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  • That’s why all three (plugs, over the ears, and a suppressor) should be used in conjunction for best results.

    General industry standards that I’m used to are as follows:

    -sustained noise over 84dB should use plugs/muffs

    -sustained noise over 104dB should use both plugs and muffs

    -peak noise over 140dB should use both plugs and muffs, regardless of average sustained noise dB. If sustained noise is over 84 then start using additional mitigation measures such as sound dampeners, barriers, distance from noise generating object, etc.

    That being said, if a suppressor brings peak noise down to ~135dB you should STILL be using double ear protection. But it’s way better than bringing it down from 170dB.



  • I loved the Logitech G700 (discontinued)

    I loved the Logitech G602 (discontinued)

    Both had the left click button start to die after a few years. Logitech is known for this being a common failure point which SUCKS because they have the best (IMO) mice that are wired/wireless, rechargeable/replaceable batteries, and accessible thumb buttons without having 20 on the side for a “gaming” mouse.

    I tried the G502 but returned it because of crappy button placement. Also hate having a mouse that looks like it should be in one of the Tron movies

    I just want ~4-6 buttons on the side for my thumb that I use for media controls, forward/back, etc. It’s REALLY hard to find that - usually it’s 2 buttons or like 30.

    Right now I’m using the Redragon M811 PRO and like it. Feels a bit cheaper build quality but not fragile. It’s much bigger than previous mice I’ve had which is actually a good thing for me, because I have big hands and didn’t realize it would be more comfortable. I don’t like the number of buttons on the side (a lot) but overall it’s good for my needs and I won’t feel like a chump if it breaks in a couple years, unlike how I feel like with the Logitech ones that are way too expensive to have such a well documented problem with switches wearing out.




  • Any Asheron’s Call alumni up in this piece?

    AC had randomly generated cosmetics on randomly generated stat loot. Old game so models were limited but colors widely varied.

    Trading pieces that “looked good” or sets that matched and had great stats was a huge part of the game economy.

    Also was awesome to just have great stats and run around looking like a damn fool.

    Miss that game. Golden age of MMOs. We can never go back, and it’s a shame.

    Edit: eventually they added in dying as a trade skill, with materials for dyes tough to come by. Success? Good job, your armor is dyed the right color. Mid fail? Your shit is random outrageous colors, no stat change. Low fail?.. Sorry, stats are trash now AND it looks ridiculous. Very sought after trade skill because getting a good stat piece and not wrecking it with a botched dye job meant burning tons and tons of dyes on throwaway armor to level up your skill.


  • Bad password security is a human problem (can be back end bad practices also, but mostly human) whereas only using one auth factor is a security design problem. Again, MFA bad, single auth not good (but sometimes sufficient)

    Also many people aren’t comfortable with auth apps yet and way less are comfortable with hardware tokens.

    Passwords, while often implemented poorly by humans, aren’t something you can easily LOSE like your phone or a set of keys.

    Many logins don’t really need very good security, like who cares if my lemmy login gets compromised I don’t want MFA here. Some might, I don’t. I still use a password manager but still, just a password is fine.

    I dropped a credit union because they don’t allow MFA for online banking at ALL however, which is outrageous in 2025.


  • Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) : using multiple authentication factors to validate a user is who they say they are and grant access

    Auth factors:

    Something you know: is in your head. Password, PIN, etc

    Something you have: credit card, hardware token (yubikey, mag stripe, etc), software token (auth, MS authenticator, etc)

    Something you are: biometrics.

    Somewhere you are: location based (IP, geo location, geo fence, etc)

    Any one method is vulnerable to compromise. By using two separate FACTORS (aka MFA) you vastly reduce risk that you will be compromised.

    Using a password and PIN is NOT MFA because they’re both the same auth factor.

    Using just a token is NOT MFA because it’s only one auth factor.







  • NK is one of the most exceptionally successful aggressors in cyber crime. They perform heists in the 10s or 100s of millions of USD at a time, about 2 billion in the past two years. Their targets are global and indiscriminate, and their scope and skill set is growing at an alarming pace.

    If it helps you sleep better at night that they’re only physically terrible to their local neighborhood, then whatever - I would argue that their reach is only limited by their lack of wealth, but that still has a radius that can reach nations as far away as Japan and they constantly threaten them, and would do so to others if they had the means, but again, if that doesn’t bother you then ok I guess.

