I swear, we're becoming more and more like a podunk banana republic everyday now...

I noticed it lagged today on boot on my phone, but nothing else out of the ordinary.

There has been a big uptick in Venmo fishing spam on text and email to identified Venmo accountholders. My phone started blowing up with them the day before Thanksgiving saying my password was being reset and to confirm. Right.

All I want is a retirement, and YOU WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME! I'm not crazy - Institution You're the one who's crazy - Institution You're driving me crazy - Institution

it does seem just...

Wow, saw that title and definitely had to investigate the post.

Hmm...I was definitely comparing prices on the mini-PCs, between the Apple mini-mac and a few of the gamer PC substitutes. They were quite tempting, but at the end of the day I couldn't see how a little mini-box was going to handle the heat generated by heavy activity. Sure enough, with a bit of video research the real problem surfaced - the fan noise could be downright annoying in those little boxes.

At the same time, wages are going down over all. That's not the inverse pattern anyone wants to see in economy health corners.

They forgot to have the Flex Tape guy on board. He would have taped that broken part back together in a jiffy...

My cat screamed at everyone at home and then bit us when we petted him. Ungrateful ball of darkness he was.

Honestly, none of them. I get why PW managers are popular; you have to be more and more complex, everything requires a password now, and it's simply too much to remember everything instantly. But managing your own passwords only takes a slight bit of effort with at least three layers of defense. Can't remember them? Put them on a spreadsheet and give it a password. Then use an encryption tool and keep your files encrypted when not in immediate use. Lastly, make a redundant copy and update it regularly as a backup in another encrypted, locked place separate from your primary computer/tool. It's about a secure as things get without relying on faulty human memory. And do you really believe your PWmanager software will be better? Take into account that it is usually 1) Internet-based, 2) run by a third party you really don't know, and 3) they control your tool by license or portal access. Every online tool I've used for anything has eventually gone down or been hacked or compromised. PWmanagers are no different in that respect, especially online versions. But that's my two cents. My only hack damage as been due to the phone company of all things getting hacked and releasing my stuff (bastards). Looking forward to that class action lawsuit outcome, personally.

Same rule still applies: your keys, your wallet. Their keys, your money goes bye-bye.

Not surprised. Construction goes in cycles of five years due to the financing and planning. What happened 5 years ago? Demand plummeted due to a particular pandemic. So, planning adjusted. Now, with demand up with RTO etc., we'll probably see the construction pick up again in three to five years accordingly.

I don't know about whole towns, but my GPU mining is heating my home office very toasty and comfortable. I do agree.

Americans by and large don't favor more public transit, at least not at the ballot. Instead, they prioritize their personal convenience to go where they want, when they want, how they want in their own vehicle. That's why we've been a car country for decades. While there is more public transit on the northeast coast due to congestion at critical mass, it's simply not shared by 80 percent of the country because driving yourself is the norm. Now, with higher costs of living, inflation, fuel prices and astronomical new car prices, public transit is finally coming into demand more as people have to budget. However, existing systems have been funded for basic operation and primarily to serve urban centers the most were riders can help offset the cost in numbers. With a resistance to pay for new systems and their cost, public transit isn't going to improve, and people will still think they pay too much already. Instead, what needs to happen is that gas taxes that already exist should be shifted more towards public transit so that those who insist on driving pay for the public systems. This is not a tax increase per se, it's a shift from paying for more roads for cars and transfers to government general fund accounts where the tax money gets used for anything. Of course, most people don't look at in that way; they only look at the existing system, note how it's poorly run, and then don't vote for any transit system changes. So the problem continues going nowhere but down.

Absolutely, pineapple with Canadian Bacon on pizza, mmmmmmmm.