Friendly reminder to folks on Fedi: the engagement *you* see on a post might not be the engagement the *poster* sees.
Take my silly polls, for instance. I occasionally see comments saying "you'd have more responses if it said [variable]".
Those commenters probably can't see the responses, so they assume few are responding.
My last poll has over 1200 responses, but federation might not show *you* all of them. And that's OK! But don't assume what you see is what others see here.
Isn't this the #1 reason people give up on the fediverse? They get all kinds of awful responses, and everyone else is like, "what do you mean? I don't see anything bad?"
My 2 cents: The biggest problem with #Mastodon is the inability to detect whether or not you're logged into an instance, and automatically redirect links to posts and the "follow" button to your instance without having to type your instance into the popup.
Another aspect to this is replies. You might not see every reply to a post. It isn't like centralized social media... it's more like how you might miss some replies to an email chain if you weren't included.
This can fool us into thinking a post doesn't have nasty replies, or replies answering the question, or replyfolk being replyfolk, etc.
(It can also fool us into thinking Fedi feels safer than it can be for some of us, but that's a different topic.)
When I first got here, I incorrectly assumed that everyone could see what I saw.
Nowadays, as a poster, I try to keep in mind that the audience for my toots might not see the replies. Leaving space in the original post for clarification edits can help reduce redundant replies.
Grace toward Fedifolk is another thing, and I can't teach anyone that. But patience is a virtue and keeping in mind that not everyone here sees what you see is going to serve you well.
If I want to see what you're seeing and any conversation I might be missing then I select "Open original page" from the post menu and that takes me to your server.
@mackaj Not everything. It won't show you things from servers I've blocked, and things I've said privately. Also, I believe AUTHORIZED_FETCH can kill that but I'm not sure.
If I say "I don't want my server to host content from [bad server]", I don't think you're going to see it via "open original page". At least, that's what I observed in my testing, I'm not an ActivityPub dev and I only admin for myself.
Absolutely the nature of the Fediverse uniquely contributes to misunderstanding, but "Not everyone sees what you see" is good advice for writing in general.
Misunderstanding is very common. Even in the best case when writers avoid poor word choices or other blunders that lead to miscommunication, readers often interpret words differently, skim, and miss context.
This effect is even more pronounced in longer forms of writing, where there can be as many interpretations as there are readers.
One other thing that doesn't always get federated is edits, I've had to explicitly search for a post to get the updated version [1,2]. But maybe the Mastodon official clients do something that Brutaldon doesn't?
@alderwick I doubt it. If I tell my server "ignore [bad server]", I don't think you're going to see those replies here, but you might see them on a server which federates with [bad server].
I'm pretty judicious with my blocks, too. I don't give servers much benefit of the doubt if I'm getting hate from them. After that I don't see those nasty replies but sometimes folks think they're "helping" by DMing or emailing me the worst of it.
I love how you freely block arseholes on sight, but I thought that the whole AUTHORIZED_FETCH config setting was to prevent servers you've blocked from ever seeing your posts, whether directly or indirectly? That's a real bummer if it doesn't work that way (but I'm making the assumption that you've turned it on).
(Obviously this doesn't help with folk taking screenshots and DMing or emailing you, but I thought Mastodon at least had the above feature.)
@alderwick AUTHORIZED_FETCH seems neat, I don't think I've deployed it yet just because I haven't had time. My previous server did that, I believe, and I would need to do some research to figure out the ramifications.
What I would prefer TBH, is allowlisting servers instead of blocklisting the baddies. As in "these servers are great and I want my posts/replies to appear there" and "every other server is to be treated as potentially hostile with limits". But I don't see it happening.
This can have many different effects. I have taken you at your word regarding the stuff you're putting up with here, and occasionally I feel like replying with something supportive. But since I don't see many replies it feels like I'd stick out in an empty room, which discourages me given you're often complaining about the volume of attention you *do* get.
So instead I usually just hit the "like" button and keep scrolling.
@Life_is but some servers see a different amount, I believe. I've observed that and received comments indicating that. My guess is ActivityPub doesn't share the total universally.
@Life_is do you know if you get the real proper number when the notification comes through for a poll ending?
