Notices by Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com), page 3

I often forget to turn my work Slack back to available after some PTO. I find that, when it just lists me as offline, even when I'm at work and replying, that communications with people tend to be much more concise and I get a lot less noise on the platform. I feel a bit guilty for leaving it there but the results speak for themselves.

@feld @Moon@shitposter.club For a really good guide on setting it all up, https://github.com/drduh/YubiKey-Guide is about the best there is.

The only think I notice with yours though, Feld, is it looks like you're using only 2048 instead of 4096

After 26+ years I've realized that GPG is way-overkill for my threat model and have retired my key. We'll see if it sticks but my new workflow works for me. https://chriswiegman.com/2024/01/goodbye-gpg/

Apparently Gen Z is going to get credited with saving everything Millenials were accused of destroying. https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-malls-rebound-gen-z-20240122-pzddd27j2nhbllxhonupyh2pw4-story.html

@aral Oye. Took me 3 years to get one to take me in Florida (was even kicked out of an office once for supposedly having a fever). Finally found one and... now I get to start over in Chicago. Thankfully it's just phone rejections though and I don't have to submit any kind of paper application.

@aral For me as an American, GP is your primary doctor, correct?

@aral Oh good. At least there's a backup this time. I've taken to keeping a minimum of software and backups of everything I can for crap like this. Nothing can be trusted.

@aral Oh geez. What a pain.

@aral That reminds me way too much of when Apple first launched the touch bar. I spent so much time configuring different apps and all with it and loved it... until something upgraded which would reset the whole damn thing.

@feld I was at a place with UA and Athletic last week. Gotta say the Athletic I tried was better but I’ll keep my eyes open for some of their other stuff.

This health reset thing seems to be working. I gave myself last year to drink after my mom died and with that and all my exercise habits took a nosedive. Said I would reset on 1 Jan and so far so good. Been spending 80 min a day on the treadmill since the cold arrived last week and I’ve got 6 6-packs of Athletic Brewing NA beer on the way. I’ll call this a major win. It will be better if I can find a pub that serves NA beer as I do like getting out.

@feld they’ve already voted to end it. Wasn’t planning on using it though. There are other options for us.

Mojito flavored Lacroix water is…. A mistake.

@aurooba were the same way. It is a bit sad that such a position is considered so strange today that we feel the need to post about it (I’ve done the same in the past).

@aurooba we know plenty like that. As soon as we can sell the Florida house we won’t even have a mortgage and I’m only 12 years into my tech career. Friends and family 20 years in will never pay off their houses. As soon as they get any equity they pull it out. Living paycheck to paycheck on $400k per year is so crazy to me and so much of it is for these giant houses.

I really am glad to read these posts and particularly like how she called out so many of the arguments I hear not just about Substack but from those still on Twitter as well. Doing the right thing is rarely easy but always worth it. https://citationneeded.news/citation-needed-has-a-new-home/

@neil Your link 500'd for me so my apologies if you addressed this but have you tried SearX? I keep meaning to set something up after having similar experiences to your toot.

@feld I wanted that so bad when I was a kid. It wouldn’t have even fit in the bedroom we had but I wanted it anyway.

One thing I confess I’ve had really good luck with this year: Apple Pay. Family and friends have started using it over Venmo and others and it’s worked pretty much flawlessly for us so far.

American football is just boring to watch to me anymore. This bowl game has been on for 2 hours and they’re still in the 1st half! I don’t have the patience for the 2nd half. I only made it this far as my wife’s Alma mater is playing.