Does hair in food carry any health risks?
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    A lot of food safety laws are built around the highest levels of safety because you never know how vulnerable one of your patrons might be. I have no idea about the actual health impacts but based on that I assume it's another minor vector for foodbourne illness that alone has a really small impact.

    I'm more worried about what it means about the rest of the kitchen's cleanliness. Hairnets/hats are easy, so if they can't do that then what else are they forgetting?

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  • What's the most futuristic piece of tech you can buy for under $100?
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    Most of the ones on Amazon aren't trustworthy. Especially at high capacities. But apparently you can get up to 2TB now, at least in theory. I imagine the support for them is pretty limited though still.

    https://americas.lexar.com/guide-to-microsd-card-sizes/

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  • Which adjective should come first, modular or versatile?
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    12h ago 100%

    I'm not sure on the rules/general use but my ear agrees with this. As soon as you put an "and" between them nearly any order seems totally normal.

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  • How do you prepare to vote?
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    Check a sample ballot so you know what races are up for a vote. Don't let the first time you see a candidate be at the voting location.

    My government publishes a booklet of candidate statements and details of ballot measures that gets sent out to all voters. Candidates can lie in their statements so don't trust the ones who sound agreeable, but I can usually rule out more than a few based on them strongly supporting issues I'm against. This lets me rule out the worst choices for me and focus my research on a smaller set of candidates/races where the choice isn't as obvious. Check candidate websites for a similar statement. Focus on ruling out people you strongly disagree with. Bookmark the ones that need more digging.

    Then I tend to check voter guides published by news organizations and charities with a similar lean as me. I don't follow them directly, but they give me a sense of who people with similar leanings support. This has helped me discover some candidates who were directly misleading in their statements and didn't have the support of the people they claim agree with them. If any names in the voting guide surprise you, dig deeper on them.

    Party affiliation is unfortunately meaningful in federal elections, and many top level state elections as well, but avoid voting straight ticket based on party. There are often local elections where party affiliation isn't as important. It may matter if my governer is Red or Blue ,but it probably matters less what my Coroner is (...I'll admit though that my feelings on this are changing in recent years. I'm still against straight ticket voting because it's important to check each race individually.) Try to find a basic 2 sentence or so description of each position that's up for election so you know what kind of power that position has. That will help you judge if a candidate's stances on certain issues matter for their position. It's great that my Coroner supports X but that's irrelevant to their job so I won't factor it in.

    Finally I make sure to read the long form of every ballot measure or amendment. The short version almost always sounds appealing but often the long form uncovers really important nuances. Never just vote based on the short form, it's way too easy to sneak in really terrible policies by constructing an agreeable tagline.

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  • If you owned a magic library people donated to in order to preserve media for eternity but which was going through overpopulation, what criteria would you use to decide which media survived/discarded?
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    Outside of the thought experiment, banning books is different than choosing to not preserve them or keep them in a collection.

    Removing a book that would otherwise fit the criteria of preservation just because it covers a "politicized" topic is different than a book becoming low value, getting superseded by newer editions, or no longer being worth preserving by that particular institution.

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  • If you owned a magic library people donated to in order to preserve media for eternity but which was going through overpopulation, what criteria would you use to decide which media survived/discarded?
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    If we're just talking archival and my goal isn't to increase access and availability to those books, then I'd also consider the availability of the book generally outside of my collection. My institution may not personally need to preserve some major holy books, new popular novels, classics, books still in print, because other institutions, people, and culture overall are doing that preservation work for us. I would focus instead on things that are more at risk (e.g.less popular but still important.)

    With a watchful eye of course to notice when a book is losing popularity and needs an additional hand to preserve properly.

    I'm not a librarian though and defer to them as experts here. They're much better at this than anyone else.

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  • Is mooning someone considered sexual assault?
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    2w ago 100%

    I think it might depend on if the person mooning is moving toward the victim and if the victim is "in range" of...the butt.

    If someone was backing that (bare) ass up on me I'd definitely feel threatened, or if they moon me so close that they might spray me.

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  • Father horrified by an AI Chatbot that mimicked his murdered daughter
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    3w ago 100%

    The alternative isn't controlling how people use chatbots on their own machines. It's limiting corporations from profiting off of chatbots that use another person's likeness.

    You don't need to jump to assuming regulations would have to control what you do on your computer specifically.

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  • When was the last time you changed your Google password?
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    If you're memorizing your password, don't change it too often because it'll just confuse you and encourage you to pick easy to remember passwords which are less secure. Change your password if you hear about a hack, or have reason to suspect your password got leaked. Otherwise there's no need.

    If you have a password manager though, go off. Change it as often as you'd like.

    (Also 2FA, unique passwords per site, etc etc etc)

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  • linux
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    best linux terminal emulator
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    A Windows VM running Windows terminal, SSH'd back into the host, obviously.

    Honestly I stick with whatever the default is and never had a problem that led me to find anything else.

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    Look at Amazon and their Fire TV platform. It's just android, with all of the Google stuff stripped out.

    Sure, Google may not be getting any money for that, but they are getting more dev time and attention on the open source parts of Android which helps to solidify the base of the OS which helps them.

    And Android got popular because it was open and manufacturers could build phones that support it without necessarily needing to involve Google (or at least without needing to certify it or meet strict standards) which let the platform grow significantly. If Google closed it up today it would likely cause a fork in the Android platform ecosystem and you'd end up with "Google Android" on pixel and "Open Android" on all others.

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    Everything important should be done on a monitor.
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    It's a good backup of other services fail, or if you need a backup ride when busses are too spaced out or too indirect.

    I try to avoid them except that my city's taxis charged me $120 for half of what would have been a $50 Uber ride (I left the cab early) so I don't trust them anymore.

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    Absolutely. I should have clarified Uber's/Lyft's scheduling is the scam. At least a hotel would be willing to call a second taxi company if the first one flakes. Uber would never.

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  • Are there any legal issues with pulling out of an interview?
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    No legal issues at all. Worst case they will blackball you from interviewing at that company for a few years, and tell other companies in that industry, or others that work with those recruoters at least, that you're a flake and try to get you blackballed there too. And that's going to be incredibly rare and only really happen if you're an asshole about it or no-call-no-show the interview and waste their time.

    Politely decline to continue with them, they'll probably appreciate that you're being honest and not wasting their time interviewing you for you to just say no later.

    "I've decided to pursue other endeavors, thank you for your time".

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    2mo ago 100%

    Lol ride scheduling is a scam though. Last I saw they don't make any promises that you'll actually get a ride, they just automatically request it for you shortly before your scheduled time and you have to hope a driver is available.

    Sure its one less thing to think about, but it's also no different from doing it manually. Same risks.

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  • For here am I sitting in my tin can
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    The last update I heard (granted that was weeks ago now) was that the capsule was faulty but still perfectly functional for reentry. They just wanted to do more testing first since reentry would also destroy their opportunity to learn more about what's wrong.

    Its apparently still entirely functional for emergency reentry.

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    3mo ago 100%

    Did it die or did it just change? Gaming is still a huge industry and online games are still super popular. What do you mean it "died"?

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  • Does anyone have any recommendations for issue tracking for homelab setups? I'm sure I could host some Jira clone but that feels overkill for what I'm doing, and something like MediaWiki is too general purpose. I'm hoping to track future project ideas (Install Jellyfin / Sonarr, etc) and issues with my smarthome (Fireplace Light not accepting color changes via Google Assistant). Ideally with some kind of organization to it (priorities, subitems, etc). Yeah I could use plaintext, but that's no fun :)

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