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stevenray, to movies
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I watched David Lynch's Lost Highway yesterday (somehow for the 1st time), and let me tell you it was appropriately bizarre and disturbing, just how I like it. 🙂

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@stevenray Remember it your way: how you remember it, not necessarily the way it happened.

Funny how secrets travel.

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@stevenray I've not yet seen it, but have added https://youtu.be/vF9oAbOn2og to my Watch Later list. Thank you for the recommendation.
I see that this film is in MOMA - https://www.moma.org/collection/works/299942

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@stevenray Watched and appreciated the thematic similarities to both "Lost Highway" and "Mulholland Drive" with a stylistic nod to some of Lynch's short films.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPQcjlcvvXHSVp-ehnxbD9i4wQ9C_qMO

I added another version with a different score by Feona Lee Jones.

https://youtu.be/JoETYvwI7I0

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Trillion dollar VC idea:

New search engine. You enter a query, it searches Google, ignores sponsored results and obvious SEO, returns information.

AJCxZ0, (edited )
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@ZachWeinersmith @StartpageSearch except that it isn't compromised by vulture capital.

failedLyndonLaRouchite, to fountainpens

just me, I suspect the venn of and is almost one circle, as both are things that while they are excellent for niche uses, they totally way to complex and fiddly for most users.

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Fountain pens, unix (Linux, BSD, UNIX®) platforms, manual transmissions, safety and straight razors, and audio and video components are examples of tools which are chosen by and can be properly adapted to their owners' preferences.
While you are quite right that a steeper learning curve dissuades some potential users, the tyranny of the default seems to be the greatest influence, backed up by the threat of choice overload.

cf. Mastodon and Twitter.

Gargron, to random
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Today it’s been one year since we got married! I’m a very lucky guy 🙂

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@Gargron Happy anniversary

Mastodon, to mastodon
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The 2022 Annual Report is now available for download! 2022 was an interesting year for to say the least.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/10/annual-report-2022/

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@Mastodon Fascinating report. Thank you for sharing this with us.

I notice that
> Set up a US non-profit branch (501(c)(3)) ..."
is rendered as
> Set up a US non-profit branch (501©(3)) ...
in three of three different PDF viewers tested.

AJCxZ0, to fountainpens
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Monteverde Invincia Stealth Black filled with Diamine Jet Black.

The white branding is the only part of the assembled pen which is not black. The brass pen body has a smooth shiny black lacquer.

Photograph of an unposted Monteverde Invincia Stealth Black fountain pen on a textured red background.
Photograph of a small bottle of Diamine Jet Black ink on a textured red background.

AJCxZ0, to random
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From left to right:

Ensso PIUMA in brass - a lightweight 94 g (3.32 oz) with a Bock nib

https://drop.com/buy/ensso-piuma-brass-fountain-pen
https://www.ensso.com/collections/frontpage/products/piuma-minimal-fountain-pen (Titanium only)

TWSBI VAC700 clear - the original (not the R) with an electrical tape repair

https://www.twsbi.com/collections/fountain-pens/products/twsbi-vac700-fountain-pen

Sensa Meridian in Crystal Silver

https://sensapensofficial.com/ (No Meridian pens)
ASIN: B0006BDGWW

Parker 75 in stainless steel - inscribed in 1991

https://parkerpens.net/parker75.html

Four fountain pens with caps removed arranged side-by-side on a textured red mat.

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My clear original TWSBI VAC700 has taught me a lot, including how to use a maintain a vacuum filler, how to not clean certain types of plastics, evidenced by the broken lids not pictured. TWSBI makes quality pens at value prices and their customer service has been exceptional.

The "demonstrator" design and big nib attracted me to the VAC700. The clever inclusion of the parts for maintenance and barrel which pumps almost full of ink keeps this one my most used pen.

Photograph of an posted TWSBI VAC700 clear fountain pen filled with blue ink in its white plastic case next to a clear lid on a textured red mat
Photograph of the inside of a TWSBI VAC700 white plastic case showing a small bottle of lubricant, spanner and two spare gaskets

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After decades of using only Parker Quink Washable Blue in all my pens, I now own several other inks, as shown, but still use only Parker Quink Washable Blue in my TWSBI VAC700.

