barefootstache @barefootstache@qoto.org

#DailyBloggingChallenge (28/50)

What is the difference between daily mapping and daily uploading on #OpenStreetMap ?

When looking at the site [how did you contribute](https://hdyc.neis-one.org/) the only thing that counts are your daily uploads.

This sucks if you have mapped something and either were not able to upload due to lack of internet connection or blankly just forgot. Or if you don't have the cut off point in mind which is UTC+0. This makes it difficult to map when far away from this fix point as when a couple time zones away.

On the flip side, one can map a set of changes and upload a subset daily.

Looking at both of these scenarios, which is more true to the statement of daily mapping?

#DailyBloggingChallenge (27/50)

Everyone has an ideal chronotype (the state where one's sleep wake cycle is aligned with one's biology). The trickiness lies in following this ideal state while tending to other priorities in life.

The best analogy for sleep schedule quality is L-bar metal. This distinct form is hard to mold into shape from a piece of wavey sheet metal. Though once in form it can withstand a lot of external force until the structure has collapsed.

Moving from one sleep schedule to another can be done systematically by slowly flattening out each L arm and then reshaping as desired. Or one can implode the structure creating a havoc mess, slowly trying remold it, but constantly being thrown into an uneven mess.

An interesting example is the jet lag weekend. During the workweek one follows one sleep schedule and as soon as Friday pulls up, one feels like one should treat oneself with longer wake hours and thereby indirectly giving oneself the permission to sleep in. This in return can create jet lag as soon as Monday pulls up and thereby putting the body in a state of stress for the next upcoming days.

A more permissive way to keep the treat behavior is to supplement the waking hours' tiredness with either power naps or a full sleep cycle. This in return only works if one has the discipline to stop at the set time markers, otherwise one will be in a nice state of dismay.

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On a personal example, I typically live on a circadian squared cycle, meaning every 3-4 weeks I naturally switch between a night owl to an early bird and vice versa.

#sleep #circadianrhythm #chronotypes #nightowl #earlybird #jetlag

#DailyBloggingChallenge (26/50)

The conclusion after the first 25 days:

* The initial rule with the slumber comes quite beneficial when staying awake across multiple days.
* Started implementing some backlog writing, though none became fruitful enough to publish.
* The one long article per month was not able to upheld, though can first conclude it as a failed experiment at the end of this year.
* The goal of writing in the first four hours of the day, backfired more often than actually being helpful, since it prolonged the time to be more productive in other areas of life.
* The main goal for the next 25 days is to get at least one long article out.

#DailyBloggingChallenge (25/25)

One of the niche topics in #OpenStreetMap is depicting the genus of a tree. The current #botany hardship is to learn the differences between mountain ash (aka rowan) and European ash (aka ash).

One would think they are both from the same genus Fraxinus, since they both have the word "ash" in their name, but actually rowan is from the genus Sorbus.

The next step is to learn how to depict these two species and it comes down to how the leaf stem is connected to the branch, one is compound (ash), whereas the other is staggered (rowan). To add to the trickiness, the leaf of both species consists of compound leaflets. These leaflets are arranged along the leaf stem to create the leaf and each leaflet has its own leaflet stem.

(Of course there are many other differences like leaflet shape and count or bark shape, though trying create a method that can withstand dim lit scenarios like night.)

To imagine the differences between compound and staggered, imagine wearing a shirt that uses buttons vs one that uses a zipper. The buttons need to be aligned with their holes to comfortably wear the shirt, so they are compound. Whereas if you have a zipper, the teeth are alternating, so they are staggered.

In summary:

- rowan (genus: Sorbus) has staggered leaves,
- ash (genus: Fraxinus) has compound leaves, and
- both have compound leaflets

Fun fact: The Fraxinus genus is the predominant genus that has compound leaves.

#gardening #tree #herbalism #foraging #wildcrafting #fieldguide #flora

#DailyBloggingChallenge (24/25)

One hypothesis behind the leap year is so that we can keep the months aligned with the seasons and the reason why February was chosen is so that we can get through winter much quicker (illusion of time). But with climate change there has been a shift of subjective winter stop and start dates, at least in Europe, for the past couple of years. Where the typical first snow fall happens right after Christmas and snow persists until late April.

If we would have disregarded leap years for the past 100 years, we could have kept the original promise of having the months align with the seasons, though in the end, we changed ourselves out of the concept.

#LeapYear #ClimateChange #IllusionOfTime

#DailyBloggingChallenge (23/25)

Are you fortunate enough to live in a small room?

