-only if you can. The thing holding me back from going iPad Mini inste
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Bought it for the novelty, easy decision. Feedback: it's pretty difficult even at the first level. As a distraction, even just easy 2-3 beat patters might be good to start with. So having difficulty levels would be great. Maybe the dif
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
My solution to security/recovery questions is to generate or make up ransom answers, and store the question/answer pair in the notes field of the entry in my password manager. This kills the “knowing things about you” vector of ph
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Good to know! I'm not a networking expert so figured leaving the default made sense just in case.
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Since you mentioned it, on MacOS when tethering: sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.ttl=65 When done, switch it back: sudo sysctl -w net.inet.ip.ttl=64 I went from 0.3Mbps on T-Mobile to 50+ Mbps with this; on providers that limit hotspot speed by
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Yes. The absolute worst 2FA is SMS based, especially when they refuse to work with my VoIP numbers (I now have a $5/mo 2nd eSIM plan just for this since my primary SIM is data only). IMHO, just let me check a box that enables me to ONL
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
aranet4 CO2 monitor that I bring with me. 2xAA batteries allow it to go for a year or more, and I can pull the readings via Bluetooth to my phone to look at historical data. As sneak also replied, it's just a proxy: higher CO2 correlat
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
On this topic, I recently got officially fit-tested for N95 masks (specifically 3M 9210+). They put a cover over your head and spray in a bitter substance; if you taste it, the mask fit fails. (You can also do this test at home if you have
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
First thing I did when picking up my 2022 Spark was pull the fuse. Mic is disabled, but I am fine with that as I don't use make calls while driving. If I'd not known about this data collection before I bought the car, or if there
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
FYI, Kagi lets you do this and personalize it as you desire. They even share aggregated stats※ about which domains users choose to block/lower. (Mine generally match these stats.) ※ - https://kagi.com/stats?stat=leaderb
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
From the conclusion in the first study: chronic COVID-19 infection may have more adverse effects on the menstrual cycle than COVID-19 vaccines, which have so far presented no long-term adverse events linked to fertility or reproduction So
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
Confirmed, flown SF-Toronto round trip multiple times, Toronto-SF-South Korea, Toronto-London, and on both narrow body and wide body aircraft I'm lucky to get less than 1800ppm, with peaks at 3100ppm (on the London flight) according to
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
I should’ve mentioned that I am currently on a T-Mobile data only 5GB/$20 plan, which is more than I currently need. Fi looks interesting though, will look into it. Thanks for sharing.
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
The thing I don’t understand is why you should have to pay to add devices. Or even that data expires each month. Just sell me a bucket of gigabytes and I’ll consume it via as many devices as I want, then pay for another bucket when I run ou
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
> Therefore, the majority of your app reviews should come when you ask for review. This is really easy via the StoreKit APIs in iOS. I haven't been asked for a review in awhile, but whenever an app pops up a dialog for this I immedi
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by jonpurdy 2y ago
I missed most of the Bartender drama as I was traveling, but glad I blocked the analytics with Little Snitch. Disappointing that this whole mess could have potentially been avoided with transparency from both Ben Surtees and the acquiring t
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Bartender 5 Blog: Let's Try This Again(macbartender.com)
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