schmorp @ schmorpel @slrpnk.net

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Thanks for putting it in words so well. These days I have to default to 'no thanks' for most information arriving in front of my face or I get quickly overwhelmed or distracted. Re-learning how to find the important stuff in an ever-changing media landscape takes up quite some energy, especially as the brain gets older.

The article about not buying new laptops is genius, thanks. I don't remember how old my laptop is, around 7 years? Windows 11 regrets to tell me it's not supported. I'm running double-boot Win10 (for work, unfortunately) and Linux and stubbornly refuse to let it die. It was always shit when on Windows (like some keys and USB never working properly) and runs smooth as butter under Linux. But I need a replacement and this article really helps get my priorities straight. Thanks for writing and sharing, I really love the solar-powered site!

I've heard 'caralho' used to be the name for the lookout on top of a ship's mast (later turned into yet another word for dick) and sailors were sent to duty on the caralho as punishment?

I'm not Portuguese though, so if any native could confirm ...

I might be working on a 441MP camera sensor

Smaller groups of humans (villages, households, ...?) could decide among themselves whether they prefer to live together by capitalist or communist principles. These smaller groups could function within a larger federation - a bit like the fediverse with its smaller instances where each can decide their own internal rules.

Wow that sounds amazing. I'm not into heavy world building, but sometimes wish I were, and this sounds excellent and great fun! Is this a fork of the standard MediaWiki software?

I have just started, and decided to use Mkdocs for my personal notes, journaling, and a budding novel that kept buzzing around in my head and wants out. In the moment I just throw titles, links, citations and bits of text in a document, later I hope to be able to sort through the mess and separate into chapters. Let's see. I've connected it to a git repository on codeberg for backup. I did this because I like to write in Markup and decided to use the same setup to create a static page for my business (with My Webapp on Yunohost to serve). Then I just kept the same for my notes. I like super simple folder based setups without too many bells and whistles cause I find them distracting. Focuswriter on the other hand was too basic without the ability to create links between files.

Great to know, I'm on yunohost and considered creating my own instance. I guess I'll get to that when I take the step from rented VPS to home-run server.

embrace the smolnet

No please let's just make it not a thing anymore to finance stuff with advertising. I'm happy to support an instance I enjoy spending time on with volunteering service and/or money, but I'm here exactly because I don't want to see ads. I'm right now a happy human, commenting on a post on the internet, without a need in the world and I don't want to see any text, picture or video on my screen that suggests otherwise.

So just because more harm is done with heating we shouldn't care about this waste? Small differences also make a difference, especially if the wasted light does more harm than good. If your roof leaks in two places you don't just go a fix the bigger leak.

But it IS a finite resource. To produce light, you need energy. Even if you use renewables, you can only cover so much area of the planet with solar panels and wind generators. In a world run on electricity that is produced by limited means, we should consider where we want to use each kWh ('bag of electricity'). Do you really want to render that image? Have that status light on all day? It's small things, but they do add up.

Oh shit, it's that 'eco-friendly' agriculture of the future, is it? I guess you are from NL? I remember, from when I was little, my dad cursing about 'holländische Gewächshaustomaten' just to buy equally horrible tomatoes from Spain ...

I've noticed the same trend in PT. From 2001 to 2012, lights being added to the surrounding hills. Then they started switching off every second lamp, during Covid possibly more. Let's hope for some dark, quiet times.

I finally have my email set up with Thunderbird (and K-9 on my phone) so that I have mail and calendar stuff in one place and don't use my browser for every old thing. Before that I was a brainwashed Google zombie for quite some years and used only Google webmail. It took so long to get rid of all their stuff.

I remember watching Chrome fill up long lists of ??? in the task manager, back when I still used Windows and Chrome on an old Laptop. Both CPU and RAM were working at their utmost and that shit blocked everything.

I don't work in tech but I do (I translate technical stuff). I'd say I'm very tech-adjacent, but nobody should hire me for any real coding or engineering jobs. But if you like to infodump about very technical stuff go ahead, I'll get sparkly eyes and start drooling. I'm also a tree-hugging hippy.

Very sorry about that. I nuked my website and email and I'm still busy with recovery. Can't help after all.

It's a straw-bale filled cube desert, a monoculture hell. The Spanish are really good at creating these.

Emotional intelligence can also mean to not assume the worst about somebody using swear words. If I say 'Fuck cars' I don't mean I want to engage in sexual intercourse with a motor vehicle. It also doesn't mean I don't want to ever use a car again and expect the same of you. It just means I'm not too fond of a society built on car ownership.

When some movement says 'Fuck X' then maybe we should just give them the benefit of doubt and not immediately assume they mean 'destroy X immediately and completely, and all those plus their kin who support bloody X' but might be okay with 'gradually replace X with a solution that's proven to be less destructive and harmful'