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Letter: COVID misinformation from Science Friday

Misinformation and omissions in Science Friday’s COVID coverage endanger people’s health. The program should devote a lot more time to interviewing the experts who have been sounding the alarm about COVID than they do to the “experts” who have been downplaying the pandemic and denying scientific realities.

Category: Consumer activism Government activism Tags: COVID-19, Long COVID, Science Friday

Why is PayPal still so incredibly awful?

Even if you jump through all of PayPal’s hoops and give them all the information they ask for when creating an account, they may still decide to arbitrarily lock you out of your account and never restore your access.

Category: Charity Computer Security Computers Consumer activism Fraud Internet Small claims court User Experience Web Tags: LiberaPay, PayPal

Carolyn Hax live chat for July 28 fixed in comics aggregator

If you read Carolyn Hax through the comics aggregator (and you really should, she’s amazing!), you may have noticed that there was no live chat listed on July 28, or on July 29 if you read the one-day-delayed version of her feed (which you probably should, because it’s faster and more reliable). This is because… Read More »

Category: Comics Aggregator Tags: Carolyn Hax

The major credit reporting agencies are all still dumpster fires

I tried to dispute incorrect information. The process didn’t fully work at any of the agencies. I was eventually able to dispute all of the incorrect information at one, but I was unable to dispute some or all at two others and eventually gave up. The credit reporting agencies are terrible.

Category: Consumer activism Government activism Tags: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, credit reporting, Equifax, Experian, TransUnion

“The Argyle Sweater” added to comics aggregator

At a reader’s request, I’ve added The Argyle Sweater from GoComics to the comics aggregator. I’d never heard of this comic before receiving this request, and when I went to look at it I laughed out loud at all of its five most recent comics, so I’ve also added it to my own daily comics… Read More »

Category: Comics Aggregator Tags: GoComics, The Argyle Sweater

Replicating Clover Food Lab’s cheesy grits with egg

My recipe for an at-home version of this Clover fan favorite.

Category: Ramblings Tags: Clover Food Lab, cooking

You should be backing up your password manager

It’s a bad idea to entirely rely on the company hosting your password manager to back up your data.

Category: Computer Security Computers Free software Tags: Information Security, infosec, password managers

Hack of the day: automatically check your BWSC water usage daily

If you live in Boston and you don’t want to be surprised by a huge water bill caused by a leak, you might find this useful.

Category: Boston Do-it-yourself Tags: Boston Water and Sewer Commission, BWSC, water

Today’s DIY project: sun shade for heating system temperature probe

My heating system has a little temperature probe wired from it to the outside of the house: I don’t understand exactly why this is needed, but my impression is that it has something to do with maximizing humidity inside the house without causing condensation to form on the windows. Unfortunately, the installers put the sensor… Read More »

Category: Do-it-yourself Home improvement Tags: AI, DIY

How a bad password policy at Bank of America reduces security

When you force people to use hard-to-remember passwords, you’re actually forcing them to use bad passwords.

Category: Computer Security Computers Consumer activism Internet User Experience Web Tags: Bank of America, BoA, Information Security, infosec, password reuse, password security, passwords
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