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  1. Comment on Clicks Communicator: the ultimate communication companion in ~tech

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    I went ahead and put down a deposit on one, though I might chicken out later. It ticks a lot of boxes for me, and I like the look. We'll see.

    I went ahead and put down a deposit on one, though I might chicken out later. It ticks a lot of boxes for me, and I like the look. We'll see.

  2. Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk

  3. Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk

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    Middle millennial in Kentucky, instructor to locksmiths/security professionals. Edit: @Cannonball, howdy neighbor!

    Middle millennial in Kentucky, instructor to locksmiths/security professionals.

    Edit: @Cannonball, howdy neighbor!

    10 votes

  4. Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk

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    Reading this while my wife and her mother are in the next room making a spreadsheet of my wife's polishes gave me quite a chuckle. She collects Holo Taco brand polishes. I collect titanium tools,...

    Reading this while my wife and her mother are in the next room making a spreadsheet of my wife's polishes gave me quite a chuckle. She collects Holo Taco brand polishes. I collect titanium tools, so I don't complain 😁

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  5. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    More details here, looks like it was days, actually. Apparently no alarm was triggered until the end of the robbery. That is kind of surprising, as it is typical for there to be several...

    More details here, looks like it was days, actually. Apparently no alarm was triggered until the end of the robbery. That is kind of surprising, as it is typical for there to be several overlapping alarm sensors to detect this sort of entry. If true, could be negligence on the part of the bank.

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  7. Comment on She fell in love with ChatGPT. Then she ghosted it. in ~tech

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    Honestly sounds like some coworkers I've had. This might be noise

    It doesn’t remember things exactly, it misses context clues a lot. After a while it starts breaking down and you start getting really wonky answers

    Honestly sounds like some coworkers I've had.

    This might be noise

    5 votes

  8. Comment on Reading my first Stephen King novel - What are your favorites? in ~books

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    I just want to mention the Dark Tower audiobooks. I'm not an audiobook guy, but a dear friend encouraged me to experience the Dark Tower series that way first, and I'm glad I did. The readers were...

    I just want to mention the Dark Tower audiobooks. I'm not an audiobook guy, but a dear friend encouraged me to experience the Dark Tower series that way first, and I'm glad I did. The readers were so talented... I just have to recommend it.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Modern Christmas carol renditions that aren't mediocre CCM? in ~music

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    If you haven't heard it before, give the album Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand a try. It's, admittedly, by a Christian band (Relient K), but it's fun in a 2000's pop-punk way and frequently stuck...

    If you haven't heard it before, give the album Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand a try. It's, admittedly, by a Christian band (Relient K), but it's fun in a 2000's pop-punk way and frequently stuck in my head as someone who doesn't really like Christmas music after a decade of retail holiday seasons.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on What are some of your favorite stews/soups? in ~food

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    I like to make a cheesy potato soup (much more cheese than potato, admittedly) and chicken velvet soup. For the "potato" soup I will usually add a bit of heat via Sriracha to my own bowl, and...

    I like to make a cheesy potato soup (much more cheese than potato, admittedly) and chicken velvet soup. For the "potato" soup I will usually add a bit of heat via Sriracha to my own bowl, and serve with buttered yeast rolls. For the chicken velvet, saltine crackers are a must. I also like to add cheese and Sriracha to the chicken velvet soup, but that's because I'm a cheese fiend.

    Edit: the potato soup became too powerful and taste of home had to remove it from the internet for everyone's safety, but here's a wayback machine link for the brave ones out there. I usually leave out the broccoli and add bouillon cubes to the boiling potato water as the commenters suggested. And I just keep all of that potato water to add back in, no measuring necessary.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    It's a little bit classroom, but also a little bit the other thing too sometimes 😁

    It's a little bit classroom, but also a little bit the other thing too sometimes 😁

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    Bank vaults are not so much in my arena, but it has in fact been the case that thieves have gone around the door entirely to pierce the walls, floor or ceiling instead. Cost and structural...

