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At our grocery stores you can buy a gallon of food grade white vinegar. Works great. I think it undoes old fabric softener on towels so they absorb better. But I have no empirical proof. No vinegar smells after it dries. I can smell it while it washes in the washer.

I have a bottle of lavender fabric softener I've had for probably 7 years. I use it on blankets and sometimes sheets because I like the smell of this one. Everything else I use is unscented.

I wash the blankets like once or twice a year unless a cat barfs on it. Then it gets washed again.

A couple times a year I have static problems. I have a box of dryer sheets that are also at least 7 years old. I reuse them too for multiple loads. Don't use them for months, get zapped multiple times, throw in dryer sheet, run on low/no heat for 10 minutes, less static electrocution and can fold laundry with less cursing.

Also if you want to wear something straight out of the dryer that is so full of static electricity it's sticking to you and turning you into a wizard, zapping everything you touch... a light mist of water helps. Not a drenching. It should dry fast. Also works on hair.

While I agree public transport would be better in most places. And wholeheartedly believe Elon is not the solution and is instead actively harming untold millions directly and indirectly...

I can't help but be reminded of a conversation I had with my Dad years ago. He thought Tesla's time frame of having charging stations across the US within 5 years to support cross country driving was impossible. And that Tesla would go under and the other car makers would ignore EV. I believed it would happen, that pure EVs would become normal, all of the car companies woyld make them, and be easier to charge. We agreed to disagree.

Now, there are EV F150 pickup trucks and a ton more charging stations. I thought there would be more hybrids first because oil is profitable. And the Prius was gaining a little foothold.

My point is that there has been a huge shift away from depending totally on gas based cars in a relatively short period of time. And small groups of people can make a positive difference. In this case Elon was the face of this change at it's height.

My city has electric buses now, in the South. People finally started believing EVs could be viable.

However.... helping EVs by encouraging the EV idea isn't going to be what Elon will be remembered for - it'll all the hubris,> damage, and needless death.

Unless we lose our country and history is rewritten.

I really wish he'd just stuck to talking up Tesla instead of becoming a badly written Bond Villain.

Not every subreddit is turning fascist. It's still a lifeline for a lot of people with certain health issues, or an evergreen repository for niche hobbies that is more complete than anywhere else with active communities that are helpful to newbies.

It's a huge ask getting people that are getting legitimate help and advice over there to move to a Lemmy community that lacks all the historical information and enough activity that helps people in a timely way.

I know because I'm asking overthere. And a lot of people stuck there aren't closet conservatives, trolls, or bots, they are sharing protest hat patterns, talking about how to get legal treatments that might get banned, and providing information and resources on how to get urgent location-banned medical care, i.e. abortions.

I am pretty ignorant about the differences, I'll admit. I just find something I like and stick with it.

I'll have to look it up again. So I can forget again in a few months.

If they know something we don't then whatever that is needs sunlight poured on it. Keeping it in the dark only undermines the fight for the Constitution and does more harm.

Either tell the truth and fight in the light. Or suck it up and fight for what's right - even if the person you are fighting for isn't perfect.

Can you guys get Scottish whiskeys fairly easily? There was one we had years ago while in Europe that we really liked, Highland Bird.

I'm not a whiskey person. But I detest Jack Daniels (paint thinner notes) and like Jameson Irish out of what I can get in my state.

Yes, please tell us where we need to not go to avoid accidentally selling our reddit accounts

What if you have one fat cat and one skinny cat? ....oh wait, the fat one rules us all... must go give her a treat in penance for forgetting that for a moment.

OMG - that's the same printer we have... it's the only one that still works!!

Some of the plastic pieces have gotten brittle and broken - I've been trying to figure out how to 3-D print replacements. (they broke before 3D printing was a thing and I don't have the broken bits anymore)

I've replaced the rollers once and serviced it myself over the years.

It's valuable enough to fight over it when my Last Will and Testament is read... If there's a fire, save the people, save the cats, save that 1998 printer - the rest can burn and be replaced.

I make sure the important stuff is backed up to external drive on the computers I tech support for family and friends.

So I say, "yeah, it says that, but they are lying. unplug it. If it's not working when it comes back on, I'll come over and restore it. You won't lose anything, we've got backups just for this reason."

So far, I haven't had to go and restore anything. But one of them buys me lunch, so I go and shoot the shit and have a good time for big Windows updates about once a quarter.

I feel you. Add her then acting like it was her idea to get you to do the thing and you have my late grandmother.

Don't let her get to you (easier said than done, I know) but she is also fairly easy to manipulate if you don't let her get under your skin.

You probably already know how she reacts to things, start small and see if you can get certain reactions out of her. You do A, she reacts with B (good or bad), you do C, she preens like she won something.

I managed to trick my grandma into giving up her car keys after her first minor fender bender in her 80s (in fairness she was a good driver, her vision was just going bad) - she ended up believing giving up the car was her idea and that she deserved to get driven around from now on. She loved her independence but also loved having people at her beck and call. She got to feel smart and superior by stopping driving and we didn't have to worry about anyone getting hurt. Everyone was so relieved, she got a lot of praise for that decision which helped too.

Don't let her ruin your health, try to reframe your reactions to her and never, ever let on that's what you are doing. Don't tell the cousin that will rat you out to try to appease her. 'She seems to do what I want? I don't see it that way. She's just making good decisions like she always does... what are you talking about?' Feel free to tell the one you can trust.

I laughed too hard at this.

This is always my response. Hacking a lot of times comes down soft skills, where bad people get you to give them your sensitive information. (Your pornstar name is the street you grew up on and your first pet's name, finding your mom's maiden name on facebook)

If someone is in an office, having a post it or notebook is a bad idea, especially if your area can be accessed by the general public (like front desk people, or anyone who takes walk-ins)

But for a person living alone, or with people they trust, having a hard copy in a safe place is really safe. The Online Scammer isn't going to break & enter into everyone's homes to get their post it passwords.

(And it gives them the ability to give a trusted person access if they end up in the hospital or something, without having to share that info 'just in case'.)

The threat is always greatest (if you don't fall for phishing easily) from the people inside your house. The ones that could steal your jewelry, cash, pick up your mail and open accounts, or just outright sit in your chair and access your computer.

In that case, even if you have a password manager, chances are good someone with physical access to you can find or figure out that one password. And like Bytemeister says, you have way bigger problems in that case.

If you can, get a photo of his remote and save it. (bonus if it's his actual remote with the worn down buttons or whatnot)

Draw a circle around the button (arrow pointing to it optional) and text the pic back of which button to push. Repeat as needed.

If you can get him to text you a photo of the TV screen - circle and repeat.

I have an older friend with a TV/remote that is close to ours, but slightly different. Having these reference photos helps with the "language barrier" and the minor differences in layout.

Since I started making it visual and texting photos, it makes it much easier. Because even I, with my CS degree, can stare at a screen (or grocery shelf), frustrated, and not see the very obvious blinking whatsit that I'm looking for.

We used to say, " if it was a snake it would have bit me" but snakes are also well known for blending in , so it makes sense that we don't see things until we see them, especially when we are stressed.

For for those curious, Chief Justice Roberts and Amy Coney-Barrett were the ones that joined the 3 Justices following the Constitution.

Gorsch, Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh dissented

Wouldn't this be a state or city level crime?

This reads like 'be more racist and sexist if you want to win.' That party won, I'm not looking forward to everyone finding out that the only identity that matters right now is who has the most money.

Do you have a website recommendation that's accurate? Or are they all pretty much the same?

It would have been funnier to say 'speaks random Italian words' for the people relying on CC