Ufff, the #Apple#iPad advert, so tone deaf for our times.
Wrong on so many counts, celebrating the destruction of human creativity and artistry, and contrary to all the R-principles ... rethink, reduce, reuse, repair, recover, recycle, refurbish, remanufacture, repurpose, reclaim, retrofit, retro-cool, revival, reading the room ...
... all under the heavy, grey-steeled palm of an uncaring machine.
@vriesk Yes, they should be durable, and pass minimum tests for durability. And they should also be repairable and upgradeable, and pass minimum standards for these aspects too. I think companies like Fairphone and Framework are going in the right direction with this!
@vriesk ... yeah, will only get a thick cover or case slapped on it, or flex and crack the minute someone sits, having forgotten it on a chair or sofa. Oh whoops. LOLZ.
@vriesk Agreed! There should be the possibility for both third-party hardware and third-party software! Have you tried installing another browser on iOS?
Spring Gentian (Gentiana sierrae). Endemic to Spain's Sierra Nevada grows between 1800m and 3200m. Lucky enough to see loads of these beautiful flowers today in a high valley at 2300m
@globcoco I always forget which distro you are on 😬 ... I remember you use KDE, right? But the distro 🤔 ... I would install jackd and qjackctl with something like "sudo apt install jackd && sudo apt install qjackctl", and Bob's your uncle. 😅 🤷♂️
The top ~50 Google searches are people typing in websites without the .net or .com because they can't remember the full domain name. (Including "google" which is hilarious.)
Is this a sad reflection on society, or proof that we need a more advanced search engine that actually answers questions rather than simply serving up promoted links and SEO-optimized clickbait.
I'm tentatively excited about this rumored ChatGPT search engine, even if I still have reservations about the future of AI.
@killyourfm Don't you fear that websites will essentially become obsolete, existing merely as a forgotten backend to the black box of omni-knowledgeable AI?
Thanks to my mate Felipe for persuading me to rock climb after an absence of about 10 years! We did the marvellous 5 pitch Espolon Cerro del Toro outside Motril.
I felt really comfortable apart from the last 4+ slab which stretched my ageing (has-been) ability to it's maximum in my scrambling approach boots. Rock slippers would have been much easier. A nice 60m abseil to finish.
Brought back a lot of happy memories today & proved that there is still life in the old dog 🤣
Perusing the science news this morning, as I do, I came across an interesting article about scientists finding an effect of menthol on Alzheimer's disease. Anecdotally, my nan had a obsession for sucking on boiled mints, which only grew with her sad decline.
I remember worrying that maybe the mints were making her worse, but maybe it was her way of fighting back against the disease ...
@CStamp Yes, limitations 😅. But anecdotally I found it interesting. It was also interesting to consider the effect that smells in general can have on immune response.
