Came to say this. Folks are attached to the screens. I even see it in parking lots and then they look surprised when a car almost backs in to them!

Back when my kids where be evaluated for school, one of the tasks was counting stacks of objects. The instructor had stacks of random things set up on the table. My daughter replied to each as the instructor pointed: 14.... 9....12... all without counting. Fast forward to today - we NEVER play SET (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1198/set) with her because she still has that ability to see objects and counts quickly. As soon as a card would be flipped she'd say SET and always be right. I suspect her abelites helped her with career/education (Aero Engineer BS, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Ph.D) now a professor at Stanford. Still don't play SET with her ;-)

The mask, I think, besides all the science behind it, it was also a nice reminder for myself. I was more cautious around *cough* folks *cough* who were coughing and not covering up their mouth/face. I also have gone through more hand sanitizer than ever before. I work a mask on flights, on buses, and trains, and sometimes when I was at a crowded event. Never had someone disparage me directly for my choice. Am hoping for a flu/COVID free winter!

I read that back using Amazon Alexa voice... seems about right.

The drive up, toss the box on the porch, snap a photo, hop back in their vehicle, and drive off.

I think the idea of just-in-time shipping and buying is past. If the government, or business, knows it sends out 14K pieces of mail why not order a shit ton of envelopes now? Storage might even be cheaper than dealing with rising prices due to shortages.

Yup. I do that with my car. During peak is is nearly $0.20/Kwh and off peak $0.09..... I can plug in any time but the car won't start until the programmed time. It is not a lot but it adds up over time...

Someone has to support the shorts!

My 2017 Honda Civic is running Debian. It is so outdated that even the app the comes with it won't update or run. I went to the dealership and I might as well have gone to the grocery store. All I got was blank stares. I wrote Honda and got nothing back. I fear many of these cars that have smart consoles are just IoT devices waiting to be exploited.

Yes, I tried updating it but Honda, like Samsung to phones, has their own flavor.

I guess 0 bars and the inability to connect would make you a winner... and T Mobile and Sprint. Damn AT&T is the ONLY service I can get and I am in a suburb!

When we lived in the Seattle area and would visit National Parks we would see vultures hanging around the parking lots. Apparently they liked the fish-oild based wiper blades and the soy bungie cords. The NPS tried thier best to keep them away but not much worked.

I also had squirrel eat over 1K of wiring on my solar panels. Apparently the coating was soy based so the squirrels would next under the panels and snack. After replacing all the stripped wiring I now have a squirrel guard around all my panels.

Anything that CAN be a food source for critters WILL be a food source.

I use feedly on my phone and BazQux on my PC. I prefer to skim the sites and read just the articles I want. I can cover a lot more ground with a reader. I also like that both remember where I left off on a site.

"There will be a last time you see every person in your life. Treat each encounter with them like it is"

Awesome advice. Came close once when I was in a motorcycle accident. A car hit me. Luckily I woke up at the ER.

I have been wearing progressives now for over 2 years. 2 21" monitors at work, a 24" one at home. Don't even realize I have progressives on. About the only time I do is when I have to fit my head in to a rack to read off a serial number of a server... but I don't do that anymore either. I use my phone to take photos. took me about 5 minutes (or less) to get used to them once I went from contact/readers to progressives.

My daughter goes to UofMN and has a very painful 1Mb service in her apartment for $30/month! CL says they are looking to improve the offerings in her building but she is not holding her breath. We haven't been told we can NOT get other service BUT there is currently no other service in her area. No monopoly you say? Wish this service would work its way around the University.