kixiQu

32 ms·

361.
by kixiQu 4y ago
Also describes how I feel about Dwarf Fortress.
362.
by kixiQu 4y ago
I think this is probably true to most people, and therefore good advice, but boy howdy do I still notice the repeats in e.g. "handwriting" fonts with extensive alternates -- the worse the quirkier the glyphs are supposed to be.
363.
by kixiQu 4y ago
I use a "textured" font on my website ( https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IM+Fell+English , see https://maya.land ) and it bothers me all the time that the deformations repeat across letters -- like
364.
by kixiQu 4y ago
Maybe because it feels self-promotional? So along with mine ( https://maya.land/posts/ ) I'll share my blogroll ( https://maya.land/blogroll.opml ) of the many, many RSS feeds I follow. :)
365.
by kixiQu 4y ago
let me recommend https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/07/05/Too-Effic... on this topic. Tim Bray's writing is always worth reading, but I think he's really valuable on this sp
366.
by kixiQu 4y ago
Glitch will let you fork ("remix") and modify -- I don't know if the Twitter APIs are real friendly anymore for that open-ended of use, but it'd be worth trying :)
367.
by kixiQu 4y ago
https://tokimeki-unfollow.glitch.me/ Presents the Twitter accounts you're following so you can decide whether they "spark joy"... pairs well with https://opml.glitch.me/ Which looks at the ac
368.
by kixiQu 4y ago
https://runyourown.social/#keep-it-small <-- Something like 50, where only 1 or 2 have to have the technical skills, seems reasonable to amortize the admin time. I don't totally know why we're saying that kind
369.
by kixiQu 4y ago
https://maya.land/bookmarklets/readable/ <-- I have a "do" folder for various useful bookmarklets, and this one has gotten some mileage
370.
by kixiQu 4y ago
8/41, I think? ( https://maya.land ) This is a really cool list especially because it shows how varied people's aims are. Some people want a certain golden era of Twitter/Foursquare-type social media, but under thei
371.
by kixiQu 4y ago
Huh. Mobile Safari? Looks okay on mac safari.
372.
by kixiQu 4y ago
Hmm -- it looks to me like it works? Not sure what's up there, sorry about that.
373.
by kixiQu 4y ago
yup haha
374.
by kixiQu 4y ago
write.as and https://writefreely.org/ are what you want, but static and activitypub don't reallllyyyy go together without shims in the middle.
375.
by kixiQu 4y ago
Miniflux lets you import an OPML file from a URL (as well as download/upload), but it doesn't automatically update anything.
376.
by kixiQu 4y ago
> OPML is an outliner technology that simply links to a bunch of feeds. Here’s an example of an OPML file from Vaughn Tan. Nice. > The problem with feeds is that they render in the browser like a bunch of code. They’re not at all user
377.
by kixiQu 4y ago
This is what anecdotally feels true to people but isn't what the data suggest: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/article/marriage-and-divor... Even in the Guardian piece you're linking there:
378.
by kixiQu 5y ago
College-educated women are more likely to marry. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2016/08...
379.
by kixiQu 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrupulosity <-- Cultural influence of religious faith has always shaped how what-we-would-now-definitely-class-as-mental-disorders look, too. Reminds me of the discussions about young
380.
by kixiQu 5y ago
It's definitely sarcasm -- parodying "lean in" kind of advice
381.
by kixiQu 5y ago
Some people are willing to be meticulous about references even when they're Less Good Than One Might Wish at picking names or explaining things.
382.
by kixiQu 5y ago
If your local community college is lucky enough to have any CS at all, it may be packaged up with gen. ed. requirements (the bulk of an associate's) and designed for transfer to a 4 year college (see: https://www.clark.edu&#
383.
by kixiQu 5y ago
I have yet to hear of a mountain biker causing a collapse that destroys a nearby road, which someone raised as absolutely a possibility here. Less that the risks are "novel" and more that they are absolutely known in the mining i
384.
by kixiQu 5y ago
and anyone curious about hometown should read: https://runyourown.social/ :)
385.
by kixiQu 5y ago
> there have been stories here before about e.g. blocking of far-right Mastodon instances. See: > they can't disconnect you, they can disconnect the account you have on their server There's nothing stopping you from having
386.
by kixiQu 5y ago
Not really ? Having alts can be a bit like how people have NSFW alts on Twitter (or, for artists, an art account and a personal one), except if you put them on different instances you can find a local timeline that's more relevant to
387.
by kixiQu 5y ago
That's not what filter bubble means. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble But even in the more generic sense -- they can't disconnect you , they can disconnect the account you have on their server -
388.
by kixiQu 5y ago
Can one really say that it's "mostly" its "relation with embalming fluid" that makes it scary... in a comment containing the line "at least 30 children had died two years prior due to use of the preservative&qu
389.
by kixiQu 5y ago
Well, sure. Here's the thing: with anything , the dose makes the poison -- and "low levels" and "small amount" are pretty important phrases in those claims, right? ( https://wwwn.cdc.gov/TSP/MMG
390.
by kixiQu 5y ago
How about preserving milk with formaldehyde? https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poison-squ... https://allthatsinteresting.com/poison-squad-harvey-wiley One of the tricks here i

More ›