Security Theater.

that putting the thermostat up higher will heat the house up quicker

If you have a 2 stage furnace, this may actually be a thing.

To build on your comment: cost of living has a surprisingly fixed price. Different qualities of living don’t cost massively different. If the average person has to spend their whole earnings on living an “average life”, if you make 2x and want to live twice as nice of a life, it likely only cost 1.5x the “average life”. Earning 2-3x opens up a lot of luxury even though it may not seem like it.

There are a couple avenues of attack:

1. The camera- It the camera can’t see the board, it can’t provide moves. An IR blaster may be a valid tool to blind the camera, but not the player. This could be a battery and LED with a switch that is placed next to the board.
2. The internet connection - If the AI can’t talk to where the processing is happening, it can’t get answers. Anything from a jammer to a metal cage would work here, but watch your legality.
3. The device itself - anything to stop the device from working. This could be a EMP, but that’s rather non-selective.
4. The board - limiting information from the board in a way humans can understand but AI currently can’t. This could be as simple as only showing half of a board at any time.

The IR blaster is likely your best bet, else it might be time for a ruling of “no electronic glasses at the board”.

Ok, take a nap, THEN FIRE ZE MISSLES!

When someone from your social groups is having motorcycle, lawnmower, model airplane, tool or general home repair issues, do you give them your father’s number?

“please will you stop what you’re doing and come fix my x”

This actually happens quite frequently. It’s rare to leave a family party without a follow up appointment to look at a persons tech.

Thing is, 100% of the time people will understand if you say “I don’t really know very much about that particular thing I’m sorry.”

“Yeah but you know tech so you must just be sand bagging”

If you have HVAC, make sure the filter is replaced regularly and try running a higher MERV filter.

The 6000 unit tests they run on every build is the most effective bug squasher!

Laughs in Factorio

Do you know how expensive a criminal conviction is?

Are there any windows that ever allow sunlight to shine on, or near, where the decanter is located?

What temperature is your house normally? Also what are the high and low temps experienced?

If you mean the French Foreign Legion, they don’t forgive crimes, but they will allow you to join with minor crimes.

Dehydrate and turn into a powder. That 2-3kg will make like 200g of powder that adds a big umami hit to anything it is added to.

Sugar is neutral in PH, but can be used to help balance out overly acidic food. I would be worried that in this case it would just bolster the flavor of the lemon if it is strong enough that you can detect it in the sauce.

Baking soda should work fine and just turns the acid into CO2 and salt, but if it has a flavor of lemon, it sounds like you are dealing with lemon oils in the sauce.

You could try cutting it with some fat (milk, cream or butter), and I would try adding more onion and/or garlic to complement/mask the lemon.

You should probably consider buying a different base tomato sauce in the future.

I’m also considering getting a full electric car, but have a little range anxiety mixed with a general feeling that the improvements over the next couple years will make current electric cars obsolete, so I am following along with this thread!

Cinnamon twists!

Crunchy, sweet, pleasantly dry!

Only in Ohio.

Most Brandon Sanderson books.