The VAC travel ink bottle is very clever. The barrel of the pen screws into the black top of the bottle so the pen and bottle assembly can be held upside-down while pumping the ink with almost no risk of spillage.

Photograph of an posted TWSBI VAC700 clear fountain pen, an open TWSBI ink bottle both filled with Parker Quink Washable Blue ink, a disassembled TWSBI travel ink bottle and four bottles of Diamine ink on a textured red mat

AJCxZ0,
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Interesting insight, @original_peterm.
While I never used the Black, my first Quink was obtained around that time for my first fountain pen - a Parker 25 - back when it contained SOLV-X.

-X

Photograph of the side and bottom of three Parker Quink boxes on a textured red mat
Product photograph of a Parker 25 fountain pen.

AJCxZ0,
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@original_peterm I did eventually try the black Parker Quink, with results consistent with your description. After finishing the bottle I replaced it with some TWSBI ink.

Gargron, to random
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The search interface has been updated again—you've now got infinite scroll on search results. Want to search for something you've already bookmarked? Add in:library to your search query.

AJCxZ0,
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@Gargron Ready.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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HONHON

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AJCxZ0, to random
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While I stopped being a young adult around the time I purchased glasses in order to be able to see small things up close, I am the perfect audience member for @pluralistic's brilliant "Little Brother".

Half "Nineteen Eight-Four", half introduction to privacy and cryptography, half hacker manifesto, half teen romance, half historical account, one quarter nostalgia hit and five quarters thrilling adventure well read by Kirby Heyborne.

https://craphound.com/category/littlebrother/

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Already on chapter twelve of @pluralistic's follow-up, "Homeland" read by Wil Wheaton. So far it's everything one could want from a sequel.

https://craphound.com/category/homeland/

#Homeland #CoryDoctrow

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"Homeland" did not disappoint.

Speaking as an industry expert on screen adaptations having watched quite a few, the pace, cadence and balance of character and action felt like I was binging a show like "Jack Ryan" - with as much punishment of our protagonist but without any of the overt plot armour in unnecessarily escalating peril.
The news from 2015 is exciting, understanding how long it can take to make these things.
https://craphound.com/homeland/2015/09/08/little-brother-optioned-by-paramount/

#Homeland #LittleBrother

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Wil Weaton's excellent reading enhanced the experience.

Looking to see which titles in my queue were available, there was just one: @pluralistic's "For the Win", so now I'm on another rib-kicking adventure.

https://craphound.com/category/ftw/

Naturally, I'm looking forward to "Attack Surface".

#Homeland #FortheWin #FTW

AJCxZ0,
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Finished @pluralistic's "For the Win". For an illustrated lesson in economics from Professor Corey Karl Friedrich Adam John Docrow, this book has more chases and vicious fights than a Jason Bourne movie.
Broken ribs and videogame analysis notwithstanding, this book evoked long-distant memories of Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children".

George Newbern conveyed the emotional journey and his subtle accents helped audialise the cast of characters.

https://craphound.com/category/ftw/

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I'm glad that the dystopian world depicted by @pluralistic's "For the Win", in which vulnerable folk are coerced into committing cybercrime while suffering inhumane conditions in economically disadvantaged parts of our world, is fictional.

https://craphound.com/category/ftw/

Oh.

https://srslyriskybiz.substack.com/p/pig-butchering-is-even-worse-than

Shirley nothing even slightly similar, such as slaves working in call centers, could happen in places under rule of law.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4505278

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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BAHfest.

AJCxZ0,
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@ZachWeinersmith Yes.

A favorite from 2014: https://youtu.be/ZZ_BtZ-5O60

jimbush, to random

In one of Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide books, there is a character named Hotblack Desiato, a galactic rock star, who is spending the year dead for tax purposes.

I envy him.

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@jimbush His bodyguard was Darth Vader, who trained Superman.

fla, to random
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You matter

AJCxZ0,
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@fla On behalf of the noble society of pedants and physicists, please note that this is mostly correct, albeit slightly misleading.
You always matter and are are full of energy.

Before the quibble about c², note that this is only the case for rest mass and you never rest, so using units to normalise for c, E² = p² + m².

PS. You can't get a ticket for travelling at the speed of light.

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