Or is that just a timer on your instance rather than sent from the asker's instance?
TBH there are some polls I'd like to get completion notifications without voting. I'm not in the population of people who can answer but the results might be interesting.
@kib I've seen nasty folks weaponize that too. Saying something terrible that they know can't spread too far, then there's a harsh response which appears to stand alone.
@sakura I understand why you feel that way, I felt it too at first, and sometimes still do.
A thing I try to think about with Fedi is that a side effect of decentralization is that the data about who reacts to what isn't "owned" - whatever that means - by all parties. What my server does is my business, what yours does is yours, etc. In that sort of network, we might have to let go of certain expectations.
@sakura It's called technology because it doesn't work properly quite yet...lame, I know, but it's a good reminder we need to figure out the tech so we know how to use it effectively.
I'm wondering if showing the number of replies, boosts and likes should be deprecated unless it is viewed on the original page. Right now I see the number of boosts at 3 and 0 likes for your post but if I see the post on linuxmom.net then it is over 200 and 300 respectively. When the numbers are that far apart what is even the point?
Just got my sample ink pack in the mail, and I've got to say Diamine Ruby Blues might be my new favourite ink. The photos online don't do it justice. The ink changes colour depending on the angle you look at it from. Is this a more common thing than I realize? #FountainPens
@paradoxmo It uses the word "sheen" on the website, but the colour actually changes depending on the angle it's looked at from, which is why a photo would never do it justice.
@redbanjer 🪕 My two suppliers of choice are Phidon (a local-ish brick and mortar store) and Goulet Pens. Though I've recently heard good things about Jet Pens (I think) but I've no experience with them.
Just ordered an "inkvent" calendar because apparently they sell out fast. Now I just have to restrain myself from opening it until December. Fortunately I ordered a random sample pack as well, so we have something to keep us occupied in the meantime. #FountainPens
Hope you enjoy it! We've been enjoying them for a few years now. Lovely inks every year, and we always pick our favorites and hope Diamine releases full bottles. It's really fun!
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Hab ich euch eigentlich schon unseren Hund gezeigt? Wir haben ihn jetzt bald 9 Jahre und er war mit seinen 3 Jahren, als wir ihn bekamen, ein richtiges Rauhbein und es war nicht immer leicht mit ihm aber jetzt ist er alt und wird …
@schratze wait they do? I thought there was something wrong with me cause everyone keeps telling me to make lists specifically as a way to deal with my ADHD 💀
@hazelnot @schratze In the neurotypical way, yes, they absolutely do, they (among other things) create a loop of self-punishment for "not having done enough" which negatively affects executive function further, and can create an overwhelming sense of a never-ending list of stuff to do such that you can't even start on a single thing, to just name a couple of the ways in which (monolithic) todo lists (as often suggested) can make things worse for ADHD
@hazelnot @schratze I mentioned this in more detail in social.pixie.town/@joepie91/11… but the way I can make todo lists work for me is to reframe their purpose as one of "relieving me from chores" rather than "assigning me chores"
"Now it would seem that to distribute MacOS software you need to have an Apple Developer Program membership, costing $99/year."
if anything apple should be paying *me* $99 a year to put up with their bullshit. i'm not locking myself into development-as-a-service where every year i have to dish out $99 to even be allowed to make programs for mac and then every 4 years also have to buy an entirely new overpriced piece of trash laptop because apple arbitrarily decided the latest version of macos won't run on older macbooks
Many MacOS users are probably used by now to the annoyance that comes with unsigned applications, as they require a few extra steps to launch them. This feature is called Gatekeeper and checks for …
mac can run wine, so it might be possible for mac users to play your games that way. most mac computers can also run linux, so they can play the games that way too. maybe it's possible to distribute a build of wine alongside the game as a mac version? you wouldn't be able to test if this works on all mac os versions though, apple is a mess
@Haijo7 there is a community supported patch to get kitsune tails running on mac. but we can't officially support mac, even via wine or other wrappers, because then we're on the hook if it doesn't work and we don't have the ability to fix that or test it
it makes me so angry. We saw it coming, we warned people it would come. It makes me feel helpless and angry. I was a long time Apple user, now I hate Apple so much.
