Amperage determines how much current something gets.

Voltage times amperage determines the power something draws.

More current needs thicker wires, while higher voltage does not.

My wife swears by it. For me it does nothing. She gets wasp-sized bumps from mosquito bites.

I’m going to place an angled mirror from the bathroom to the kitchen so I can blink to my wife to bring toilet paper. Or a towel.

It’s still spring. But everything is in bloom.

I’ll have strawberries, cherries, plums and apples. Month by month.

I moved five countries over so I don’t have to talk to or see my family. I used to sail away so that I don’t have to talk to, or even see other people.

Right now I’m in-between boats and trying out camping to get away from people instead. Also, the dogs like it more than sailing. Having to dinghy to shore for pee breaks gets tiring real fast.

Only if you want a visit from the thought police.

Sailor here.

I’ve put those plastic shower tile mats under my mattress. The ones that help with draining water while keeping your toesies dry.

It lets enough air flow through that it can dry up under the mattress. Others just drill a bunch of airholes in their berths.

Yeah, me, too.

But it feels like all cars made in the last decade have connectivity. I’m not a fan.

I’m driving a 2007 Citroën. I hope I can find a car without OTA updates when it’s time to upgrade.

I really don’t want a bait-and-switch where I start to get ads on the dashboard at every intersection.

can’t even imagine what type of job I’d love

Fun fact! Most of us don’t love our jobs. We just do them to have a roof over our heads and food on our tables.

Calluses build up fast if you keep at it.

The pain is just weakness leaving the body.

Just be mindful that some manufacturers do the extremely shitty thing of placing the socket on the headphones in a very specifically shaped recess that only their cables will fit.

That sounds like a good idea, actually. A lot of those adapters/cables are bastardisations of the USB-C standard, and just re-use a couple of pins to pass on analog audio. I’ve seen at least three variations of it. If it’s not standard, it should not be possible to plug it in to any standard socket.

The right way to do it is with a proper digital-to-analog converter in the adapter. I hope that’s the most common way today, but I haven’t shopped around in recent years.

I’ve tried libreelec on a raspberry pi 4, but it just doesn’t pass the wife test.

We have a thomson streaming stick 140G (EU branding for ONN). We just use jellyfin, smarttube and our national public service streaming apps. It’s in apps-only mode, but Google still injects one ad on the home screen. I didn’t bother with a custom launcher just yet.

Bring your own domain.

You don’t want to be locked in to one mail provider for life. Just bring your domain when you leave.

I’ve had mine since 2010. First on Gmail, then proton and now purelymail. Gmail is evil. Proton is pricy, and more so if you have several domains. Purelymail is very affordable in comparison.

Don’t forget that a door mat that says “welcome” counts as consent.

Probably. Pretty much anyone who wants to go career can.

It’s 5-6 months for the shortest service. In my case I volunteered to drive big rigs, so 12 months and I got a driver’s license that would’ve required two years of lorry driving as a civilian. It’s been my backup plan in case my career in rocket science hadn’t worked out.

Finn here. The willingness to defend the country is high in Finland. For a small country like Finland it’s the most cost-effective way to keep up a credible defense. I guess a professional army might be an option now with NATO membership.

And, yes. It feels like the normal thing to do.

My grandfathers did it (and fought in two wars), my father did it, my older brother did it, plenty of friends did it at the same time as me.

It’s an experience you can bond over very quickly.

It’s a protocol for hosting music libraries.

Think of it like your personal Spotify backend.

I’m running navidrome to serve music to tempo on my devices.

I live in a shithole 100km from a NATO capital. I’m not expecting a direct or near hit, so the fallout is my main concern. I should have at least 20-30 minutes to get comfy.

I’ve got potable water in jugs in the basement already. I’ll just grab a couple of mattresses, sleeping bags, camping stove, food, solar/crank radio and head down there. Also some duct tape to seal up the ventilation.

Yeah, in the past I would have. I wish it still were viable.

With securitynet and banking apps refusing to do their thing on rooted devices it’s just too much hassle to pass the wife test.