Brinens and Things

Comments on my own posts:

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Comments on other people's posts:

[arguably cw: poverty, apocalypse] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by marcusseldon; partly in response to eightyonekilograms and bambamramfan) If you're concerned your job will get automated out from under you one day, try to factor the eventual layoff into your finances now.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by sizvideos) Omeo hands-free wheelchairs (steered by leaning) are very cool and very expensive.

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by voxette-vk) Are dishes put *up*, or put *away*?

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Links:

[mailbox.org; Wayback] My email provider is running a Christmas promotion offering new customers €6 of credit if they sign up by January 10th, enough for six months of the basic plan (which is plenty in my experience). I've been happy with them, and I would definitely recommend them over Google or an ISP email. (It's even better if you use a custom email domain so that you can easily switch to a new provider if you ever change your mind.)

[CellSol; Wayback] (h/t Hackaday): I'm not sure how practical this system is (maybe?), but if nothing else I love that a disaster-tolerant comms network has the motto--according to Wikipedia's translation--"get results, whether God likes it or not".

[Kiwix; Wayback] If you ever find yourself on one of those data plans with zero-rated WhatsApp and expensive everything-else, exploit some loopholes with the help of the iHarare WhatsApp bot!

Laugh rule: [Wikipedia; Wayback]

Iqaluit Public Transit used to offer bus service in the city, but the service was cancelled due to low ridership. Motor cars are increasing in number, to the extent of causing occasional traffic jams known locally as "the rush minute".

There is a blanket [cw: illness] on the rest of this post.

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