It has come to my attention that my favourite jacket is falling apart. I would like to repair it for two reasons:
I have no opposition to #VisibleMending.
Suggestions?
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but then who would referee the referee?
One of Cory's points is that greed was not invented in the 21st century - it will always be there, and we will always need checks and balances
Maybe the fact that people are forming emotional connections on genAI chatbots means we have an unmet need for social workers and therapists and in fact should invest more heavily into these fields as a society
Because given the scale of investments on genAI itβs pretty fucking clear we have the money
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Thought I had berry juice on my hand from the food I was eating so I licked it.
It was ink.
I love my #FountainPen but sometimes...
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Not that knowledgable about that ink/line. I have noted that stuff like walnut ink, tea ink, sumi ink, very much can have a distinct flavour. A fair amount of ball point ink I've noticed certainly has a flavour. But some of the potential fountain pen inks, I can see basically not having anything you'd note.
I'll have to look up that ink.
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My question would be how much someone would pay for me to eat one of these, because I certainly wouldn't do it for free.
theonion.com/hellmann-s-introdβ¦
EAGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJβDescribing it as a convenient all-in-one option for consumers in a hurry, Hellmannβs on Thursday unveiled a new meat-on-the-bottom mayo cup.The Onion Staff (The Onion)
Huh. I appealed the speed camera ticket online. They sent an email saying that it was being reviewed but nothing else since. Suddenly this morning when I try to check the status of the ticket, it doesn't seem to exist any more.
I don't want to just assume they've waived it, but I don't know what else to make of this. It'd be nice to have some sort of confirmaion.
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I was always bothered by the scene in #StarTrek II when they used Reliant's prefix code. The input device they used made absolutely no sense from an electronics (or user interface) standpoint.
It just recently occurred to me though that it makes absolute sense from a quick and dirty movie prop standpoint.
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Had the car towed to the mechanic's and walked to my brother-in-law's to wait for the mechanic to call us with the damage.
That was a longer walk than I expected. We also took a "shortcut" along a walking trail that I found on OpenStreetMap.
I was sure we were going to spawn a true crime documentary: couple disappear into woods never to be seen again.
Had to power cycle my router and my sshfs mounts... persisted somehow?
I'm not complaining, but I am confused.
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We were driving home and suddenly heard a clunk and the battery light on the dash suddenly came on.
Fantastic. We've been driving Instacart to make ends meet. We can't afford a huge repair bill right now. Hopefully it's just the alternator belt that snapped.
This car is 20 years old. It's not like it owes us any favours, but it's still a problem. The one positive thing I can say about this car is that of the two major issues it's had, it's always had the courtesy to break down a couple blocks from home so that we can limp back there and figure out what to do next.
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Just saw lemons priced at .98Β’
I wonder if Verizon's gotten into the grocery business.
@π °π »π Έπ ²π ΄ (ππ¦) A question about security pins:
My understanding is that the said pins are the key pins, not the driver pins, so if I'm gentle enough to not over set them, the shape of the pin should be completely irrelevant, right? I mean, they'd only pose a problem if they were pushed beyond the shear line, wouldn't they?
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Wanted to know if I could set gelatin faster by putting it in the freezer instead of the fridge. This is the first paragraph of the first result I found on the subject.
When it comes to culinary creativity, gelatin is a versatile ingredient that can bring remarkable textures and flavors to our desserts, jellies, and savory dishes. However, those who have worked with gelatin often find themselves asking: βWill gelatin set faster in the freezer?β In this article, weβll explore the science behind gelatin, how it sets, and whether using a freezer can indeed speed up the process.
That's a lot of reading for what the author knows damn well is a yes or no answer I'm looking for. I kind of understand why people like the idea of "AI summaries". Though I imagine this whole article was spit out by an LLM in the first place. Gotta keep people on the page as long as possible to drive up potential ad revenue, right?
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The only reason I've put up with android for as long as I have is that I've had full freedom to run my own code and install my own applications.
Google wants to end that. That's the end of android for me.
hackaday.com/2025/10/06/googleβ¦
After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores β¦Hackaday
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@nthia This.
This is why I'm on the fedi and am uninterested in looking at other social media platforms.
It's certainly not perfect, but it's the most enshittification-resistant system I'm aware of.
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Working on a simple #web site for a client, and I'm trying to balance keeping it from becoming a bloated mess of unnecessary code, and minimizing the amount of unnecessary work I have to put into it.
For one feature they want, I'm tempted to install #jQuery. It feels like unnecessary bloat, but it makes the process easier. How much overhead does it really add?
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@AdiposeOverclocked Yeah, I have a habit of fainting around needles. It's usually fine if I'm laying down though. The doctor wrote on the form that it's a perpetual thing, but their damn cards expire anyway.
Folks, I promise I'm not just here for kicks.
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I've been agonizing over posting this for like 46 minutes now. It started as a reply to one of @FinalGirl's posts (as we're mutuals and her posts give me a glimpse into a side of Mastodon that I don't normally get to see).
So, the meat of what I want to say is that I'd love to have more Black folx in my day-to-day life. There's so much shit that I'm just not privy to because my circles are hella white...and that's fucked up.
