Just learned of @Bonfire's “Telling” feature!

https://bonfirenetworks.org/telling/

How come no one's talking about this? You can embed Fediverse replies even on static blogs!

@shoko וואו! כל השיטפוסטים שלך בשנתיים האלה היו בחסות שירות לאומי? הם יודעים מזה?

Giving up on “Foundation” three episodes in. Each of these episodes has asked me to care about a completely different set of characters, none of whom is particularly interesting; the writing and acting are not great; and the production design, costumes and environments are consistently unappealing. Even the typography is bunk. It feels like there’s a certain amount of money on the screen, but to little effect.

Having once written a short story featuring the collapse of a sabotaged space elevator, I thought this one was effectively presented and handled. But otherwise: a pronounced meh.

סיום שנתיים של שירות לאומי מסתכם בזה שהבגדים שלי מכוסים בזיעה

oh look it's the guy everyone talks about in the elliptic curve books that don't teach you anything https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Weil

In January 1941, Weil and his family sailed from Marseille to New York. He spent the remainder of the war in the United States, where he was supported by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation.

lliterally just von neumann

He then returned to the United States and taught at the University of Chicago from 1947 to 1958, before moving to the Institute for Advanced Study, where he would spend the remainder of his career.

princeton and uchicago. amazing

@burgervege c'est pas sorti au ciné i saw the tv glow??? oh wow

A self-observation: I kept being disappointed in myself for not doing digital drawing, music making, and so on lately. And I just realised that I shouldn't beat myself up for that; lots of stuff is happening in the world that affects me. And anyways, adjusting to new systems, tools and processes takes time, and it is okay.

I guess it is kind of like being disappointed that going vegan could mean that I can't cook my favourite recipes, or they taste differently, or it takes more effort, sometimes much more effort.

I still think it is worth it for me to put aside artistic stuff and focus on sharpening my tools, even if it is not as fun or satisfying. And it can get overwhelming easily.

Oh wait, I actually wrote a checklist for myself (and others) on mental health and building computers long, long time ago: https://github.com/ninakali/flourish-pc/blob/main/src/001/000.md
I guess I gotta revisit it xD

@martin Das tut mir natürlich leid.

Bremen ohne Plan und Ahnung oder auch nur Verwendungszweck. Immerhin könnte die erste umfassende Evaluation vom #Verhaltensscanner kommen https://netzpolitik.org/2026/ueberwachung-im-oepnv-mit-dieser-realsatire-fuehrte-bremen-verhaltensscanner-ein/

@dartigen compressor dehumidifiers (basically a reverse cycle dryer or a portable aircon in different clothes) and desiccant dehumidifiers (what if silica gel cycled itself) are the two properly effective types, and are each suitable in different environments.

Desiccant type is good in low temp, high humidity -- less water overall but harder to pull out by thermal gradient.
Compressor type is good in high temp, high humidity -- it can remove many litres per day, but has a minimum effective ambient temperature.