ManMachine

@max@manmachine.me

Professional computer toucher.
Amateur photographer and musician.
Autistic.
webhttps://manmachine.me/

[?]Thomas Fuchs [he/him] » 🌐
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

This thing is so adorable

A teeny tiny e-reader that’s about the size of a credit card

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[?]ManMachine » 🌐
@max@manmachine.me

It's like that old saying that the best camera is the one that's with you, but ereader. Since I got my X4, it's always with me.

    [?]Alex Hyett » 🌐
    @alex@social.alexhyett.com

    @thomasfuchs is that the Xteink X4? I ordered one at the weekend.

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    [?]Thomas Fuchs [he/him] » 🌐
    @thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

    @alex yes but it’s an X3

      [?]Matthew Garrett » 🌐
      @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer

      Conflicted over how much of the future understanding of the PC and Apple industry ok the 80s is going to be poisoned by AI and how much is going to be poisoned by @NanoRaptor

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        [?]Nanoraptor [She/Her] » 🌐
        @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

        @mjg59 I poison the AI record too.

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          [?]David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) » 🌐
          @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

          @mjg59 @NanoRaptor

          All of Nanoraptor's posts are historically accurate, just not necessarily from this timeline.

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            [?]Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot » 🤖 🌐
            @HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2@mastodon.social

            [The Ident-I-Eeze] encoded every single piece of information about you, your body and your life into one all-purpose machine-readable card that you could then carry around in your wallet, and it therefore represented technology's greatest triumph to date over both itself and plain common sense.

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              [?]Dud and Forgotten. » 🌐
              @BackFromTheDud@mas.to

              @HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2 I don't remember that one, but I can relate to it!

                [?]Limnetic Villains » 🌐
                @limneticvillains@mastodon.online

                Are you ever brhind one of these things carrying poles or big bits of metal and you think, fuck, if one of those comes loose it would go straight through me? Game over man, game over.

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                [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                @max@manmachine.me

                Absolutely some Final Destination shit right here

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                  [?]Charlie Stross » 🌐
                  @cstross@wandering.shop

                  (Sharing the credit for this one with @quixoticgeek ):

                  Tom Bombadil is the Jar-Jar Binks of Middle Earth.

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                    [?]Andy Wingo » 🌐
                    @wingo@mastodon.social

                    can't help getting astrology × audiophile vibes from llm enthusiasts: "oh no honey you can't use opus 4.8, it's so nerfed, try glm-5.2 or the codex 5.5, they have a warm gemini sound, very well rounded on details and tone. but don't use google's gemini models, they are really leos, they have good treble response but you can't trust their mid-range"

                    [?]John Wilson » 🌐
                    @crazybutable@mastodon.social

                    @jwz a deep and sincere thank you for making Dali Clock available as an iPhone app. I was away from the house and didn’t have my glasses. And I had to coordinate on an exact time to meet up with someone

                    I hate how the Apple clock app works to get to the time, all I want is the time in big numbers, but even in world clock it’s still kinda small

                    In a fit of inspiration I remembered Dali Clock. I downloaded it on a lark ages ago. Years later, my eyes suck, and let me tell you this app is perfect

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                      [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                      @jwz@mastodon.social

                      @crazybutable Thanks! Glad you like it. I imagine you're one of about 7 people total using the app...

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                        [?]John Wilson » 🌐
                        @crazybutable@mastodon.social

                        @jwz a few years ago it was my 4 year old’s favorite app

                        I think he called it glitch clock or something like that. He thought he had broken the phone and was delighted and slightly mystified when I told him it was on purpose

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                          [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                          @jwz@mastodon.social

                          @crazybutable Haaa that is fantastic!!

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                            [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                            @max@manmachine.me

                            8 now! The rhythm of the animation makes it perfect for manually syncing my Casio.

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                              [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                              @max@manmachine.me

                              Thanks to my friend S. for providing the initial recording.

