Arizona is known as a dry, hot land-locked desert state (among other things), but as a state with crystal blue lagoons and falls? Not so much. So I was surprised to find one of the most beautiful pools of water sits in Supai, Ariz. Havasu Falls is located on the Native Havasupai Reservation in a remote location that can only be accessed with a permit and a night’s stay on the campground or lodge in the Supai Village. Be prepared for a high-intensity and challenging hike to the falls; bring your own water and snacks because you will be on the trail for four hours.
While on your adventure, you’ll see three glorious falls: Lower Navajo, which is 50 feet tall and cascades down the two smaller Havasu Falls into a gorgeous turquoise pool. Unfortunately, since COVID-19 is still a risk, the Havasu Falls will remain closed until 2022. But people come from all over the world to see these falls, which means scoring a permit is hard, so it’s not a bad idea to start planning now for next year.
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Delta is more contagious than the original COVID-19 virus, and it’s even more contagious than the other variants of concern. That’s why the CDC has recently recommended masking up in some situations even if you’re vaccinated—as many public health experts have been urging ever since Delta started spreading.
So just how contagious is it? A recently leaked CDC document contains some new data that puts it into perspective.
The CDC slides show a rough estimate of Delta’s contagiousness and fatality rate, drawn on top of this New York Times graph from earlier in the pandemic.
Delta might be slightly more deadly than original COVID (SARS-CoV-2 is the official name of the COVID virus), but importantly it is far more contagious. The common cold and various flu viruses are all roughly as contagious as original COVID, but Delta is substantially more so. Not as much as measles, a classic superspreader, but in about the same range as chickenpox.
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If you’re old enough to remember chickenpox outbreaks as a kid, that sucks. I got chickenpox just a few years before the chickenpox vaccine came out, and as soon as one kid in our neighborhood came down with it, our parents knew that chances are everybody would have it sooner or later.
Are vaccinated people spreading Delta?
If you’ve heard that vaccinated people shed just as much virus as unvaccinated people, that’s true, but only in the context of people who actually get sick. People who are vaccinated are very unlikely to get Delta, or any COVID variant. In the rare cases that they do, that’s when they have the same viral loads as people who are unvaccinated and caught the virus.
People who are vaccinated and who have not contracted an infection with Delta aren’t spreading the virus and aren’t shedding viral particles, or spike proteins, or anything else. The problem isn’t the vaccine, it’s just that the vaccine isn’t perfect.
“Delta variant breakthrough cases may be as transmissible as unvaccinated cases,” is the way the CDC presentation puts it. Before Delta, breakthrough cases were thought to be possibly less transmissible than cases in unvaccinated people who came down with COVID.
To be totally clear about what the vaccine is doing for us, the CDC’s data shows that the vaccines work well. Currently, unvaccinated people have eight times higher incidence of COVID than vaccinated people, and they have a 25-times-higher risk of death from COVID.
The CDC presentation says that “[g]iven higher transmissibility and current vaccine coverage, universal masking is essential to reduce transmission of the Delta variant.” The CDC chose a less drastic message in their announcement the other day, recommending masks depending on your personal situation and the transmission level in your county. But it’s also important to note that if more people are vaccinated, Delta’s spread will be slowed and masks may not be necessary when cases are low enough.
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The time has come for me to find a new home for my (paper) cryptography library. It’s about 150 linear feet of books, conference proceedings, journals, and monographs — mostly from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
My preference is that it goes to an educational institution, but will consider a corporate or personal home if that’s the only option available. If you think you can break it up and sell it, I’ll consider that as a last resort. New owner pays all packaging and shipping costs, and possibly a purchase price depending on who you are and what you want to do with the library.
If you are interested, please email me. I can send photos.
And while there are many corn recipes out there, most of my corntent focuses on overall strategies, rather than precise measurements and instructions. Corn season should be one of excess and abundance, but also one of simplicity. Corn is my lily, is what I’m saying, and I don’t like to guild what’s already golden. The following is a collection of my favorite things to do with corn.
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It’s easy to get lost in a sea of open tabs between multiple browser windows—sometimes even with the same website in multiple tabs. Instead, use the built-in search tabs feature in your browser to keep things organized. You’ll find this feature in all major browsers like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. And while the new Microsoft Edge runs on the Chromium engine it doesn’t have Chrome’s search tabs feature yet—but you can replicate it using an extension.
How to search open tabs in Chrome
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Chrome version 87 and higher adds a new search tabs feature right in the tabs bar—you’ll find a downwards triangle icon at the end. Click on it to see a list of all the open tabs, including recently closed ones.
Click the “Search Tabs” text box to search between all the open tabs across all your windows, and simply select a page to switch to it.
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How to search open tabs in Firefox
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The search tabs feature in Firefox is a bit hidden: It’s integrated directly in the URL bar, and there’s no dedicated button for it.
