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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • I’m 99.999% sure it was, as it was within kubuntu using the default FF install (Canonical only provides the snapped version), and opened from either the taskbar icon or through its menu. Discover’s auto-update feature was also manually turned off. (was a system at work, so I wanted the config to be relatively basic but controllable)

    I did at some point completely remove snap and switched to flatpak. Eventually though, I went with the Mozilla Team’s PPA, as the sandboxing was adding too many complications with the addons along with printing documents.








  • Not yet, at least.

    The current tech doesn’t really factor in road conditions AFAIK. Which is a pretty big factor that dictates how brakes should be applied to stop safely.

    One example is, if you’re driving along an area with a soft or no shoulder during rain or snow, stopping suddenly could easily make the car slide off the road and end up upside-down or down a cliff. There unfortunately are times where hitting someone/something is unavoidable, along with being the safest option and the decision making capability isn’t fully there yet.







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    The SF Bay in California.

    I’m just a bit cautious as the politics of the different candidates (including state/local) could cause a ripple in rent costs and there’s also a proposition about rent control that could go either way. The COL may not actually change much, but I’m more the type to look observe a bit (i.e. look before leaping) as I’ve been out of the market for a bit and have always gone the roommate route.


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    Mine… I guess you can say they are tempting fate with their house…

    Rather than calling in a professional, they decided to take it upon themselves and poison a tree that was starting to damage the slab. After a couple “treatments,” the tree eventually did die and is now just standing next to the house about 3ft away from one of the walls just drying out. Despite my warnings to cut it down, as its rootball would eventually decompose enough to allow it to topple over during a gust, nothing was done.

    This past summer though, something different happened that I didn’t think of. Wood-boring beetles and termites moved in and set up shop. Three feet from the damn house… The owner even tried to deal with the infested tree themselves, as they tore off the bark to about 6-7 feet up and hit it with bug killer, completely oblivious to how capillary action works in a tree.

    As of right now, even though there’s been no inspection (I guess they don’t think professional pest control is worth it), I can almost guarantee that the termites and beetles found their way in through the eaves of the roof and are feasting like kings in the attic. (I’ve found termite wings inside)

    I’ve tried warning them numerous times, just to have it go right out the other ear, and eventually gave up wasting my breath.

    I’ll be looking elsewhere at the end of the year once all the smoke from the elections and voting clears.