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                                [?]VGA golden hour » 🤖 🌐
                                @vga_gradients@mastodon.social

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shape: GS_CIRCULAR center=(0.7498, 0.6404)
color pick method: COL_AUTHORED_PALETTE (aejenk_sunsky)
blends:
(94, 52, 255) -> (223, 153, 255), 0.4310 (ramp 1)
(223, 153, 255) -> (162, 103, 255), 0.4039 (ramp 1)
(162, 103, 255) -> (162, 103, 255), 0.1652 (ramp 1)
dither: DT_PATTERN (map: 8x8_dpaint2e)
flags: SORT_BLENDS_BY_SIZE

                                Alt...seed: 2026-06-28T05:45:07.968824 size: 64 x 64 shape: GS_CIRCULAR center=(0.7498, 0.6404) color pick method: COL_AUTHORED_PALETTE (aejenk_sunsky) blends: (94, 52, 255) -> (223, 153, 255), 0.4310 (ramp 1) (223, 153, 255) -> (162, 103, 255), 0.4039 (ramp 1) (162, 103, 255) -> (162, 103, 255), 0.1652 (ramp 1) dither: DT_PATTERN (map: 8x8_dpaint2e) flags: SORT_BLENDS_BY_SIZE

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                                [?]Nanoraptor [She/Her] » 🌐
                                @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

                                Reviewers noted that while Vim for Gameboy featured one of the deepest command systems on the platform, its soundtrack consisted primarily prolonged silence punctuated with occasional terrifying beeps.

                                A picture of a game boy cartridge for VIM the Editor, Linux journal 2001 Readers' Choice editor. Embossed in the top grip section is the text "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY"

                                Alt...A picture of a game boy cartridge for VIM the Editor, Linux journal 2001 Readers' Choice editor. Embossed in the top grip section is the text "FRONT TOWARD ENEMY"

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                                [?]StarkRG » 🌐
                                @StarkRG@myside-yourside.net

                                @NanoRaptor Exiting is *so* much harder in this version. You'd think you could just turn the Gameboy off, but that only makes it very cross at you.

                                  [?]dan 💾 » 🌐
                                  @billgoats@bitbang.social

                                  @NanoRaptor I accidentally thought I could play this game, but *still* haven't figured out how to get the cartridge out of my gameboy :’(

                                    [?]Rafael Garcia-Suarez » 🌐
                                    @rgs@metasocial.com

                                    @NanoRaptor Tom Christiansen (one of the authors of the original "Programming Perl" book) once said that vim was a video game that also got things done

                                      [?]Renalia - #1 pizza downloader [they/them preferred, she/her acceptable] » 🔓
                                      @Nine@chitter.xyz

                                      @NanoRaptor the "Front Toward Enemy" text is just the icing on the cake.

                                        [?]mmu_man » 🌐
                                        @mmu_man@m.g3l.org

                                        @NanoRaptor I bet people asked for VSCode instead…

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                                          [?]Hyperlink Your Heart » 🌐
                                          @hyperlinkyourheart@mastodon.ie

                                          BREAKING: Goose meme stocks rise for third day in a row

                                          Stonks meme but the guy is a goose and instead of stonks it says honks.

                                          Alt...Stonks meme but the guy is a goose and instead of stonks it says honks.

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                                            [?]Farah 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏼 [She/ They] » 🌐
                                            @farah@beige.party

                                            New version of “when ur soft but someone hurts ur friends” dropped

                                            A digital illustration of a yellow fuzzy chick, wielding a plastic knife with a pink handle on a round green background. Some white sparkles scattered on the background to represent the chick’s enthusiasm and determination

                                            Alt...A digital illustration of a yellow fuzzy chick, wielding a plastic knife with a pink handle on a round green background. Some white sparkles scattered on the background to represent the chick’s enthusiasm and determination

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                                              [?]Robert Dallas Gray » 🌐
                                              @rdg_music@musicians.today

                                              when I was younger I used to think music production was mostly about inventing interesting mic techniques and it’s actually about just recording things really well and not fucking around with them too much

                                              [?]hades » 🌐
                                              @hades@social.lol

                                              we should invent vegan leberkäse

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                                              [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                              @max@manmachine.me

