I see you settled on a design for the toaster. Love the mustache.

Oooohhhh that looks very nice. Although the battery is much smaller than the Glucosent.

LEDs and rechargeable batteries have changed everything. Mine lasts for many hours before it needs to be recharged. And it only takes a little bit to recharge it.

My Glucusent book light, I use it every night when I read before bed. It is the best book light I've ever had and I absolutely love it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09PR1BTM7

It's kind of like imposter syndrome for taking a break. Are you really bored enough to enjoy relaxing? Have you really relaxed enough to get back to work?

I wish Telegram would just enable default E2EE. Oh well, time to switch to Signal!

I believe they were bought by someone and eventually implemented some questionable practices. I don't remember the exact details, maybe someone else does.

I don't know what you're talking about. Art Masters Jewelry is amazing. Just look at this masterpiece:

More of them here: https://artmastersjewelry.com/product-category/engagement-rings/

I've found myself naturally doing this as my disdain for Google grows. I also like the term "query".

TIL there's a term for this: Schrödinger's joke

It sounds like they want you to do it during working hours or else they wouldn't offer those times. It's a service offered by your job so it could be interpreted as a work-related function and therefore you should get paid for utilizing it.

I think you're giving companies too much credit. Freakonomics did a series called "Does Advertising Actually Work?" and the tl;dr was ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-advertising-actually-work-part-1-tv-ep-440/

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/does-advertising-actually-work-part-2-digital-ep-441/