@pschwede I would have never expected a modern pen to have such beautiful soft flex. Only my 114 year old waterman is as soft. Sadly it is a broader tip though so doesnt work as well for spencerian, but it has greater variation.
I much prefer the look of a needlepoint fine though with a bit less flex. This pen will surely be my new favorite. Hasn't railroaded once either.
Oh shit my new pen is waiting for me at the pickup point. Its super-flex fountain pen with a modified nib customized for Mottishaw Spencerian writing. I am soooo excited!
https://www.nibs.com/pens/pilot/pilot-custom-912-black-rhodium
@Reich There are quite a few free speech instances. Some even more free-speech oriented than us. We will ban on very extreme cases but otherwise we are free speech. We have almost never needed to ban for someone having an opinion (literally never).
There are some instances however that even tolerate illegal activities, we do not.
@Reich Though keep in mind on your own instance you will be less federated so you will usually have less of a voice than on larger instances.
@Reich If you have the resources then running your own instance is the way to go.
@Reich Be warned Gab has been blocking free speech instances and warned about blocking all non-gab instances. As such you may be unable to communicate with any friends you make here once you move to gab.
I hope you enjoy your time on our instance.
@mngrif I dunno, the politics in america is going down the path of ever increasing extremism. Pretty sure he is extreme enough to stand a chance.
@mundauf Someone who posts on twitter and uses a service to automatically re-post it here on the fediverse
@hinterwaeldler I'm near Utrecht myself.
@hinterwaeldler Well in the case of a private individual mining in winter, it doesnt. The reason being that everything is nearly 100% efficient as a heater. So a bit coin miner would effectively heat your home like a heater and thus not use additional energy.
Its a nice little life hack for some "free" money and no negative impact.
Its weird having grown up with a mother who was a compulsive liar and abusive (physically and mentally) yet still recognize she cared about me. But its weird being the most adult person in the household growing up. Even to this day most of the elders in my immediate family behave like toddlers, its really sad.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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