@matigo Would having a responsible roommate help to defray costs?
@matigo Perhaps part of job-hunting is sifting out the things you don't like, even more than finding the things you do.
@phoneboy That's sad. I'm sorry to hear of your loss. A similar thing happened when my mother passed in the summer of last year. She had a small dog that my sister ended up taking. They have a very shy cat in the house as well, so more dogs are likely not a happy development for the feline…
@sumudu Kagi is ad-free, and seems to return more useful search results in general when you are researching a topic. It has a “Lens” feature that a gives you a lot more control over searching for academic research, Usenet archives, Fediverse forums and so forth. It is a paid search product, but so far I’ve found that it often gives more useful results right away to programming questions, for instance. Your mileage may vary. There’s a one-month free trial.
// @phoneboy
After nearly finishing a 100-search trial run on Kagi, I'm sufficiently impressed with their search results and service, and think I'm going to go for the paid monthly sub. Thanks to @phoneboy for the recommendation ;-)
@matigo Speaking of scammers, I just got an SMS from the "post office", saying that they needed to confirm my address in order to deliver a package and that I should make an application by accessing this URL (Japanese).
Naturally, I am always skeptic of anything that comes unsolicited via e-mail or SMS, so I trashed it… but I was thinking: what would prevent people less in the know from innocently clicking on this link and believing that it really was from the post office?
I guess the thinking process and question to ask here is: why would the post office have my e-mail address or phone number to SMS me, but not have my physical address? Why didn't they just try delivering the package, since it obviously must have my address on there if it were real?
Anyway, I feel sorry for people for decide to just click on the link. My standing rule of thumb is: if it's nobody I know, and I'm not expecting anything, then to the recycle bin it goes.
// @nitinkhanna
@matigo Aside from the "modern Internet", how much of a choice do we have?
I kind of think that the Internet reflects who we are as a species, both bad and good. A certain amount of care is warranted in everything we do, both online and off.
// @nitinkhanna
Ah, the era when the Web felt new and full of possibility.
Maybe the Web hasn't changed—it's we who have changed. The ideals quite likely remain the same.
@matigo Drone footage seems to be a must-have when it comes to travel videos. I didn't know that a license was required and that you had to register drones with the government before use. I kind of assumed it wasn't just "buy a drone and fly it the same day", though, as there are schools where people can learn to operate the things, hopefully safely. Having drone footage certainly adds the "z-axis" dimension to your videos ⛰ Was it hard to get the certification?