Sadly modern Los Alamos is only served by a single Smith's now. The old Furr's at Merrymac center is became a Smith's and now sits abandoned, the new Smith's being across the road where the auto mechanic used to be, and the White Rock Smith's is similarly abandoned

Ed's (Ed Metzger, who's family runs the hardware store, not the black hole) grocery, formerly next to the UNM campus, is long gone as well

Los Alamos also had a scattering of 1960s A-frame churches. Ed bought the one "next" to the Black Hole (although it was in a ponderosa/piñon forest and set back about 500 feet from where the black hole lot was), nailed a bunch of crutches to the exterior wall, and mostly used it as surplus storage for the Black Hole. Never went inside, but rode past it nearly every school day on the way to after school care, and always wondered what was inside

Amusingly, the Black Mesa itself is on the road from Los Alamos to Santa Fe and Española. Fairly important site in New Mexico Pueblo history

They still exist today, and provide tons of logistics to the dod. Boring stuff, like toilet paper, and then more exciting stuff too

Many of my childhood science fair projects started at the black hole. You could always find something weird or interesting, and occasionally hot, while browsing through the place

> occasionally hot

Am I understanding correctly?

It depends on the exact definition of the word "hot" you mean.

No, wait, it doesn't, you'll find any kind of hot you like.

Quite ... the place.-

PS. I would like the record to show, excuse me for stating the obvious, that this was an actual place (!):

https://losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/29/black-hole-museum-a...

Radioactive in this case, but knowing the black hole, other definitions likely apply as well

They kind of do. There's usually a big scary notice on the imprint page scolding you for even thinking about piracy

We are talking of TOS independent of copyright law.

Tailscale can do this very easily

Or you can just throw a couple bucks at something like nextdns and not have to use the VPN bit for mobile DNS ad block

I use both

I recently got a Seattle ultrasonics knife, and it was mentioned in the email associated with my purchase it might need a software update

I rolled my eyes and braced for the inevitable pretty but buggy and slow app.

It didn't use an app. It used the Bluetooth functionality built into chrome and it's derivatives to talk to the knife, update it, and perform a calibration

I've only ever used the Bluetooth and serial for flashing esp32s and similar before. It was a wonderful experience

Yeah, we have one, and same thing. Bluetooth to a web URL on the phone and boom, new sharpening angle calibrator just works! Love not having to download a separate app.

Because back in the dawn of OS X it was legitimately a good music utility

I just hope they don't damage the grocery store across the street. It's called "the willows" and they make some incredibly good sandwiches