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Do you work with a specific community or organization, or just take opportunities as they come up?

What type of volunteer work do you like to do? Do you like the stuff where you are just a warm body - someone to hold a sign or greet people? Or more involved tasks that are more like professional work? What about shudders door knocking?

I want to hear about how you left your mail in the box for several days before you picked it up and stuff like that.

I have an electric guitar, and its fingerboard in is rough shape after years of barely touching it and being lent to my younger brother (big mistake). I unfortunately don't have an instrument shop close, so I would have to order oil for it, and even the closest one only carries like 1 or 2 kinds of string kits and a few arranger keyboards, not cleaning products.

While I probably could get mineral oil (not at the moment of writing this, due to weekends), I'm wondering how well cooking oil would work. Tried some grapeseed oil on some other piece of wood, where it wouldn't be a problem.

NOTE: Likely will go with the mineral oil, so I also have something to clean strings with.

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In any democracy worthy of the name, any party that credibly commits to taking action against billionaires would be extremely popular.

Removed by the mods at /c/showerthoughts for the following reason:

No politics rule 3

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Neighbor has short hedges rimming their yard to about ankle height. I’d like to extend them a bit every night by using my own hedge clippings, until they notice.

I'm looking into making some game boards as foldable cloth for easier storage. I'm not currently interested in neoprene as it tends to be 2x more expensive than most cloth options, even if staying straight on a table is very desirable.

Asking here because the boardgame communities seem dead

Not talking about all the Linux distros or different versions of Windows obviously. And my definition of "desktop" would be "able to connect to WiFi and launch a modern web browser", since that would cover 90% of most people's use cases.

I know of:
Windows
MacOS
GNU/Linux
GNU/Hurd
BSD
HaikuOS

What others are there?

I like Shrek so much🥹

It always feels like some form of VR tech comes out with some sort of fanfare and with a promise it will take over the world, but it never does.

I have, twice that I can remember.

• Nukamajig - microwave. I still use it from time to time because it's too stupid not to.
• Miscombobulate - mixup and confuse. Just now, between the time it was and when the appartment building's laundry room was closed for the night.

Cuz my mom wants to "talk to me" and idk what about

My friend is a camera operator and is looking to take two SSDs together for a portable raid. AFAIK modern raid like that is an old school approach. I recommended he set up a little server or the easy way out and just look for a JBOD enclosure. Am I wrong? Are there trustworthy enclosures that handle the raid without much set-up today?

I run a small business and do a lot of networking and I've noticed that people aren't really handing out business cards anymore. Do you still use them?

The worst thing I've ever seen was a girl whose eyes were being gouged out. I'll never click on a link again without thinking twice

The bus driver just yelled at me for standing up when we were approaching my stop, he said I had to sit still until the bus stopped. But he didn't say anything to other people who did this before me. And when I got out, he rudely said that drivers should be thanked before getting off, which I would have done if he hadn't yelled at me, аnd again, he did not say anything to the woman who silently got out before me. I dont know what it was, maybe he thought I was a kid because I look young, or maybe he just wanted to yell at someone, either way my evening is ruined🫠

Hi all,

American traveling to China for IETF, and making my tech prep plans (bringing a laptop, phone, tablet, kindle, and steam deck). I won't bias with my current plans too much, but I do already run Linux+LUKS and GrapheneOS.

For those with experience, what tech prep would you do?

Thanks!

Is there a keyboard app (for Android or iOS) that supports extinct languages, like Ancient Greek, Old Norse, Sumerian, Coptic, and so on?

My life has fallen apart because of Trump/Musk taking my job and the American economy becoming a dumpster fire.

I have turned to frozen margarita pizzas as a source of nutrition. To spruce up my pies I chop up spinach, mix in a can of diced green chilies, and season with whatever I have on hand. If I have an extra bag of mozzarella I throw some of that in there too. I let it sit for five or so minutes then spread that on top of the pizza. I add five to ten extra minutes to the baking time.

Got any cheap and fast cooking tips along those lines?

--Extra points for vegetarian tips.

Nothing with too many hearty belly laughs, it was abdominal surgery.

i accidentally deleted my backup folder where all my backup keys, seed phrases, passwords of wallets, etc are stored. app name: sd maid pro. i need help to restore them 🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