It's been like this for years. You pay apple for the opportunity to keep updating your program or they will delist it, and to be able to update you need to keep buying new hardware from them all the time.
so we can't... write source code, compile and link it into executable binary files, and run those anymore? is that the bottom line? is MacOS (and all its libraries) an untenable API now? we need to pay a subscription to use our own universal Von Neumann machine now?
[UPDATE: actually no, not yet, see below]
like a paper notebook whose pages you have to pay rent to write on? to scribble your own poems, with your own ink, to share with your own friends?
the writing has been on the wall for a while, but still sad to see the hammer finally come down. I used to love macOS (or OS X, really) when they tried to be useful to devs but they’ve fully disappeared up their own asses now. Now I’m left with either being gaslit by Windows for an easyish life, or made to constantly fart about with technical nuances I don’t care about to run Linux
feels like apple has an archetype in mind of what a "small developer" developing for their platforms is like, and it's a pro shop with multiple full time engineers who can spread around the time cost of keeping all their mac software up to date and clearing whatever new bars apple has set for them to jump over. and if you're not that, they seem to be telling everyone else, then fuuuck youuu! pay us money anyways! we'll break your shit because we feel like it!
@jplebreton pretty much, yeah. fortunately for me a 2% revenue increase would not break even on the time, subscription, and hardware costs involved so i get to just flip them off instead
@jplebreton I think Apple inherently both don’t understand gaming and don’t care. They make some big splash announcement with some big game every few years (often years after it would matter). That’s it.
I keep hearing the same specific argument from game developers time after time again, it’s not worth it.
At it’s core it’s not about the hardware (separate topic), or the $99 dev program, or the compatibility issues, or lack of sensible APIs (they don’t even put actual Vulkan on there), or any of the other reasons.
It’s not worth it. The investment has terrible ROI. And I say this as an Apple user. I play my games elsewhere (but never ever Windows, the worst of the worst).
Indie devs, don’t bother with Apple unless it’s a passion project for you. Not even MiHoYo (who has iPadOS and iOS versions!) releases on Mac. Should tell you everything.
it costs money on windows as well. Would be nice if they adopted a free CA, because code signing is extremely useful, I don’t mind the extra steps to running an application that isn’t signed so I’m extra aware of where I’m downloading it. I’m sure some CA will crop up in the future since this isn’t just an issue with only apple.
I don’t remember if I did it on 15.1 or 15.0.1 (I'm on 15.1 now) but I have installed Artifactory OSS (docker repository edition) (an .zip with the binaries) on my Mac. I had to approve each individual helper binaries in the control panel to make it work. Before 15.x, it was left click on the binary, chose open and allow.
Back in the intel days, the mac was the ideal machine for science analysis and development: a real UI, with a posix-compliant ‘nix under the hood. But then they took away DL_LIBRARY_PATH and it’s been downhill from there. I was actually thinking of asking my boss for a Mac again. Reading this, forget it. It’s no longer a real platform.
I've noticed that in many novels there will be a scene change within a chapter that is marked by a larger than normal gap between two paragraphs. Is there a way to represent this in a #LaTeX document?
if you just want to create a space, \vspace . There are more complicated things you can do if you want it to have some kind of semantic status, consistent style, add asterisks (which helps solve the "what if it's at the end of a page?" issue) and so on, all the way up to complete document classes meant for fiction.
@mattskala It would be better to wrap that into a specific command. So you can adjust the amount later globally instead of locally having it hardcoded. To give an example:
@TeXhackse Are those LaTeX internal macros? I'm not familiar with \OmitIndent and would have been inclined to use \noindent (as well as, for instance, \newcommand) if not going all the way to using something like the memoir class which has relevant features already built in.
