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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • The hardest thing to throw away was the mystery power cables/bricks. Even though everything I own has its power cable with it and labeled with no exceptions, and even though I haven’t touched the mystery power cable for 10 years, I still felt like I’d discover its purpose the moment I got rid of it. Hasn’t happened yet, but I’m still anxious.

    I keep those but convert their use to replace disposable battery powered devices.

    All those spare USB wall warts you have are 5 volt and at least 1 amp DC power supplies. Anything you have that takes 3 AA or AAA batteries is a 4.5v supply. Almost all of them can tolerate the extra .5 volt. Clip the mini-USB/micro-USB/classic iPod/lightening connector off the cable and run those (I usually solder them) to your device. Now you can plug it into the wall and never have to worry about batteries again.

    6 volt DC wall warts can be used to replace things that take 4 AA or AAA batteries.












  • “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) began recruiting “high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” willing to work 80+ hours per week with no pay to help slash federal spending.

    Future headline : “Department of Government Efficiency still completely without staff as those meeting the high requirements to take the job are smart enough to have zero interest in doing the job under those conditions"

    Alternate future headline: “Department of Government Efficiency plagued by yet another scandal as its 45th employee is charged with fraud for attempting to personally gain financially from fraud they were perpetrating in the government”.




  • Trump is also planning to increase exports

    Every country wants to have more exports. Its not up to a leader of the country directly. You can’t force exports to occur. You have to convince someone from another country to buy something from your country. The exception to this is if you have things other countries want to buy, but you don’t want them to have them (like spaceflight, military goods, or high technology).

    A nation’s leader can build mechanisms with other countries that can help convince them to buy such as free trade agreements, etc. However, thats the exact opposite of what trump is doing. Trump wants to put tariffs on imports, thats the opposite of free trade and makes other countries not want to buy from you.