Big fan of Geerling, precisely because he goes down these obscure rabbit holes. Found out about Meshtastic through him, and now BPS.

There are lots of applications to having a super-accurate time source, without having to have antennas and view of multiple satellites.

Synchronizing time is tricky. WWVB is too coarse resolution. NNTP requires access to the internet and all the inherent lags and delays. GPS was the only accurate source, but the super high resolution time signal is classified, and you are at the mercy of view of the sky. Also, signal jamming, thanks to what’s going on in Europe and Ukraine.

BPS could be a niche experiment, or a Big Deal.

I use it everywhere because it signals intent. You never know when someone might pull up fast or walk into your blind spot. This is the only indicator they have that you’re about to pull into traffic, or change lanes.

Thank you for your opinion.

Anyway.

For those looking for the backstory, recommend searching for Godfrey the Hunchback, not his father Godfrey the Bearded, both being Dukes of Lower Lorraine.

And for true aficionados of privy horror, don’t forget the Erfurt latrine disaster.

Sans Serif strikes again.

Good advice, in general.

I tried this with velcro ties. Looked good for a while. Then I had to replace one and add another cable. It was a royal pain unwrapping everything and rewrapping it.

Haven’t used them, but look interesting:

My buddy in Atlanta would like a word.

We might take Bentham a lot more seriously if he didn’t spend a substantial part of his life trying to make prison management more efficient: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

He also "referred to his walking stick as 'Dapple, and his cat as ‘The Reverend Sir John Langbourne.’

Not to get pedantic, but more humorous utilitarianism examples would have been Mill or Hare.

USB hubs.

Plain old splitters will almost certainly damage the port, and if this is with a machine where USB-C is part of the motherboard, it could cause even more damage and be really expensive to repair.

The power-only ones are not too pricey. But if you also need high speed data transfer (like drives) those cost a bit more. Be careful that even the ones that claim data exchange may not support drive speeds. It took me three tries to finally find one that worked.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2015/sep/21/carly-fiorina/trumps-four-bankruptcies/

It cuts down on bathroom stops during long rides.

Vodka doesn’t have much flavor, but the Vermouth adds a nice touch. Most Vermouth is crap, though and has a sharp edge. The Dolin Dry is more floral: https://www.bittersandbottles.com/products/dolin-vermouth-dry

As for shaking, it’s a matter of taste. Vigorous shaking in a covered shaker with crushed ice breaks small shards into tiny crystals. These quickly melt, though, so it’s really the very first taste where it’s a bit tingly.

Toss in 3 large green olives with garlic or pimento and it’s a pretty decent, hard to mess up drink that anyone can make at home.

Worth it.

For those wondering who he is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Marcus#Artificial_intelligence

NTP is one of those fundamental working parts of the internet that nobody has to think much about, because it works so smoothly.

It’s taken for granted, like the lights will come on when you flip a switch. But there’s SO much more to make that happen.

We gave our oldest a basic feature flip-phone when he started Middle School, mainly so he could text and coordinate pickups. In 7th grade, we gave him a smartphone because he was going on a class trip to DC and the kids were encouraged to take pictures and share. At home, we made it a rule that the phone had to be plugged into charger in our bedroom to avoid bedtime disruption.

That same year I created social media accounts for him on every service, mainly to reserve his username. But they were all blocked using parental controls, based on advice from school. We also had software/hardware from Circle (now Aura: https://meetcircle.com/) that blocked access on wifi and cell and capped usage.

In high school, when he turned 16, as part of his birthday gift, we gave him an envelope with his own non-school email account, and all the links and passwords for social media accounts. We also took away all the filter blocks. Figured he was mature enough without feeling left out.

It really worked out well. Later, he asked to put usage limits back on so he would be forced to put it down and go to sleep.

Came across this a few weeks ago. ATProto plugin for Wordpress: https://wordpress.com/plugins/neznam-atproto-share

Combined with the existing https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/ ActivityPub and RSS/Atom support, it should be possible to post once / share everywhere.

I was one of those. Happily discovered Voyager. I go back, usually when a search link takes me there.

The mobile app is designed by people who I only imagine get paid by the bulk number of raw clicks/taps on UI elements.

Have you looked at the free courses from AWS?

https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/courses/16434/exam-prep-standard-course-aws-certified-cloud-practitioner-clf-c02-english

More links on the site: https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/

Best practice, if going further, is to set up a console account and practice experimenting within free tier.