I've used #MacOS for my day-to-day work for a good 35yrs. I've had a couple of brief clusters of years where I had to use a Windows at work (but still had MacOS at home).
I've installed #Linux on many old machines to extend their lives a bit, sorting through distros, finding one that would work on limited resources with good results. Fun stuff.
But I'm curious to ask a QUESTION about new computer purchases…
@ottaross I know the answer is yes because I saw someone listing brand new notebooks here with pre installed Linux distros. But I can’t find the post now 😔
Eupho has always being great at setting the emotional tone of scenes with body language, but here its great how they do it using environmental factors, like the lights of a passing car. Really smooth #anime#hibikeeuphonium
The other day I was singing along to the Gorillaz song "Clint Eastwood" and Little MDMRN (14) said that I ruined the song. The real conversation:
Little MDMRN: Ugh, you know all the words? You're ruining Gorillaz
Me: I'm ruining Gorillaz?
LM: Yes.
Me: I'm ruining a song from a band that came out my senior year of High School?
LM: Yes.
Me: Proceeds to sing more and louder
@anianimalsmoe I bought that one years ago for coffee (I think I read about it in a wirecutter article or something like that). Still going strong and reliable: Escali Primo Digital Food Scale. You can still find it in amazon
Wind Breaker looks very good… except for the fights.. they look clumsy, with little weight and without impact. Instead when it focus on daily character interactions it shines. I’ll have to wait an see how the story develops to decide if its worth watching #anime#windbreaker
I’ve watched several premieres this week and so far the only shows that Ive been able to watch without yawning were Girls Band Cry and Eupho. Gonna catch up with Jellyfish Can’t Swin in the Night later today #anime
I wonder, how do people manage to preorder figures. Sure, there are sites like AmiAmi that doesn’t have the ability to prepay up at front. Since exchange rates can fluctuate, I would rather pay at front. I have savings to pay up front without getting into massive debt over a hobby. I do track my spending while still contributing to retirement and investing.
However going overboard with not paying preorders can be a dangerous game, especially more so with the Buy Now Pay Later financing, which allows you to split up a purchase into 3-4 payments every two weeks. What is dangerous is that people tend to spend even more, thus get into the debt trap.
I wonder, how to people pay for their anime figure preorders and how people afford to buy releases. To be honest, I haven't been preordering any newest releases lately since not many figures are worth preordering.
@chikorita157 🤔 but you can always decide not to pay your preorder at amiami, if you think that the exchange rate has become to onerous or for any reason. I see that as an advantage of the preorder now/pay later model
When I post about #science & #history, I tend to highlight the trailblazers we don’t usually read or hear about in #HistoryRemix.
But tonight I want to share this beautifully composed piece about Nikola Tesla.
While his inventions are legendary, you may not know how Tesla’s OCD shaped his approach to science & ultimately led to his world-changing ideas. It also left him isolated & alone. But he still experienced deep connection by caring for birds. https://nautil.us/teslas-pigeon-460446/
The panel I went into hopefully and left pleases was one about the queerness of Sailor Moon. I’ve never seen a minute of the series so it was more listening to a panelist who enjoys it dissecting the canon a little. Mildly tempted to put it on my list to watch eventually to try expanding my show variety a little. #sakuracon#sakuracon2024
You don't speak for me or for America, New York Times. Lord, the hubris of the gray lady. You act as if the dark force over us is ennui. No, damnit, it is fascism. Cover that.