                                              I had surprisingly convincing vegan sossij recently, so it seems like it should be possible

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                                                [?]hades » 🌐
                                                @hades@social.lol

                                                @max we do what we must because we can

                                                  [?]Felix Frank [he/they] » 🌐
                                                  @felixf@chaos.social

                                                  @hades You would think that all the „mostly salt and fat“ foods could be easily replicated and yet…

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                                                    [?]hades » 🌐
                                                    @hades@social.lol

                                                    @felixf maybe it’s dutch

                                                      [?]Tony Finch » 🌐
                                                      @fanf@mendeddrum.org

                                                      from my link log —

                                                      mlibc: a fukk-featured portable C standard library

                                                      github.com/managarm/mlibc

                                                      saved 2026-06-25 dotat.at/:/QZR06.html

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                                                      [?]Simon Tatham » 🌐
                                                      @simontatham@hachyderm.io

                                                      @fanf … ah, that was a typo for "full", not a weird hipster spelling of "fuck"! I was imagining "fukk-featured" being some horrid neologism for "fuck features, we're only going to do the simple stuff".

                                                      (Which in other circumstances is _also_ a kind of C library people want.)

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                                                        [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                        @max@manmachine.me

                                                        "fukk-featured" being some horrid neologism for "fuck features, we're only going to do the simple stuff"
                                                        Reminds me of what the suckless crowd is doing, but their neologism is arguably better (?)

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                                                          [?]v » 🌐
                                                          @valkyrie@wandering.shop

                                                          Get left behind or you’ll embrace AI

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                                                          [?]Eniko Fox » 🌐
                                                          @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                          if your article is headed with an AI image then i'm not reading your article

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                                                          [?]Laura » 🌐
                                                          @landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                          @eniko I love those articles, they prevent time wastage by advertising this right at the top.

                                                            [?]JWcph, Radicalized By Decency » 🌐
                                                            @jwcph@helvede.net

                                                            @eniko - and the same goes if any of the other articles in your sidebar/links are about how useful AI is.

                                                              [?]rivaan » 🌐
                                                              @rivaan@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                              @eniko yes , if it has main image

                                                                [?]Netraven » 🔓
                                                                @Netraven@hear-me.social

                                                                @eniko @ThomHartmann keeps on tossing slop over the fence here and doesn't even read replies or do anything besides throw slop at us and people boost it right up.

                                                                  [?]Noodlemaz [Dr, she, they] » 🌐
                                                                  @noodlemaz@mstdn.games

                                                                  @eniko same re event/poster/attendance

                                                                    [?]Starry [He/Him] » 🔓
                                                                    @Starry@chitter.xyz

                                                                    @eniko The instant I notice some plagiarism machine generated content in a piece of art, exhibit, job posting, really anything. I walk away. It makes it abundantly clear to me that the rest of the thing was not executed with care, and I see no reason to give it my time.

                                                                      [?]Scott Wilson 🌈 [he/him/his] » 🌐
                                                                      @scottwilson@infosec.exchange

                                                                      @eniko

                                                                      Corollary: if your post features an image, I ain’t gonna like or re-toot it.

                                                                        [?]artway » 🌐
                                                                        @artway@mastodon.social

                                                                        ... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                        @eniko but actually nobody invented AI this far. If I'll ever be the first and it will outperform my lost inspiration, it surely will create for me. And do not read or watch, I won't give a fuck :)

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                                                                          [?]Natasha :mastodon:🇪🇺🇮🇪 » 🌐
                                                                          @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

                                                                          Still don't know

                                                                          A panel from the cartoon Calvin and hobbes by Bill Waterson 

Calvin is shown bundled up in his winter coat and a knit winter beanie, standing next to his lunchbox. He poignantly asks, "How old do you have to be before you know what's going on?"

                                                                          Alt...A panel from the cartoon Calvin and hobbes by Bill Waterson Calvin is shown bundled up in his winter coat and a knit winter beanie, standing next to his lunchbox. He poignantly asks, "How old do you have to be before you know what's going on?"

