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My kit:

I generally prefer the clear toothpick - easier to hold, came with a designer cupcake once (and I keep the flag on it because it's otherwise easy to lose a clear toothpick), generally better if the button is deeply recessed.

The paperclip phone tool is kept on the keychain between the USB micro card reader and the wallet sized SD card holder

To be blunt, I think the powers behind project 2025 do believe the common man has inmate talent #modernamericanslavery

… but I suspect you meant "innate" talent

At least this one follows the advice of his PR team. 🙄 but yeah.

Worse - easy way to set the settings then gaslight the user to say they asked for it that way.

How much you wanna bet that it makes those changes in a way that is generally indistinguishable from as if it was done by the user's own credentials? (Except save perhaps in recall's own logs)

I appreciate the sentiment - in fact it's been fun watching AI being integrated into home assistant by end users and being given full control, lots of incredibly interesting times.

But not all AI is the same. Somehow I expect that Microsoft's implementation will make it ridiculously easy to opt-in to Microsoft services and relaxed privacy settings, but will leave opting out as an exercise left to the user.

The problem isn't the new coat of paint - it's more that Microsoft keeps painting half the building then starting over for the new OS. It's frustrating that the key to finding a setting is knowing when it was developed to know which UI you need to be digging through.

It's simple kinda - one has a marketing team. Lots of wonders the power of spin and hype can do for you.

You're basically right. Back when unions were a thing, they dubbed this behavior "working your wage" I.e. not volunteering for unpaid labor. "Quiet quitting" is a neologism designed by a think tank to shift the burden of responsibility to the employee

It's a phrase meant to replace the old phrase "working your wage", because that way of viewing it makes the whole situation less dramatic and more noble … and generates less clicks. Classic newsspeak.

That sounds way more expensive than getting fresh pizza with a good flavorful crust recipe.

On a good pizza, the crust is basically fresh bread. Fresh bread is delicious.

And there's a huge difference between fifty degrees below zero and absolute zero. But both are lethal to humans if exposed to it for a night.