In reviewing some Ruby code, the data were all in Sets, rather than Arrays. I asked the original author why they used Sets instead of Arrays. The answer was "because sets are faster than arrays."…

When COVID-19 lockdowns started, I noticed a bunch of brass hygiene keys appearing on kickstarter, tactical sites, ebay, amazon, ads, etc. Two months later, I've bought a few. I'm interested in the usability, composition, and…

I bought a refurbished HTC 5G Hub to see if I could get a 5G hotspot and if it could act as a secondary internet connection if my main connection drops. The device runs Android…

This blog is written/created with Publii. It's an open source, static content management system which is point and click easy to use. After years of Jekyll and Wordpress, migrating to something easy made sense for…

The ChallengeThe fundamental problem is I have to give up more of my personal information in order to find out what information a company holds about me. When further asking what they do with the information…