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    1. What should I do with all my old tech junk?

      I am currently decluttering, and I have boxes upon boxes of accumulated tech stuff (for lack of a better term). USB cables, dongles, flash drives, cameras, MP3 players, phones, installation discs,...

      I am currently decluttering, and I have boxes upon boxes of accumulated tech stuff (for lack of a better term). USB cables, dongles, flash drives, cameras, MP3 players, phones, installation discs, etc.

      It's a giant mess that I want to be rid of, I just don't know the best way to go about it and thus have some questions:

      1. What's my best course of action: Is "electronics recycling" the way to go? Should I sort it and donate the useful stuff to a thrift store? Would local mom-and-pop computer shops potentially be interested in some of it?

      (Note: I have no interest in extracting money from the hoard and would be happy for the useful stuff in there to go to a "good home" that can take advantage of it.)

      1. Is there anything that's simply not worth donating/recycling? Should I simply throw some older stuff (e.g. floppies, component cables, anything with a parallel port) out, or does recycling somehow reconstitute the metals/resources in them?

      2. I have several dead hard drives and flash drives that have personal information on them that I was never able to wipe. Should I just hold onto these indefinitely since someone could use them maliciously, or is the likelihood of that happening close to nil?

      18 votes
    2. This week's album and EP releases

      Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and I avoided including things where information...

      Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and I avoided including things where information was too lacking, so feel free to mention anything that isn't on here that you think is worth mentioning. Beyond that, if you have any thoughts of any of these albums, it would be great to hear them :)

      Artist Title Genre(s) Song Link
      A.C.E. Under Cover EP K-Pop Song.link
      Alex Lahey The Best of Luck Club Power Pop Song.link
      American Sharks 11:11 Stoner Rock Song.link
      Antony Carle The Moment Electropop Song.link
      Big Big Train Grand Tour Progressive Rock, Symphonic Prog Song.link
      Bow Wow Greenlight 6 Pop Rap Soundcloud
      Brad Mehldau Finding Gabriel Jazz Fusion, Third Stream Song.link
      Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated Dance-Pop, Synthpop Song.link
      The Cash Box Kings Hail To The Kings! Blues Song.link
      Cat Princess Forbidden Items Art Pop, Indie Pop Song.link
      Chevy Woods New 90's Trap Rap, Pop Rap Song.link
      Com Truise Persuasion System Synthwave, Chillwave Song.link
      Conrad Sewell LIFE Singer/Songwriter Song.link
      Crooked Colours Langata Dance, Indie Pop Song.link
      Curren$y & Statik Selektah Gran Turismo Southern Hip Hop Song.link
      Dâm-Funk STFU II Synth Funk Song.link
      Digga D Double Tap Diaries UK Drill, UK Hip Hop Song.link
      DJ Khaled Father of Asahd Pop Rap Song.link
      DUCKWRTH The Falling Man Pop Rap Song.link
      Fauvely This Is What The Living Do EP Indie Pop Song.link
      Frenship Vacation Electropop Song.link
      FRENSHIP Vacation Electropop, Indie Pop Song.link
      Full of Hell Weeping Choir Deathgrind, Noise Song.link
      Ghostemane Opium Grunge, Acoustic Rock Song.link
      Glassing Spotted Horse Post-Hardcore, Atmospheric Black Metal Song.link
      Greg Antista & The Lonely Streets Shake, Stomp And Stumble Pop Punk Song.link
      The Head and the Heart Living Mirage Folk Pop, Indie Folk Song.link
      The Heavy Sons Funk Rock Song.link
      Injury Reserve Injury Reserve Experimental Hip Hop Song.link
      Institute Readjusting The Locks Post-Punk Song.link
      Interpol A Fine Mess EP Post-Punk Revival, Indie Rock Song.link
      Jimmie Vaughan Baby, Please Come Home Blues Rock Song.link
      Joey Fatts Chipper Jones Vol. 4 West Coast Hip Hop Song.link
      Kota the Friend FOTO East Coast Hip Hop, Jazz Rap Song.link
      Kurt Travis There's A Place I Want To Take You Indie Pop Song.link
      Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent Piano Rock Song.link
      Lucette Deluxe Hotel Room Singer/Songwriter Song.link
      Maluma 11:11 Latin Pop, Reggaeton Song.link
      Megan Thee Stallion Fever Trap Rap Song.link
      Minor Poet The Good News EP Indie Pop Song.link
      The National I Am Easy To Find Indie Rock, Chamber Pop Song.link
      NIKI wanna take this downtown EP Alternative R&B Song.link
      Noseholes Ant And End Post-Punk Song.link
      Olden Yolk Living Theatre Neo-Psychedelia, Indie Folk Song.link
      Operators Radiant Dawn Synthpop Song.link
      Psychic Graveyard Loud As Laughter Noise Rock Song.link
      Rammstein Rammstein Industrial Metal Song.link
      Rich Aucoin Release Indie Pop Song.link
      Sam Cohen The Future's Still Ringing In My Ears Psychedelic Pop, Indie Pop Song.link
      Seba Kaapstad Thina Neo Soul Song.link
      Second Still Violet Phase Coldwave Bandcamp
      Slow Pulp Big Day EP Dream Pop, Indie Pop Song.link
      ​slowthai Nothing Great About Britain UK Hip Hop, Grime Song.link 2
      Son Step Fossilillies Indie Pop, Indie Rock Song.link
      Theo Croker Star People Nation Jazz Fusion Song.link
      Tyler, The Creator IGOR Neo-Soul, Alternative R&B Song.link
      Verdigrls Small Moves EP Indie Pop, Dream Pop Song.link
      Whitesnake Flesh & Blood Hard Rock Song.link
      Winner We EP K-Pop Song.link
      Wu-Tang Clan Of Mics and Men (Music from the Showtime Documentary Series) East Coast Hip Hop Song.link
      WVNDER Nothing Stays Emo-Pop Song.link
      Zr. King Musically & Morally Bankrupt Alternative Rock Song.link

      Notes:
      Bow Wow - Greenlight 6 || no song.link yet, soundcloud link instead
      DUCKWRTH - The Falling Man || linked no "parental advisory" version (so NSFW warning)
      DJ Khaled - Father of Asahd | linked no "parental advisory" version (so NSFW warning)
      Ghostemane - Opium || says single but is EP
      Megan Thee Stallion - Fever || linked no "parental advisory" version (so NSFW warning)
      Second Still - Violet Phase || no song.link yet, bandcamp link instead
      slowthai - Nothing Great About Britain || two versions on song.link with different links, included both

      Thank you to @Cleb, @cfabbro, and @Bauke for the help!

      9 votes
    3. MLS Week 12: All Matches Discussion

      DC United @ Toronto FC Portland Timbers @ Houston Dynamo Atlanta United @ Vancouver Whitecaps Orlando SC @ Seattle Sounders FC Dallas @ LAFC New England Revs @ Montreal Impact Toronto FC @ Real...

      DC United @ Toronto FC
      Portland Timbers @ Houston Dynamo
      Atlanta United @ Vancouver Whitecaps
      Orlando SC @ Seattle Sounders
      FC Dallas @ LAFC
      New England Revs @ Montreal Impact
      Toronto FC @ Real Salt Lake
      Chicago Fire @ San Jose Earthquakes
      Seattle Sounders @ Philadelphia Union
      Columbus Crew @ MNUFC
      Vancouver Whitecaps @ Sporting KC
      DC Unived @ Houston Dynamo
      FC Cincinnati @ Orlando SC
      Atlanta United @ NYRB
      LAFC @ FC Dallas
      Colorado Rapids @ LA Galaxy

      5 votes