@mattskala not internal,, as they are user level commands. But yes, it's part of #TeLaTeX without any package
NewDocumentCommand is the modern replacement of newcommand. (see `texdoc usrguide`)
The hook with OmitIndent allows to set the \noindent for the following paragraph, while \noindent has to be called at the beginning of that paragraph.(`texdoc ltpara-doc¸`)
@mattskala Oh and I of course I agree there are document class which support that by default. Just sometimes one may not use those or can't or whatever. So I wanted to provide a general option. Of course you should check the documentation of the document class first.
memoir's plainbreak is defined similar. But what I don't like about it, that it does not have a default value for the size. So I'd still define my own \chapterSep to be like \plainbreak{1} to be able to adjust that globally.
If you're not Jewish, do you mind re-logging this to help a Jew out in reaching other Jews on Mastodon? If you're a Jew - hi! I made lots of nature inspired Judaica jewelry for you. Some have not been uploaded yet but if you see something you like please don't hesitate to reach out! And lots more are available here on my website: emmanuelleskaly.com/
At a time in which hate crimes against us are rising so extremely fast, it's never been more important to be proudly, unapologetically Jewish. Only wear those where you feel safe, but wear them proudly. We are here to stay. ❤️
Your need to respond to a message deploring the steady rise in hate crimes against Jews with an unsolicited invocation of the I/P conflict is in itself such a revealing demonstration of antisemitism.
It's the vile ‘antisemitism is bad, but...’ mentality and the inability to distinguish between the actions of a government and the fear and pain of people.
Not to mention your lack of human decency in trying to weigh human suffering against each other and choosing this moment to do so
@ixi That's sure that blaming everyone and anyone that dare to be shocked by the extermination of 300000 persons based on their religion and ethnics to be an antisemitism will really help to defend people against the true antisemitism (you know, the racist actions which target the Jews), or against any racist actions.
His answer was uncalled for in this thread, but understandable, especially with an artist doing her promotion. Art is intrinsically political. And using victimisation too.
But yours is even more uncalled for. You just come to insult other. And you dare to speak about "human decency". You don't seem to have a shred of it.
I hope that you all we live in peace, physically and in your heart, as we must hope for every other sentient beings. @FPLover
@farah Thank you so much!! If you'd like - I'm able to adjust or remake it for you without the star of David ❤️ There are also lots of non Jewish pieces on my website emmanuelleskaly.com/
Just got a notification from F-Droid that my browser ( #Fennec ) has known #security issues. Looks like I'm in the market for a new browser on my mobile devices.
I know I'm gonna hate asking this, but what browser sucks the least on #Android these days?
I'm.using the (IIRC) Bromite-based Chromiun-based default browser in #CalyxOS until this #fennec issue gets sorted out. 🙁. In was using the Mull fork of #FennecFdroid
@RL_Dane Is this a new vulnerability that isn't down on this page? I'm currently on 131.0.3, which appears to be the latest available in the play store.
@Russ O ❤ 🇺🇦 Yeah, I mostly only use the browser on my phone with trustworthy-ish sites, so I'm not in a huge rush. If they fix it before I find an alternative, so much the better.
Does anyone know if #org-mode has a way to specify a repeating scheduled item in UTC time? I have a few of these, and don't want to have to adjust them all when the clock changes. #emacs
I'm just getting started with org-mode, and really like it so far. I work in London with xemacs running on OpenVMS based on the East Coast US. Is there any way to get org-mode to use a timezone other
@lann This is close to what I'm looking for. Ideally, I'd like to be able to do something like set a property on a headline that says "treat everything in this subtree as UTC".
Newsletter: Independent writers are an important facet of the media ecosystem, but a recent legal threat helps to remind me that it’s not the path for everyone.
The Washington Post’s choice not to endorse a candidate is only the most recent example of a bad decision by legacy media outlets prompting people to urge their staff to quit and go independent. I love being independent, but it’s also not without its challenges.
I am my publication’s writer, editor, fact-checker, software team, legal department, customer service representative, social media intern, marketing branch, accountant, and everything else. Not everyone wants to wear that many hats.
But for some people, like me, it’s an enormously rewarding option, and I’m always happy to help others who are interested in pursuing the same dream. The price of independence may be high, but the cost of silence is even greater.
Now to put on my least favorite hat: please subscribe to support my work! Subscriptions are pay-what-you-want, and they allow me to never paywall any of my writing.