At least on Fedi I get to hear about some of the issues the Black community faces, but I also feel like I can't do much other than *try* not to be one of the problematic white folx while boosting Black voices into my circles.
Why the agonizing? Because I know about the three types of Queer Allyβ’, and I assume Black folx deal with something similar.
- Type 1 is "okay with you being queer", but will probably vote against you if it lowers the price of eggs.
- Type 2 puts up a "love is love" sign and congratulates themselves on being such a good allyβthey might even know some queer folx.
- Type 3 has queer friends and family because it's a normal thing to have, supports them like they would anyone they really cared about, and listens to queer voices in their lives when they say there are problems. They may not always "get it", but they actively try.
The problem is that the ratio of the three is like 100:10:1 (if I'm being *really* generous).
I want to be that third type. I worry that I'm that second type. But I know it's safest for Black folx to assume I'm the first type (or worse) because that's just how the numbers workβespecially when the cost of misplaced trust is much higher than the benefit of a potential friend.
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I live very close to a large German club.
As always, It's going to be a long (and loud) October.
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@silverwizard You wuold think so, but in this case, it was just that they wanted a really precise measurement. As @Judy Anderson pointed out, I don't know why they didn't just go with 7/8 of a cup, except that perhaps they didn't expect anyone to have something that could measure in eighths of a cup.
In their defense, my measuring cup didn't have that mark. I just went half way between the 3/4 and 1 cup marks.
Has anybody had surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
I'm due to have it in a couple of weeks, apparently to open up the tunnel in my wrist to put less pressure on the nerves.
Some people I know have been unable to use their hands much for up to ten days, one was OK within a day, so I was wondering what I should plan on.
Fortunately it's only one hand, my right, which I need for some tasks, but I can do more with my left than most right-handed people.
Please boost for reach.
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Open ai (capitalized like that) has just emailed me from a .ru domain, telling me that I need to update my payment details to continue using their "Premium" service that I never subscribed to.
I'd better get right on that.
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i got one the other day that told me my subscription had expired
but it was never specific about what subscription it was or for what product
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I love how when PHP fails on this project it just gives me a blank page rather than an any kind of useful error message, essentially "something bad happened, you figure it out."
Also, testing in production is fun. π
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Watching a YouTube video about "fake foods" and the announcer was talking about how Velveeta isn't legally considered to be cheese, but "admittedly makes for a great queso".
Umm... who's gonna tell her?
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Also, she was bemoaning ingredient lists getting more "chemically".
Has anyone found anything to eat that isn't chemicals? Photosynthesis maybe?
Man, those health influencers are legit bonkers.
I like theplantslant. A bit sweary, but down to earth and relatively sciencey.
Also, NutritionByKylie. Very nice recipes and nutrition tips, very sweet demeanor. Very humane.
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Aye.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO SOLID DHMO CAUSES SEVERE TISSUE DAMAGE. GASEOUS DHMO CAN CAUSE SEVERE BURNS. ACCIDENTAL INHALATION OF DHMO EVEN IN SMALL QUANTITIES CAN CAUSE DEATH.
-- dhmo.org/msds/MSDS-HydricAcid-β¦ (PDF)
I think, in American English, "queso" is a type of dip/sauce that is _primarily_ cheese-ish. This is opposed to Spanish (Hispanic or Castilian) where "queso" IS cheese.
But, maybe I've just been beaten down my the internet for being to "prescriptive". In any case, people often use language in ways that don't match my understanding, and it certainly doesn't mean _they_ are wrong/flawed.
(Still, it _is_ funny.)
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@BoydStephenSmithJr absolutely. We all speak our own language, I think, with some tolerance for variance.
Everything outside that is wrong.
I would argue people who speak more than two languages come around to the point that there is no "wrong". Just failure to convey meaning in a particular context.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • •So, I spent hours trying to fix it the way that I had planned and was met with frustration. Katy eventually had the idea to remove the cuffs, shorten the sleeves by about an inch, and reattach the cuffs. They were a little on the long side anyway.
Is it the neatest repair job ever? No. Are both sleeves exactly the same length? Also no.
Buy you know what? We spent hours working on this. It's good enough.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Spiked rivets?
Or... beaded tassels?
Then afterwards please explain to me how to do it?
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •Either a parachute stitch (but given that there stitching already on one edge it might be unpleasant to do) or a canvas patch (preferably both inside and outside) and running stitch embroidery to keep them in place. Colours and designs of your choice.
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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe • • •@Jonathan Lamothe I wonder how the jacket would look with two bands of contrasting colour bias tape sewn (by hand, if I had to do it) around the cuff seam.
but I'm not sure it would last long, if the rip is because it's a high friction area, maybe you'd need something stronger than bias tape
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in reply to PalmAndNeedle • • •@PalmAndNeedle @sinituulia @heartofcoyote a narrow patch wouldn't be awkward I think. It would be a bit bulky, that's all.
Your idea works too, but it requires more skill and time.
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in reply to PalmAndNeedle • • •Any of this could be done with fun contrasting colours, by hand or by machine!
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#RepairReuse #VisibleMending #VisibleRepair #CoolClothes!