Pablo SB @iPabloSB@qoto.org

@emilcar a este ritmo vas a tener pronto más newsletters que podcasts 😜
Idea para el nuevo libro: newsletters: así lo hago yo y también lo puedes hacer tú.

@trinsec the magic of reading is exactly that. You can stop, slow down if you need or rush through a less interesting passage. None of that is available when someone sets the reading pace for you.
As you say, it is exactly as with movies. It works great with fiction, as it is more immersive, but also if you feel tired and need more time to process the information there’s no way to slow down the pace except pausing every now and then or going back 15/30 seconds.

Opened a bottle of 2013 Cab today. Rutherford has some of the best wines in the US, and Inglenook never disappoints. 🍷

When consuming books 📚 I always go through the book vs audiobook dilemma. I love the audio format, but I feel like I miss the chance to stop, reread a passage or highlight. I have the impression that audiobooks help me consume content while driving but it is more “superficial”.

@myell0w @viticci MindNode is such a killer app, I’m not surprised it can do that.

If I had to choose the technique I love the most from my work it would be microscopy 🔬. Getting to see life at a cellular level remind me how complex we are and the amount of organization that goes into a single living being.

What can you expect to see - and not see - here: https://ipablosb.com/2023/04/27/what-can-you.html

Today’s pluralistic.net - Death panels post is extremely disturbing. Hard to read, but a good reminder that we need to keep politicians accountable for their despicable actions (or inaction). https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/26/death-panels/

@Pat but a short and polite version of my thoughts: it’s interesting how a handful of hands are seeing their wealth increased exponentially but bankers, politicians, CEOs and other influential (and usually rich) people are telling us that we need to get used to being poorer, that we overspend, that we need to assume life’s gonna be worse for all. Yet they ignore the big issue, which is money is just changing hands to make the rich richer. So, even shorter version of what I think: eat the rich.

@Pat I’m sorry, I was intentionally vague and tried to make a snarky comment. Probably I should add some context. I normally tend not to publish strong political stances on social media, as I’ve seen the backlash people I followed got back at the birdsite. Here, however, interactions have been way more civil.
I meant that if I wrote what I think regarding the headline and what was that person said at the interview I would definitely sound extremely rude, so better to say nothing.

@emilcar mi experiencia es similar al resto que ha comentado ya por aquí. Muy fluida, no me he encontrado con fallos y sincroniza bastante bien la timeline. No la uso demasiado (soy más de leer Mastodon en el teléfono), pero mi impresión es que lleva lista ya unas semanas. Me imagino que la anunciarán pronto, no se a qué estarán esperando, la verdad.

I try to be politically correct, but this headline is making it very difficult.

Eat the rich https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65308769

The last two episodes of Ted Lasso (no spoilers) have been amazing. This season is perfect storytelling so far and I’m loving how they’re developing all the characters.

@Paroxia si necesitas invitación te puedo pasar una. Tengo unas pocas disponibles 😉

@Paroxia si tienes Mac, yo ahora estoy probando Arc. Están preparando versión para Windows también, y la verdad que presenta conceptos nuevos bastante interesantes.

@Shine_McShine Pues mira, no lo había leído. Lo he rellenado, a ver cuánto cae. Con estos Settlement el pago a cada persona suele ser una miseria, pero con tal de quitarle un pellizco a los muchos billones de Zuckerberg me conformo.

As a non-coder, I felt incredibly proud of myself when last week I managed to set up a macro for ImageJ that lets me execute a selection of actions on all image files within a chosen folder. It’s about 20 lines of code, but it works like a charm. I even coded a “Batch processing done” final message!