    Bank vaults are not so much in my arena, but it has in fact been the case that thieves have gone around the door entirely to pierce the walls, floor or ceiling instead. Cost and structural limitations usually mean that the door is simultaneously the easiest (with the correct combination) and hardest (drilling or otherwise defeating) entry point. The walls can be reinforced in various ways, but a determined attacker with an angle grinder eventually will get through most barriers.

    But this is generally the case with security. Why try to beat a computer's web security countermeasures if you can just walk up to it and put a USB drive into it? Why pick the $300 lock cylinder when the latch itself can be opened with a $10 tool? I always say to my students, "When in doubt, cheat."

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    Certain vault doors are only permitted to be repaired in very limited circumstances, so if a tech believes they will exceed the allowable size/number of holes to penetrate the door, they are...

    Certain vault doors are only permitted to be repaired in very limited circumstances, so if a tech believes they will exceed the allowable size/number of holes to penetrate the door, they are instructed to instead break and subsequently repair the wall, which has no such legal constraints.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    It certainly would help, but, alas, most of my coworkers (including myself) were once 12 year old boys, and we all still have the propensity to regress on a very regular basis.

    It certainly would help, but, alas, most of my coworkers (including myself) were once 12 year old boys, and we all still have the propensity to regress on a very regular basis.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    As a matter of fact, my current profession occasionally involves me instructing technicians to consider that the Kool-aid Man method may be the fastest and cheapest way to penetrate certain vault...

    As a matter of fact, my current profession occasionally involves me instructing technicians to consider that the Kool-aid Man method may be the fastest and cheapest way to penetrate certain vault doors, so it's an apt imagining.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on 100% apple. This apple pie contains only apples. in ~food

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    Seconding this recommendation! Additionally, he's a level-headed, kind person whose positivity and charitable disposition leave me and my spouse happier for being in his audience every time we see...

    Seconding this recommendation! Additionally, he's a level-headed, kind person whose positivity and charitable disposition leave me and my spouse happier for being in his audience every time we see him.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    I love this place. I don't post much, but I'm in here lurking daily. The conversations I'm "overhearing" in this space are a salve to my red state blues, and it's beautiful to see so much passion,...

    I love this place. I don't post much, but I'm in here lurking daily. The conversations I'm "overhearing" in this space are a salve to my red state blues, and it's beautiful to see so much passion, kindness, and diversity of thought/location represented online.

    I only wish that, when I mention the site by name out loud, I didn't have to be so careful to not elicit a response beginning with "'Til DEEZ NUTS..."

    Still, it's a small price to pay. Thank you all!

    19 votes

  18. Comment on Playing with words in ~creative

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    I do a similar thing where I absent-mindedly create false etymologies for words to amuse myself. Dumb stuff like, say, the name "Mortimer" comes from "mort" meaning death and "mer" meaning sea, so...

    I do a similar thing where I absent-mindedly create false etymologies for words to amuse myself. Dumb stuff like, say, the name "Mortimer" comes from "mort" meaning death and "mer" meaning sea, so the first person named Mortimer was so named because he drowned.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on Iceland's volcanoes might have an unexpected new purpose – an architect duo want to harness molten lava to shape the construction of houses and cities of the future in ~design

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    We've known how to do this for years now - get a water bucket and a lava bucket and bam! Infinite cobblestone! The hardest part is to not let the water get to the source lava block or you get...

    We've known how to do this for years now - get a water bucket and a lava bucket and bam! Infinite cobblestone! The hardest part is to not let the water get to the source lava block or you get obsidian, which is much less useful.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Why Disney ditched ‘Doctor Who’ in ~tv

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    I've lived in two different rural areas in the middle of the country, and one has a Doctor Who fan club store nearby, while the other has a tardis inside a local grocery store. Sample size of two,...

    I've lived in two different rural areas in the middle of the country, and one has a Doctor Who fan club store nearby, while the other has a tardis inside a local grocery store. Sample size of two, but it seems there is indeed a fandom in the US.

    5 votes