*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@Rovine
Scotland I have never visited, but I can imagine it being worse in Winter than here. Bleak, windy, cold, shorter days even as it's further Northern latitude.

That can be very hard on people.

IKEA's designs use brilliant colours for that reason, to bring some colour and cheer into people's lives and help counter the S.A.D.

@freemo @inditoot @_lunawinters

@_lunawinters

I can relate to your thoughts above. Times are not good and it can hit our sanity. Do what you need to do to avoid being brought down, it might be a temporary diversion to something more positive to help you heal.

I find that posting here is very beneficial. I love the news and was spending too much time and cycling thru my favourite sources, analyzing non stop.

very solitary endeavour, and we can't do much as a single person. But staying informed is important, just be selective on what sources to use.

For me, these are The Guardian, NY Times, The Atlantic, New Yorker primarily.

@inditoot

@Rovine
I hope so too. Is he in the Norther hemisphere? Winter is a particularly had season for everyone here.

I am glad that I was inspired by a BBC article I saw on TW, and talked abuot the Indian users migration to Mastodon.

Intriguing, made me curious and I found this place. Now I have lots of ideas to keep me ticking over a season I don't enjoy.

Love it!

Maybe invite your friend to join us at Qoto?

@freemo @inditoot @_lunawinters

@Rovine
Your post above about your friend is wonderful, thank you for sharing these thoughts.

Posts like those are what I really value, not single line random musings, irrelevant to most.

Cheers, and I hope your friend can find a way to use his talents and feel better again.

We all struggle.

@freemo @inditoot @_lunawinters

@freemo Oh, really? TY!

@freemo That is really neat, and also that the tools you have monitor the traffic so well.

I would imagine people who came first might be telling friends at their older place and they come in, second wave.

Posts, I lke active feeds too. Specially the posts that are not single line, cryptic, dada--didi style.

Was never much of a user on the birdsite, still struggle to have that kind of terseness.

@SecondJon Bet you the Koch Brothers will massively counter fund that.

@_lunawinters @ragnar yeah, I think it's there already.

Give him a link, AAditi. 😜

@sda That sounds fascinating, will have to open another Tab for it. Thank you, sda!

@Rounaknayak @_lunawinters
What Hairy said. Get a notebook and just concentrate on the technique for now, not the content. Once the tool gets familiar, you can forget it's there and concentrate on producing content, expressing yourself.

BTW, this is very common. Lost my cursive writing many years ago, when I leaned block letter writing, which served me well for architecture and design work. But it's slower...

@freemo Very true.

It's getting too common as well, people are not satisfied with all the things accumulation and distractions. They feel the need for some peace and direction.

@SelectElderberry Yes, that DAC capabilty is wonderful, I imagine most devices we use to play will have low cost DAC chips on them, and we take their output thru the amp.

Haven't connected mine in that way yet, but remember reading the documentation and it explains. A USB connection to a laptop shows as a external sound card, and you just play thru it. My Fiio is a simpler model, but I still find it impressive, love the rechargeable battery and other features.

Bought a simpler small amp years ago from a small builder, but it required battery swapping, not so practical.

Playing the LPs when having guests is a great idea. 😄

@netkitty *admires kitty's complete relax instance*

@freemo @vishalvishwnathan
Welcome Vishal. Caps lock is on the left side of the keyboard, it's usually used when someone is yelling on the network. Just saying.

Joke aside, welcome to Qoto.

@freemo He was an excellent actor, a fellow cyclist and a cool person.

May Peace be upon him.

@Sanket44 @susi123
Found it. Nice.
"Spiritual quotes of Rabia al-Adawiyya"

https://www.onelittleangel.com/wisdom/quotes/saint.asp?mc=51

@biologyshyology It is indeed interesting, how an idea evolves and ends up being a complete package, and when you look it makes perfect sense. Just the way it should be, how did we not see it before.

That is probably a good indication you found some truth. Takes time to build the small insight into the finished, clean product. But it's like building anything, start with a need or idea, jot notes, think, draw inferences or sketches.

Until it's finished, other people might not glimpse what is being built. Easier done individually, although have a friend of colleague to bounce ideas might help.