bluGill

If by bots you mean computer programs or AI, they are not people and should be ignored/blocked. If you mean (as seems to be common) people with a different opinion, then you need to be more careful lest you get the faults of an echo chamber.

You are both right and wrong there.

You need different opinions in your life, otherwise your echo chamber will tend to move to more extremist. Pretty soon you think those “others” are evil and so you are willing for anti-democracy coups by your side, or to fight wars to kill those infidels or other evil things. You need a steady input of other opinions to remind yourself that reasonable people can disagree and that is okay.

Also sometimes you are wrong. Few people have the guts to read a well reasoned opinion and admit they are wrong, but it is one you should be willing for.

Of course there is far more possible opinions than you have time to read. So eventually you have to say I don’t have time to deal with this subject and shut it out. So long as you avoid the problems of an echo chamber they are fine. Be aware of them though and make sure you are not falling into those traps anytime you shut something out.

18650 batteries are easy to source and cheap. You need a battery welder (either expensive or lively to burn out in one use - there seems to be no middle ground) chargers are also available. The hard problem is everything is marketd at electrical engineers who understand details of how to put circuits together. There are no trustworthy sources of do this or but this kit (at least not that I have found)

beware that mistakes will burn your house down and insurance won’t cover it. That risk is why even though this should be easy I have not done it.

Second this. I was at camp (with my kids) this summer and able to keep my phone charged just by leaving my power bank charging at the tent while I was hiking. No more trying to find a free outlet in the dining hall, just recharge while sleeping. My power bank would have made maybe 3 days, but I was able to be gone for the whole week.

We got green bonus points at the camp inspections because I had that outside my tent as well.

Good companies will notice and ensure you get a larger raise.

Finding a good company is a hard problem though.

Extreme ironing. I don’t see the point of dragging a board and iron anywhere. Even at home I’d rather wear wrinkles than open that board. (which is why I buy perminant press church clothes)