A few posts back I mentioned that a benefit of having a dashcam is you can post your interesting clips for internet points. There are plenty of YouTube channels dedicated to compiling such footage, and I feel I'm a better and more defensive driver having watched very many of them over the years. One of… Continue reading There are scary drivers among us
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Getting around stupid paywalls
Paywalls have gotten quite prevalent over the years for a number of reasons I won't get into. I used to work for a company whose main income was selling ads on their posts about news, events, and the like, so I get the appeal of wanting people to pay for content. How these sites tend… Continue reading Getting around stupid paywalls
Police departments will buy anything except more training
Following Fairfax's lead, the Richmond's police department has bought into the snake oil known as BolaWrap. The tool, a sort of high-tech lasso that restrains people by shooting out thin Kevlar cords that wrap around their body, is the latest craze in policing as departments look for new ways to get "non-compliant" individuals to fall… Continue reading Police departments will buy anything except more training
Beware of overly low gun prices online
I suppose it preemptively bears mention that this idea applies to everything you might buy ⸺ online and otherwise. No matter where you go or what you're buying, folks want to separate you from as many of your dollars as they can. Such is the tao of capitalism. Anywhomst… One of the ways online gun… Continue reading Beware of overly low gun prices online
Insert "special" characters in Windows slightly less horribly
Emojis are clearly so important to human discourse that there's not just one simple keyboard shortcut for them but two: and . But what about all the various international characters you might need to use every so often? On Macs you simply hold the key down and it prompts you with a tooltip to pick… Continue reading Insert "special" characters in Windows slightly less horribly
Honey is a scam
I don't know if 16M views counts as a lot on YouTube, but I hope I can at least give it a few more. The way this company operates is sleazy as hell to the point I can't believe its owners haven't been arrested for wire fraud. TL;DW: Not only does Honey track and sell… Continue reading Honey is a scam
Plastic recycling is a lie
This VPM article in their newsletter got me wasting time making a thread on Bluesky the other day. I'm reproducing it here with some changes and additions because… content! State data shows a steady decline in the Virginia recycling rate between 2021 and 2024 Chesterfield started charging for their curbside program somewhere in this time… Continue reading Plastic recycling is a lie