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stavvers, to random
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Genuine question, is there a function to these objects which exist in most hotel rooms beyond A Thing To Chuck Your Clothes On Because It Feels Weird To Just Throw Them On The Floor?

The thing, now with clothes piled on it

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@stavvers to throw at the friend you're sharing a room with when you discover that despite claims to the contrary, they do in fact snore. Loudly.

At least that's what I use them for...

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

In hindsight walking into the hospital wearing a t-shirt that says "I'm only here because you broke something" is perhaps not the best choice...

(I'm fine am visiting a friend)

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@Dangerous_beans repaired them...

jon, to random
@jon@gruene.social avatar

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 7 May - La Ciotat - Nice - Ventimiglia - Limone - Breil-sur-Roya - Nice - La Ciotat

Crossing these borders:
Cap d'Ail ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท - Monte Carlo ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ
Monte Carlo Country Club ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท - Monte Carlo ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ
Ventimiglia ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น - Menton Garavan ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Olivetta-S. Michele ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น - Breil-sur-Roya ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Limone ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น - Vievola ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

These borders on the borders map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#10/43.9647/7.5998

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#9/43.7562/7.0367

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@bovine3dom @michael_h @jon Isn't that the norm for many a french station ?

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@bovine3dom @michael_h @jon that's normal I'm Belgium. Everywhere has two names and you never know which is gonna be in the train...

ebel, to Bash
@ebel@moytura.org avatar

Any good cli/terminal spell checking programmes? Pass in a file, get an terminal interactive โ€œreplace this with that / ignore / add to dict.โ€ workflow.

I remember using aspell(1) back in Ye Olden Days. Is that still the best?

:boost_ok:

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@ebel does ispell work for you ?

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Bicycles are incredibly efficient. But velomobiles take it to another level. The rider of this velo just did 400km in 16 hours and 15 minutes. Am impressive feat.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@dalias @markwaypoint the problem with e velos is that velo riders get enough hassle from police who think they are running illegal electric motors to be going as fast as they are. If you have a motor fitted. Even if it definitely cuts out at 25kph. The burden of proof to show it wasn't working when you passed the cops at 50kph is hard.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@dalias @markwaypoint doing 25kph in a velo is so easy, it's not worth the hassle of the ebike gubbins.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@dalias @markwaypoint fair. I'd love a velomobile. I just don't have anywhere to store it. Which is a societal problem. I can park a car outside my apartment. But not a velomobile that's one 10th the size.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@fasnix from Amsterdam (near Sloterdijk station) to Apeldoorn, down to Amerika, across towards Eindhoven, up past Utrecht, through Uithoorn, and into Amsterdam. Riden as a single ride with no sleep stops. This was an event organised by Randonneurs Nederland. Riders had 27 hours to complete the 418km route.

Details here. https://www.randonneurs.nl/brevet/brm-400-amsterdam-2024/

Scroll down for English.

I'm organising a 600 from the same location in June...

afewbugs, to random
@afewbugs@social.coop avatar

Do you ever see something so niche you just have to buy it purely because you're just delighted that it exists?

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@afewbugs I may need this after you've read it... (what's the ISBN)

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@afewbugs @dutchbarracuda that sounds brilliant! Thank you.

goatsarah, to random

So I just had a transphobe try to piggy-back off a recent popular post I made, presumably to gain reach. i have a decent following here on fedi, but am a micro instance. They too were a micro instance. By default, people on micro instances are not easily discoverable other than by interaction, so if you have a following on one, itโ€™s generally because youโ€™ve built it โ€œorganicallyโ€, as it were.

They presumably thought that by posting transphobic rage bait in response to me, they could get me to reply, and my reply would federate to my followers, and then theyโ€™โ€™d be seen.

Instead I just instantly defederated their server with no response.

They are howling into the void, and nobody is there to hear.

This is not Twitter. Just because someone replies to your thread doesnโ€™t mean the rest of the word will see it. This is the achillies heal of bigots here. Most big instances will moderate them into oblivion, so they start micro instances, but unless people actually like what youโ€™re saying, and interact, you simply wonโ€™t federate.

And they wonโ€™t even know I made this post now. LMAO! LOL!

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@goatsarah you're an artist! Nicely done.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

I am currently charging my MacBook off a Makita 18v lxt battery...

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@kim not sure about how to charge the Makita battery from the Mac. But I have worked out how to charge it from USB-C. I just need to find where I put my USB-C pd board. And work out how to set it to do 12v out. Then I can use the car charger to charge the battery from USB-C...

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Can anyone recommend a usb power bank that is able to charge a macbook?

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@wmd looks like they have a new version. Have ordered that it. Thanks for the recommendation.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

"Failed: unknown reason"

That is exceptionally poor programming. You know I exactly what caused the error. It's just bad practice to not convey that properly in your errors.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@argv_minus_one "error trying to do $thing."

Still more useful than just "unknown error"

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