wes @wes@qoto.org

It's funny watching everyone reinvent second life and call it "metaverse" non gamers confirmed

@antolius When it comes to Gemini URLs, the length limit is enforced by spec-compliant servers who will refuse to process requests with overly long URLs.

I think the core issue is whether it's justified to limit the length of all URLs regardless of scheme. That kind of a decision could impose unwanted functional limitations on linking to external resources.

... lead engineer at my client's office just gave me a present

Why you can’t switch to Python 3.10 just yet

Python 3.10 is out now — when should you start using it?

https://pythonspeed.com/articles/switch-python-3.10/

WOA I need to buy one of these! A Completely modular, repairable laptop. Not just with external modules for the ports but designed to be easy to open it up and change any of the internal components as well.

https://frame.work

Man, Facebook is destroying democracy in the US.

#GoogleImageSearchPicOfTheDay

Sunrise on Mount #Kenya Happy New year and good morning
📸Wachanga

another #sourdough bake inside the wood stove

When they accuse you of sitting and doing nothing but you have a standing desk.

Engineers hooking up cables to pick up the Dragon Capsule from the ocean:

-"These guys are highly trained and very specialized, it's a difficult job. They're very careful as we wouldn't want anyone falling overboard."

*Engineer finishes hooking up the cable to the capsule and dramatically swan dives into the ocean*

-"That was intentional."

I made a very old (centuries old) fashioned dessert, posset

It can be made with eggs or breadcrumbs as a thickener, but this one is just the acid reacting with the dairy to make a custard

I watched some @lnpgaceta virtual baseball while I made it and it was great ⚾️

If you use Youtube, or Invidious often on desktop then I'd definitely recommend FreeTube (https://freetubeapp.io/) as an alternative client. Using invidious or a local API as an implementation it doesn't connect to Google APIs, so less risk of corporate data mining!

Spent some time today working on the toast feature for the Vue rewrite (https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube-Vue). The current client is pretty great but the new version is shaping up to be better visually and functionally from the ground up.

Harnessing fire? The wheel? Flight? Space travel? Pfft, *this* is the pinnacle of human ingenuity. Hidden Valley Ranch seasoning in a shaker container.

Today I finished the first 1/3rd of the video I am doing for all of you showing CBD to THC semisynthesis. I should be able to finish the rest tomorrow I hope.

Today I covered dissolving the CBD in hexane in the proper proportion then stepped everyone through the steps to do a TLC plate on it so we can verify the purity of the starting product, which includes how to stain it to help CBD develop a distinct pink color for easier identification.

Tomorrow I will do the semi-synthesis into THC and then the final analysis to prove the end result.

I attached a sneak peek at what the TLC play to identify pure CBD looks like after it is developed. That pink dot indicates pure CBD.

#chemistry #Ochem #OrganicChemistry #science