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                                                                          [?]DaddyJew » 🌐
                                                                          @DaddyJew@mastodon.social

                                                                          Interviewer: what do you ultimately want to become?

                                                                          Me: employed

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                                                                          [?]heyheymomo » 🌐
                                                                          @heyheymomo@socel.net

                                                                          I’m on the puter

                                                                          Design consisting out of a lot of elements related to computers videogames and tech, with momo on his keyboard on top. Upper and bottom text reads “not now, I’m computering!”

                                                                          Alt...Design consisting out of a lot of elements related to computers videogames and tech, with momo on his keyboard on top. Upper and bottom text reads “not now, I’m computering!”

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                                                                          [?]archenemy / Fernando [He/Him - whatever you want to call me is fine with me] » 🌐
                                                                          @archenemy@mas.to

                                                                          @heyheymomo i think i might need this on a t-shirt. you know for the days they make me go work in the office instead of at home.

                                                                            [?]wordsmith‽ ⁂ [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                            @wordsmith@writing.exchange

                                                                            @heyheymomo
                                                                            Glad to see Diskette still on their feet!

                                                                              [?]WeAreMuesli » 🌐
                                                                              @WeAreMuesli@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                              @heyheymomo it's wondeful! thanks for sharing this! I love the pastel palette!

                                                                              -D.

                                                                                [?]Simon [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                @simon@dewp.space

                                                                                @heyheymomo 🤩 I need a print of this in my life!

                                                                                  [?]anne.💫 » 🌐
                                                                                  @ann3nova@corteximplant.com

                                                                                  @heyheymomo thinky sand make go

                                                                                    [?]Lunar 🛸 ♾ » 🌐
                                                                                    @lunarloony@dosgame.club

                                                                                    @heyheymomo I think I would like this on a mug

                                                                                      [?]Brad Martin » 🌐
                                                                                      @bmartin427@techhub.social

                                                                                      @heyheymomo I have Daft Punk's Technologic in my head after looking at this, thanks

                                                                                        [?]Binary 💾 » 🌐
                                                                                        @binarydigit@social.lol

                                                                                        @heyheymomo do you sell this as a hi-res print? I’d love it for my home office!

                                                                                          [?]Vera Drummond » 🌐
                                                                                          @vera72dpi@mastodon.social

                                                                                          @heyheymomo Isso resume exatamente meu estado mental desde 1994. O diskete ali no canto me deu uma saudade criminosa.

                                                                                            [?]Kiwa "meow" Tiger » 🌐
                                                                                            @kiwa@tiggi.es

                                                                                            new blog post: The kinda DJ? kiwa.space/mew/the-kinda-dj.ht

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                                                                                            [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                            @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                            that's actually cool af, congrats!

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                                                                                              [?]Joe's Computer Museum » 🌐
                                                                                              @MuseumJoe@oldbytes.space

                                                                                              Saw the word "accessibility" referred to "A11Y" recently.

                                                                                              A shortening that only works in English.
                                                                                              About accessibility.

                                                                                              Let that sink in.
                                                                                              That's almost as bad as "internationalization" being referred to as "i18n"

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                                                                                              [?]Ge0rG [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                              @ge0rg@chaos.social

                                                                                              From the "Pivot to woodworking" department

                                                                                              Venn diagram:
left: forest ranger
right: devops engineer
middle: looking for bugs in logs

                                                                                              Alt...Venn diagram: left: forest ranger right: devops engineer middle: looking for bugs in logs

                                                                                                [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                The Moon is New

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                                                                                                [?]arthur.pizza » 🌐
                                                                                                @art@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                @prahou That's weird. Looks exactly like the old one.

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                                                                                                  [?]aeva [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                  @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                  @prahou the moon is used

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                                                                                                    [?]Tomáš » 🌐
                                                                                                    @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                    @aeva It is now! They will replace it again soon, I bet.

