USB ain’t going anywhere as it’s ubiquitous, and there are many devices that doesn’t need these fancy features. Unless the next easy to produce data cable standard is basically a very strong lightning cable connector, ha.

Personal insults like “bootlicker” undermine what is otherwise a terribly important point. The adoption rate for self-surveillance devices is terrifying, and I think most people genuinely don’t understand what they’re signing up for.

Personal insults like “bootlicker” undermine what is otherwise a terribly important point. The adoption rate for…

Amazon is very opaque about what is being recorded, how recorded information is stored, and the use they intend to make of that information. Ranting about ‘bootlickers’ is silly, but being wary of how Amazon uses a listening device in your home is not.

Amazon is very opaque about what is being recorded, how recorded information is stored, and the use they intend to…

Cool story. Do you wrap your cell phone in aluminum foil to prevent The Man from tapping into its microphones and cameras, too?

Cool story. Do you wrap your cell phone in aluminum foil to prevent The Man from tapping into its microphones and…

“Alexa, order more aluminum foil.”

“Alexa, order more aluminum foil.”

Your tinfoil hat is crooked.

Your tinfoil hat is crooked.

Echoes don’t transmit anything to Amazon’s servers until you say the wake word.

Echoes don’t transmit anything to Amazon’s servers until you say the wake word.

Any reason not to use one of the many free online services for this?

Anything besides searing where you you’d like the flavor of olive oil. And that’s really the key. Olive oil, like butter is a flavorful fat. What you cook with it or make with it is going to taste like olive oil. So long as you generally keep it below its smoke point (or not too far above) you’ll avoid creating…

Avocado, safflower and grapeseed oils are good high heat oils. Peanut oil is good, but there are allergy issues and it imparts distinct flavor that may not be desired in some dishes. And the ubiquitous canola oil.

I use avocado oil for nearly everything since it imparts no flavor and has an extremely high smoke point. I even use it in my deep fryer, which is not capable of hitting temperatures that can ruin it. Kevala sells half gallons for this use on Amazon, it’s not the cheapest solution at that scale but I think it’s the…

This may be true for YOU and YOUR political views, but there are plenty of people out there who aren’t on the fringes of politics and prefer a more centrist, moderate approach. There is nothing wrong with wanting, say, pro-choice rights for women, marriage equality, AND lower taxes and smaller government.

They really don’t understand that in this day and age, this is going to come back and bite them in the ass.

Keeping their reputation as shady giant dickwad?

Am I mistaken in thinking your gut bacteria is in a constant state of flux anyway? So rather than eating a consistent ‘personalized’ diet, it’s better to eat a variety of foods, correct?

Well if you’re energized, you didn’t work out hard enough. If you’re not sleepy you didn’t eat enough.

Tajin is a magical dust. Why are there not more articles about this amazing substance.

Monogamous and non-monogamous people don’t mix.

That fact that someone needed to come up with a term to describe applying self-discipline is completely reflective of the problem. Everything needs to be catchy. Everything needs a hashtag and a meme. Everything needs a blog post.

Except in cases where you’re required to by an HOA, care about your property values, or care about your relationship with your neighbors.