KelsonV

KelsonV, 11 months ago to random

I think there's a lot of talking past each other on privacy because there are so many layers.

Google or Dropbox keeping your cloud files from showing up on someone else's drive or a public share is one layer.

Keeping your data from leaking in a data breach is another.

Google & Meta are good at those.

But then there's ensuring that Google or Meta doesn't misuse it themselves, or sell it to someone who will.

And that's a whole other issue!

KelsonV, 1 year ago to random

Politics should not be a team sport with only two sides, where your team is always right and their team is always wrong, and any criticism of someone who happens to be on your team is dismissed whether it's in good faith or not.

We should have shifting coalitions based on each issue being discussed. Not semi-permanent factions where everyone has to pledge allegiance to one side or the other.

But everything gets shoved into a binary.

Maybe (most) humans are just wired for it

KelsonV, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to random

Are there any apps that use the #MastodonAPI that let you look at a list of your follows and add them to specific #lists as you go down the line, without opening each profile one at a time?

I'm trying to set up lists on my #GoToSocial instance now that it supports them, but I'm already following enough people over there that it's going to be a pain to either open all the profiles one by one or keep another window open so I can search for them one by one.

KelsonV, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to web

New tech tip on my website!

Readable Email and Web Pages

It's 2024. If you're still designing websites or email like you would design an 8.5x11" promotional hand-out on a sheet of paper, you really haven't been paying attention to how people use the internet over the past decade.

https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/readable-email/
#webDevelopment #css #usability #accessibility #howTo #techTips

KelsonV, 9 months ago to random

How do you buy random electronics gadgets these days?

There's got to be something useful between "I know the brand I'm looking for and a store I can buy it from" and "Um...there are 523 virtually identical items on Amazon, each with a different randomly-generated 6-letter 'brand' name and 50000 reviews that may or may not be from real people or for this actual product."

KelsonV, 1 year ago to random

So ... basically if you bought glasses from anyone before 2021, you're probably in this breach.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/luxottica-confirms-2021-data-breach-after-info-of-70m-leaks-online/

KelsonV, 7 months ago to random

I find it amusing that every time someone texts (or rarely, calls) my phone by accident because they typed someone else's number wrong, and I reply, "Sorry, I'm not ____, I think you have the wrong number," they ALWAYS, without fail, reply with something along the lines of "Are you sure?"

KelsonV, 1 year ago to RSS

I got tired of forgetting where the #RSS / #Atom #feeds are on various #Fediverse platforms and having to track them down, so I started a list.

https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/fediverse-feeds/

Currently covers deep breath #Mastodon, #Bookwyrm, #Funkwhale, #GoToSocial, #Lemmy, #Misskey & forks, #Pleroma & forks #PeerTube, #Pixelfed, #Plume, #Snac2, #Takahe, and #WriteFreely

whew

Feel free to let me know what I should add to the list (or any corrections I need to make) in a reply to this post!

KelsonV, 11 months ago to Flowers

sigh Thanks, SO much, autofocus.

I mean, the flowers are pretty, but that's not what I was aiming for.

#photos #butterfly #outOfFocus #flowers

KelsonV, 1 year ago to random

I just got spam plugging an event for the NRA. Which would be waaaaay misdirected even if it didn't turn out to be about the National Restaurant Association.

(Hmm, I wonder what they think of the Culinary Institute of America)

KelsonV, 1 year ago to books

This should be awesome: official (and "ineffable") #GoodOmens graphic novel adaptation by #ColleenDoran, based on the original #TerryPratchett / #NeilGaiman novel!

I've been a fan of Doran's art for years, and of course the book is a classic!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dunmanifestin/good-omens

#books #comics

KelsonV, 1 year ago to science

Paleontologists investigate whether T. rex and other predatory #dinosaurs had lips like lizards, or protruding teeth like crocodiles (though as the article notes, pop culture has latched onto the latter).

https://wapo.st/3zlDnNK
(gifted article link)

@science

KelsonV, 6 months ago to Software

New software review on my website!

Thunderbird (Email and Calendar)
★★★★★

Stable, capable desktop email application, works well with multiple accounts including Gmail, Nextcloud, easy to set up and use but with advanced settings when you need them.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/thunderbird/
#software #email #calendar #macos #linux #windows #productivity #nextcloud #review

KelsonV, 10 months ago to random

Review of Semiosis ★★★★★

Sue Burke: A fascinating take on space colonization, intelligence, and language, following multiple generations of humans on a world dominated by sapient plants.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/books/semiosis/

KelsonV, 4 months ago to random

I've been using the #OnyxBoox Poke3 as my main ebook reader for a couple of years now, mainly because it's a convenient size, has a clear e-ink display, and can run the Android app for any eBook store. I just wish the touch screen was a bit more responsive.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/products/onyx-boox/

There is a newer model -- and another similar-sized reader that's added back physical page-flip buttons -- but it still feels too early to replace the one I have.

#ebooks #review #devices #eReader

KelsonV, 1 month ago to linux

Finally consolidated my notes on things I've done to get the #PineTab2 working (mostly) the way I want it to. Some gathered from the forums, some that I noticed and/or figured out myself.

https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/pinetab2/

#Linux #Tablet #LXQt #arm64 #ArchLinux

KelsonV, 10 months ago to random

Review of NewsFlash ★★★★★

Clean, stable, fast, free, no-clutter and no-nonsense RSS/Atom newsfeed reader for Linux that optionally syncs with multiple services.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/newsflash/

KelsonV, 10 months ago to random

Remember when Netflix rebranded as Quikster?*
https://speedforce.org/2011/09/netflix-qwikster/

Just found myself thinking of it for some reason.

*For about two minutes

KelsonV, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

New tech tip post on my website: When Not To Use A Redirect

https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/bad-redirects/

Edit: And by "new" I mean "reworked from a 12-year-old blog post that's still relevant"

#TechTips #WebDev

KelsonV, 11 months ago to Minecraft

Lemmy.world appears to be backfilling posts from remote communities I'm subscribing to. One post from a few months ago:

"Why did we stop building with dirt?"

And all I can think is "Because creepers can blow it up too easily."

#minecraft

KelsonV, 1 year ago to random

I still haven't gotten around to writing up a review of the first omnibus of Takahiro Arai's #manga adaptation of #LesMiserables, and I just discovered that the second one is already out! Going to pick that up and try to review both before Barricade Day!

KelsonV, 7 months ago to random

Just realized my blog is old enough to drink.

KelsonV, 10 months ago to nature

This sea otter likes long swims along the coast, kelp forests...and stealing surfboards

“At first, we were like, ‘Look how cute?’ But then it bit down on the board and chewed off a piece, and we were like. ‘What’s going on?’”

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-12/a-renegade-sea-otter-is-terrorizing-california-surfers

#nature #weird #otter

KelsonV, 8 months ago to linux

Tech tip: On Linux, you can easily get the current date in ISO 8601 format, suitable for plugging into, say, HTML metadata, or an Eleventy template, using the command line:

date -Is

That's a capital I (as in ISO) and a lower-case s (as in seconds).

Result: 2023-10-08T17:11:36-07:00

https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/isodate/

#linux #date #timestamp #iso8601 #iso

KelsonV, 1 month ago to random

ugh, how did I not notice that typo until now