adam w.k. @sabbatical@qoto.org

@ashfurrow@masto.ashfurrow.com is that really bc a difference w the spec though? i’ve always had these sorts of issues with extenders or random cables not working or not working well

setting up this old typewriter for eb, and she just noticed it’s got no exclamation point!

“how will i seem excited? i’ll have to use a dollar sign”

link: https://oec.world/en/tradle/

really enjoying this “tradle” game. wordle / worldle, but int’l exports as guessing fodder

everything USB-C
— even old-timey magsafe macbooks

love that iphones are switching to USB-C! disappointed the mini isn't back.

@mike that was one — bc it was thin thin thin. also, not the whole body was metal, and the plastic parts would eventually lose their metallic coating. the real gamechanger with aluminum was being able to use that machined unibody construction where the whole thing was one piece.

setapp is like if macheist happened every day

@jbwharris first i have heard of nitter! neat. nitter.net itself doesn’t load for me though… is it down right now?

why is there so much turkic culture/terminology/imagery in c.s. lewis’s narnia books? especially when he never visited that part of the world, didn’t speak turkish, etc.

loved this article’s exploration of that question: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/finding-turkey-in-narnia/ (and would read a longer work on it too!)

@willcodeforcoffee @levisan that’s configurable! forget if it is available stock, but if not a bunch of third party apps let you do cool stuff w gestures. bettertouchtool and swish are ones i use

@alex what/where is this? looks like mines ive seen, but a much more elegantly carved out mine than usual

@charlotte love this. wish all mechanical / electrical / electronic items came with this sort of a write-up!

decided not to take melatonin tonight (i only started taking it again to try to get into the school day schedule switch) and now it’s 2am and i’m still awake. whyy

so many things in life would be smoother if i fell asleep as easily as i sleep in. it’s like i never grew out of teenagerhood

@pluralistic ah boy, tempted to make the trek out to toronto for this!

@Eggfreckles was this in your drafts from 2018 or is he really doing this in 2023?

@levisan problem is the internet doesn’t know boundaries and there will always be places these sites can set up shop. i’m a big believer in net neutrality so my support of putting age requirements on hardcore sites leaves me flummoxed as to how i would actually want govs to go about implementing it on a practical level

@levisan yeah, and i’m assuming like 75% of adults who use those sites prob aren’t going to give them their drivers license and credit card. hah. i’m sure that’s a huge underlying thought on both sides tbh — the elephant in the room.

had another brand's "cold IPA" the other day, and was wondering aloud to @Chad whether it was connected to the "ice beer" brewing technique (freeze the beer to remove water). turns out, nope!

in a nutshell, "a 'cold IPA' is an IPA fermented at lower temperatures than what is normally used to ferment an ale"
https://www.hopculture.com/cold-ipa/