- a touchless live-wire tester
This right here. Everybody should have one of these - not just homeowners, everybody. They're cheap and easy to use.
Circuit breakers can fail shorted. Miswiring happens. Just because the switch is off doesn't mean the wire is dead.
You may avoid electrocuting yourself or someone else, or starting a fire. It could literally save your life.
It does now! Because what everybody needed was unreliable calculations in their math software!
If you want to change public policy you have to participate in public policy.
Even if you vote for nobody on the ballot, you still show up and vote for nobody.
Did it roll right out the door?
and yet have the lowest voter turnout:
Hmm, perhaps, but personally I have a problem with this expression that there is "something terribly wrong with us". It feels awfully close to the Christian guilt-tripping nonsense of original sin that I grew up with. It's a waste of time, and sanity.
So funny connection there - Adam Savage (of Mythbusters) is a fan of knolling and he played a crew member on the Arboghast. He appears in the scene where the ship is disassembled by the protomolecule:
Just, ah, be careful with DIY laser cosmetic devices, and don't trust safety goggles that come in the box with them.
This is relatively minor. The bigger risk when running a downstream OS is that the team does not have the finances, the staff, or the broad-ecosystem visibility to support their own security research and development in any functional capacity, and there is an unavoidable delay in integrating security updates from the upstream OS.
This is a big problem. It makes running any small-team derivative OS a high-risk choice.
original sin?
Fire extinguisher. One for the kitchen, one for the garage, both rated for oil & grease fires, and with metal not plastic valves (don't buy the cheapest model). Do not store them next to the things mostly likely to catch fire (e.g. the stove). Read the directions, know how to use it before you need it.
Check all the smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Push the test button. If they're more than 10 years old replace them.
Make a first aid kit
Get a big, high brightness flashlight and/or lantern that will be useful if/when the power goes out, preferably one that takes standard batteries. Rechargeables are great for regular use items to reduce waste, but you don't want to realize that you forgot to charge your emergency light when you suddenly need it and there's no power. Get spare batteries.
You should also learn what easements are on your property, and where your utilities connect to public services - electrical, communications, water, sewage, roads/access paths - where does your responsibility end and the utility company/government's responsibility begin?