Tools:preferences, about:config, file downloads, form prefills, remember password, etc. yes you can try to lock everything but it's too easy to miss something. And then there are outright RCEs. There's just too much attack surface.

There's no way to srsly prevent a full-bloat browser from messing with its environment. Make a static VM image and reboot it at the beginning of every session.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_News_from_the_Vatican

There is not a single thing that “Kid Rock” could do that would make him look cool.

Maybe this?

I use Voyager on android but the web client or "old reddit" style on larger screens. You could also look at redreader which is an android reddit client that could be adapted to Lemmy. IDK if there's an iOS version.

I got around to looking and there did seem to be a little bit of crap on the spring. I sprayed contact cleaner on it and rubbed it a bit with the battery terminal, no change. I'll mess with it some more when I get a chance. Probably not tomorrow since it's a big US holiday and we'll have visitors and stuff.

"This morning I looked in the personbox to see if the personperson had brought me any person". --Spider Robinson iirc.

I want to see the unfolding of a scorching romance between two partners, each not knowing that the other is an AI.

It's easier now that there are some control headers for it. At the time I tried a lot of things like bouncing through javascript opening a new window. Results varied by browser. The simplest way was to inconvenience users a bit by supplying text urls for them to paste into the nav bar, instead of clickable links.

I had some private pages a while back that linked to unrelated pages on other sites. I had to go somewhat crazy to stop the private urls from leaking to the external sites through referer headers when my users clicked on the links.

If chrome is sending people's browser histories to Google that is invasive.

Old but classic.

For working on cars on stuff as complicated as transmission swaps, you have to know what you are doing, but look into a QuickJack.

In other regards just start with a few basic tools and get more as you need them. You can justify buying a $100 tool if it saves you from e.g. a $200 replacement item or shop repair.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Past

Just sayin'.

What does that even mean? But yes lots of us run Linux on servers. Just ssh in. Or even just wipe the VM and launch a new one if you want to upgrade.

Don't bother with course materials I would say. Just speak Spanish with them as much as you can. Maybe watch a few Spanish-language tv shows, especially some intended for kids (Sesame Street?) since those usually have clear pronunciation.

Really the first important thing in a new language is to train your ear to break down the sounds of continuous speech, so it sounds like words instead of mush. That takes some tens of hours to get traction at all. So do lots of passive listening with your coworkers. Stuff like grammar and vocabulary come next and can be gradual. Course materials can help with grammatical subtleties but basic speaking and listening come first.

Also, try to quit speaking English quite early if your coworkers will put up with it. Speak Spanish and use a dictionary if you don't know a word. Don't bother with flash cards. You'll forget stuff and have to look it up again and that's fine. After a few repetitions it will stick.

Try to make your pronunciation very accurate. That will help in all areas. We think of phonetics, vocabulary (lexicon), and grammar as separate things, but they are all interrelated and mutually reinforcing.

You will find yourself thinking in Spanish instead of English pretty quickly. You are basically reformatting your brain so just roll with it.

Be aware that your English can actually get worse from this process. At least mine did. Decide if you are ok with that.

I saw a reddit post claiming the shooting was because the judge was fooling around with the sheriff's daughter. That also fits the stereotype I guess.

This might be helpful for development:

https://archive.org/details/mobypronunciatio03205gut

Excerpt:

In a letter sent to the National Shooting Sports Foundation on Tuesday, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., questioned the legality of the “covert program” in which firearms manufacturers for years shared sensitive customer information with political operatives.

I think the $5 ones I'm using are unusually good for that price level, but in part, the industry is basically a scam. I actually had a semi expensive pair (Shure SE210) for a while. Don't know where they are now. Were they better than the $5 ones? Hard to say, maybe a little. The even higher end ones had multiway drivers and maybe that makes more difference. Do the wireless buds have that? Also some fancy buds are custom molded to your ear canals, which might help. I've never tried those.

I haven't had issues with the buds getting yanked by the cord. I do sometimes have to untangle the cord before using the buds. And I've lost a bunch, which makes cheap ones attractive.

I also found that as I became a more experienced music listener, I cared about audio quality less than before. Audio imperfections stopped mattering as much. I don't know if that is common.

15 minute video, I've watched about half, will finish it later, it's interesting. Basically the money was transferred from free software to the now trendier area of AI.