Sure, but I definitely won’t do that for every machine I service. Kind of defeats the time-saving purpose of a shortcut. I could do that on my personal machines, but that would just keep me from getting out of the habit which I’d need to do in that case.

Hold up, Microsoft is planning to re-map Win+R to something other than “Run”? I’m gonna have an issue with that. Also feeling insulted that you’ve described “Run” as “little-used.” Makes me think you’re one of those people who tells people to go to Start > Windows System > Command Prompt when you’re giving them…

Letting the grass grow is definitely not reserved to just the hillbilly motocross animal abusers. Personally I cut mine as little as possible to do my small part for the environment. Lawns are actually one of the most effective natural air cleaners in many parts of America, but obsessive mowing kneecaps that crucial…

People suck. This article shouldn’t even have to exist, but I’m glad it does if it helps to hammer some common sense through at least one thick skull.

If you want a premium-feel in a slim wallet I highly recommend Serman Brands. I use the super slim edition below, but they also have one in pretty much the exact same form factor as the Kubi here, except it looks nicer and is made from genuine leather.

If you want a premium-feel in a slim wallet I highly recommend Serman Brands. I use the super slim edition below,…

Just hearing mention of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program makes me angry. My wife has worked a decade in public service under the impression that her remaining loan would be forgiven, only to have Betsy DeVos come in at the 11th hour and deny almost every claim just when she became eligible along with…

Tangentially related: A lot of people don’t realize that when you’re instructed to self-monitor, that should include taking your temperature twice a day.

Here’s an example of how the basic facts are being reported in Alabama, but with a skew to make it seem like it’s a good thing. Meanwhile I just saw a doctor yesterday who told me she wanted to do a COVID-19 test but couldn’t, and that she’s been pleading with her superiors for months to implement protocols that have…

Thanks. It has been reported in media, just not very frequently, and rarely in conjunction with those big national maps showing how many cases each state has. I don’t think it’s part of the national story yet.

I’ve spoken to multiple doctors. There have only been twenty tests completed in the entire state. Everyone is saying that any day now the private testing facilities like LabCorp are going to start processing tests, but until that happens, availability is statistically zero in Alabama.

No man, no names to name. I was operating on old information. Got a hundred people here telling me alcohol isn’t a problem but you’re the first to clarify that triclosan disinfectants aren’t on the market like they used to be.

I’ve been operating on that assumption for about a week. I’ve been trying my damnedest to avoid sick people, and now I’m home sick with a mystery illness that fits all the descriptors for COVID-19, but my doc won’t to test me because I haven’t knowingly interacted with someone who traveled to China or Europe. I know…

This is a useful contribution to the conversation. I thought triclosan was only banned from use in soaps, not sanitizer or cleaning wipes.

Okay Mr. Trump.

Nor have I ever said that we were.

That’s soap. There isn’t a ban on all cleaning products with triclosan.

That’s quite a leap of logic. The beneficial effect of handwashing is a fundamentally different function than that of hand sanitizer. You’re literally washing away the contaminants, rather than killing them.

You can clean things without using the harshest chemicals possible. All I’m saying.

Actually, I’m correctly assuming most people confuse alcohol-based disinfectants with triclosan-based disinfectants. But yes, antibiotics being prescribed when they aren’t necessary contributes to the same problem.

The author doesn’t specify alcohol-based cleaners, and a troubling number of people show a preference to triclosan-based cleaners due to the bigger list of “things it kills” on the label. People, as a whole, tend to tune out when you get into specifics, so it’s a lot more effective to just advise them to wash their…