A Contrarian Clarification of Free Speech by Charles Hugh Smith
Where your rights and your expectations may collide
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-contrarian-clarification-of-free.html
The toolkit with the bits I used to open the case and remove the battery was more than twice as expensive. Torx bits needed to open the case. iFixit for the win for a decent kit.
Grateful for the ubiquity of replacement parts for aged enterprise laptops. $30 and 15 minutes of my time and I have a replacement battery on board
When you scavenge parts for that aging workstation that you’re keeping alive, and then the hardware insists, because you’ve added more memory modules in more slots, that you install proprietary fans you didn’t know you would need. Thank the gods for eBay.
I’m interested in the kind of leadership that brings out everyone’s best. I’m interested in people working to make everyone’s life better. I’m interested in everyone feeling like they are enough.
Demands for unity or loyalty create competition and showmanship.
Has anyone used PodSnacks? It seems like an amazing idea, but I’m worried it’s just going to feel like more SPAM in my inbox.
Stop me if this sounds wierd, but I have been modifying my driving habits. I have stopped trying to be the fastest, and I have stopped speeding in the vain attempt to make up time. I did not drive faster than 65 MPH during my commute this morning, and I was never in the left lane. And I lived.
14th iteration. If Nordic myth and Renaissance Masters had crossed paths.
Playing with an image generator this evening. Borrowed from myth and and from Rembrandt.
Linux is still as unforgiving as it ever was. Still, I persist. Maybe one day I’ll buy hardware designed for it. Old Windows laptops are serviceable but sometimes the hardware contains bits that only work well in Windows.
I kinda miss the days you could buy extended capacity batteries for your devices with battery covers and user-servicable batteries. I miss the days you could add more RAM. I miss the days you could change out the permanent storage with better performing or higher capacity replacements.
Keyboard shortcuts and gestures in Notes on Mac Because I’m really trying to utilize Notes
https://support.apple.com/guide/notes/keyboard-shortcuts-and-gestures-apd46c25187e/mac
If you’ve been on the fence, 23andMe is offering their DNA service at $59, down from $119. I’m from a blended family, and this helped to answer some questions I might not have been able to answer, otherwise.
I’m using an older Apple MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar. My biggest complaint, after losing physical function keys, and even after using this device since it was new in 2019, I rest my hands on top of the keyboard and inevitably activate the ESC. This still surprises me, every single time.
I’d like to thank @manton for making it possible to syndicate to all the places, enabling me to implement a POSSE strategy with Micro.Blog at the core.
The skies have been amazing these last few months. I have witnessed more auroral displays in the last year than in my entire 5 decades previous.
Awesome to see Chic on stage tonight during the American Music Awards. They sounded great and made it look easy
I feel like the Forever ✱ Notes methodology is to your preferred notes app what the Bullet Journal methodology is to the paper notebook you already own.
I am hoping to leverage both in my life, recognizing that I need to make more specific space in my life for a journaling practice.
I’m very slowly working through the Forever ✱ Notes set up. I love that it’s not an app, and I also love that it keeps inspiring me to solve other problems I’ve been thinking about, specifically with respect to something like a CRM tool, but not requiring a subscription to a SAAS provider.
This is completely random and just a me thing. I am annoyed when news sources announce discoveries of ruins that are plainly visible above ground. The people who live there might be able to explain the history of the site, or, even if the lore is gone, simply know it exists and can show you.