Was going to say LH as well. Strange Trails is what I throw on while heading to the trailhead

I share the author’s sentiments. Would rather people read my posts and form their own opinions, than offload their thinking to a machine (while consuming energy and water to do so). And the idea that my posts would be scraped and used to train an LLM against my wishes makes me a lot less motivated to publish personal blogs.

Owned an Xperia 5 III and liked it enough to replace it with a 5 IV. Miss having options for a compact flagship like the 5 IV or Zenfone 10. Headphone jack ftw.

And energy. And water. And land. The list goes on and on.

Cool project. The closing slide was pretty funny

If you are working at an AI company, here’s how you can sabotage Anubis development as easily and quickly as possible. So first is quit your job, second is work for Square Enix, and third is make absolute banger stuff for Final Fantasy XIV. That’s how you can sabotage this the best.

Agree it’s dependent on your personal values and goals. I prefer environmental causes and also try to help smaller local animal rescues because they’re often run on shoestring budgets so a little goes a long way, whereas bigger non-profits have access to more resources.

Would recommend researching whatever you end up choosing.Many charities spend a lot of money on executive pay or marketing vs. core programs. I’ll usually check annual reports for budgets or see if they’re on Charity Navigator.

Yep, it’s a low-tech decision that’ll pay dividends. Same reason I’d opt for a white or lighter colored car if it’s going to be parked outside.

Should’ve also mentioned roofing shingles as well. See a lot of houses with dark roofs just soaking up sunlight.

Air flow was key. Tried to get a good cross breeze from one end of the house to the other (unless the breeze is also hot). At night, we’d use a box fan in the window or door to get all the hot air out. If you can block your exterior walls/windows from getting direct sunlight, that should help. Curtains work (or you could also just place objects or plants in front to block the sunlight). Alternatively, you could install one of those large roll up sun shades for a more permanent solution. Did that for a few windows that get a lot of sun and made a big difference.

From personal experience, the following made a difference (but some will have a lot higher cost):

1. Replacing the insulation in the roof/attic. You could also add radiant barriers, but insulation is probably a better bang for your buck.
2. Insulating the exterior walls (drill and fill). Our walls used to be hot to the touch in the summer before this.
3. Double pane windows
4. Seal any air gaps or holes. Expanding foam is pretty good at this.

From what others have told me:

1. Installing a whole house attic fan to evacuate hot air at the end of the day. My neighbor did this and swears by it.
2. Painting your house a lighter color. Can’t say how effective but makes sense intuitively.

Stuff that only sort of worked:

1. Swamp coolers. Works ok in a pinch, but your house will feel humid like the tropics. Would personally skip.
2. Portable AC. The exhaust hose gets hot so it’s not as efficient as an external AC or window unit. But it could help if you’re directly in front of the cold air vent.

Made a big difference honestly. Used to work in an office where I sat for 8hrs a day and my back/legs would go numb after awhile. Went all in on an ergo set up during COVID. Sit-stand desk, split keyboard, vertical mouse, etc. I figure if I use them more than 40 hrs a week and they prevent some form of RSI or back-pain, it’s worth it.

Also, the other half of the equation is stretching, yoga, and walking. If I have to wait 5 min for something to run, I’ll do a quick stretch while waiting.

Another reason not to use their platform

High Sierra shower heads are awesome. Installed them in each of our bathrooms. Feels like a rain shower, with more pressure then our previous stock shower head while still saving water. Win-win. They also manufacture them in small town in the foothills of the Sierra mountains which is a pretty cool fact.

Yeah they can improve their UX all they want but since their co-founder is part of DOGE and wants to mess with social security, it makes choosing alternatives easier.

In addition to self-hosting, I’ll throw out a few other alternatives:

Free:

• hoopla or OverDrive/Libby via local library membership
• LibroVox public domain books read by users

Paid:

• For a user experience closer to Audible, I went with libro.fm. You can pick a local, independent bookstore that gets a portion of the sales. Their catalog is pretty extensive as well, have been able to find most books I’m interested in. Books are DRM-free and you can pause your membership.
• Downpour - DRM-free as well

DRM-free is important IMO because otherwise you’re at the mercy of the platform and if the company ever changes its Terms of Use or wipes your account, you lose your purchases. Amazon have remotely deleted books from users’ libraries in the past or replaced them with modified copies (e.g. Roald Dahl books). Kindle announced last month they won’t let you download your eBooks via USB so it’s possible Audible could see changes for the worse in the future as well.

One terrible combo is infinite scroll plus links in the footer (Bing does this, if you needed another reason not to use that site). I think pagination is generally a better pattern, since you can link to a specific page.

Also lack of back button functionality and having your state reset on refresh are also pet peeves.

OfferUp and craigslist can be decent for local stuff depending on your area

Lots of blinking geocities and angelfire sites. Waiting for NetZero dial up to noisily connect. Buffering music and video clips.

Remember when they removed “don’t be evil” from their code of conduct back in 2018

I’m also holding out for a compact flagship (with a headphone jack and SD card slot) but things have been pretty bleak. Settled on the Sony Xperia 5 line. While it’s not small, it’s narrow enough to be used with one hand and checks all the other boxes.

Other models I’ve looked at were the Asus Zenfone 10, Jelly Max, and Galaxy.

yeah, I’m actively avoiding products that tout AI. It’s a worse experience and my data gets used to train some model for some company’s enrichment.

Apple Intelligence too. Thankfully you can still disable it