Open the Firefox browser and click the URL bar. Here, enter the % key, then hit the Spacebar. You will now see a list of all the open tabs. You can continue typing to search and filter the tabs. Use the arrow keys or the mouse to navigate to the tab you want to switch to, and hit the Enter key.
How to search open tabs in Safari
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Safari has a built-in Search tabs feature in its Tabs page, but the problem is that it only lets you search the tabs in the current window.
Open the Safari browser and click the Tabs button in the top-right corner of the screen (it looks like two squares, one on top of another). Then, click the “Search Tabs” text box in the top-right corner and start searching. Once you find the website you want, just click on the preview to switch to it.
How to search open tabs in Microsoft Edge
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Microsoft Edge still doesn’t have the search tabs feature from Chrome. Until that’s added, you can use a third-party extension to replicate the functionality.
First, install, and activate the Search all Tabs extension. Then, click the extension icon from the toolbar (it looks like a magnifying glass). Type the title of the page, or the website that you want to switch to.
The extension will search all open tabs across all your windows. Once you find the page, press the Enter key to open the first search result. You can select other results using the arrow keys.
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Most MacBooks have a backlit keyboard—that white light underneath that lets you see the keys when it’s dark. By default, the keyboard backlight is set to turn on automatically when your MacBook detects low-light conditions, and the brightness level is adjusted automatically.
If you find your keyboard brightness too high or low though, you can adjust it, or can even turn off the keyboard backlight completely, if that’s what you want. Here are five ways to adjust your MacBook’s keyboard brightness levels.
How to stop your MacBook from changing keyboard brightness automatically
Disabling automatic keyboard brightness adjustments on Mac.Screenshot: Pranay Parab
To adjust your MacBook’s keyboard brightness levels, you’ll have to start by disabling automatic keyboard brightness adjustments. You can press Option + F5 or Option + F6 on your keyboard to access the keyboard preferences page quickly.
Alternatively, you can click the Apple logo in the top-left corner of your screen and go to System Preferences > Keyboard and select the Keyboard tab.
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On this Keyboard preferences page, disable Adjust keyboard brightness in low light.
How to adjust your MacBook’s keyboard brightness using your keyboard
The fastest way to adjust keyboard brightness on your Mac is using the function keys on the keyboard. If you press F5 (the small sunrise icon), the keyboard brightness will decrease, and if you press F6 (the big sunrise icon), it’ll increase. There’s a helpful indicator on the display, which tells you how bright the keyboard backlight is. When you press the F5 or F6 keys, you can use this indicator to gauge the brightness levels.
Note that if you’ve changed keyboard settings to use F1, F2, etc. as standard function keys, then you can press fn + F5 to decrease keyboard brightness, and fn + F6 to increase it.
How to adjust your MacBook’s keyboard brightness using the Control Center
Adjusting keyboard brightness using the menu bar on Mac.Screenshot: Pranay Parab
If you’re using macOS Big Sur (version 11) or later, you can use the Control Center to quickly adjust keyboard brightness on your Mac. To check which version you’re running, click the Apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen and select About This Mac. If it has version 11 or later, you’re set.
Click the Control Center icon, which is next to the clock in the top-right corner of the screen, and select Keyboard Brightness. You can click and drag the slider to the right to increase keyboard brightness, and towards the left to decrease it.
You can quickly add the keyboard brightness button to the menu bar to save yourself a click Click the Apple logo once more and select System Preferences > Dock & Menu bar. In the left pane, select Keyboard Brightness and in the right pane, select Show in Menu Bar. The keyboard brightness icon (that looks like a sunrise) will appear in the menu bar at the top.
How to turn off MacBook keyboard backlight automatically
Turning off keyboard backlight on Mac.Screenshot: Pranay Parab
You can also ask your MacBook to turn off the keyboard backlight when you’re not using the keyboard by going to System Preferences > Keyboard or press Option + F5 or Option + F6 on your keyboard.
On the keyboard preferences page, tick Turn keyboard backlight after. There’s a drop-down menu that defaults to five seconds, which means that the keyboard backlight will be switched off after five seconds of inactivity, but you can click the drop-down menu and pick a different interval.
How to disable keyboard backlight on your MacBook
Keyboard brightness set to zero using the Control Center on Mac.Screenshot: Pranay Parab
While most people won’t need to do this, some people use their MacBooks with external keyboards, and having the keyboard backlight switching on accidentally can get annoying.
Once you’ve disabled automatic keyboard brightness adjustments, just press the F5 button on your keyboard till the keyboard backlight is switched off. Alternatively, you can go to Control Center > Keyboard Brightness and move the slider all the way to the left. Once the keyboard backlight is disabled, it won’t be enabled again unless you manually choose to turn it back on.
