Klye @khird@qoto.org
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Joined Sep 2018
@freemo of the three:
1. A Nozac QF which is described "plunger knob is detached" - it's not clear whether this means from the plunger shaft or from the body
2. A Sheaffer Balance which is described "vacuum filler requires attention"
3. Another Sheaffer Balance which is described "the filling system will need to be restored"
I see your point about flexibility vs application. I'd put my need somewhere in the middle - neither very slow writing like signatures only, nor very fast writing like taking dictation or stenography. Mainly note-taking and letter-writing.
@freemo I've found three candidates in the models I mentioned above for less than 100USD. From the descriptions, they need some work, but unless someone pipes up to say that such repair isn't feasible as a DIY project, the price to beat currently stands at 75USD. At 30USD I can impulse buy.
I'm happy with it being only semi-flex - my understanding is that there's a negative correlation between robustness and flexibility in nibs, and as a relatively new fountain pen user it's probably wisest not to get anything that I'd damage unintentionally (especially if it's some collectible vintage item). I'd just like to get a bit of line variation.
Anyone with a recommendation for a #fountainpen? I've been considering getting one and just completed my self-imposed two-month test run with a disposable Pilot Varsity with satisfactory results. Here's what I'm looking for:
Something fairly slim, say 11mm barrel or less
Vacuum/plunger fill, piston would be a reasonable alternative
Flexible nib would be a plus
So far I think my best option might be a used Conklin Nozac Vest Pocket or perhaps a Sheaffer Balance Slender. I don't mind a little DIY effort, but if it'd take expensive specialised tools to maintain an old pen, then maybe I'm better off looking at newer models. What #fountainpens can the Fediverse recommend?
@trinsec I think it's a tradeoff between energy density and shelf stability. If you build a battery using a really energetically favourable reaction to get more mAh into the same dimensions, it seems plausible that the reagents will be more difficult to keep from reacting in ways you don't want, too. But both sides of the tradeoff can be marketed as lasting longer - if you change batteries in response to energy exhaustion, a more energy-dense battery will have longer lives in practice; but if they have plenty of charge until they physically fail, you'll have to replace more shelf-stable ones less frequently.
@peterdrake you could script it using [Mastodon.py](https://github.com/halcy/Mastodon.py). First you'll need an instance of the Mastodon class set up with your credentials - mine is called `qoto` in the below snippet. Then loop over your followers, get each's id, and call the following internal function (since Mastodon.py doesn't know about QOTO's nonstandard subscribe feature):
```
qoto._Mastodon__api_request('POST', f'/api/v1/accounts/{id}/subscribe').
```
@msprout haha I never authored content, but lots of things that we use apps for today offered twitter feeds you could subscribe to. "An automated service that texts me whenever $TEAM scores" was a fun concept before we had smartphones.
@msprout eh I can sympathise with this. I used twitter when it was SMS-based, and it basically just worked. Mastodon is a constant battle trying to figure out why I can't see my followees' posts, whether this interesting a locked account is afk or ignored my follow request or their server just barfed on it, why 2FA is broken (server-side clock was wrong),... there's an endless list of things that don't work and take effort to fix.
Klye
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#HamiBahadori ist inhaftiert,wurde gefoltert, ihm drohen 5 Jahre Haft. Weil er #Bahai ist.
Was macht er? Er schickt eine Nachricht aus dem Gefängnis an die Öffentlichkeit. Riskiert alles. Mut und Wut von einem, der sagt, Menschen wie er haben im #Iran keine Rechte. Das stimmt.
Quelle: https://nederland.unofficialbird.com/isabelschayani/status/1645160390953672704#m
@Shayman As I understand it, they signed up to play in a conference (the GNAC) spanning Oregon, Washington, BC, and Alaska, but that one ended up dumping football a couple years back so the football teams got folded into the Texan conference. To play football in USports, all your other athletic stuff has to go through them too, so when their membership in the Texan conference expired, they had three options:
1. Join another NCAA conference as an affiliate for football only
2. Join USports or another NCAA conference for all sports
3. End the football program
I think they tried number 1 and couldn't find a conference that'd let them join on acceptable terms, and they decided (probably correctly) that it'd be a worse outcome to lose NCAA competition for soccer, basketball, etc. if they went with number 2. So they wound up losing the team for lack of a conference to play in.
@msprout at first glance I thought this was a temple construction photo - the base looks awfully like a nine-pointed star.
@msprout can you share what the final result looks like? "Subsect" doesn't return any useful results, and I'm an Inkscape guy so I can't just follow the Adobe-specific directions to see what you meant.
@stonebear randomly coming across well-wishes during the Fast is always such a nice surprise!
@peterdrake wangdaye.com.geometricweather has excellent home screen widgets for a quick overview, and I saved the NWS meteogram as a browser bookmark for more detailed info.
@nomi I think "profitable" is less the benchmark than "the most effective use of the transit dollars". Where do you put a railroad that couldn't be more cheaply served by a bus route on existing infrastructure? Setting aside a lane for buses during rush hour, like we have on 670, gets you most of the benefits of a grade-separated railway.
Apart from the expense of buying up the right-of-way and constructing the tracks, bridges, etc., trains have a few inefficiencies relative to buses:
- They can't make temporary detours. If a storm damages the line (freezing rain on the catenaries, for instance), the trains are stuck until repairs are made.
- It's extremely expensive to permanently reroute the line when needed. The greyhound station was recently relocated a couple blocks over, and COTA just adapted the bus lines to the new transit centre. They couldn't have done that with trains.
- The space can't be used for anything else. On off-peak hours, the bus lane can be designated a carpool lane, emergency vehicles can bypass traffic to reach an accident, etc. Train tracks just sit empty.
@lapingvino They operate in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina
@lapingvino Baron's
@realcaseyrollins I haven't used any but TestDisk looks to be recommended in a couple places
@realcaseyrollins maybe try getting a clean bitwise copy first using ddrescue? It's saved a couple failing hard disks for me over the years and might be able to do the same for optical media.
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