quintessence

quintessence, 9 months ago to random

The person I cherished more than any other, @nova , died unexpectedly late Wednesday in a climbing accident.

I have no words, only despair. The light in my soul is gone.

Joe Beda @jbeda and Nivenly are posting announcements. Others will also.

mekkaokereke, 23 days ago to random

The emergency slide has requested and been granted whistleblower status.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/missing-delta-boeing-emergency-slide-found-on-beach_n_6630f8fae4b0c558f741c0e5

quintessence, 2 months ago to random

Just had a math moment when I realized why certain generations say things like "stop buying coffee" and the infamous avocado toast BS.

Let's say you spent $30/day, every day, on take out lunch and coffee/tea or whatever. If you stopped completely you'd save ~$11k/yr.

This would be the cost of US college in the 80s, ish:

https://educationdata.org/average-cost-of-college-by-year

And the median house cost in 1980 was ~$50k/yr (10% down payment of $5000).

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/23/how-much-housing-prices-have-risen-since-1940.html

🙃

quintessence, 7 months ago to random

Periodic reminder to use the Library Extension if you want to see what books are available at your local library / libraries - not only using sites like GoodReads but also if you find yourself Amazon'ing.

This is not an ad, just a PSA for to help rekindle relationships with libraries and save :coin_animal_crossing:

:chrome_logo: + :firefox_logo:

Edit to add: you do not need to enter any data / library card info. It uses public search for whatever library you choose.

https://www.libraryextension.com

quintessence, 1 year ago to random

Reminder to always check your local library whenever you see a book you like! 📖

quintessence, 11 months ago to random

Artwork by Paulina Ganucheau

:startrek: 🌈

quintessence, 23 days ago to random

Someone I follow wrote up this article about fatphobia in the queer community, and it's a great read if you have a few minutes.

:queer_pride_potion: :progresspride_flag:

https://xtramagazine.com/health/fatphobia-queer-gay-middle-age-264903

quintessence, 3 months ago to random

I just made the most awful discovery: Vivaldi (browser) does tabs within tabs. You can now have more tabs, as if you don't have enough.

quintessence, 1 year ago to random

Question for automating software installations for Macs? Use case is decidedly non-corporate, basically for home dev use. Basically after you wipe to eliminate cruft / return to a clean slate, do you use scripts / brew to reinstall all your tools and manually re-install anything in the App Store? Or do y'all do something different?

quintessence, 4 months ago to random

Does anyone have documentaries they like to watch that are soothing?

I've been searching for some, but it might not surprise that searching for documentaries while grieving typically returns results about death or true crime or similar, rather that something that's Just Nice and Not Traumatic or Triggering to watch.

🤔

quintessence, 4 months ago to random

Are there any good online grief groups that anyone has found useful?

quintessence, 11 months ago to random

Reminder for those with our fuzzy companions: check the temperatures of sidewalks / asphalt before having your pup walk with their bare toe beans. It might be too hot! 🐶

quintessence, 11 months ago to random

Head's up: we're looking to expand our current mod team! If you're interested, please take a look and apply :blobfoxheartcute:

https://hachyderm.io/@hachyderm/110595786555211142

quintessence, 9 months ago to random

It is so weird to be in your 30s and still be staring at sentences to figure out if the conjunction you want is "and" or "but".

You would think this would be straightforward, and/but it happens all the time.

quintessence, 20 days ago to random

Was reminded today that the Zoom / Docker issue on Macs is still a thing. If this impacts you:

• Neither zoom.us nor the Zoom app will open successfully if you have Docker running.
• Zoom will work normally if you close Docker / kill the process.

The earlier fix I saw for this is changing your MTU setting, as detailed in this support thread.

https://community.zoom.com/t5/Meetings/Cant-join-meetings-or-sign-into-zoom-via-SSO-Error-3256000/m-p/154245

futurebird, 4 months ago to random

The half-baked philosophical conundrum that keeps me up at night most often is simply: why is my consciousness limited to me in particular? Why am I not everyone? Or everything? or nobody? Or you? Or an ant? Or an ant colony? How did I find myself in this particular stream and what is the nature of the boarders that keep me within it?

This idea generally frustrates and freaks me out and I doubt there is a sensible answer, I doubt it's productive to think about, but I worry on it over and over.

quintessence, 4 months ago to random

If you could use a miracle of time to do more of something, be it an event or occasion that ended or time with a person (whether they're still with us or not), what would you choose to do?

quintessence, 3 days ago to datascience

What are people's favorite sources for learning about data topics? Question intentionally broad so it's not only one topic.

Can be 📚 books, 🎧 podcasts, 🎥 video, etc.

I'll start:

• I enjoy 3Blue1Brown for 🧮 math in general: https://www.3blue1brown.com/
• I love the visual essays made by 📜 The Pudding: https://pudding.cool/

(If there are enough responses to this I'll make a resource list somewhere for reference :blobfox: )

#data #datascience

quintessence, 2 months ago to random

Sometimes when my heart is heavy I watch reaction videos to Arya Stark and the Night King.

GoT was truly a phenomenon when it aired, seven hells.

quintessence, 5 months ago to random

What are your favorite sources of keeping up with news in the tech industry?

quintessence, 5 months ago to random

You know what I miss from the c 2010s? Hyperbole and a Half. Just very relatable, all the time.

quintessence, 2 months ago to random

Hey @signalapp - is there an easy way to reach technical support? When the desktop app updated yesterday a very important / irreplaceable conversation was deleted and I'd like to recover it.

quintessence, 1 month ago to random

Random annoying thought on US medical system dysfunction:

There are of course many broken things, so this is just limited to one tiny broken bit. Another consequence of not knowing anything about the complete bill and what you're being charged for. Texts and/or emails that are reminders to pay for some component of a bill via this payment processor or that with no easy or direct way to know if it's spam. Cool, cool.

🤕 🙄

quintessence, 1 month ago to random

Reminder for those in the continental United States: the total solar eclipse is Monday. Totality (when the body of the Sun is obscured) is at different times in different locations so make sure to check what time totality happens for you at your location.

⚠️ Do NOT rely on timezones to figure out totality at your local time. ⚠️

e.g. Totality at:

• Dallas - 13:40 CT (12:40 ET)
• Cleveland - 15:13 ET

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/

#eclipse #eclipse2024

quintessence, 22 days ago to random

For anyone following the Pay To Stay case that is in the news from FL:

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/pay-to-stay-florida-inmates-charged-for-prison-cells-long-after-incarceration

It is unfortunately common in the United States, and not limited to FL.

CNN article from 2015 about the same practice:

https://money.cnn.com/2015/09/18/news/economy/prison-fees-inmates-debt/index.html

Wikipedia page states that as of 2021, 40 (out of 50) states have Pay to Stay programs for their jails.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-to-stay_(imprisonment)