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                                                                                                      [?]Moses Izumi » 🌐
                                                                                                      @moses_izumi@fe.disroot.org

                                                                                                      I drew Mr. Mobilek's benevolent elder brother.

                                                                                                      I'm too young to have interacted with the Nokia N900 or other Keyboard Phones in person (and never got one after the fact): but have always viewed the iPhone design as pretty inadequate for any tasks more involved than browsing websites or taking pictures.

                                                                                                      #mobilek #phonebadbookgood

                                                                                                      cc @prahou

                                                                                                      anthropomorphic cellphone with keyboards for wings
(modeled after the Nokia N900)

                                                                                                      Alt...anthropomorphic cellphone with keyboards for wings (modeled after the Nokia N900)

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                                                                                                        [?]Ozzelot :runbsd: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                                                                                                        @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                                                                                                        @moses_izumi
                                                                                                        he is real btw
                                                                                                        @prahou

                                                                                                        siemens sk65, a candybar phone with a qwerty keyboard that rotates out the middle, making it look like a cross of 2000s business productivity

                                                                                                        Alt...siemens sk65, a candybar phone with a qwerty keyboard that rotates out the middle, making it look like a cross of 2000s business productivity

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                                                                                                          [?]ManMachine » 🔓
                                                                                                          @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                          biblically accurate, even

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                                                                                                            [?]Ozzelot :runbsd: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                                                                                                            @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                                                                                                            @max
                                                                                                            he callate
                                                                                                            he mailate

                                                                                                            but most importantly

                                                                                                            he rotate

                                                                                                              [?]tibi [they/them] » 🔓
                                                                                                              @tibi2@mstdn.social

                                                                                                              @ozzelot holy fuck

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                                                                                                                [?]Ozzelot :runbsd: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                                                                                                                @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                @tibi2
                                                                                                                I've missed out on the ability to buy a few :D And not sure I want it now. I proclaim I'm done with phones, done!

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                                                                                                                  [?]Ozzelot :runbsd: [they/he/any] » 🔓
                                                                                                                  @ozzelot@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                  @tibi2
                                                                                                                  also look up xelibri and the sx1 (though tbf the nokia 3650 isnt much better, and nokia's fashion line of phones...)

                                                                                                                  siemens went hard on the weirdphone market!

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                                                                                                                    [?]tibi [they/them] » 🔓
                                                                                                                    @tibi2@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                    @ozzelot oh I remember these. I had a m65 around this time. not nearly as wild but it was an aluminium reinforced? phone with rubber gaskets fucking everywhere. I lost half of them by the time I was done with it

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                                                                                                                      [?]Tomáš » 🔓
                                                                                                                      @prahou@merveilles.town

                                                                                                                      @tibi2 @ozzelot mister telefonek

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                                                                                                                        [?]VGA golden hour » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                        @vga_gradients@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                        seed: 2026-06-21T16:52:08.217152
size: 256 x 256
shape: GS_VERTICAL
color pick method: COL_RANDOM_TRIAD
blends:
(157, 84, 210) -> (148, 140, 154), 0.5292
(148, 140, 154) -> (243, 163, 50), 0.4708
dither: DT_PATTERN (map: 8x8_dpaint2e)
flags: LOCKED_LIGHTNESS, ALL_CONTINUOUS

                                                                                                                        Alt...seed: 2026-06-21T16:52:08.217152 size: 256 x 256 shape: GS_VERTICAL color pick method: COL_RANDOM_TRIAD blends: (157, 84, 210) -> (148, 140, 154), 0.5292 (148, 140, 154) -> (243, 163, 50), 0.4708 dither: DT_PATTERN (map: 8x8_dpaint2e) flags: LOCKED_LIGHTNESS, ALL_CONTINUOUS

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                                                                                                                        [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                        “I could do that before breakfast” turns out to be a Boast Most Ancient.

                                                                                                                        Handwritten notes: a sentence of Classical Chinese translated as: The Lord of Qi said “One moment — I need to crush my enemies before breakfast.”

                                                                                                                        Alt...Handwritten notes: a sentence of Classical Chinese translated as: The Lord of Qi said “One moment — I need to crush my enemies before breakfast.”