    But to say that they don’t affect anyone outside their borders is at best ignorance and at worst willful misinformation.


  • Unpopular maybe, but I agree with you.

    I leave my bedroom in the morning and don’t really come back until I am ready to go to bed. So the appearance doesn’t matter to me.

    I prefer my bedding to be how I left it, not all flat and tucked in.

    My partner disagrees, so the bed is usually made by them because even if I do it it’s not up to standards and I get up and leave for work earlier anyways.

    But I get it. The only reason I do it is to be nice to my partner, I could give two shits personally.

    If I had an efficiency apartment or something I might do things differently because it’s like, cluttered in the whole living space, but otherwise I think it’s a waste of time unless you’re trying to impress someone.


  • If you don’t mind eating the same food as a main meal for a bit this method works:

    Make a big entree of something on an off day. Chili, lasagna, slow cooked food, whatever.

    Have some stuff ready to go as sides that require very minimal effort (sides like rice, frozen bagged veggies or fresh - fresh is best but if apathy takes hold then frozen is fine

    In the evenings microwave some leftovers from your big entree and supplement it with a quick and easy side. It helps break up the monotony if that matters to you, and it’s easy



  • It’s not!

    Anyone that feels like it crossed a boundary is themselves a victim of the exact same mentality you are trying (and achieving to) overcome.

    Pragmatically you can’t really teach your son how to shave his nethers until he’s growing there, so any hesitation around age boundaries really don’t make sense in this case.

    On top of that the request was initially from your son, not initiated by you, even if you took it a step farther to offer a demo. He wanted help from a male role model in personal grooming, and you helped.

    This kind of thing can be so hard for men. As a society we talk about barriers between fathers and sons and it should be celebrated when we can overcome them to help young men navigate adolescence in healthy ways while feeling like they have support.

    Your mental misgivings about what people might think are echoes of your own upbringing. You don’t have to tell people anyways, it’s between you and your son, if you have concerns about what people might think. Honestly some would think it crossed a line, but it didn’t, and you know better than anyone that it was healthy and innocent. So if you want to you can keep it to yourself, but personally I wouldn’t hide it. Not saying to bring it up randomly unprompted, but imo it should be something that you shouldn’t worry about discussing in the correct contexts BECAUSE we need more people to vocalize and hear that it’s ok, to continue breaking down those barriers. Caveat that with all recognition of respect for your son’s privacy, which again falls back on what I mentioned about context.

    Bravo, sir.



  • If this happens at work then yeah, definitely a personal trait that you need to work on.

    As someone who shares the same trait and has learned to manage it with time, I recommend you look into anger management. Plenty of free stuff online to start with but a professional can be a huge help, if you can afford it or if your workplace is willing to assist you with getting to a resource.

    For me the key is being self aware enough that before I blow up I recognize where I’m headed and DISENGAGING until I can settle down. Blowing up, for me, is an ego driven/lashing out issue. It’s complicated and I don’t feel like explaining, but that’s me. I can tell when it’s happening and I care more about not being unprofessional or damaging interpersonal relationships so I DISENGAGE before I get there, which does not FEEL as good, but it’s necessary.

    I can’t tell you exactly what you need to do, but I would bet a lot of money that you can start to identify when you’re headed in that direction and stop the train before you go off the tracks. To do so you need to be willing to put your ego aside whether you think you’re right or wrong and LEAVE the room or end the conversation. To do so is not easy because you want to release whatever you’re thinking about the current real/perceived grievance, but if you’re not being a functional member of society because you blow up in a rage then you have to modify your own behavior somehow. Disengaging is the simplest and most effective way to manage it.

    With time and more self reflection, personal work, therapy, maturity, whatever - you’ll need to disengage less and less and can manage/cope without that tool. But for now that should be your goal until you learn to control yourself.

    This isn’t an other people problem, it’s a you problem. It’s not that you’re not allowed to express yourself, but there are appropriate and inappropriate ways to do so in polite society, between friends and loved ones, and in a workplace. If you can’t admit that then start there.

    Get on board or lose friends, break up, and get fired.