It is the aggressive megacolony of fungus embedding its mycelia in the base of the tree

PCR has been around since the 80s, though it has continued getting more efficient and cheaper

The predictable backstop of subscription plus the nearly limitless potential upside of ad sales is just too tempting in the long run for media companies. They get to have their cake and eat it too. Spotify, Amazon, Netflix and have all eventually given in, despite insisting they never would. Shareholder owned media companies will always gravitate to this model. It’s the only way to maximize quarterly revenue growth.

It is nice to generate generalizable code examples, to give me clues how stuff works. I find that my work (marine biogeochemistry) is obscure enough that there’s a certain level where I am still on my own. Which is a good sign for my future employability!

He’s an ideas man, maybe one of the best ever. Ideas are important for a director, but execution is arguably more important, which requires the ability to listen to others

Commitmentphobe

I am very sorry. Sending my best to you!

I found the present stash when I was about 5-6 years old and spent a few years continuing to go through the motions of Santa, playing dumb. I was also told by a non-Christian kid around that time that Santa was fake (not sure which came first). It made me very upset for a day, which is why I remember so clearly, and then I realized either way Christmas is still great. I’m glad I played dumb, for my sister’s sake, and I think my parents got a kick out of it.

I am a caregiver for a person with rare b-cell lymphoma (chronic illness, treated with a biologic drug rather than chemo) and I’ve noticed 90% of people don’t understand what chronic cancer means. People can’t really comprehend someone being better than on their deathbed but much worse than their “normal” health and energy level, and that state will never end. I think popular culture portrays cancer as either “about to die” or “in remission”, rather than showing portrayals of the weird in-between state many patients find themselves dealing with.

It works! At least, I have a server on my domain name that people can follow, which is pretty cool. Fortunately, I have a new blog post planned to test it out in the next few days :)

It’s the most customizable, has the most advanced add ons system, syncs well between mobile and PC (though sadly with no tablet app), and it’s not part of the Chrome hegemony. Lately it has become faster and faster!

I still visit posts from search, but I’ve given up most of the logged-in experience (upvoting, commenting, submitting on a weekly basis). 99% of my previous activity was via third party apps on mobile, so I have little incentive to go back and contribute content. I don’t feel like contributing for free to some portal run by a private company. Reddit used to be a steward of their community but now feel they own it. I don’t need to work for them for free

I have felt this way for a few years now. It doesn’t help that many of the family and friends closest to me are getting older. They definitely can’t read as well as they used to. I have to make sure to word my posts on Facebook and Instagram very carefully and with concise, efficient diction. Any sarcasm or meaning left implied just flies over their heads. It scares me regarding when I get to their age.

Yes, this is a stop gap til I can do my research :D Sounds like I’ll have to put in an additional couple thermal pads to bridge the gap to heatsink as they don’t actually touch, but need to read more about it.

I bought it because it was $10 and I needed something to cool my Asus router that has been overheating lol. But the name Beskar definitely got my attention. Beskar means quality

I’ve observed how these streaming services engage in borderline elder abuse. They make it extremely easy to sign up, and then to cancel, they require clicking through five different settings pages with tiny buttons and dark patterns. They obscure what each charge is on billing statements, and they are constantly increasing price, merging with each other, which creates confusion. I’ve had to help elder family and friends get out of subscriptions so many times, and each time, I essentially have to audit what they’re paying for. I think the Feds should mandate that every website has a giant red “Cancel subscription” button in the corner. The FTC is working on something like that, but it is unclear what it will look like in the final version.

Personally I see the baby from the Dinosaurs sitcom

Thanks for the details! Maybe I’ll give it a try :)

Living in Israel for over a year as a non-Jew, the religious laws really got to me. Not being able to take public transit on Shabbat (particularly the train from the airport). When they cordoned off the leavened bread in the markets for passover. The long holiday season when everything was closed for weeks (though that must be how Jews feel everywhere else in December).