Toggler Snaptoggle® Heavy-Duty Toggle Bolts

...experience rather than write about it. Here’s Eric’s handy video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b01_T0lRQY Snaptoggle® bolts work way better than the more conventional metal toggle bolts I had used previously that look like this: My hypothetical installation of a hypothetical huge-ass flat screen, thanks to the Snaptoggle® Heavy-Duty 3/16″ Toggle Bolts, went really smoothly (hypothetically). That is until I opened the medicine cabinet I instal...

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Keeping Doors Secure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnmcRTnTNC8 While this lecture is mostly about the types of doors you’ll find in institutional settings, there’s some important and actionable security information for our homes and apartments. In the talk, security consultant Brian Rea a.k.a. “Deviant Ollam,” shows far simpler ways to enter buildings without out either picking the lock or busting the door down. For those of us who own our own houses Rea shows some...

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We Are in This Together

...o launch a GoFundMe campaign to pay for your COVID-19 treatment. As Senator Sanders said regarding this crisis, “Now is the time for solidarity. Now is the time to come together with love and compassion for all, including the most vulnerable people in our society.”...

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Nassim Taleb on Why It’s Better to Panic Early About the Coronavirus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Kga5HeAqk Why should we take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19? It’s not for our sake but for the sake of other people. This is one of the main points of Taleb’s video. If we can slow the spread of this disease we can lesson the impact on vulnerable populations. Personally, I’m unlikely to die from COVID-19 but I could easily pass the virus on to an older person who might. It’s another “Not me. us.” m...

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