I’ve been thinking lately (always a mistake) about all the cultural works to which we don't have access. Everything removed from streaming; everything locked behind DRM so that most libraries and archives won't have copies which can redundantly survive disruption. Sometimes I get real sad about the future readers and historians and others who just won't be able to find copies of the incredible things made during the current digital dark age.
As ever, I try to let this radicalize me rather than lead me into despair. I know that there are lots of horrors worth raging against, but this is one I feel well-positioned to work against. It's low-stakes enough that I won't feel self-loathing if I burn out or need to take a break. It's no secret that I like to read and organize books so this is a topic close to my heart and one which can bring me joy and allow me to share it with those around me too. There is a fair bit of tech nerd stuff to it, enough that I have an opportunity to learn & practice new things, but not so much that I’m totally out of my depth. And there are plenty of communities out there to help and share strategies.
But the big thing I see missing from my understanding and many of the conversations about shadow libraries and unauthorized archivism is the social and professional practice of librarianship rather than mechanical practice of data storage. I don't have space to go to library school, but I could definitely stand to read (and archive) introductory books on the topic, or take an online class. Friends who know: what are some of the better places to get started with an introduction to library & information science and archive science?
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If you get rid of the ancient clicky keyboard and the TrackPoint™ pointing device, what is the point in calling it a ThinkPad? A ThinkPad is an International Business Machine. It is a matte black monolithic slab of computer. This is… something else. Not saying it's bad! But it's no ThinkPad. www.tomshardware.com/laptops/lenovos-new-thinkpad-x9-laptop-ditches-the-trackpoint-and-familiar-keyboard-in-favor-of-macbook-aesthetic
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Why, the heck, does Google allow an ad to show a domain/URL that the advertiser does not control, while letting the ad actually link to another domain. What kind of twisted advertising process logic conspired to overrule the security review on this? agora.echelon.pl/objects/310d887d-e111-48a4-9331-bc9e6b8cdd3b
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I know that the world is a vast weird place full of fresh and recurring horrors of all sorts. But I can bring myself immense joy and satisfaction every morning by carefully crafting a perfect cup of coffee and bringing my partner a cup of tea just how they like it.
Things can be tough, but taking care of yourself is a radical act of resistance. You cannot spend all your time running at redline. Living a life with joy and comfort and companionship is essential. It also makes you better at everything — but that's not why you should do it. Do it because you matter and your joy is important.
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Please avoid the phrase "bio break" because it creates a hostile environment which makes robotgirls feel unwelcome. Also it's just a plain weird thing to say; just call it a "break" like a normal person.
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I have incredible news for anyone who needs the last few accessories for their Ninth House / Locked Tomb cosplay: apeobject.com/Mortality
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I love stuff. I enjoy things. I appreciate objects. We are living in a material world and I am a material girl. I follow EDC influencers. I have opinions about my favorite weight of Dyneema and which sort of surface finishes for Titanium are best. I have tried every heckin’ wallet out there. Every single one. You simply cannot point out a wallet I have not tried or considered.
And yet? The best wallet I’ve ever used is still just a couple of ranger bands and a maybe a money clip. Some sliced up pieces of bike inner tube and a folded piece of metal.
It's just: wrapping & folding any sort of fabric around cards is always going to be bulkier than… simply not doing that? All you need is for them to stay together? And still remove one at a time? It's not a difficult task, but every option is over-engineered. I want to optimize everything, but I also need to change things up from time to time, and nothing is more flexible than a rubber band. And my wallet fits in the watch pockets on my pants.
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A couple of days ago, someone asked me what I think about heated mugs like Nextmug (which has regular human buttons rather than an app). This was my immediate off-the-cuff answer, but it was in a private venue, so in the interest of the open web or whatever, here's my nerdsniped infodump.
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My general preference is only to heat coffee during the actual extraction.
Keeping a beverage warm from the bottom often involves the liquid next to the heating element getting a fair bit hotter than the target temperature to deal with the vertical temperature gradient. This makes more of a difference over time (think diner coffee on a hot plate), and it's not just due to staleness & oxidation working faster! The warmer the beverage is kept, the faster volatile aromatics evaporate, and so those flavor notes gradually drain out of the beverage and into the air, while non-volatiles like tannins remain. Though of course this is slower under a layer of lipids (latte) than just a watery suspension/solution exposed to air.
My specific preference is actually to cool espresso straight out of the portafilter. There are complicated setups which can be used for this (especially if you're doing a higher-volume coffee extraction, like a pour-over), but I just keep some espresso/cortado glasses in the freezer. Especially for a milk drink where the bulk of the thermal mass is the milk, this lets you preserve more of the aromatics while you finish the preparation, and can reduce the impact of something like a hot shot.
I personally prefer lukewarm beverages closer to 130°F, so this isn't a huge issue for me, and my espresso & milk setups are incredibly easy to clean (9Barista & Subminimal NanoFoamer Pro V1). However! If I'm planning to enjoy a beverage more or less immediately — that is to say, right after cleanup, rather than later — I'll pull into a cold glass, then transfer to my drinking vessel which has been kept warm with hot water only immediately before incorporating the milk. If that's not doing it, you can improve the odds with more thermal mass in your mug (heavier, thicker), or using something double-wall insulated. Personally, I enjoy my morning half-caff breve flat white out of the double-wall travel mug from my Keith Titanium lightweight travel coffee apparatus, which is the perfect size and keeps things warm throughout purely passively.
But I haven't really given it much thought.
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I've always thought I'd enjoy Cardassian enigma tales. I wonder who the Cardassian equivalents of Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Sherlock Holmes are? tenforward.social/@garak_quotes/113791677388026314
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The ideal of the nuclear family — of two parents raising their kids alone in their own home with a two car garage — that nonsense was invented less than a century ago. It's not a law of nature. It's not how people have always lived. It's an outlier among the ways that families have been organized.
And there's nothing wrong with it, if that's how you like things! The problem is that we've fundamentally reorganized a great deal of society around the concept, treating it as not just normal but as the only thing. Most housing is built with this assumed default. Healthcare is rationed this way.
It's an idea that's ossified and trapped us in this narrow mold. The same way that most every US city has been reorganized around the car so that anyone who doesn't drive is working with one hand behind our back. (Though cars are obviously much worse in many ways).
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There's just a whole heck of a lot of "So say all who live to see such times." going around lately.
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