Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

TIL that some people think layered vocal harmonies sung by the same person are "autotune"

It feels like still photography stores/shows/meetups are either expensive fancy mirrorless and big lenses or hipster instant and being a third-party voter is a pain

I feel weird calling people employed by my employer but whom I don't normally interact with "co-workers".

I tried "teammates" but that, I think, means something even closer.

So… suggestions? Does "colleagues" sound like it means a different group than "co-workers"?

I work for what is similar to a school "district," but not geographically based. The quickest driving route to visit all our locations and return to your starting point would 1000 km and our team is more distributed than that. I interact with 3/4 of the staff only a few times per year.

Trying to convince my kids, who are going through a Harry Potter phase, that “espresso con pana” is a spell in the books.

Grad caps are weird enough, we don't need to start using them like billboards

Join the cool crowd https://www.analog.cafe/r/giveaway-kodak-ektar-h35n-half-frame-film-camera-kne7

Have you shot a gun?

Christmas pyjamas are weird.

Unlike other seasonal clothes which a kid will grow out of so there's no point in "saving for next time" at the end of the season (unless there's hand-me-down purposes), Christmas pyjamas become out of season so quickly, it's kinda silly.

And that's why the kids have all worn Christmas pyjamas in the past few weeks.

In 2020 and years prior, I tipped the customary 20% and said that every year, I'd go down a 5% step. Well it's 2024 and here I am, tipping 0% everywhere (except if the person is not a stranger because I'm only a partial jerk). It's interesting how much more common it is to be asked for tips since I started reducing my tipping.

Fired: algorithm
Tired: algo
Wired: الخوارزمي

Beer drinkers: if you had to pick, which do you prefer?

I hate the idea that if someone doesn't open an email, they should be sent a second copy of it.

It seems like whenever a year before 1000 is mentioned, we feel the need to write "the year 900" or "900 AD/CE" to make it more obvious the number is a year. I posit we should always write years as 0900 so it makes things clearer it's not just a number.

Two monitors is better than one in so many situations. But when I'm using only one, macOS is much more usable than Windows.

Sorry in advance to my friends who disagree with but I think I agree with LInus' take here, shockingly enough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AluomlO9vhE

Doctor's prescription for social anxiety: hey, you hate this thing and experiencing it shaves years off your life thanks to stress so let's do it more!

If you were to set up a kid with a Calvin & Hobbes costume, would you want a tiger that looks more like the stuffed animal view of Hobbes or the real tiger view of Hobbes?

I attempted to plot a bunch of types of cameras on a cartesian plane of fashion coolness vs photography coolness.

Any changes or additions I should make?