@BorisBarbour probably a better question for a lawyer, i’m not sure. perhaps in terms of insulating assets, but there are ways to do that as a solo writer too
Have the folks in your world talked about forming some kind of professional association? Something that could provide legal cover and representation, as well as setting technical and ethical standards.
various folks have gone in various directions — coops, worker-owned organizations, etc. i’m also a part of the national writer’s union which has the freelance solidarity project. i’ve definitely thought about trying to band together with other writers in some way, but organizing that would also be another hat i’d have to wear!
@sleepy62 Just a thought, but I see volunteer moderators on Twitch and volunteer sysadmins in other places. For the right kind of person a volunteer/side gig job organizing protection and mutual support for a coop would be a rewarding gig.
That first footnote is beautiful, I've heard about the fake DMCA takedown attempt, but not about them backdating it to before the arrest. Excellent work people, no notes.
@Molly White This is similar to the lesson I learned doing freelance programming. You get more "freedom" but you end up having to do a mountain of other unpleasant stuff that distracts from the stuff you're actually passionate about.
At least I don't have to worry about being sued for libel though. I don't envy you that.
You are one of my heroes. Cory Doctorow @pluralistic, had a great article a while ago about using chatGPT to write emails and other communications that sound like they are coming from a lawyer. It seems like a good use of GenAI. This post inspired me to pass this idea along to you.
One of the big benefits of being your own legal department is that you actually have your own interests at heart.
Anyone who thinks a corporate legal department or a corporate HR department is looking out for the interests of the employee is living in fantasy land.
HR and Legal are there solely to protect the corporation. Never think otherwise.
Guys like Elon and Peter have already cheated millions of Americans out of their retirement savings via stock market driven rapacity, out of four seasons via coin mining and AI, and out of their health as they age via Covid. The next step would be to make sure there was zero chance of their victims seeking revenge.
Nor have they counted how many wallets are out there. I know lots of people who are saying they will drop Prime and never use Amazon again. Lots of them. LOTS, I say! Like, at least a _dozen_ of my friends have told me this. There must be hundreds in my town alone, thousands across the state. Maybe a MILLION in the country.
In other words, not enough to make a single bit of difference to Bezos's net worth, and never mind the new customers he's just gained with this.
Maybe a better question: How do you pick up the pieces of an economy after a murderous dictatorship burned through it? I am not sure there are any right answers here.
A few years ago, a Podcaster was wanting all their listeners to boycott Home Depot because the CEO hates Democrats. Guess who the same CEO endorsed this time? Kamala Harris! A Democrat!
Every time I go to Home Depot to pick up some electrical wire, I can always depend on finding the podcaster's empty parking space, I chuckle to myself.
So, for the last few days, #Emacs has been glitching out on me. When I'd try to do certain things, it'd complain about an undefined variable and then just refuse to do the thing I asked it to do. Today, it started doing this when I tried to list the manuals.
I deleted the cache files and restarted it. Everything's fine now. I'm glad it's fixed, but... really?
I think the problem started when I installed the org-mode package from M-x list-packages even though it was already installed via apt. I removed it again, but I think it broke things.
Do you use emacs.desktop files, eg with desktop-save? I've also had strange goings-ons where starting emacs gives errors and even C-x C-c doesn't work. Removing the .emacs.desktop file in use resolves it.
I think the problem started when I installed the org-mode package from M-x list-packages even though it was already installed via apt. I removed it again, but I think it broke things.
Our garbage can broke. It's one of those ones with a foot pedal and a soft-close lid. They're normally over $100, so obviously I'd rather fix it than replace it, but the damn thing is deliberately designed not to be repairable.
I've identified the issue though. I'm going to try to design and 3D print a brace to reinforce the broken part. It won't be a pretty fix, but I think it'll work, and it'll be on the underside so nobody will ever see it.
I'll have to get some epoxy to fasten it, though. I hope it works and I don't make it worse.
Honestly, I have a script that tells me when I should be tired. And it was pulling from that online data. And I was without internet for a while so I made it all offline and forgot to get back to uploading.
Was only really useful for people who can just ask me anyway 😁
We have a word for someone who pursues their own obscure, non-prosocial goals while skillfully pretending to be a prosocial person. That word is “psychopath”.