A cheap and simple way to split it up is to use a shower curtain and its rod. Plus it gives additional space to dry and/or hang clothes.

Technically, any telescope rod would do the trick.

#minimalism #cheap #lifehack

#DailyBloggingChallenge (22/25)

Have you tried looking for the #ProtonMail client on #Fdroid with no prevail. There is a simple solution, just add their website login portal to the home screen:

https://account.proton.me/login

(For some reason they hide the direct link on their mobile homepage.)

The complex solution is to use your personal server as a bridge between ProtonMail and #K9Mail. For details checkout this post:
https://www.tchilderhose.ca/posts/2021/11/protonmail-k9/

written by @tchilderhose

#FOSS #android

@protonmail @k9mail

#DailyBloggingChallenge (21/25)

Tasks fall into one of these four quadrants:

| | urgent | not urgent |
| ---------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- |
| important | Q1 | Q2 |
| not important | Q3 | Q4 |

aka

- Q1: now
- Q2: later/next
- Q3: next/later
- Q4: never

The tasks that are criticized the most are the ones that fall into Q2 and Q3. The priority of Q2 and Q3 depends on your state of being.

Are you currently in the funk/ashes? Then give Q3 priority over Q2.

Are you currently getting lots of tasks done, but they are not fulfilling your psychological needs? Then give Q2 priority over Q3.

We are constantly switching between these two states of priority. As we know life is a roller coaster with lots of ups and downs.

A sine curve (on a x, y axis) can explain it better, since it is divided into periods. The trick is to have various tool sets for each period. When things are positive (y), then use the one tool set. And when things are negative (y), then use the other tool set.

As the periods go towards infinite, the tool sets will stay constant (as defined in #JavaScript), but the tools will change.

#philosophy #psychology #life #wisdom #mathematics

#DailyBloggingChallenge (20/25)

It is well documented that temperature difference before/after bedtime can aid with slumber/wakefulness, so either taking a hot or cold shower/bath would do the trick; all depending on the current room temperature and personal preference.

This is also the hypothesis of why so many cultures have adopted the practice of washing their faces instead of full body immersion into the temperature difference. Since this suffices enough to get similar effects.

#sleep #DailyRoutine

#DailyBloggingChallenge (19/25)

Did you know that most newsletters have a #RSS or #atom option? The benefit of RSS over a #newsletter is that you are on the more private side, since lots of individuals use their private #email and lots of forms even ask for your name. This (if ever leaked) provides attackers a great data packet to put on their #spam lists and once on such a list, it is hard to get off it.

One could argue on the other side that RSS is also not safe, since one is prone towards #XSS attacks, though this can be said of anything that has internet access. So one wouldn't be better off if using email.

Thus when choosing a client, either for email or RSS feed, it is always better to opt for one that is not in the browser and sanitizes the message(s). Browser extensions are definitely a more lucrative attack option over operating system apps.

#security #privacy

#DailyBloggingChallenge (18/25)

This is where you can find the #RSS for an account on #mastodon (and probably the #fediverse):

```
https://<instance>/@<username>.rss
```

For my account it would be `https://qoto.org/@barefootstache.rss`

And for hashtags it's

```
https://<instance>/tags/<hashtag>.rss
```

For the #DailyBloggingChallenge it's `https://qoto.org/tags/DailyBloggingChallenge.rss`

One thing to keep in mind for choosing an `<instance>` for the hashtags, one should choose one that does not shadow ban keywords. In general, qoto.org is a good choice.

#Fdroid has a wide selection of apps to use as an RSS reader: https://search.f-droid.org/?q=rss+&lang=en

My preference is #Feeder (https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder). Similar apps exist for various operating systems and as browser extensions.

#guide #hack #FOSS #blog #reading

#DailyBloggingChallenge (17/25)

Every time one learns a new piece of information it is hard to unsee the newly seen.

Have always been fascinated with making maps and now with #OpenStreetMap I can contribute to a noble cause. With the data structure that they propose, one doesn't see the world as is anymore though as a relation to their concept.

This can both be seen as a curse and a blessing. A curse, as in one is in an area that cannot be quickly touched up, because either one is missing the tools or memory (brain memory) and thereby creating a constant itch for the unforeseen future. Or a blessing, when one comes to an area that one can just marvel at the completeness of the data and one has the honor to be knit picky in finding missing data at the location.

One is constantly in this state of sway (imagine water being put into motion in a close container), one knows eventually harmony will be achieved, though till then one will need to combat the ebbs and flows of data and mental fortitude.