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17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on KeePassXC 2.6.4 Released
Wow! Didn't know that was a feature, neat idea thanks!
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on KeePassXC 2.6.4 Released
I'm a big fan of KeePassXC.

One thing I'd like to see is one file being able to be unlocked via multiple keys so for example my desktop could use a password+keyfile whereas my laptop would need password+hardware key, but they both backup to the same file. Do any other managers enable this?

17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on A Brief History of Peanut Butter
I'm quite thankful so much of How it's Made is available on youtube by Discovery, curious why they've even done that.
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on A Brief History of Peanut Butter
It took me months of living with someone eating peanut-only pb to get used to it, at some point I stopped thinking about how gross it was, and then I tried ye olde sugar pb again after a year and almost gagged. You totally can get used to it.

Some quality of life tricks to make it easier:

  buy multiple jars and store them upside down so gravity can help you start mixing

  mix initially (if you're able) by rapidly rotating the jar in your hand (twisting your forearm), this will get you 90% of the way

  finish off the mix with a knife

  keep the well mixed open jars in the fridge
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on Horrifying PDF Experiments
Our neighbors at the fine journal of POC||GTFO are distinguished in PDF manipulation and polyglots. https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on Google Maps' Moat Is Evaporating
Was also having this recently. Apple for some reason was failing at finding anything along the main stretches of highway I was on (with pit stop style gas/convenience combos) whereas Google was recommending gas 5 minutes off the highway but also recommending Subway which was located in the pitstops with the lesser known gas so then I'm just searching for Subway to find the rest stations instead of gas...
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on Google Maps' Moat Is Evaporating
Yeah bit of a brain fart when I wrote this, I probably searched for that but I tried a couple of terms in each.

Actually I probably was searching "photography" at some point because "camera" was bringing up general retail more and I was hoping an actual repair business would hav photography as a keyword more than a retail business would. Just further illustrates how frustrating this is.

17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on Google Maps' Moat Is Evaporating
To me, Apple Maps still doesn't feel as good for searching obscure things as Google Maps did 5 years ago, but neither does Google Maps.

An example: I recently searched for "photography repair" in my area and Apple gave me film developing places and local event photographers, Google gave me (I kid you not, first result) McDonalds and Best Buy. The latter I can understand, they sell photography equipment and they do repair things (I don't think photo gear?..) but McD? McD pin is also always visible in Google Maps for me now.

Neither result set was helpful, though I guess that's because what I was looking for probably doesn't even exist in the area. Apples results were more useful, I could at least call those places and ask for advice and they're local businesses. Google on the other hand was just irrelevant paid advertising basically. They are regressing.

I should say too I've been trying to main Apple Maps for 5 years and it has gotten a lot better as a mapping/navigation tool, it has been my main navigator for 3 years but I still bounce to Google for search variety.

17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify
Some years ago I went to do something by voice and wanted to cancel "Ok Google ... nevermind" and then it played Nevermind by Nirvana. Thought that was goofy, I didn't ask to play music or anything.
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
Oh interesting! Good call. I didn't think counter terrorism made sense it's not like opening would have revealed anything that an xray wouldn't, but perhaps for checking counterfeit makes a lot more sense.
17a9f4a4f4e5b3f··on Casio F-91W: The strangely ubiquitous watch (2011)
I had a package of these opened by a government agency in the US!

My partner at the time had and loved one of these and then lost it, so I bought 8 of them for like $7 each from a store in the UK. When it arrived it had all this official government tape on it and a note that it had been opened. I forget what the tape/note said but it was not obvious which agency did the opening. Not so long after that I had something else totally innocuous (literally a postcard sized cardboard envelope with a sticker in it) opened by Customs and Border Patrol and that was well labeled as such.

I guess for IED reasons they were interested but now I'm paranoid I'm on some list.

edit: oh and I should say I got 8 to have a variety of color options, they were a great gift and after shipping it was only like $80. Highly recommend, one of them would match any outfit. Kind of fun to watch them all drift variably over several months too.