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amin, 1 month ago to random

I'm suddenly struck wondering why the drinking straw has become such a staple. It's… kinda unnecessary for most (abled) people and situations?

nantucketebooks, 1 month ago to random

Still wrapping my head around Robert Taylor, who plays the titular Sheriff on Longmire, having played one of the agents in The Matrix.

lowqualityfacts, 1 month ago to random

A ton of families smashed their televisions in horror when this happened.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

amin, 2 months ago to random

I think I've finally cracked.

to_document = documents.get(to_url, connection, cursor)
if to_document is None:
		print("AAHHHHAHAHAHA THAT DOCUMENT DOESN'T EXIST")
else
		to_document_id = to_document[0]

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Vic and Blood: The Continuing Adventures of a Boy and His Dog has been added to the Harlan Ellison Directory. https://www.ndhfilms.com/other/ellison/index.php#vicandblood This book includes three stories about Ellison's two most enduring characters: the teenage scavenger Vic, and his telepathic dog Blood. Some (long out of print) versions of this book include a 1987 comic book adaptation with art by Richard Corben. A high point for post-apocalyptic fiction.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Atril Document Viewer will open CBZ documents. It's bundled with Trisquel GNU/Linux.

VeryBadLlama, 2 months ago to random

"I don't get why you set so many alarms"

congrats on being able to rocket back to existence every morning but some of us have to be gradually raised from the depths like the remains of an ancient shipwreck being brought to the surface

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

New blog post: there are a few specific short story ideas I'd like to publish. I'll pay you for them. https://nantucketebooks.com/blog/2024/03/2024-03-21_in_the_market.html

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

I was reminded tonight why I prefer Fosstodon over Twitter. I'm far more likely to have a meeting of minds here.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

I want to search for a post I made that contains a certain word, that's all I ask.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

I've put 'invisible links' in my books page so it's easier to tab through the lists. https://www.ndhfilms.com/other/mybooks.html

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Watching a live stream from @atgonzalez tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzoR6EXt1BE

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

I meant for this to go out on #PiDay but it didn't. Funny story.

I'd like to share the Pi Pond. By firing cannonballs into a pond at random coordinates, this program calculates an approximation of Pi. https://www.ndhfilms.com/code/pipond/

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

I've been reading a new author this past week, Gerald Kersh. A good horror writer, although the first story of his I read, The Queen of Pig Island, was more sad than scary.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Another benefit of #Libreboot: sometimes you need it to use more open hardware, like an Atheros wifi card. The non-free Lenovo BIOS will sometimes just not run if it detects hardware it hasn't whitelisted.

If you want to build a freedom-respecting computer, do it in this order: install the Linux or BSD distro of your choice, then install Libreboot, and finally install the new wifi card if necessary.

90sScriptKiddiw, 2 months ago to random

Today's movie day was: The China Syndrome, Poor Things, and Nightcrawler

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Here's a Life Pro Tip I've followed for the past fifteen years or so: when you meet someone, and you think of some wordplay based on their name, try not to say it out loud. Statistically, it's unlikely you're the first person to think of it, and this person has probably been pestered with that joke for a long time.

I enjoy doing wordplay in my head a lot, so this tip has helped prevent it from getting the better of me.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Who knew getting some CMOS batteries delivered would be a high point of the day?

JoeRess, 2 months ago to random

Everyone said get a Brother printer so I bought a 3-in-1 scanner and printer. There seems to be something wrong with it though. I plugged it into a Linux laptop, opened a document, pressed print, selected the printer, and it printed. Then I opened simple-scan, pressed scan, and it scanned.

This isn't how printers and scanners are supposed to work. Where do I install the drivers that don't work properly etc? This was no fun. I demand a refund.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

BASIC is a tough programming language to search for.

"Uh, 'BASIC programming tutorials.' No. 'BASIC programming'. 'Beginner BASIC'.

lowqualityfacts, 2 months ago to random

A lot of people suffer from this.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

atoponce, 3 months ago to ChatGPT

Why large language models are not intelligent, exhibit #64338.

#ChatGPT