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Strength Before Weakness

Use a vacuum cleaner with a detached hose. While applying suction from the screen side, slide the nozzle up while dragging the card with it.

This one was actually quite entertaining. When the episode switched from the Live Action "previously on" recap to the animated Lower Decks crew, I was tickled. The second Jack Quaid came through the portal as Boimler, I was invested. He nails the live action portrayal. I also loved him as Hughie in The Boys.

“What is better: to be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?” — Paarthurnax, Skyrim

For an example -NSFW strong language-, here's an AI imitating/mocking the US presidential debate

Fire in the Sky Just no. I couldn't even look at an image of a grey alien for years. Had to look away during the opening credits of X-files because they flashed an image of a grey. I got over it. I actually rewatched it during the pandemic lock-in. It holds up pretty well.

I named my truck Artax because I'm gonna cry like a little bitch when it finally dies.

I have been doing this for the most part, but the muscle memory of over a decade of RES is hard to overcome.

That's what I was thinking too. I'll try again this evening after work. rn I can't drop my LAN.

I tried that once. Held the reset pin in for 7-10 seconds. Nothing happened.

Somebody's passive perception is lower than 10.

Good read, if a bit lengthy for so little content. But it's an interview transcript. Nevertheless, Whittaker makes some good points. I do find it odd that privacy invasion is always justified by those in power under the rubric of protecting children. Yet, time and time again we can see that their true aim is always more authoritarian overreach. At least we are seeing less claims of "fighting the war on terror" mostly, I believe, thanks to Snowden blowing that myth out of the water.

I for one will be continuing to use end-to-end encryption whenever possible. I've used Signal for years and have dragged many a friend onto the platform. Unfortunately, one of the downsides, Signal up until recently was able to be used as a complete replacement for your SMS app, utilizing E2E encryption for Signal users. This meant I could just convince my friends to change messaging apps. It was so simple my mother could do it. Now however, Signal is no longer routing standard SMS messages, which means you must have Signal for Signal users and another app for SMS. This is often too much a barrier for the less tech savvy. At least RCS between 2 individuals is ostensibly E2E encrypted.