Comment and Link Roundup: May 29, 2019
May. 29th, 2019 09:37 pmComments on my own posts:
[cw: poverty, first-world problems, government bullshit] The one about the burden of U.S. citizenship [three comments]
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Comments on other people's posts:
[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
cryptovexillologist) Children keeping unimportant secrets as practice.
[cw: amnesia] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thedarlingone) Current (lack of) fannish blogging platforms. [three comments]
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP bythedarlingone) Dreamwidth writing styles. [two comments]
[Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP bycontrarianarchon) Inspiring videos from space agencies. [two comments]
[cw: illness, food]
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Laugh rule:
[New York Times; Wayback] (by Caity Weaver; h/t Matt Levine)
The link roundup I got this from quoted the line “I transformed my iPhone into a landline by disabling notifications for every application except calls, and leaving it plugged into a wall outlet in my kitchen.”, and I would like to point out that if you need a landline-like thing for any reason, leaving a cell phone plugged into a spot in your house is in many cases cheaper than an actual landline. (assuming you choose your phone plan right, of course) Use a flip phone, though, unless you were going to have a spare iPhone lying around anyway.
If you want, you can get a gateway that allows you to connect the phone to your house's landline infrastructure: that way you can have multiple receivers in various parts of the house. We have this one, although it was cheaper at the time we bought it and might not still be the best option.
(We used to leave a flip phone plugged into a living-room outlet, but when Dad started needing a cell plan we gave the number to him. While it does mean he has to relay messages received while out and about (it still connects to the gateway when he's home), it beats needing to buy a separate plan.)
[cw: poverty, first-world problems, government bullshit] The one about the burden of U.S. citizenship [three comments]
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Comments on other people's posts:
[Tumblr; Wayback] (OP by
[cw: amnesia] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
thedarlingone) Current (lack of) fannish blogging platforms. [three comments][Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
thedarlingone) Dreamwidth writing styles. [two comments][Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by
contrarianarchon) Inspiring videos from space agencies. [two comments][cw: illness, food]
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Links:
Laugh rule:
[New York Times; Wayback] (by Caity Weaver; h/t Matt Levine)
I investigated the possibility of purchasing Dunkaroos on the Dark Web, and discovered to my horror that three people in Australia had recently been charged with running a syndicate that moved roughly $12 million worth of drugs “disguised as candy” across the country. I envisioned myself ripping the foil from a pack of hard-won Dunkaroos and finding only LSD tabs inside. I couldn’t handle that kind of letdown.
The link roundup I got this from quoted the line “I transformed my iPhone into a landline by disabling notifications for every application except calls, and leaving it plugged into a wall outlet in my kitchen.”, and I would like to point out that if you need a landline-like thing for any reason, leaving a cell phone plugged into a spot in your house is in many cases cheaper than an actual landline. (assuming you choose your phone plan right, of course) Use a flip phone, though, unless you were going to have a spare iPhone lying around anyway.
If you want, you can get a gateway that allows you to connect the phone to your house's landline infrastructure: that way you can have multiple receivers in various parts of the house. We have this one, although it was cheaper at the time we bought it and might not still be the best option.
(We used to leave a flip phone plugged into a living-room outlet, but when Dad started needing a cell plan we gave the number to him. While it does mean he has to relay messages received while out and about (it still connects to the gateway when he's home), it beats needing to buy a separate plan.)