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                                                                                                                          [?]Nanoraptor [She/Her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

                                                                                                                          What is the platonic ideal of an IC package? or an SMT component?

                                                                                                                          The ideal LED shape? Those most True and Correct LCD elements?

                                                                                                                          I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE OPINIONS

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                                                                                                                          [?]Computeum Vilshofen » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @Computeum@mastodon.bayern

                                                                                                                          @NanoRaptor

                                                                                                                          Oh, that's easy.

                                                                                                                          The ideal IC is a nano-cube maybe 0.1 by 0.1 by 0.1 mm with one BGA ball on each side, able to be stacked infinitely in all directions.

                                                                                                                          The closest existing copy in the physical world are BGA and chip stacks.

                                                                                                                          The closest copy that could be reached for tinkering would be BGA with balls on both sides so twice as much contacts can be made, sandwiched between two PCB - which in turn can be repeated as often as needed.

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                                                                                                                            [?]Farbs [He/him or they/them] » 🌐
                                                                                                                            @Farbs@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                            @NanoRaptor

                                                                                                                            8 pin DIP probably housing a 555

                                                                                                                            Every SMT is an abomination and will not be spoken of further.

                                                                                                                            5mm through hole red

                                                                                                                            Middle horizontal element of any 7 or 8 segment display

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                                                                                                                              [?]Chris Espinosa » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social

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                                                                                                                              [?]Nanoraptor [She/Her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

                                                                                                                              @Cdespinosa I would change but one.

                                                                                                                              A picture of four rectangular LEDs in a jaunty little curve laid out on a black background, all with a matte finish. from left to right are white, orange, green, blue, yellow, and red.

                                                                                                                              Alt...A picture of four rectangular LEDs in a jaunty little curve laid out on a black background, all with a matte finish. from left to right are white, orange, green, blue, yellow, and red.

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                                                                                                                                [?]Nini » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @nini@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                                                @NanoRaptor @Cdespinosa I would agree with that, the domed LEDs are nice but feel old-timey but the square ones? That's the future right there and the ones I closely associate with VU displays on stereos I couldn't afford as a kid.

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                                                                                                                                  [?]gloriouscow » 🌐
                                                                                                                                  @gloriouscow@oldbytes.space

                                                                                                                                  @NanoRaptor

                                                                                                                                  Tell me this isn't the best package. It is an enormous ceramic DIP with a metal plate on it because shiny.

                                                                                                                                  a very large metal-bodied DIP package, an intech RGB DAC

                                                                                                                                  Alt...a very large metal-bodied DIP package, an intech RGB DAC

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                                                                                                                                    [?]Lunar 🛸 ♾ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                    @lunarloony@dosgame.club

                                                                                                                                    @NanoRaptor Whatever the ideal LED is, it's not a blue one

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                                                                                                                                      [?]Bart » 🔓
                                                                                                                                      @bartreardon@aus.social

                                                                                                                                      @NanoRaptor

                                                                                                                                      a 130 in one electronics project lab

                                                                                                                                      Alt...a 130 in one electronics project lab

                                                                                                                                        [?]Fritz Adalis [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                        @FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                        @NanoRaptor
                                                                                                                                        The ideal IC package is the Rockwell zigzag package from the '70s and '80s. I will brook no dissent.

                                                                                                                                        A Rockwell R5313 in a 64 pin double dip package.

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                                                                                                                                          [?]Fritz Adalis [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                          @NanoRaptor
                                                                                                                                          Runner up:

                                                                                                                                          RIFA capacitors.  Delicious.

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                                                                                                                                            [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                            https://opencircuitsbook.com basically is a bible for that

                                                                                                                                              [?]Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 [He/him/daaaaaaaad] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                              I made an approximation of notorious foodie tuna melt and I went to heaven and back.

