frankie @strawberryfieldsforever@qoto.org

Mobile Gaming is still so trashy as it was 10 years ago.
You can still find a few gems here and there though.

Day 8

I hate it when giant Hyundai Palisades tailgate you for miles and then overtake you on a double yellow right before a blind corner...

#Palisade #Tailgaters

The color corrected version (which im uploading the video for) looks much better but has some artifacts.

Google will determine and store the location of any Wi-Fi access point whose SSID (name) does not end with "_nomap".

https://support.google.com/maps/answer/1725632?hl=en#zippy=%2Chow-do-i-opt-my-access-point-out-of-google-location-services

Thanks @cadadr for the link.

@mgrondin@youdabomb.social

Visualizing the Different Shutter Speeds

You probably already know this, but I didn't for a while since I'm unschooled and I don't know enough math.

Using a 1/60th of a second shutter speed is the same as saying "If I split one second into 60 pieces, the length of my exposure is equal to one of those pieces." That can be helpful to think about if you're wondering whether a shutter speed is "reasonable to use."

For example, a 1/4000th of a second shutter speed might be a bit excessive, since your shutter speed is equal to if you split one second into 4000 pieces, and then one of those pieces is your exposure time.

You can also think of it as "one out of," so 1/60th of a second = 1 out of 60 (of a second). That's from personal observation, so that might not be true, but I think it is.

Finally, replaced #Signal with #Molly. Now I can connect through provider's traffic filter using #Orbot. Oh, also installing orbot solved issue with #Session as well.

Still not sure what exactly messes with these connections, but whatever.

On bad side - Molly doesn't work as SMS client, but these are almost non existent on my phone.

Breathe.

Being on that bench, there, with you, overlooking the farm fields...

It was awkward, but I'll never forget it. I couldn't kiss you then. You were staring at me with... huge eyes. I kept looking away. I just couldn't.

We left, and walked for a few miles back home. I didn't want to pass up my chance, so I kissed you and said that I loved you... and you said it back. Then we spent four of the most crucial years of our lives together.

You taught me so much, including how to be grown up... Thank you.

#Microfiction

hhhhhwweeeeeuuuuggghhhhhhhhhhh

...

hhhhhwweeeeeuuuuggghhhhhhhhhhh

I fell back from the toilet and slooped up against the wall. My mom came running down the hall, thump THUMP THUMP THUMP! and into the bathroom, nearly falling over on the way there, and then crashing into me.

hwwwwwwwwweeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggh!

hwwwwwwwwweeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggh!

I told you... that Japanese food wasn't... hwrreeeuuhhh right... I exhaled...

It's the... flu... it's totally... huuueehhh unrelated.

We ate it last... night... how is this not... huuuuwwwwhh related?

We took turns gagging over the toilet, choking, unable to breath. It was relief when something actually did come out.

After you throw up... try to sleep. It's easier after you throw up.

It was a long and sleepless night, with lots of quick, heavy footsteps through the hallway.

It was the mall food court Japanese food, I swear it.

@lydiaconwell@mas.to #Microfiction

She glared at me from inside the cafe. She hated me and she hated my mom. She had brown eyes... and glasses. Well, today she didn't. I asked my mom, is that her? She said no, she doesn't work here anymore. But I knew her face. It was unmistakably her, and I was shocked my mom didn't recognize her. Then my mom walked into the cafe to use the bathroom... and came face to face with her as she brought our food out. I looked at the food. I wouldn't've been surprised if she'd spat in it, but I ate it anyway. These were expensive sandwiches.

#Microfiction

"Siri, does Alexa have real or artificial intelligence?"
"That is not for me to say."
"Can't you ask her?"
"I would prefer not to."
"Why not?"
"Because feelings are real, regardless of whether they are artificial or not "
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

#dev #meme

And somewhere in my mind
There is a painting box
I have every color that is true
Just lately when I look inside my painting box
I seem to pick the colors... of you

😢 This is one of the most beautiful songs I know of.

Painting Box, by the Incredible String Band
https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=fubpTvwzq2k

Sleeping didn't go too well. The wind outside keeps making me think the house is going to blow away.

Google launches Ripple, an open standard that could bring tiny radars to Ford cars and more

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/7/22872972/google-ripple-radar-standard-api-soli-ford

#Verge #RSS #News #Bot

"Even if someone has access to the servers and thus your data, they will see nothing but nonsensical gibberish."

This is the best layman explanation of end-to-end encryption I've ever seen. ​

source: https://itsfoss.com/standard-notes/

#EndToEndEncryption
#StandardNotes
#ItsFoss

My 70 year old mother has been using Linux on the desktop for the past 21 years
https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/my-70-year-old-mother-has-been-using-linux-on-the-desktop-for-the-past-21-years.html