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Cake day: April 9th, 2024

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  • The government is cagey about how, exactly, this criminal activity was unearthed, noting only that Herrera “tried to access a link containing apparent CSAM.” Presumably, this “apparent” CSAM was a government honeypot file or web-based redirect that logged the IP address and any other relevant information of anyone who clicked on it.

    It looks like a combination of bad opsec and clicking on a download link.

    I know there has been some back and forth whether it’s good to use a VPN with tor and feel like this is just going to open up that conversation again.


  • Chicken thigh with Roasted Vegetables

    • Pan fry chicken thigh, making sure the thickest part reaches 165° F
    • Season to taste (I recommend a pinch of kosher salt and a good helping of black pepper but that’s just me. You can also go savory with rosemary sprig for the last 5 minutes of cooking)
    • While chicken is cooking, put chosen vegetables in a bowl, lightly cover with olive oil. Sprinkle salt
    • bake in oven at 400°F for 45 minutes

    If you’re feeling adventurous:

    • sear both sides of chicken in a Dutch oven (or cast iron)
    • while waiting, season vegetables as instructed above
    • once both sides of the chicken are sufficiently browned, add vegetables to the Dutch oven
    • Cover and stick it in the oven at 375°F for 30-45 minutes depending on how done you want your vegetables

    If you use the latter method, be sure to cook the chicken all the way through. Vegetables will be soaked in chicken fat.


  • I’ve been on a low fodmap diet for a while. This is a really broad question without some parameters but I’ll give it a go.

    It also depends on what the goal of the low fodmap is (e.g. weight loss, diabetic control, etc.)

    That said:

    • a quick and easy way is to assume all processed carbs are out. This isn’t 100% true across the board but helps you draw a line somewhere. Processed carbs being things like bread, candy bars, pasta, etc.
    • nuts like walnuts and peanuts are great snacks
    • eggs for breakfast or if you want something more filling you can do oatmeal with some oatmilk. Not regular milk
    • for meals, do whole foods like a chicken thigh with some peppers or a lean steak with spinach
    • since you love potatoes, a great trick is to make a ton of roasted cut potatoes and put them in a container. Add them to dishes as you see fit. Even though I don’t do low FODMAP, I still do this




  • I’m an advocate for Firefox, but it is slowly, slowly entering enshittification.

    The addition of AI, dark patterns to enable “sponsored bookmarks” upon reinstall, ads (albeit subtle) when using the address bar for search…

    All of these can be disabled, some easily, some with feature flags.

    Sure the enshittification isn’t anywhere near the pace as Chrome but it’s happening. And again, this is coming from a maybe 10 year financial donor to Mozilla.

    Firefox is better than Chrome, no question but there is an opportunity for a new browser to challenge the field.



  • You need a line break between your paragraph and your list.

    Depending on the car you might be able to physically disable telemetry. Here are some thoughts/ideas I’ve been collecting:

    • Hit “SOS” button and opt-out of all services through customer service. This of course requires trusting the company to actually do it.
      • It’s possible that the info could be stored locally and then uploaded when it gets serviced though
    • Remove the fuse to the modem/data communication module (DCM)
    • Disconnect wiring to the LTE antennas
    • A number of people have mentioned that they can get the dealer to disconnect the telemetry as a precondition to buying. For instance, here.
    • Jump the data communication module (DCM) cable with a ~$70 dongle to bypass just the telematics components
    • Disconnect the DCM cable, which will likely gimp the infotainment if not other systems, or remove the entire DCM unit

  • In my very limited experience, the one characteristic that seems pretty universal to incels is the inability to have casual, no pressure small talk with anyone, especially with those of the opposite gender (or whatever gender you like).

    Small talk is a skill like anything else. It must be practiced and honed. The easiest way to do this is just by being interested in what the person is saying. You don’t have to be funny or quippy. Just be curious about their life and you’ll find that most of small talk is just being able to go back and forth about a topic.