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SJohnRoss, 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) to random

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arstechnica, 25 days ago to random

iPadOS 18 could ship with built-in Calculator app, after 14 Calculator-less years

Every single iPhone and Mac has come with a calculator app, but not the iPad.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/ipados-18-could-ship-with-built-in-calculator-app-after-14-calculator-less-years/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

SJohnRoss, 1 month ago to news

Dear local news: truly epic typo. Bravo. 😆

#typo #news

ChukG, 1 month ago to random

Sad to see one of my favourite professors died: https://www.sfu.ca/bpk/news/news/InmemoriamDrHalWeinberg.html

SJohnRoss, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Of the twenty-something fantasy city-books highlighted in the #Hammondal biblio, Eidolon (and Sel-Kai) might take the "pleasantly surprised" award, because I've never been a Shadow World fan (still not) ... But my preconceptions were unfair to this book, which is Really Very Good. While it has some of Amthor's usual tics, they often end up serving, rather than undermining, the design. Dragon magazine called it the jewel of the Shadow World crown, and I agree.

#TTRPG

mcc, 2 months ago to random

Okay but have you considered listening to: Every track on Surfer Rosa that isn't "Where Is My Mind"

SJohnRoss, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to worldbuilding

More demographic mapping today. This is an early draft of the four dominant cultural/faith/language clusters as represented by Human inhabitants. There are no "race cultures" in the Candle Islands, though there are plenty of people who believe there are. For example, the spots of red are Saman Humans (Humans who are culturally Fjurin, Rolig or Grazny), which many Imperials dismiss as "Humans who think they're Dwarves I guess?"

#Hammondal #WorldBuilding #TTRPG

GottaLaff, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to legal

Via Anna Bower: 1/...

Judge #Cannon partially grants special counsel’s request for a written jury questionnaire in #Trump’s classified #documents case. #JackSmith #legal #TrumpIndictment

annaleen, 8 months ago to random

Today the paperback edition of #TheTerraformers drops! It looks gorgeous, and the maps are still big and legible. I've been so happy to see this book bringing people joy, and infusing their brains with weirdness, and reminding them that the fight against capitalism will be waged on many fronts, for many centuries, with many furry and metal-clad allies. Get your paperback edition today! https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250228024/theterraformers

Two black kittens are holding open a copy of The Terraformers, showing a map of the planet Sask-E, which is still legible despite being in paperback format. (In point of fact, these two kittens generally prefer to eat the edges of books rather than read them.)

mcc, 9 months ago to random

Solarpunk by default because it is the one currently available mode of human thought that allows for being pro-technology while being anti-capitalist

foone, 9 months ago to random

Bad idea: Buy 102 of these "Energy Harvesting
Bluetooth Low Energy" EVBUM2596/D switches and build a keyboard.

They're buttons that communicate over bluetooth and don't require a battery, as they're so energy efficient that pushing the button provides the required power.

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/onsemi/BLE-SWITCH001-GEVB?qs=0lSvoLzn4L8T2idaVxoXbQ%3D%3D

b0rk, 10 months ago to random

if you use Linux on your personal computer: what do you like about it?

I used to be super into customizing my window manager, but now I mostly like that it's so easy to install software, and that the environment is the same as on a Linux server

(please no arguing about whether people "should" use Linux on their personal computers, I'm just curious about why you personally like it)