adam w.k. @sabbatical@qoto.org

there was a film shoot of some kind happening — an early 20th century japanese period piece, it seems. military prison set, i think

got a tour of the millworks in dundas, ontario the other day from a friend who has studio space there. so many interesting nooks and features in there!

if your USB-C cables keep burning out, you probably just need one that can handle higher voltage, right? a friend of mine uses android auto to take calls for hours a day while driving, and his phone burns through cable after cable. i said he should try a thunderbolt 4 cable. good idea? any better ones?

finally got my copy of the sibley guide to trees!

it was recommended by a forest scientist (over on bsky) when i asked how i could educate myself and be able to ID trees while i'm out and about.

apparently if you type https://cooked.wiki/ before the http of any recipe webpage, it will load a stripped-down, ad-free version

last night i spent HOURS troubleshooting this zoom L-20 mixer/audio interface’s logic input setup (on M1 mac). then first thing this morning, i tried turning the USB-C adaptor upside down and plugging it back in… and presto! now it all works. (happy/angry)

and went into having just discovered him tonight via this youtube mini-doc on him. an unusual story! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB0mHcC-dxI

loving this tiny desk set by fred again.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iQmPv_dTI0

did yall know the prefix on medication just means the manufacturer? so "apo-methylphenidate" for example is methylphenidate (ritalin) made by apotex, inc.

obviously my mutes around american politics need some updating, but i couldnt help but get wind of kamala's new "he's just plain weird" messaging tactic. does no one else find it bizarre? isnt this the same lady mainly known for quaaluudesque word salad and weird affectations?

vintage canadiana

did y’all know plexiglass is just a brand name for acrylic? they’re the exact same thing? who knew my kids were painting with “plexiglass” this whole time.

From: @khird
https://qoto.org/@khird/112803286579994165

pretty impressed with the cursor code editor so far! https://www.cursor.com/ basically its VS code, but with a bunch of AI autocompletion/autocoding stuff baked in.

so far i’m being super boring with my edit requests (just asking it to do stuff like switch uppercase to capital case for example) but anyone else tried it?

huh. never noticed how similar the vent holes on the bottom of the #mac #g4cube are to the mac pro vent holes from 15yr later!

think the g4 cube is repairable? epoxy maybe… not sure if it’ll be strong enough though. thing is dang heavy. still don’t know where most of the shards went

i’m not in the EA community at all, but i dig the way the lesswrong.org forums work, and just realized the software’s open source! anyone tried setting it up before? https://github.com/ForumMagnum/ForumMagnum

just kidding, i didnt actually cry. but i feel like i should have. man, why didn't i move it first?

just smashed my dad's old macintosh G4 cube to pieces by moving the shelf it was on without taking it off first. AMA but no i only cried a little (so far)