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Account for Nantucket E-Books, a free-software platform for the best e-books on the planet. https://nantucketebooks.com
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nantucketebooks, to random
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Anyone have issues with VLC not playing any DVDs? I assume this has to do with DRM, but search results on the topic are limited.

nantucketebooks,
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@lns Yes, that's what I was looking for. Sadly, it doesn't appear to be in the apt for Trisquel.

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Do I understand correctly that Replicant is not available for any 4G phones? If so, that's a shame, because 3G has effectively disappeared.

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It's been a good night for learning.

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"Carefree Highway, let me slip away on you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfo0XBrGgI0

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It amuses me that Starbucks is selling coffee (an intestinal stimulant) with olive oil added. It reminds me of the episode where Ted's boss in HIMYM was building a skyscraper that looked like a giant penis, and everyone was afraid to say anything.

I imagine the scene thusly:

Employee 1: We're selling laxatives?
Employee 2: Sssh!
Executives: (shaking each others hands, pocketing bonuses, quietly shitting their pants)

nantucketebooks,
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@cheribaker Java blend? More like Krakatoa blend!

saramg, to random
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Y'all, America desperately needs to embrace the metric system.

Fer reals.

nantucketebooks,
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@saramg I'm still trying to figure out OMG Cholesterol.

nix, to opensource
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My is officially over. It was a great experience diving deeper into and thinking about it, especially trying to test the limits of how feasible going fully foss is for me, and talking to non-tech people about software freedom issues.

I will have a blog post up soon, but I'm still working through my thoughts.

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@kbarker @nix Certain MacBooks from 2006 are capable of being fully-free computers, with a Libreboot BIOS and an OS such as Trisquel.

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I recently watched Strange World, largely because the animation looked interesting. However, I was extremely pleasantly surprised by the optimistic and surprisingly radical and themes.

Pop Culture Detective regularly has good video essays, and their essay on this one is no different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqQJHja9qxU

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@nix I will have to watch this movie, its theatrical run seems to have been hurt by a lack of promotion.

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To my followers: if there's a name for a product or service on my platform that you find very annoying, let me know. I won't promise that I'll change it, but I will listen. You may DM me or email me at njb[at]nantucketebooks.com.

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https://wuzzy.neocities.org/comic/617/ I enjoyed this Nose Ears comic (@Wuzzy) from last week. The alt text was taken from the original web page.

nantucketebooks,
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@benjaminhollon "Oh shoot, I pasted in the alt text from a different comic." >:-(

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A quick blog post, comparing the state Twitter/"X Corp" with Apple in 1997, when it purchased NeXT and Steve Jobs returned. It really helps to lay out a clear long-term vision for your product or service. https://nantucketebooks.com/blog/2023/04/2023-04-30_long-term_vision.html

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The good news is that that the Dell Latitude E6400 really is compatible with Libreboot. The bad news is that if it has Nvidia graphics, installing Libreboot will leave you without a display. If you're buying an E6400 on eBay, make sure it has Intel graphics, same stipulation as the ThinkPad T60.

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    nantucketebooks,
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    @benjaminhollon @msprout @RL_Dane I once wrote a program to parse through my Mail folder. I called it NICNAC, which was an acronym for NICNAC Is Certainly Not A Client.

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    So... I'm posting this from my X201 "slabtop". I've completely removed the top lid/screen and am connected directly to an external monitor.

    Why? Because SCIENCE

    (Article soon to be posted once I write it :P)

    nantucketebooks,
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    @tdarb That's neat, I used to have a "slabtop" MacBook Pro.

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    Labour unions in SFF.

    Always looking for more examples.

    http://hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/organized-labour-in-science-fiction.html

    nantucketebooks,
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    @HugoBookClub A trade union would have been a good idea for the writers who wrote for Hugo Gernsback's magazines back in the old days.

    titania2468, to art

    Sword masters

    by Lily Seika Jones

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    @titania2468 Very charming. What paper did you use, I like the texture in the background.

    nantucketebooks, to random
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    RE Babylon 5 Does Ambassador Kosh deliberately stand at an angle to the door so they can dramatically turn whenever someone enters the room?

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    Hour three of trying to externally flash Libreboot onto an X200.

    Nicolas Cage in the movie Deadfall yelling "Fuck!" for five solid seconds.

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    I am working on an upgrade to the software that will improve the reading experience on smartphones. I'll have a livestream or a blog post next week.

    Wuzzy, (edited ) to random

    I publish the bilingual free culture 👃👂 “Nose Ears”. It’s about the things in life.

    This is a remix of the drawings of another webcomic and public domain images.

    🔸 Nose Ears: https://wuzzy.neocities.org/
    🔸 Nasenohren (German): https://wuzzy.neocities.org/de

    nantucketebooks,
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    @Wuzzy Added to my RSS feed, thanks for sharing.

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    I'm pleased to announce the next issue of Quarter Up, a pinball and retro arcade newsletter from Nantucket E-Books. In this issue: coverage of Houston Arcade Expo 2022 by AT Gonzalez, a panel with Brian Colin, a guide to custom arcade sticks by Miller Burruss, reader Q&A, and "Long Live Pinball" by Buffalo. https://nantucketebooks.com/quarterup_2023_q1 Cover video by Kris Vaswig.

    Cover for issue two of Quarter Up, showing the playfield of a pinball machine at Lyons Classic Pinball in Lyons, Colorado. Video by Kris Vaswig.

    nantucketebooks,
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    @adamsdesk Thank you. I have passed your kind words on to the writer of that article, AT Gonzalez.

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