Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

90% of my "computer skills" are built on the need to click things and see what happens

Cut flowers are an interesting gift. Not cheap plus fleeting makes for a relatively high required perceived worth considering the value they provide. What other gifts are like this?

@mike When non-techy people make comments like this, I tend to respond with "you get what you pay for".

Sure, the cost per unit of various spec's might be less.

But just like buying a brand new 2024 Honda Accord instead of the just-released 2026 Honda Civic, you're buying a device that will be reach a point where it isn't supported by the manufacturer sooner. Not to mention reach a point where it doesn't look like a new model sooner, for those who care.

Then again, if it's for a kid who isn't the most careful with things, when there's an option for a refurbished Neo, I might lean that way…

@mike And then on the other end of the spectrum is me, with the dock be everything I'd ever open

@mike And then on the other end of the spectrum is me, with the dock be everything I'd ever open

My love language is "responds when I share things I found"

This is the greatest thing on the internet today

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DWKbeM4D5iB/

Some lovely solo instrumental acoustic guitar for you https://open.spotify.com/album/1RGbUJWuk1qMYVO31fGSKO?si=NO395XkYQAq9YTmNrMAgXg

I don't envy the kids trying to find job shadow opportunities in the WFH era. Or maybe they don't even do that any more?

This is my favourite comical map ever, and that was a hard decision to make https://xkcd.com/1799/

@jezza Haha I was hoping someone would have your exact thought (just me trying to stir the pot by being vague).

The virginity of Blessed Virgin is (still) important because it shows how Jesus' conception was a miracle in a way society at the time could comprehend (and of course it still works now).

But aside from that, it seems like society (at least from my point of observation) seems to care too much. I get that many people would prefer to be someone who hasn't been with anyone else, and of course it makes sense if one has personal convictions about what's right/wrong that they might care about it for themselves, but both of those are very personal/private things. I don't know why people are talking about them out loud, in social settings, and the like. I don't care about the 40 year old virgin, I don't care about the virginity status of, well, everyone but Mary.

But then again maybe that's because I'm just an old married man.

@jezza @progo "No right answers" is the most right answer at this point. It's all so tiring!

@jezza @progo Honestly surprised that they let that happen!

I don't understand why anyone outside of hereditary monarchists care about virginity anymore

Piracy doesn't steal from artists or creators. It steals from ships on the high seas. Broadening the definition harms those who do real work.

@mike I don't use my phone much since I'm at the computer all day but I've been on the 13 mini since it came out and this is part of my reason for hanging onto it for dear life. (No case though—and in great shape!) Though my brother pointed out, at least you get more of the front of the phone being a screen (calculations ignoring corners and camera cutout).

Oh how I wanted them to release a smaller thicker phone as the cheap model. I had the SE prior to the 13 mini so cheap and small is evidently my preference.

Copyright is such a mess. I hope we all can agree with that.

https://copyrightlately.com/mondrian-public-domain-controversy/

/via @progo

@jezza Ha! Well played

Pi day is lame. When's PIE day?

Note: not pie day. PIE day.