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phthisicky
(Adjective.) Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.

phthisis
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”), from φθίω (phthíō, “to waste away”).
(Noun, archaic.) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

phthor
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φθορά (phthorá, “destruction”).
(Noun, obsolete, chemistry.) fluorine

phthongal
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound, voice”).
(Adjective, phonetics.) Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized.

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darkoshi

This article explains passkeys better than I've read anywhere else. I'm much more likely to create and use them now.

Passkeys: The Simple and Secure Way to Sign In Without Passwords (Aug 25, 2025)

Having read that, I realize in retrospect that most things on my work laptop / in my corporate environment have already shifted to using passkeys. I hadn't really understood what was going on behind the scenes when I was prompted to sign in with my fingerprint or Windows Hello PIN.

unspeakablehorror

One big problem I have with the internet and time management is I will think of a question like "what is the average lifespan of a koala" and then I will look that up and then I will see something on the page with the answer that will prompt another question like "when did koalas evolve" and then it just becomes an infinite koala climb of questions and answers that prompt more questions.

And then I contemplate getting a PhD in koala, but it won't pay the bills.

darkoshi

The price of Paramount+ Essential, which I have, increased from $5.99/month (plus taxes) to $8.99/month.

The price of Walmart+, which I don't have, is $98/year (which comes to $8.17/month). It includes a choice of either Paramount+ Essential or Peacock streaming, and it sounds like you can switch between those two every 90 days if you want. Not to mention the free Walmart shipping and other perks.

I don't particularly like Walmart, and I read something else today that makes me look on them unfavorably. But it would be cheaper for me to cancel my regular Paramount+ account and sign up for Walmart+, and get both services for cheaper than what I'm paying now for one.

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I'm currently watching (on the last episode, actually) Twenties on Paramount+. It is quite good, with a queer lead character.

Before that, I watched Noah's Ark, a show from 2005 which "centered on the lives of four African-American gay friends who share personal and professional experiences while living in Los Angeles." I enjoyed that one too.

darkoshi

Note to self:
Next time, take the fairy lights inside for the season, when I start noticing pollen in the air, if not before. I don't want pollen getting all over them.

Errant thoughts:
I wonder how many parents with babies born on March 17 name them Patrick.

Seeing the name written there now, it looks rather neat, with "trick" in it. It could rhyme with hat trick.

Yesterday I noticed that Baby Yoda rhymes with Baking Soda.

Hey, it's Green Day.

As long as I keep that leftover baking soda in the corner of the sink, there will be nothing else needing to be cleaned with it.
As long as I keep that cap-ful of leftover mineral oil on the counter, there will be nothing else that needs to be greased.

Hey, Ginger Ale is appropriate for the day. It came in a green can.

Watch on YouTube

Video title: Celebrating Ireland on St Patrick's Day
Posted by: Gardiner Brothers
Date posted: Mar 17, 2021

darkoshi

Get the same kind and size as the old one; direct vent gas water heater, 40 Gallons.
Make sure the anode rod is easy to access, for replacement purposes.
Get the max available warranty period.
Make sure the gas controller has a COM port; I may want to get this later on:
aquanta water heater wifi controller

Get the cold water shut-off valve replaced.
If possible, have the plumber attach solid copper tubes to the heater, not flexible connectors.
Maybe ask if they can change out the plastic spigot with a metal one since they only seem to come with plastic ones nowadays.

Have them install a drip pan underneath (I can put down extra bricks to keep it off the sand) so I can install a water leak sensor.

They'll probably say they need to install an expansion tank too... will it fit in the current location?

unspeakablehorror

Had a dream last night that had Darth Sidious and Ventress and Ventress' Sith apprentice in it. I don't remember what happened in it but Ventress was Sidious' apprentice in the dream. They were in some sort of building that was under construction? But it wasn't a sci-fi kind of building at all. Looked like an ordinary abandoned college building or something. It was a third person kind of dream, so I wasn't really anyone in the dream, I was just kind of watching this all happen. Whatever 'this' was. Since I don't remember what anyone did or said, but I remember they did and said some things. This is why I don't use dreams to help me write, lol.

mark posting in

dw_maintenance

Happy Saturday!

I'm going to be doing a little maintenance today. It will likely cause a tiny interruption of service (specifically for www.dreamwidth.org) on the order of 2-3 minutes while some settings propagate. If you're on a journal page, that should still work throughout!

If it doesn't work, the rollback plan is pretty quick, I'm just toggling a setting on how traffic gets to the site. I'll update this post if something goes wrong, but don't anticipate any interruption to be longer than 10 minutes even in a rollback situation.

darkoshi

I discovered Neocities today. Maybe I heard it referenced before, but mistakenly thought it was a Geocities archive site. But no, it's for currently live & active sites. Old-style sites without server side scripting. My website would fit right in; it may (I'm thinking at the moment) end up there soon. It supports SSL and other useful features.

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Once in a while I come across another person's blog/webpage/profile online, listing so many things in common with me that it is almost boggling. And yet even then, there are still many differences. Which is good I suppose as otherwise... I don't know.

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