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Hey, did your phone just ding? It sounded like a match. Congrats! But oh, what’s this? The match is someone super hot you swiped right on with the assumption they’d never actually swipe right back?
It’s all fun and games when you’re maniacally swiping late at night, approving every cool-looking person who appears on the screen, but it gets more serious when you remember they’re real people who can—and just might—like you back. It’s a blessing and a curse to go out with someone who is drop-dead gorgeous or has an ultra-cool job. On the one hand, it’s a dream come true...but on the other, it can be a mortifying reminder of your own insecurities. Here’s how to get ready for a date with someone you think is out of your league.
Know how to hype yourself up
The key here is that you need to remember that they swiped right or agreed to go on this date because they saw something worthwhile in you. That alone should have you feeling great, no matter what it is about this other person that is making you so nervous.
“If someone agreed to the date and they’re not ghosting you, they most likely don’t think there’s a ‘league’ issue,” said Hannah May, a 26-year-old Chicagoan who describes herself as a lifestyle blogger and amateur dater.
“Remember that you have a lot to offer,” she said. “You need to focus on yourself and work on yourself before dating, period, or you’re not going to get anything out of it.”
Type out a list of all the cool, wonderful things about you. Ask a few trusted friends to contribute to what we’re sure is an already-lengthy list of your terrific attributes. Read that list. Internalize it. You’re fun! You’re attractive! The out-of-your-leaguer thought so when they agreed to meet up, so ask yourself why you’re experiencing self-doubt.
If the nasty internal monologue is the result of, say, put-downs from an ex, remember that those insults came from a place of hurt or maybe even projection, likely at a rough time as the relationship was disintegrating. Don’t let the negative, warped opinion of someone whose association with you was negative impact the way you see and project yourself going forward. You’re a lot cooler than you think you are, and you deserve to date someone awesome.
Role play from a better perspective
What would you tell a friend in this situation? Imagine that a beloved, lifelong pal came to you and said they were nervous for a date with someone hotter or more established than they are. You’d bug out, right? You’d—gently—tear them to bits for being so hard on themselves.
We all have people who love us, from family members to friends. Think about how hurt your mom or brother would be to hear you negatively comparing yourself to someone else. When you do this, you’re implying your own friends and loved ones have bad taste, you know. And they don’t!
Suggest meeting in neutral ground
If this person is a big-shot in the movie industry, don’t go to a Hollywood hot spot. If they’re a publishing powerhouse, don’t go to the bookstore. If you feel they have a slammin’ body, avoid the beach. Essentially, don’t go somewhere that is going to exacerbate the feelings of inadequacy you’re already experiencing and give them a leg up, even if they don’t realize you’re perceiving them to have the edge on you here. Instead, suggest a date location that is more neutral and doesn’t lend itself as a highlight to whatever you see as the incredible attribute in them that is making you so nervous.
Try to be reasonable
Have you ever seen the cover of a tabloid? If you have—and we know you have—then you know that even the hottest, most accomplished people in the world go through breakups. Ask yourself why that might be. Is it possible that being attractive or talented isn’t the only thing that matters in a relationship?
You already know that looks, awards, accolades, and clout get people far, but in order for anyone to have fulfilling relationships, they have to have substance, too.
Consider this: There is more to the person you’re about to meet up with than their angelic bone structure or high-paying job. Moreover, whatever else there is to them might actually suck. To put it plainly, you might not like them. If they were as perfect as you’re envisioning them to be, would they not already be securely snatched up by some equally-fancy person?
May pointed to advice that her cousin gave her: “Instead of worrying about if they like you, worry about if you like them. This mindset shift also helps with any jitters or anxiety.”
Don’t overcorrect here and go into the date thinking they’re damaged goods or anything, but be reasonable. A hot bod does not a perfect mate make.
Recognize your insecurity without taking it out on the other person
Look, you’re feeling nervous and insecure. That’s fine; it happens to everyone. But don’t take out your feeling of inadequacy on this person, who is probably perfectly nice and normal and likely has no idea you think they occupy some unreachable level of greatness. As we’ve established, they agreed to hang out with you for a reason. They think you’re interesting and attractive. This is almost certainly not a romcom-style joke where they’re going on a pity date with you, but even if it were, that would only be further proof they suck and are not the one for you.
“I’ve wasted so much time in my life overthinking texts and what to say and I feel like those situations never work out,” said May, who advises against worrying so damn much. “If someone’s for you, you won’t have to overthink your interactions or be left feeling confused.”
Don’t go into this defensively or expecting the worst. Give yourself a stern talking-to, go on the date, figure out if you have anything in common, and go from there like you would with anyone else. Whatever hangups you have are totally your own; this person has no idea that you don’t think you’re good-looking or you feel like you’re not advancing in your career. They just want to learn about you, so let them. Allow them and yourself to be surprised.
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