For #10 I think it really just comes down to “average and non-noteworthy cars get less attention from police.” If your car looks like you drove it straight off of the auto show floor, or if it looks like it fell out of the back of a dump truck, those are extremes and will always garner a second look if nothing else.

The better trick is to position yourself as an adviser or consultant, but not be pushy. For example I used to work at a local mid-tier electronics retail place. Most people didn’t know their asshole from their elbow and it was easy to get a good conversation going and explain various options, pros/cons, and make sure…

I meant you can use an Android device (or iOS for that matter) to run the app provided by Sonos and use it as your primary interface. Equivalent to the PiTFT accessory used in this project.

Well that factors into the cost. $350 for the Sonos player plus $x for your Android or iOS device of choice, new or used. I guess the more specific question is: Assuming I’ve got the spare cash and just want my shit to be nice, am I missing out on something cool by using Sonos instead of the Pi? Seems like Sonos is…

Other than the the lower cost and the cool factor of hacking shit together, is there any area where this setup has an advantage over a Sonos player/amp with an old Android phone or tablet?

You’re making it sound like you have a depressed roommate that’s bumming you out. I’m talking about when all other avenues have failed, and the person’s continued non-treatment is negatively affecting you and/or other people in a serious way, such that it can’t be made better by saying “Buck up kiddo! That’s just the…

“Legally binding” is really only applicable if the matter goes to litigation or mediation. In that case, it would be trivial for either party to introduce all the other correspondence leading up to or consequent to the digitally signed contract to demonstrate intent, and any reasonable judicial official would likely…

I’m speaking as someone who has had to make that extraordinarily difficult decision not once, but twice in my life thus far. What if, what if, what if. The bottom line is really this - is the afflicted person (and/or any other related parties) better off rejecting treatment in a consequence-free environment, or being…

That is the central conflict between any participants in what can best be described as an intervention. “Get some help - shit I’ll help you get help - or get out of my place and don’t come back. This envelope has some cash and pamphlets for the homeless shelter if that’s how you want to go out.” Or you can just keep…

My partner just started DBT treatment for this, and just two sessions in she’s already on the upswing. Just knowing that there is a path, sequence of steps, etc that can lead to a manageable life is enough to get the fire going again.

That’s a damn shame if that’s the case. Even with a generous estimate of 2 million users and a low estimate of being able to send out 1000 emails per minute, that still only takes about 36 hours.

Thanks, probably so. That said, I still use LastPass because it’s more convenient than this method and introduces what, to me, is an acceptable amount of risk for that convenience.

So you trust DropBox or Google to store your password data, but not LastPass? There’s seems to be a bit of cognitive dissonance there. Do you believe that the servers and access controls used by those guys are more secure than those used by LastPass? If so, why?

Safe? What was safe before this? Reminds me of a similar discussion a while back.

How should we securely manage our passwords, if not in a central location?

“Presume” = “hope” to me, and an official tweet is not so useful for those of us who don’t use Twitter regularly or at all. I share in the annoyance at the lack of communication on their part.

I guess you could put your Keepass info on an encrypted thumb drive and put that under your mattress.

Lovely - I get an error message that servers are overloaded and to try a password change later.

All PDF readers I’m familiar with offer the ability to associate an image file (e.g. your physical signature digitally scanned) with your electronic signature. I haven’t physically printed, signed, scanned, and returned any document in a very long time.

That is probably because the employer has cash flow problems and was waiting on a big deposit/transfer to clear to make sure that payroll was met. If those employees cashed early and didn’t get shit on for it, then the company either managed to hover above $0 despite the earlybirds or the account technically went…