⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

Last month I received this original Amiga dealer poster that used to hang on the wall in a shop in Oregon. It is on very thick backing and measures 22w x 28h. It’s simply magnificent.

#amiga

Red #Aurora Alert for the #UK

If it continues then it should be visible after dark, clouds permitting 🙂

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

Unity has eliminated its controversial runtime fee https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/12/24242937/unity-runtime-fee-cancelled-subscription-pricing

I’m gonna switch to this

Now I discover that the VPN (expressVPN) I've been using is Israeli owned and had a spy as one of its execs. It means there is the possibility of surveillance back doors.

Exposed: How Israeli Spies Control Your VPN
https://www.mintpressnews.com/exposed-how-israeli-spies-control-your-vpn/288259/

@sarahjamielewis

It doesn't matter how bad FF is
what matters is how it compares, **overall** to other browsers, and how much you personally value certain things

TUC unanimously demands an end to all arms trading with Israel over Gaza genocide. #TUC24
https://labouroutlook.org/2024/09/11/tuc-unanimously-demands-an-end-to-all-arms-trading-with-israel-over-gaza-genocide-tuc24/

“Congress voted to condemn Israel’s decades of violations of the rights of Palestinians & call for an active UK policy to hold Israel to account.”
Something they will never put in place

Manchester turns to Finland’s ‘miracle cure’ for homelessness  https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/manchester-turns-to-finlands-miracle-cure-for-homelessness-382660/

My latest review for New Elementary has just been published, featuring the LEGO Monkie Kid Celestial Pagoda (80058) which is a lovely model - so good I bought a second copy! https://www.newelementary.com/2024/09/review-80058-celestial-pagoda-from-lego.html
#LEGO #AFOL #BlockHeadUK

@davidallengreen
"It used to be that what a writer did was type a bit and then stare out of the window a bit, type a bit, stare out of the window a bit.

Networked computers make these two activities converge, because now the thing you type on and the window you stare out of are the same thing." -- Douglas Adams, 1999

In any case, I selected in privacy preferences that I DO NOT WANT TO SUBMIT CRASH REPORTS. EVER.

Not that I want to be prompted each time whether I'm really sure that I do not want to submit crash reports.

Fuck this "yes means yes, no means ask me again" bullshit. Do better, @mozilla.

I accidentally bricked my iPad mini 6th Gen last week. The one bit that is dead is the USB-C charging port. Speaking to a shop told me I need to replace THE ENTIRE IPAD to replace the cheapest part on the device.

So, I'm looking for trusted repair shops in Berlin, and blogging my experiences so far.

If you have *direct personal experience getting an iPad fixed in Berlin*, I'd appreciate pointers, otherwise this post might be of interest for folks in a similar position:

https://rtl.chrisadams.me.uk/2024/09/fixing-a-stricken-ipad-mini-6th-gen/

Enjoying the fruits of my labor now that I finished my 12-legged 'Carpentopod' table project. See
https://decarpentier.nl/carpentopod for project info. (Or come see it live at Maker Days Eindhoven this 13 & 14 Sept.)

@cavyherd @cstross Well, that's kind of the problem -- they *do* make the actual products their customers buy and like to use. (I know "smaller phones!" except nobody actually buys them) It's just that they can't really make new things that are spectacularly better than two generations older things any more and the new things is as good as but not particularly better than the old things.

Which is fine, at some point you iterate on a thing and get it right. Which they've pretty much done.

Introducing MNT Reform Next https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2024-09-09-introducing-mnt-reform-next.html