@andycarolan Fiddly and stressful to clean, too. I've finally found a comfortable mech to replace my Magic Keyboard. It took some getting used to (I have some tips if you're interested) but I don't think I'll be going back.
@andycarolan Bluetooth was a bad experience for me. I started with a Keychron K3 and found it took too long to come out of sleep, wasn't available at startup, and sometimes went to sleep during calls. Asking around, others had similar experiences with other brands (or worse). Some of the issues might've been fixed in macOS 13.4, but in the meantime I decided Bluetooth's more trouble than it's worth outside of first party products.
I'm now on a Keychron V3 base, USB-C only. It's hot-swappable which I highly recommend so you can quickly & cheaply experiment with different switches, and it's programmable in VIA which made it easy to set up a couple of missing features in the Mac F-row without having to install Karabiner. It's also a normal profile TKL board, which made it easy to try different keycaps. I'm still a magic trackpad user and haven't found the size and profile difference a problem at all.
Keycaps: I settled on doubleshot PBT caps from PBTfans. I really like their Cherry profile and rugged feel, and doubleshot means the legends won't wear out. Glad I didn't splash out on a GMK set because I've since learned that ABS wears down and develops shine more quickly. I was worried I'd miss having Mac media legends in the F-row, but it turns out I've internalized them well enough over the years. If I could change one thing: I kinda wish I'd gotten a set of caps with "icon" legends on the modifiers instead of text labels. PBTfans makes some with icon legends and some with text, and I went with text because I'm boring and wanted a Dolch set.
This is difficult to hear but may be good feedback to share with kbin.social's admins and kbin's devs in the kbinMeta magazine. I don't want to see lemmy.ml defederated at this point, but it's a risky one to have on the front page. It's kind of nuanced:
Lemmy's devs have been running a successful campaign to recruit Redditors to use their app, and many Redditors have chosen lemmy.ml (the instance run by its developers) by default. A few of us have been trying to sound a warning about this, but it's muted amid the outrage at Reddit.
Lemmy's developers are often described as "tankies" but the word seems to be acting as a euphemism, as though it's just an eccentric subculture. The fact is Lemmy's devs are stooges for the CCP. They actively welcome its propaganda on their instance, and they've compiled apologetics for the CCP's human rights abuses including the Uyghur genocide.
At the same time, lemmy.ml is the primary instance for Lemmy, and an important support resource for instances that run on it. On top of that it's now home to a lot of Redditors trying to build their own communities there. For those reasons I don't think it should be defederated, but I think kbin.social might need a way to prevent the instance – or at least some specific communities – from reaching the front page.
For myself, I've blocked its china and technology communities, as well as a few specific users that I've seen post propaganda pieces there. I'm satisfied with that solution to address my own use, but your own experience makes me realize it still reflects on kbin.social to have that stuff reach our front page.
Makes sense. I've unblocked some things so I can help with reporting.
It's looking a lot better right now, so I think ex-redditor posts are overwhelming and diluting a lot of the problematic content. There were even some things I thought I'd blocked but hadn't – they just haven't reached the front page since I created my account a few days ago.
It's good to know there's another solution on your radar, though. Thanks!
I often think about stellar albums. The ones where they're really isn't a skip-able track. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, Collective Soul Collective Soul (blue album), Bush 16 Stone, and Green Day Dookie. What are some of your perfect albums?
Second Alan Parsons Project album I've seen in this list! I Robot was one of my favorite records growing up, but I really thought they were a forgotten band.
Jon Hopkins' Immunity is one of my favorite albums for work and study as well as active listening. It can slide into the background without being drowsy or melancholy.
It's odd but Kid A didn't click with me until after I'd heard Amnesiac. I think the follow-up album might've worked as a kind of gateway into a more electronic sound.
I listened through Amnesiac maybe half a dozen times before I was curious and tried Kid A again, and it was like I was hearing a completely different album. It's funny to have my opinion of an album change so much by listening to something else entirely.
I need to give We Will Always Love You another listen or two. I became fixated on Running Red Lights and it eclipsed the entire rest of the album for me.
Since I Left You is finally starting to feel its age, but it might belong on a list like this too simply for the way it flows together.
New WebKit Features in Safari 17 beta (webkit.org)
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Apple announces winners of the 2023 Apple Design Awards (www.apple.com)
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The features that didn’t get discussed onstage at WWDC (sixcolors.com)
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People who think Lemmy is too political and refuse to join is good.
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perfect/near perfect albums
I often think about stellar albums. The ones where they're really isn't a skip-able track. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, Collective Soul Collective Soul (blue album), Bush 16 Stone, and Green Day Dookie. What are some of your perfect albums?