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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Like others here, there’s not much extra I can do. My job seems very stable, I have no auto loans, both the family cars are in okay condition, I have a fixed rate mortgage, health is okay, and aside from one small loan I am paying back the debts aren’t bad.

    A bottle of things I need to revisit:

    • I stocked up on non-perishable foods that my family will eat. But I need to do a bit more on this front.
    • I’m trying to cut back on extra spending. This is the biggest problem I have right now. Mostly due to unexpected bills and death-by-a-thousand-cuts small purchases.


  • Yeah. Most recently it was a shitty site that looked like it had been built in 2000 and I had to use to pay an EMS bill: services.webillems.com

    Tried several times on Firefox and it wouldn’t let me proceed with the payment. It kind of acted like it had. But when I called them to confirm they said it never went through. Tried multiple times with the same results. So I then tried on Chrome and it went through first time.

    There’s have been others too. But like I said before, it’s rare. But annoying.

    It’s down to these sites using stale, poorly-written legacy code and/or never being upgraded.




  • Vivaldi and Librewolf are good recommends. So good call by the author.

    I wish I could completely ditch Blink based browsers for Gecko ones, just because I dislike how dominant Blink is thanks to Chrome. But some sites don’t render correctly on Gecko. So a fallback is needed.

    Edit: I haven’t used Vivaldi in a long time, and apparently it’s not what I thought it was. Are there really no outstanding open source Blink-based browser out there?








  • Is there a list of retail companies that are still committed to DEI policies? The only one I know of is Costco.

    Edit: I did some more digging and found this website - dei.watch. The following are some of the ones listed as ‘committed’ on there at the time of writing:

    • Albertsons
    • Best Buy
    • Costco
    • CVS
    • Dick’s Sporting Goods
    • Dillard’s
    • Dollar General *
    • Dollar Tree *
    • Guess
    • H-E-B
    • Home Depot
    • Home Goods
    • Ikea
    • Lidl
    • Marshall’s
    • Meijer
    • Patagonia
    • Petco
    • Publix
    • REI
    • Ross
    • TJ Maxx
    • Walgreens
    • Wegman’s

    Note: I’ve only listed physical store retailers who sell items (not restaurants) with either a nationwide presence or a significant number of retail stores. I’m sure I’m missing some, but this is a start.

    *This chain might have an active DEI policy they are supporting and maintaining, but even among retailers they are also famous for treating their employees horribly.