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

@mngrif If the client had an option of disabling the default (which Fedilab does), it would be up to us to enter in a real limit, or see it crash on an error message.

I really wish they gave us the option, without need to changing the underlining API for now.

@Sphinx @Rovine
For sure.

And keep your tools sharp, oil them if needed. Having to re-learn how to use new fangled tools is time consuming, when the older ones are good and productive.

I recently posted a photo of my dear Thinkpad laptop here, used it for 10 years everyday at work, brought it in and VPN'ed instantly to work with control over what I did and saw.

Turned it on last week, after a few years of non-use, and it's still a nice tool.

Find the tools that work for you, keep them handy. The main reason I have not left the windows world, since I have so many things that work well for me here. Linux would feel weird, and I never make the jump. 😞

Maybe I should try it again this Winter, on a spare machine.

@robotcarsley @DissidentKitty@radical.town

Is this one the source, Robert?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Phase

@robotcarsley

Had never heard of it, but I saw DK's posts on the stream and they made a lot of sense. Admirable thoughts.

A breath of fresh air, we need a new way to run things.
@DissidentKitty@radical.town

@freemo @_lunawinters @Karthikdeva

The theory mentions that an Older child has to do what you did, and be the role model for the younger ones too, sicne the only other available model is an Adult.

First Borns are forced to look up to the adults as the only available role models, and theory posits that leads to an earlier maturity and more independant thoughts.

@shibaprasad It could be, there are always variations, they are reporting on observed groups.

Read on, this is an intriguing theory, seems to make sense to me.

@_lunawinters

For most boys and grown up men, that is probably the case.

And the girls and ladies have to deal with some rough treatment too, of course. Only Children probably suffer most, I think.

@Karthikdeva @freemo

@Karthikdeva @freemo @_lunawinters
Wikipedia has a good page, might be an easier reading too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order

"Birth order refers to the order a child is born in their family; first-born and second-born are examples. Birth order is often believed to have a profound and lasting effect on psychological development. This assertion has been repeatedly challenged.[1] Recent research has consistently found that earlier born children score slightly higher on average on measures of intelligence, but has found zero, or almost zero, robust effect of birth order on personality.[2] Nevertheless, the notion that birth-order significantly influences personality continues to have a strong presence in pop psychology and popular culture.[3][4] " from:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order

This is a wonderful theory, that really makes sense to me. Wish I had an older Sister to look up to growing up.

@Karthikdeva @freemo @_lunawinters
That is actual academic Psych professor reasearch ,and I read with interest and agreed with.

Discovered the Older Sister that was missing in my life and would have been a boom for my future relationships with other ladies.

A good early sis mothering and exposure to the feminine way of thinking makes dealing with ladies later a lot smoother; you are not learning on the spot, so to speak.

@_lunawinters @IshaKaushik@mastodon.social
It worked, Isha, re: first post, reel them in. 😉

@Karthikdeva @_lunawinters @freemo

https://www.ukessays.com/essays/sociology/birth-order-theory.php

@_lunawinters
LOL... Where in the kids timeline are you? First Born? Last Born, or one of the middle ones?

It changes things a lot.

@Karthikdeva @freemo

@Karthikdeva
Yes indeed. Being first born, I had to be the exmple for the younger ones, there were 4 of us kids.

But recently I read about the order of birth therory, and really wish I had an older sister to look up to. 😺

Aaditi is much younger than me, but I found a friend on my last trip that, on looking back on our hiking, travel together, I think of as the older sister I never had.
@_lunawinters @freemo

@DissidentKitty@radical.town Wonderful posts, thank you!

Went looking for a source, based on a copied para from fist post. I assume it came from here?

https://eclipse-phase.fandom.com/wiki/Anarchists_1e

@elplatt @neil

Wonderful thoughts, thank you. Glad to find your post and try to spread it a bit more.

@timorl Wonderful book, look at those fine illustrations. Even if you don't like the contents, it's a cultural artifact to cheer and keep, pass on.

Quality is going downhill, some of the older, fine editions are so beautifully made, printed and bound.

@SelectElderberry
I had the same experience too, listening to music from LPs, which molds my listening habits to this very day -- enjoyin an entire album, more than tracks mixed in playlists.

Although I love the randomness in some great Spotify radio. We wouldn't do that kind of thing back then, it was too time consuming.

Put the record on, sit and enjoy the album art, have some conversation. And was so nice to get some new LPs to listen to, even if borrowed for a short time.

Remember listening to a cassete tape all night, when it was the only one we had. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon all night. 😄

We have unfettered access to music now, even free accounts on streaming servers allow more music than we could dream of having back on the day, eh?

My Fiio is impressive, and reachargeable, plus the DAC capability.

Headphones, real ones, can't sound good with anemic phone or laptop outputs driving them.

And Fiio products are reasonably priced to boot. 😉

@rodolpho See also :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_language_is_a_dialect_with_an_army_and_navy