When we make anthropomorphic AI agents, we’re making psychopathic systems.
Worse, these systems do not fear the retribution of society like human psychopaths do.
"If you block me it means you think I'm right" actually it means you're annoying and I wasn't enjoying our interaction. Life is too short to use my energy on strangers who suck.
So the folks who send folks unsolicited dick pics must think, "If you block me, it means that you want me so baaaaaaaaaad!"
And then they can boast about all the folks who blocked them as their harem of people who want them so bad but cannot have them because they blocked them.
I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say, bounces off me and sticks to you. I learned that in elementary school. So blocking is like a substance that absorbs the thing they want to bounce off you. Or something like that...
I love this. Thank you for articulating it so well, as it’s basically my approach to blocking as well. “You’re annoying and I wasn’t enjoying our interaction.” I give more leeway to mutual follows, but even so, I’ve had to block some ppl when I realized the only time they interacted with me was to contradict my personal experience with their own commentary. I also preemptively block ppl whom I observe being annoying on others’ posts. Saves me from 75% of professional trolls!
I usually preemptively block people who announce that they've blocked people.
If I see a post like "Bye, and you're blockedy-block BLOCKED" I just block them, without using my energy to craft a whole blocking-reveal social event.
"if you block you are blocked, either they are right or they hate facts. Which did you actually do?
Remember: Just because 'the internet said so' or 'but I wanna' is not a fact. News is facts. Encyclopedias are facts (yes, wikis can be facts--check the citations). Dictionaries are facts. Science is facts. Verified scientists and legit human rights groups are facts. Getting mad at those are the opposite of facts.
People shouldn't need reminders of what is a fact.
@Moral_Gutpunch When I was in school they told us Wikipedia isn't a "real" source, and now it's basically the only part of the internet that still gets fact checked.
This (their version of 'you block me means I'm right') ... Doesn't even make sense, at the dumb level.
Why would I block someone I think is correct? Usually, that complete with my own beliefs (which are presumably correct, at least to me) so I'd have no reason to block them... For being right?
Make it make sense.
Full agreement here though, blocking is just fine for " I'm not enjoying this conversation". No further reason needed
I feel somewhat similar to ghosting. It’s like people assume if you ghost someone that they hurt you, or you couldn’t face them for a difficult convo. When really it’s not that I’m avoiding a conversation, I just don’t think you are worth the energy and time it would take. Because I have no intention on continue our relationship anyway.
It'd be interesting, blocking people who are right. Doesn't it mean I'd end up only seeing people who are wrong, which'd be a rather strange experience, feed being filled with homeopaths and astrologers and people who think Atlantis actually existed
conspiracy bullshitters block me when they are put of arguments. So it means I am not right and they aren't enjoying harassing me anymore with their bullshit.
Needless to say, I don't justify the practice of blocking for any reason, especially since we already had Mute on some platforms, or we can actually block wrong people and they couldn't speak to us whatsoever. What do you think about this?
@Internetrebel No one is entitled to access to someone else who doesn’t want to grant that access. If you don’t like to block people then don’t do it, but I’m allowed to set my own boundaries.
"I don't justify blocking for any reason" good for you, then don't block anyone.
"I can't see any good reason why you need a block function" I'm thrilled you've never been in a situation where you found blocking necessary! That's not the case for everyone though.
"I want you to justify why you block" shut up. I don't take homework assignments from strangers.
I wonder what the going rate is for one on one doctoral level psychology tutoring, payable in advance? If someone wants their social media ignorance allieviated: $500 per toot lesson would be a bargain. 😄
Momma raised me a hat full of sayings, one of which is "If it moves you, it's yours." Why do the asinine remarks of folks who you want to block move you? @GottaLaff is my hero in this respect, very free and easy with the #toodles and if I didn't follow her example I would have to abandon this place. I don't announce my blocks, just as I don't announce "I'm setting this boundary." I simply act consistent with the boundary I'm setting. And I block without remorse or a backwards glance.
