Yedi
@yediydyah.bsky.social
How it started: ATI homeschooler, Dittohead
How it's going: PhD scientist, Wonketteer
How it's going: PhD scientist, Wonketteer
Haven't had that, but was able to uninstall copilot recently (the icon still shows up in Office apps, though). Not sure how much control we get over that, IT is all in on Microsoft.
I started using Libre Office, it's not bad, and files can be opened in Office if a recipient doesn't have LO.
I started using Libre Office, it's not bad, and files can be opened in Office if a recipient doesn't have LO.
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Haven't had that, but was able to uninstall copilot recently (the icon still shows up in Office apps, though). Not sure how much control we get over that, IT is all in on Microsoft.
I started using Libre Office, it's not bad, and files can be opened in Office if a recipient doesn't have LO.
I started using Libre Office, it's not bad, and files can be opened in Office if a recipient doesn't have LO.
Well, you do when your favorite pastor decides to publish a new study version with his own notes in it. Or when you find one that was all handwritten (ART!). Or one that bundles it with other documents you simply must have. Or one that's signed by somebody famous. Or....
You get my point. :)
You get my point. :)
December 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Well, you do when your favorite pastor decides to publish a new study version with his own notes in it. Or when you find one that was all handwritten (ART!). Or one that bundles it with other documents you simply must have. Or one that's signed by somebody famous. Or....
You get my point. :)
You get my point. :)
We're incredibly glad you're here, too.
December 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We're incredibly glad you're here, too.
So.... you're good if they colorize them? 🙃
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
So.... you're good if they colorize them? 🙃
Which are, imo, better than the potato ones 🙂 But then, I'll always vote for cheese over potatoes, both figuratively and literally.
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Which are, imo, better than the potato ones 🙂 But then, I'll always vote for cheese over potatoes, both figuratively and literally.
Way to do it right! Is this in combo with bikeshare stations too?
December 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Way to do it right! Is this in combo with bikeshare stations too?
I too like to mix it up by using a vacuum pump to achieve reverse-flow chromatography for my Erlenmeyer flask of peptides. Single use pumps are a great way to use up all that extra cash from the university.
December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I too like to mix it up by using a vacuum pump to achieve reverse-flow chromatography for my Erlenmeyer flask of peptides. Single use pumps are a great way to use up all that extra cash from the university.
Fair! My choices have been dictated by the institution I'm at, so haven't paid enough attention to help you out there, beyond "no Google".
December 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Fair! My choices have been dictated by the institution I'm at, so haven't paid enough attention to help you out there, beyond "no Google".
WebEx isn't bad, but "good" depends very much on what you particularly hate about a given videochat app. I don't notice any of them being particularly different from the rest, and I've used ~5 platforms over the last 5 years.
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
WebEx isn't bad, but "good" depends very much on what you particularly hate about a given videochat app. I don't notice any of them being particularly different from the rest, and I've used ~5 platforms over the last 5 years.
To be fair, we grew up on VHS, no TV, and an infinite tolerance for repetition, so we watched *everything* a bajillion times. But this remains a fav.
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
To be fair, we grew up on VHS, no TV, and an infinite tolerance for repetition, so we watched *everything* a bajillion times. But this remains a fav.
(instinctively) Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
(instinctively) Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Yes, it is "deaf", I mistyped. (Or autocorrect got me. Let's blame that.)
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Yes, it is "deaf", I mistyped. (Or autocorrect got me. Let's blame that.)
to virtue every triumph that he knows....
...This is the happy warrior, this is he
that every man in arms should wish to be.
(William Wordsworth)
...This is the happy warrior, this is he
that every man in arms should wish to be.
(William Wordsworth)
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
to virtue every triumph that he knows....
...This is the happy warrior, this is he
that every man in arms should wish to be.
(William Wordsworth)
...This is the happy warrior, this is he
that every man in arms should wish to be.
(William Wordsworth)
'Tis he whose law is reason, who depends
upon that law as on the best of friends,
whence, in a state where men are tempted still
to evil for a guard against worse ill,
and what in quality or act seems best
doth seldom on a right foundation rest,
he labors good on good to fix, and owes
upon that law as on the best of friends,
whence, in a state where men are tempted still
to evil for a guard against worse ill,
and what in quality or act seems best
doth seldom on a right foundation rest,
he labors good on good to fix, and owes
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
'Tis he whose law is reason, who depends
upon that law as on the best of friends,
whence, in a state where men are tempted still
to evil for a guard against worse ill,
and what in quality or act seems best
doth seldom on a right foundation rest,
he labors good on good to fix, and owes
upon that law as on the best of friends,
whence, in a state where men are tempted still
to evil for a guard against worse ill,
and what in quality or act seems best
doth seldom on a right foundation rest,
he labors good on good to fix, and owes
A dead policeman heard the noise
and came to arrest the two dead boys
if you don't believe this story is true,
ask the blind man - he saw it too
and came to arrest the two dead boys
if you don't believe this story is true,
ask the blind man - he saw it too
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A dead policeman heard the noise
and came to arrest the two dead boys
if you don't believe this story is true,
ask the blind man - he saw it too
and came to arrest the two dead boys
if you don't believe this story is true,
ask the blind man - he saw it too
Clearly, a Nac Mac Feegle unscrewed the lid and dropped one in for you as a present. 🤪
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Clearly, a Nac Mac Feegle unscrewed the lid and dropped one in for you as a present. 🤪
But also, how? That is a remarkably intact spider to have... what, squeezed around inside the screw cap threads? Wiggled between the tubing plug and the hole in the lid?
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 PM
But also, how? That is a remarkably intact spider to have... what, squeezed around inside the screw cap threads? Wiggled between the tubing plug and the hole in the lid?
Fiddling on a roof? Irl, not for a play?
That story sounds cool 😃
That story sounds cool 😃
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fiddling on a roof? Irl, not for a play?
That story sounds cool 😃
That story sounds cool 😃
Honestly, the bastion option is going emphasize this so much more 😅
"Here is the layout of my library, let me tell you about the seating, and the lighting, and the bookcase styles!"
"Here is the layout of my library, let me tell you about the seating, and the lighting, and the bookcase styles!"
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Honestly, the bastion option is going emphasize this so much more 😅
"Here is the layout of my library, let me tell you about the seating, and the lighting, and the bookcase styles!"
"Here is the layout of my library, let me tell you about the seating, and the lighting, and the bookcase styles!"
StarDnD Valley is some top-notch naming 😍
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
StarDnD Valley is some top-notch naming 😍
Nanny Ogg (and all her witch colleagues of every age, really, they're better together) in the Discworld series
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Nanny Ogg (and all her witch colleagues of every age, really, they're better together) in the Discworld series
Alternative discussion starting point: are grades more useful as absolute quant based on material or relative quant based on each class?
November 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Alternative discussion starting point: are grades more useful as absolute quant based on material or relative quant based on each class?