Robert Winter @rw@qoto.org

@dajbelshaw @basil hmm... so was Trotsky. Until he wasn’t. 🙃

@basil @dajbelshaw Amen to that Basil.

Also, if you are only getting Newsletters and Spam, that would seem to be a good reason to have a separate address. Keep everything in discrete domains. All important stuff comes here, everything else goes there.

But given the faff if you move companies, might be best to have a spam personal address and an important personal address.

Also, given the number of important personal things which leverage email (banking etc.), I wouldn't want the work system admin having access to those emails or the ability to reset my accounts.

@freddy could be interesting, but without more information I worry it might be a Rockmelt 2.0...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockmelt

@freddy I haven't tried it, but the marketing is very slick. However, two things perplex me.

I am uncertain why email needs to be 'faster.' If anything, I need to slow down my email processing to give more time for a considered answer.

Two, I see a lot of text about how they can and will use a customers data, but little about how they protect and secure it. In other words, there doesn't appear to be an E2EE?

@hhardy01 @amolith In all likelihood you know better than me, but in my current build (which is liquid cooled) the PC would shut down as soon as it came under load. I too was vexed, but it turned out the CPU cooling plate wasn't properly seated. Since a proper seal has been achieved, the system has run flawlessly.

But given @amolith isn't running liquid cooling, this clearly can't be the issue?

Day #084 of #100DaysToOffload and I reason the necessity of supporting evidence.

https://robert.winter.ink/supporting-evidence/

@amolith A great analogy.

I would only add that the author needs to talk care with their throw as the reader can’t necessarily catch a ball ‘whatever way it is thrown.’

@basil @markosaric so he did! Hmm...

@markosaric @basil hoping you get this sorted as I have same issue. 😔

Day #083 of #100DaysToOffload and I have a tranquil nothing to post.

https://robert.winter.ink/tranquility-reflected/

@matt@write.as @matt@writing.exchange

This is an excellent development. Having spent over a decade in the book publishing industry, I know the majority of authors do it for love not money. But everyone has bills to pay and quality content creation costs money to produce.

It is a problem professional publications have had to grapple with when faced with declining paid readership. People moving to 'free' outlets only moves the problem, it doesn't solve it.

Hopefully this might illuminate the path to a sustainable solution.

Day #082 of #100DaysToOffload and I muse on being nibbled by system.

https://robert.winter.ink/nibbled-by-system/

Day #081 of #100DaysToOffload and I muse on easy to use.

https://robert.winter.ink/easy-to-use/

Day #080 of #100DaysToOffload and I muse on a gruesome theme in art.

https://robert.winter.ink/emotional-contagion/

I am trying to add an image after all external links on my site. That I can do, but I can't seem to style the svg for dark and light mode. In fact, I can't style the svg at all. It is just the default black.

The code I am using is:

a[href^="http://"]:not([href*="example.com"]):after,
a[href^="https://"]:not([href*="example.com"]):after{
display: inline-block;
width: .9em;
height: .9em;
fill: var(--main);
content: url("/images/external-link-alt-solid.svg");
border: none;
background: none;
margin-left: 0.1em;
}

I thought that the 'fill' element should change the color of the svg, but it seems to be having no effect.

A solution would be appreciated.

On discovering some apps 'break' when using a VPN:

Friend: VPN ruins everything.

Me: Privacy invasive apps ruin VPN.