Seattle's going to win this by just carefully doing the work and knocking out the occasional field goal.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@coreysnipes/116019979179519280

Apologies for the self-boost (I try to be sparing about this) but here's a reminder that there's an #xmpp chat room for discussing the US superbowl (including ads & halftime show). There are a few of us there, so if this is your thing […]

The Slate EV is super interesting. I am right smack in the middle of their target market I guess.

✅ Simple, modular, utilitarian design
✅ Simple manufacturing process
✅ Bypasses the local dealership model
✅ Right to repair ethos
✅ Reasonable price

I'm seriously considering a reservation ($50) […]

Got an email from our veterenarian announcing "Maren, our new AI powered receptionist". Goes to great lengths to say this is to support front-desk staff and not replace them. I already detest voice interpreting answering services, so we'll see.

I've been playing around with #xmpp, so I set up a group chat where XMPP and fediverse nerds can live chat the #SuperBowl on Sunday.

If you've been thinking about trying XMPP this might be your excuse. If you couldn't care less about the Superbowl, I get that too. (I may have a conflict, myself […]

The answer to all our parking questions.

All 60 videos from #qgis for Hydrological Applications – 2nd Edition are now in the #fediverse on #qwasttube! 🎉
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The Stripe (payments) admin interface is CRAZY slow in Librewolf and Vivaldi. Tens of seconds to render a page. Tens of seconds between click and visible response in the UI. (Reddit says: "This is a problem in Firefox. Works well in Chrome on a new PC".) Well, 🖕

I only have this problem with […]

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116006690394152749

I was at home when I read this piece (thankfully) and had the same reaction. It's such a powerful story.

It's always a fun surprise to see two of my connections chatting when I know them both but would not expect in a million years they'd know each other. Gems of the fediverse.

This man's writing just destroys me every time I hear him read it. Supremely gifted in the art of expression.

"You will surrender every right you cherish as long as it happens to someone else first."

A Bridge Too Far ... On Alex Pretti - Robert Arnold

https://youtu.be/IOFZnCbuWk8

#writing […]

🛠️ 💻 In the spirit of repairability and keeping good equipment alive, I've gathered up a few retired Thinkpads from local surplus auctions. I'm upgrading the RAM and drives and will be making them available in the next few weeks. These will be cozy little Solarpunk machines, older equipment […]

December 9 #freesoftwareadvent

Recoll: Full-text search for your local files

#recoll is a local file indexing and search powertool. It provides plenty of options for configuration (e.g., includes, excludes, filters, update and rebuild index) and a nice snappy interface.

My local file […]

December 8 #freesoftwareadvent

#libreoffice: Yes you can replace Microsoft Office.

When I was planning for my switch to Linux, I started using LibreOffice alongside Microsoft Office on my Windows PC. I found it was a perfectly reasonable substitute for both docs (Word -> Writer) and […]

December 5 #freesoftwareadvent

Gogs: source code management like github, but you host it

I pulled my projects off Github a couple of years ago and migrated them to a self-hosted Gogs. Installation on my ubuntu server was dead simple (no docker required). The web interface is intuitive if […]

December 3 #freesoftwareadvent

Papyrus: A Systems Engineering / MBSE tool for modeling in SysML, UML, etc. Basically a java-based FOSS replacement for Sparx Enterprise Architect. It's part of the Eclipse ecosystem.

I decided to give Papyrus a shot this year for a small work project and it has […]

December 2 #freesoftwareadvent = RawTherapee

Before giving Adobe the boot, I used Lightroom for photo color correction and cleanup. I now use RawTherapee and it works great for me. I'm no power editor and my use cases are pretty simple (mostly: fix exposure, even out highlights and shadows […]

First exhibit in the Royal Signals museum: a model of a 6-bit clacks.

The one at Blandford was part of an Admiralty chain between Plymouth and Whitehall, operating in the first half of the C19th and superseded by the electric telegraph. There was also a branch to Portsmouth.

#gnuterrypratchett