Tai Lam in Science

Tai Lam's adventures in science

I need to figure out how to reasonably deal mail and deliveries privately.

How it started

I donated to a local nonprofit in 2024, and I really shouldn't say this, but I honestly wish I never did. However, this is not due to a reason you probably expect.

I started to receive significantly more junk mail from charitable nonprofits and groups, more so than usual (at least since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic). I won't name specific names, but this was a local nonprofit which has a total annual budget size between the order of $1 million and $10 million.

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There was a guide from early 2023 on what to change in the default KDF settings of Bitwarden.

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I think I'm overthinking this. I think I'll follow the instructions for Secure Boot for the Linux Surface project and see how that goes.

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About three days ago, I was reading federal government online sources about online job scams.

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eBay is sometimes tedious to deal with. I use the site to buy electronic parts for repair, but some aspects of the site are annoying to deal with.

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There probably hasn't been much concrete and confirmed info about the upcoming Virgo laptop from System76. There's some more, but I wanted to get into the basics, and then I can follow up later, as this will be out of date anyways once Virgo is officially released.

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Here are some links regarding the COSMIC desktop environment (DE) from System76 and desktop apps being designed with the COSMIC framework in mind.

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Originally collected July 6, 2024

I'm saving links I'll use for editing videos with Ffmpeg.

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Originally collected on July 9, 2024

Recently I had to create new GitHub accounts, and the process is not great for privacy and security, because Microsoft automatically disables/flags any new account created in July 2024 or later.

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I made a résumé in LaTeX when I needed to apply for a job about 2 years ago, and it was not great. While it served its purpose, I wasn't happy with it when it came to long-term code upkeep. (I can't remember the source of the template for my first “real” résumé.) The template I chose at the time had weird quirks, and I told myself I'd tried to get a simpler template the next time I needed to make a CV/résumé.

Well, I got my head start on a maintainable résumé now. Better start now, while I have the time to properly component test everything.

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