I've had such good luck with Sandisk over the years. At least the USB stuff. RIP.

*still use it for printing.

Old thumb drive reminds me of a Sandisk Cruzer I found on the wet ground in 2011. No owner info on it so I kept it. It's been through the washer and dryer and still somehow works. I used it to print from USB on my printer. It's ridiculous how built those things were.

Firearm lights, optics, vehicle fobs, adjustable base remotes. So many goddamn batteries. Lol

It is. But I've found that once I get annoyed enough to make a system, things go to easy mode. I'm getting to the point where I want to just start that way for everything so problems don't grow so large. I have 24 battery powered simplisafe devices on top of the usual household devices and other critical safety items. Even our cat feeders have backup batteries 🫠

There are a few exceptions for me, but I try not to wherever possible.

Fortunately everything is still working fine.

I really don't know how my wife deals with me. I accidentally discovered that some of the Energizer rechargeable batteries I'm using (I use a lot) are 1300, 2000, and 2300 mAh. They all look the same. I should have verified. But I'm in charge of recharging everything and making sure critical and non-critical devices remain powered. What bugs me is that I had them mixed in various devices. Can't have it. I took the batteries out of every device in the house, did a full inventory, and made a spreadsheet for which batteries are where. Now everything is separated and in devices that make sense. Except now I have to order more to make everything match. I couldn't let it go. Am I cooked?

I need to get around to installing and learning that system. Rolling the dice with any GNU/Linux system can be a nightmare though 😂 The OS/kernel that will happily let you rek yourself.

I have an obnoxious number of Simplisafe devices for my small apartment.

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They can freeze deez nuts.

That's the best you can expect these days, unfortunately.

It may even be fair given how shitty the situation is.

This has me thinking how basic engineering/problem solving skills are lacking in society but apply to many careers. I use many of the same principles to solve tech issues, perform automotive work, or build a differential to address human body problems. We go through so many years of "education" (American perspective) and yet so few people can demonstrate basic problem-solving. And many of those who can lack the ability to connect those skills to other domains. It's weird.

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Masculinity is much deeper than a beard to me, but it was an interesting observation.

Bonsaimint was born.

Hmmm... Thanks for sharing that resource. I think I'd benefit greatly from this actually.

Canadian and a public servant. Sounds like a rock solid military plan 😂