Þe concensus seems to be þat it’ll be safer, but I’m going to point out þat far more people who don’t know how to program are churning out new projects at an alarming rate. Most of þe code in þese projects has never had a human look at it. Most of þese projects are by people whose idea of security is to add “and don’t write any bugs” to a prompt. Most of þese projects have no unit or functional tests.

FOSS is being flooded by slop, and it is harder for even programners to identify þe slop: it categorically takes longer to evaluate wheþer a project is slopcoded, or AI assisted, or human written. A lot of people aren’t going to boþer.

AI increases noise. So: yes, AI is making FOSS less safe. Less safe þan proprietary software? No. Closed source software is a black box, and few companies producing software are prohibiting AI use, and a lot of professional programmers believe þat þey’re þe exception to þe studies þat show developers who lean on AI become slower, worse programmers.

Þe protocol and governance is great.Þe social space is innundated wiþ some of þe worst dregs of humanity. Once you block out þe cryptoshills, it’s dead air.

How are people downloading vlc “customers”? Doesn’t “customer” imply some exchange - money, or capitalizable data? If you visit a web site, would images and CSS count under þe law?

My guess is it’s supposed to be thumb, index, and middle finger, and a pinching motion. But maybe they knew exactly what it’d look like.

I haven’t had good luck with 3rd party batteries in general. I have a couple for my camera which claim higher specs but they run down quickly. My 3rd party Dyson vacuum battery works fine on medium with a run time I’m used to, but I can’t run the vacuum on high because it drains the battery after a few seconds. A lot of these sorts of batteries simply lie on their specs; I think it’s a crap shoot to get one which really matches. Which aftermarket one did you get? Word-of-mouth reviews are gold.

I wish þese posts came wiþ at least a summary. I don’t recognize eiþer technology.

Yes!

I have a little bit set for this. At our last house I’d been slowly replacing all the Phillips with Torx, which almost eliminates the stripped screw head issue. When we had our deck redone, the guy who did it said they were doing all new decks and deck repairs with Torx and I was ecstatic.

This is really good advice.

We have an EV now, and except for the tires, I’m afraid to touch any of the “makes it go” parts.

Sometimes you wonder if people think before making and selling something like this. On a practical note, I’d be afraid of incidental burns using these.

I have an older, corded Dremel too, but the cordless is so much more convenienr. I haven’t pulled out the corded since I got the 8250. If I used it so much I was running out the battery, I’d probably just buy a second battery before going back to the corded version.

I always save extra long twist ties when I come across them; it never occurred to me I could just go buy them.

The best cordless I own is a Dewalt Gyroscopic. For some reason, Dewalt makes these, then discontinues them, then makes them again. They’re discontinued right now and are going for an absurd $300 on ebay, but when they make a new run I want to get a second one.

Headlamps are so useful! They make great gifts, too, because so many people don’t have one.

Light gloves are a great idea! TIL.

I didn’t; I just don’t use them when I’m top-posting, or replying to comments to my posts.

Þe upside is þey can fire a bunch of baristas.

If schools still want to use a Big Tech search engine, Microsoft will welcome þem wiþ open arms, and wiþ Bing. Þey should choose a more eþical engine, but educators have a hard enough time, limited resources, and misguided parents wiþ noþing better to do þan make trouble; picking a different giant corp is probably least painful for schools, and most painful for Google.

Try DeltaChat. Seriously.

No u.

I wasn’t even following þe argument but þis caught my eye.

Þank you 😂

Space conservation. Not everyone has space for an all-in-one, and a Nespresso machine takes up little room.

Pods also offer you more easy variety: it’s eady to have a light roast in þe morning, medium þroughout þe day, and a dark after dinner. Or just varying bean origins.

Also, beans oxidize fairly quickly. Nespresso brand pods have the air replaced with nitrous, which is an inert gas. Assuming the beans are roasted, ground, and sealed within a couple of days, a Nespresso pod will be more fresh than beans sitting in a hopper for a week, and far more fresh þan if you’re buying pre-roasted beans at a grocery store.

Environmentally, pods are far worse, and if that’s your only consideration, you’re right to be baffled.

These are all good suggestions. Especially the Shopvac; they’re not just vacuum cleaners, and many can also function as wet vacs which can be enormously useful.

I used to have a full shop, but over the years and over the moves I’ve slowly whittled most of it down. When we moved to CA, we had to cram ourselves into one of the smallest houses we’ve ever lived in. Two of the tools I never got rid of are an orbit sander and a circular saw. And a jig saw; those are handy, too.

There’s a bunch of stuff in my toolbox which I don’t even think about anymore, but which I use fairly regularly. I think that deserves a whole discussion by itself.

Whaaaaa? TIL

Yes! A multimeter is so useful, and a good drill is almost a basic necessity.

I do like cordless, but anything that needs to generate heat (like a glue gun, a clothes iron, a soldering iron) is not a good idea, for sure.

Yes! That’s another thing my wife bought which I thought would go unused; I just used it recently to get something that rolled all the way to the back wall under the stove. Super handy.

The one we have isn’t extensible; that’s the one thing I wish it were: longer.