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I aim to be more human. I aim to be less apathetic as a human. Apathy grows, like a tree, and I aim to prune my own.

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  • Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place

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  • Heh, yeah, I’m assuming hard drives are going to do the same thing graphics cards did.. get wildly expensive and never come back down, even if they could. With that in mind, this sounds like a good option.

    Also I currently have no backups, and this much extra space fixes that handily. So it was sort of needed and something I was considering anyway.

    I’m trying really really hard to convince myself I made the right choice here. 😅

  • Western Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in place

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  • I just picked up 40tb for exactly this reason. I was already considering an upgrade, but was planning like 16 tb. But with this news… Might as well get it while I can at prices I was expecting to pay anyway, even if it’s more than I really had budgeted for it..

    (I got refurbished drives, with 3 yr warranty, so this wasn’t like several grand with no protection or anything)

  • TIL about Selkirk Rex cats who have a curly fluffy coat

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  • Hairdresser’s cat got into the perm stuff again

  • What advice or tips do you have which sound like nonsense but really work?

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  • Idk how much it would help you, but if you can source some fairly common stuff and do some mild DIY, you can make a cold pack/pad that “freezes” at room temp and lasts a super long time. It isn’t cold, more like cool water that stays cool. You could even make socks out of it, if you want. They would be weird and squishy and probably trigger some sort of sensory thing, but you COULD :p

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nqxjfp4Gi0k

  • So when you were a kid and didn't like to eat something, you'd give it to your parents. But what do you do with food you dislike as an adult?

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  • I give it to my chickens if I can’t stand to eat it myself.

  • Performance enhancement

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  • I know, I was making a joke

    :)

  • 'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility

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  • But then how will I get shin splints trying to keep up with people who walk just faster than my top walking speed??

    And if everyone has them, how can I feel superior by being faster than them because of the years of shin splints???

  • Performance enhancement

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  • So they are tripping balls during fitting?

  • 10+ year manager named Joe was apparently fired for bringing cookies to be thrown away before their sell by date to a food pantry in my town

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  • There’s a place near me that sells under-selling, damaged package, and past-sell-by-date processed food for a super steep discount. It’s priced like being in the 90s or early 00s. They buy it from grocery store distributors who collect items that are “returned” to them by the store, and it’s run by Amish which don’t seem bound by quite the same regulations..? Not entirely sure how they are allowed to do that, though there’s another place in the opposite direction that isn’t Amish and does the same thing, so maybe it’s just allowed here.

    Since most packaged food is still good well beyond the sell-by date, this means I can buy dry goods, shelf-stable microwave meals, and condiment sauces, and fill my car trunk/boot for about $100. It’s pretty out of the way, so I only make it there every few months, but I stock up heavily when I go. I’d probably have needed food assistance or just starved if I hadn’t found that place. (I prefer not to use it since my understanding is that it’s not a forever benefit even if you need it forever, and circumstances may warrant use later)

    Have to be super careful about what sorts of things you buy, some of it goes stale or separates a lot faster than other things, but it’s all still edible, and if I get stuff that’s not tasty to me, my chickens eat it and poop out eggs, so it’s not really a loss.

  • Oh you got me

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  • Doggo wants to sit and watch the world go by.

    Smart doggo.

    Good doggo.

  • YSK Tips for a Winter Storm

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  • I’ve never heard that advice. What kind of sliding is that for? Like when you hit full-sideways-sliding?

    I do know if you start fishtailing, taking your foot off the accelerator until you regain control is absolutely the way to go, however that may be dependent upon the kind of drive the vehicle has. It’s worked a dream for every vehicle I’ve needed to try it in.

  • YSK Tips for a Winter Storm

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  • Good advice, I’ve genuinely never done that, just habit from a lifetime of winter. Wouldn’t even have thought of it.

    That does remind me, though, I did find out years back that if you already have a crack, in my case a tiny crack from a rock, that hasn’t been sealed with a glass repair whatever it is they do, any significant amount of heat directed toward the glass in freezing conditions will cause the crack to spread. Bit. By. Bit. Suuuch a shit feeling to watch.

  • YSK Tips for a Winter Storm

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  • If you are coming directly from outside to a heated space, it’s likely the space near the door Is over-heated because of the loss to outside.

    Hotels, big stores, event spaces, and other things with frequent entry/exit usually have a double door setup, meaning you walk through two doors and an air gap to enter, to minimize fluctuations in the main building. Revolving doors are popular for this as well, but I’m personally thankful they aren’t more wide-spread... That air gap space usually has heat set to run until it’s like 80-90f whether the door is open or not, so it gets rather toasty. Places that don’t have the buffer space will often have heat vents near the door cranked up to account for heat loses, and if they aren’t opened it’ll also get toasty.

  • YSK Tips for a Winter Storm

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  • And for the love of all things good in the world, do NOT throw hot water on your car to melt the ice/snow. The glass -will- crack from thermal expansion. Use the defrost and sit there until it’s melted enough for your ice scraper to slide it off. If you have plain water in your wiper fluid compartment, drain it or it’ll rupture the lines when it freezes. If you can get low-temp wiper fluid you can use that, otherwise it’s probably best to leave it empty or maybe throw some isopropyl alcohol in it. Not super sure, I’ve always used low-temp fluid.

    I watched my ex from Texas throw hot water on their windshield after they followed me to my very northern-tundra state. They had never really seen snow before, outside of occasional falls that melted by noon. Not even close to the same thing as a sustained hard freeze. I did tell them not to do it but they knew better. They were an abusive asshole so meh. Lessons learned the hard way are valuable. For me as an onlooker. That popping sound as it shattered was just 👨‍🍳💋.

  • what were the worst years of your school life?

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  • From 5th grade onward I didn’t spend two consecutive years in the same school district. I was perpetually the new, weird, poor, neurodivergent, easy-target kid who sucked at making friends, so they pretty much all sucked in uniquely scarring ways. The best part is my parents thought they were doing me a favor by trying to find a school that would be good with my neurospice… We didn’t actually move from the time I was 9-16. Only me.

    I have no clue how to make or maintain friendships and I desperately want to move cities, or at least homes, every couple of years or I get restless. Very glad I’m well educated, though, it makes the isolation that much more profound.

  • Yeah it was a ritual

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  • that was a hoot

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  • No body cam footage? Shame.

  • RFK Jr.'s proteinaceous food pyramid is a land hog and a climate killer

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  • I mean look, we’ve all seen the documentaries. If we don’t do it now, the worms are just going to reanimate his corpse and take infection matters into their own han…. Tails?

    Anyway, it’s just pragmatic.

  • RFK Jr.'s proteinaceous food pyramid is a land hog and a climate killer

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  • The worms are trying to spread themselves through undercooked meat! RFK is merely their mouthpiece to the world! They know bigger portions mean more chance of raw middle bits! Wake up sheeple!

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