March 27, 2020
HP's Dying SSDs Are a Great Reminder to Update Yours
In 40,000 hours, your HP solid-state drive will die. That’s not the plot of a D-List Mission Impossible spoof; it’s reality. Thankfully, you are probably not affected, since the solid-state drives with the self-destructing issue are all enterprise-grade HP drives—800GB or 1.6TB drives sitting in a company’s servers or various HP Enterprise storage products, not your desktop PC or laptop.
financial independence
Can You Still FIRE During a Recession?
I’ve been interested in the financial independence movement, often dubbed FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early), for a while. Probably since 2004, when I found an old copy of Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez’s Your Money or Your Life at the public library. As I’ve written many times before, YMOYL was...
Security
How to Avoid the New Astaroth Malware That's Hitting Windows
The notorious Windows malware Astaroth (aptly named after a demon baron of Hell found in occult cosmology) is back at it after several months of inactivity. Microsoft exposed its tactics last year, but the annoying malware is even harder to catch this time around—thanks to the clever methods it uses...
Holiday Hacks
How to Celebrate Your Kid's Birthday During the Pandemic
You know what’s worse than school being canceled or sports being canceled or most of the rest of life being canceled right now? Needing to cancel the birthday party your kid has been looking forward to for months. As someone who loves birthdays and holidays both big and small, I...
coronavirus
It's Not a Good Time to Skip Town
If there are a lot of cases of COVID-19 in your city—which is pretty much everybody’s city at this point—you may feel tempted to visit rural relatives or take an impromptu vacation somewhere secluded. That’s actually a terrible idea, and here’s why.
coronavirus
It's Okay if You Suck at Working From Home Right Now
coronavirus
Do Your Pandemic Shopping at the Restaurant Supply Store
Restaurants and bars aren’t the only food-centric businesses suffering severe consequences during the coronavirus shutdown—all the vendors they relied on for ingredients and supplies are hurting, too. If you’re able, now is the ideal time to visit your local restaurant supply store.
Tiny Hacks
Thaw Frozen Meat With a Little Vinegar
My freezer is an inefficient piece of garbage, and any steak, chop, or chicken thigh I freeze ends up enrobed with a layer of frost. The meat is technically edible, but it does not taste that good. This is why I’ve had a single frosty pork chop hanging out next...
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Teen Who Died of Covid-19 Was Denied Treatment Because He Didn't Have Health Insurance
A 17-year-old boy in Los Angeles County who became the first teen believed to have died from complications with covid-19 in the U.S. was denied treatment at an urgent care clinic because he didn’t have health insurance, according to R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster, California. Roughly 27.5 million...
Gizmodo
He's Doing the Dumb Thing
On Thursday, Donald Trump previewed his nightmare plan to encourage state governors and local officials to loosen social distancing guidelines put in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus through the nation, saying people need to be allowed to physically return to their workplaces soon.
The A.V. Club
Trevor Noah gets 13 minutes with the one guy you want to listen to on COVID-19
Just to clear away any misconceptions, the one person you want to pay attention to concerning the coronavirus is not Donald Trump. Also toss out the following: anyone on the internet; Fox News; religious types blaming gay people for the disease; any civic leader who sounds like the mayor from...
Jalopnik
The Hard Truth Is The C8 Chevy Corvette Looks Better As A Front-Engine Car
The new C8 Chevy Corvette is the first time the production sports car has had a mid-engine layout. Despite over 60 years of waiting for it, its looks have been remarkably polarizing. But how would it have looked if it were still a front-engine car?
The Takeout
Have an abundance of potatoes? Make tartiflette
Many of us these days are going to the grocery store and coming back with a lot of one thing. Me? I bought too many potatoes. So many potatoes, in fact, that I found myself Googling “oh no I have too many potatoes,” which isn’t even a question. I made...
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