Actual Budget is an open-source envelope-style budgeting tool similar to YNAB. It has a self-hostable syncing service so that you can manage your budget across multiple devices.

The reason you might want to do this is that it’s probably easier to do full account review sitting at your computer, but you might want to track expenses/receipts on your smartphone while you’re away from home.

It’s not the east or the west side…

See? Invincible. I can’t be vinced.

redneck engineering energy

Rewatched SNW anticipating season 3.

OK, what do monkeys or other non-human things have to do with a human asking themselves the question, “what is my purpose?”

My response is given in the context of the original, not in a vacuum.

So is the question, “what is my purpose”?

The response is human-focused because the question is human-focused.

If you wanted to ask the question about some other creature, then the answer would not be anthropocentric.

Out of the corner of your eye, you spot him…

something something small government… federal overreach… oppression

You are (presumably) a human.

Without you, the world is merely a collection of things, with no collector.

A hammer has a purpose, when it is used (by a human) to drive nails.

A keyboard has a purpose, when it is used (by a human) to type.

A shovel has a purpose, when it is used (by a human) to plant a tree.

Without the human these things cannot be used, and do not have purpose.

You are not a thing. You do not have a purpose.

You are that which gives purpose.

You are purpose.

When people you have maligned and persecuted show you compassion and give you aid, that should be humiliating and humbling.

Unfortunately it probably won’t have that effect on the people who need it.

On May 22, 2010, now known as “Bitcoin Pizza Day,” Laszlo Hanyecz, the Florida man, agreed to pay 10,000 bitcoins for the delivery of two Papa John’s pizzas.

[…]

Nine months after the purchase, Bitcoin reached parity with the U.S. dollar, making the two pizzas worth $10,000. In 2015, the fifth anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day, the two pizzas were valued at $2.4 million. On May 22, 2024, Bitcoin was at just over $69,181 making the pizzas worth…you get the point.

https://www.investopedia.com/news/bitcoin-pizza-day-celebrating-20-million-pizza-order/

And… what… devolve into a dictatorship?

Julius was responsible for Nero.

John can’t catch a break

The logo, the UI, or the code?

I have no idea how impactful this is. How many people does Image employ?

Microsoft over here dropping 9000 people in their second round of layoffs.

A ten-gallon hat on a one-quart head.

In terms of common consumer products?

Dryer sheets, which are typically made from polymer fibers. Use wool dryer balls instead.

Single-use water bottles - just buy a water bottle.

Ziplock bags for food storage - buy some solid, washable food containers with rubber seals. They’ll keep food better for longer.

Also stop using the plastic bags in the produce section at the grocery store - get some reusable produce bags instead. The ones I have are thin mesh that doesn’t block the barcode scanner at the checkout. The only produce I don’t recommend this for is stuff that is typically wet like lettuce.

Basically try to avoid single-use plastics, many are unrecyclable (soft plastics like bags frequently just end up in landfill) or just dump extra plastic fibers into the environment (like dryer sheets). There are good reusable options for most of them.

Now there are three of them!

Of course…

accept no substitutes