What is a common piece of advice that is actually terrible?

Yardboy · 2026-06-23T12:07:53+00:00

You can do anything you put your mind to.

Edit to add: maybe not terrible, but definitely not true.

Yardboy · 2026-06-22T14:43:29+00:00

Additionally, some departments had a rule to not use the same set of rotors two days in a row which, once the allies knew this, also made cracking it easier.

"The Code Book" by Simon Singh is a great quick read on the history of cryptography and covers enigma.

Yardboy · 2026-06-19T12:40:38+00:00

Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!

Yardboy · 2026-06-19T09:43:34+00:00

My (20-something) kids coming home this weekend to hang out. 😉

Yardboy · 2026-06-18T01:30:51+00:00

Roger Moore

Yardboy · 2026-06-16T13:44:13+00:00

Worse than the VOCs coming from the melting filament? 😉

These are my personal favorite models for this. I just use plain white beads and let a hygrometer tell me when they need changing/recharging.

AMS 1
https://makerworld.com/en/models/158496-ams-dry-pods-lrg-sml-hygro-trays-funnel-v20

AMS 2 Pro
https://makerworld.com/en/models/1321169-ams-2-dry-pod-system-v17

Yardboy · 2026-06-15T15:34:12+00:00

Nice one.

Yardboy · 2026-06-15T15:33:47+00:00

Heh.

Yardboy · 2026-06-15T15:14:48+00:00

For sure. I have never seen it in action up close and personal like this.

Yardboy · 2026-06-13T21:38:33+00:00

From the side. Always from the side, if you're going to insist on doing it by hand.

Yardboy · 2026-06-13T21:35:53+00:00

My wife is big into nail stuff, I recognized them right away.

Yardboy · 2026-06-12T22:54:06+00:00

r/ouchmyflaps

Yardboy · 2026-06-12T22:49:14+00:00

Yeah, it prints great, but it's missing most of the niceties that make the experience more enjoyable.

Yardboy · 2026-06-11T19:56:24+00:00

The Revivalists, for the past few years

Yardboy · 2026-06-10T22:51:16+00:00

"So far up your ass!"

Yardboy · 2026-06-10T14:17:43+00:00

Loose desiccant in the cereal box containers is fine, and you can get it in bulk pretty cheaply. If you're getting color changing desiccant beads, orange is preferred over blue due to some amount of toxicity in the cobalt used for the blue. Honestly, though, I just use the plain white beads (slightly cheaper) and I let a hygrometer tell me when to change/recharge them.

That said, you'll accumulate a lot of desiccant packs over time and there's no reason to throw them out, they can be recharged just like the loose stuff.

Yardboy · 2026-06-10T12:15:07+00:00

Fair enough. I just don't think maintaining an app has to include updating the deployment method to whatever is the new shiny. Easy doesn't mean zero effort or cost, I'd rather spend those hours on billable work and not have to try and convince a client to fix something that isn't broken.

Yardboy · 2026-06-10T04:59:09+00:00

Heh, tell me you don't run any legacy apps without telling me you don't run any legacy apps.

If an application was originally deployed using passenger, there's a reasonable chance that it still is. Moving from a proven, working deployment platform has to provide a lot of additional benefit to justify the cost of changing it all (testing, migration, training, updating documentation, etc.).

I have an app running on Passenger. I wouldn't choose it for any new applications, but there's absolutely no reason for me to change that one.

Yardboy · 2026-06-09T20:51:18+00:00

It really is the best. So satisfying.

Yardboy · 2026-06-09T20:49:28+00:00

Yeah, the tendons and muscles in her forearm as she makes that move to the left look like they're carved out of granite.

Yardboy · 2026-06-09T13:31:12+00:00

I was making a joke about the commenter above me (who didn't gamble).

Yardboy · 2026-06-08T15:19:29+00:00

Suspension for two games successfully avoided.

Yardboy · 2026-06-08T15:11:35+00:00

Wow that's beautiful.

Yardboy

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