@blaidddrwg Right! I don't automatically deserve access to anyone, and that goes both ways. Do I get bummed out when I see I've been blocked? Sure, especially if it's someone I like, but that doesn't mean they aren't allowed to have that boundary.
Seriously childish, right up there with "step on a crack, break your momma's back." But as a psych type you know better than most, this is the kind of "thinking" that controls most people most of the time.
Impromptu interview, a) Do you use an emacs mode for moo programming such as rmoo (though I don't think it's been patched for emacs recent yet) b) Did you figure out a scheme to collaborate with tramp and orgmode? #emacs
TBH, most of the moo programming I do is directly through tintin++. I'm considering switching to using emacs as a moo client, but I'd have to find a way to port over the rather heavy customizations I've made to tintin++. Things like managing the sushi bar are done via local scripts.
The org-mode stuff I'm doing right now is kind of separate from moo.
I've been an #Emacs user for a long time because it's just what I got used to. I had no particular loyalty to it.
The more I dig into org-mode though, the more I see it as its killer feature though. This alone is enough to keep me from ever switching to another editor.
Please note: if you like another editor better, that's perfectly fine. Use what works for you. For the love of God, I'm not trying to spark an Emacs vs. vim flame war.
With all the features I've found, there are some that are perhaps absent (e.g.: recurring appointments/to-do items). I don't think this can be achieved with a plain text file alone, but perhaps if I re-learn some elisp, I can kludge something together...
I see org-recur in #melpa (the community package source). I haven't used it though (any #emacs #orgmode #orgRecur users?). You could also look at the mode's elisp to see what they did after installing it. @vavakado
They're just tasks which reschedule themselves when you mark them DONE. I find they're good for things that I have to do on a regular cadence, although the shortest repeater that I use is monthly.
In the worst case, it probably wouldn't be too hard to write a function to duplicate a given node and hook it into org-after-todo-state-change-hook.
I keep not-quite fully embracing org-mode because I spend too much time outside of Emacs (e.g. on mobile devices). I probably just need to work out some scripting to dump into an inbox queue.
Plus work being absolutely inflexible about not letting work sync to anything else, though it helps enforce life boundaries. 😀
Since we broke the pens out of storage, Katy's been taking up calligraphy. She's rather good at it too.
Anyhow, I cautioned her against using cheap paper with a #FountainPen because I've found it to be an unpleasant experience. Despite this, she's using a notepad from the dollar store. As it turns out, the paper is surprisingly good quality. No feathering or bleed through whatsoever.
In the USA Amazon I found that Newstor makes a no frills traveler's notebook refill. They make A5 books too. Thick pages that work well with fountain pen ink are inside their soft bound pages.
There are some inexpensive and good choices to be found at Target as well. Ink Graphics is the name?
generally, Vietnamese paper is pretty good for FPs. Vietnamese paper often shows up in cheap binder notebook paper or composition books, so I’m not surprised that it could show up in a dollar store notepad
@Seven ✨🍂✨ For me, it's part practical, part just because it's cool. I have ADHD and sometimes my brain runs faster than my hand can write. I tend to type notes, but I don't always have a keyboard handy.
I also like being able to write notes without having someone read over my shoulder... unless of course they happen to be a British journalist, which is unlikely in Canada.
@Npars01 Me too. I just don't go. I won't spend $ in a store I don't like and I don't like that. Especially when it's so easy to support small businesses/ma+pa shops etc. Vote with your wallets. 👍
The companies with the most self-checkouts are often the ones reporting record profits, the most stock buybacks, highest dividends, and biggest CEO bonuses.
After decades of putting their employees onto government programs like food stamps, they've resorted to placing that same unpaid labor exploitation onto customers
@Vee This is not true everywhere. I've said it before, but I hate the concept of "voting with your wallet" as the amount of influence you can exercise that way depends on the size of your wallet.
like damn. Theoretically, they should have a 5 point harnesses, connected to the mewp, but then they may drown, if it flips to the side. At the same time is, that it would save them from falling outside on the floor. Then they should clip the lanyards to I beam overhead, but, by the time of arriving rescue team, i don't know how long somebody would have to hang in there, and what effect would it have on a body. Like, why don't they just use a bom?
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