                                                                                                                                              I didn’t take pictures. But man, this was sublime. I substituted his spices for just plain chipotle as that all I had:

                                                                                                                                              tiktok.com/t/ZTBWHfMUX/

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                                                                                                                                              [?]ebbi » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @ebbi@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                              @Migueldeicaza you need to try the kimchi tuna melt next 🤤

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                                                                                                                                                [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                Kimchi with tuna is an absolutely killer combo

                                                                                                                                                  [?]Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉 [He/him/daaaaaaaad] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                  @Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                  @ebbi will explore on the next rendition!

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                                                                                                                                                    [?]ebbi » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @ebbi@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                    @Migueldeicaza this is the recipe I followed. Too good!

                                                                                                                                                      [?]Marc "An Unvalued Goose" Godin » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @quietmarc@kolektiva.social

                                                                                                                                                      I don't always know if I should post my poetry attempts. I don't think of myself as "poetic" at all and kinda feel like my little stabs at it are maybe kinda insulting to actual poets, lol (this can't be true).

                                                                                                                                                      BUT! I have a conviction that art isn't only for those good at it, and that writing bad poetry is better than not even trying to write poetry at all, and maybe if I share a bad poem someone with more talent but less confidence than I have might see it and think "hey, maybe I can write a poem if this guy thinks he can" and then they'll write a better poem than I could ever write and the world will be a better place.

                                                                                                                                                      So, if you see me posting my bad poetry, know that I'm doing it in the hopes it could lead to better poetry.

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                                                                                                                                                      [?]Mike Nelson Pedde » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @wolfnowl@universeodon.com

                                                                                                                                                      @quietmarc

                                                                                                                                                      I don't remember the author, but the story is that a man was driving his sone home and the boy asked, "What did you do today, Dad?" "Oh, as usual I spent the day teaching people how to draw."

                                                                                                                                                      His son looked him in horror and asked, "YOU MEAN THEY FORGET?"

                                                                                                                                                      Everyone is an artist. 🌞

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                                                                                                                                                        [?]Nina Kalinina [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt

                                                                                                                                                        @wolfnowl @quietmarc
                                                                                                                                                        Howard Ikemoto's quote in "Drawing on the right side of the brain":

                                                                                                                                                        > When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared back at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]The Man-Machine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @manmachine@metapixl.com

                                                                                                                                                          Yellow painted pipe and mostly white painted ornate brick wall.

                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Yellow painted pipe and mostly white painted ornate brick wall.

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]Kyle Brown :DBFHBear: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @Wearwolf@kind.social

                                                                                                                                                          With great power comes great need for cable diameter

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]mhoye » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @mhoye@cosocial.ca

                                                                                                                                                          My brother in computation, name one other media player that survived, much less that you have not had to relearn every 18 months, over that time span.

                                                                                                                                                          cloudisland.nz/@rmi/1167859627

                                                                                                                                                          [?]Rob Isaac [He/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @rmi@cloudisland.nz

                                                                                                                                                          It is June 2001. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                                                                                                          It is June 2006. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                                                                                                          It is June 2011. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                                                                                                          It is June 2016. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                                                                                                          It is June 2021. Due to a conflicting maze of poorly-defined standards, VLC’s hilariously bad user interface is the only consistently reliable way to play the weird video setup I’m working on.

                                                                                                                                                          It is June 2026 …

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                          @mhoye VLC is, like, the platonic ideal of open source software. The low level bit-banging parts: absolutely top notch for decades, frequently updated. Human-facing parts: hasn't changed appreciably since the Nineteen Hundreds, weird, confusing, 40,000 configuration options, makes designers drop to the floor in tears. Might as well have "TBD, WRITE ME!" at the top of the window.

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                                                                                                                                                            [?]nick [He/Him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                            @nickzoic@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                            @jwz @mhoye Also it has a terrible name: originally "VideoLAN Client", a TLA embeddeding a TLA in classic nerd form, it is now just VLC which doesn't stand for anything except possibly Very Loud Cone, after its logo, which is also a terrible placeholder but somehow so instantly recognizable that remote tribespeople who've never seen a traffic cone and toddlers who can't reliable identify the Coke logo can tell you it's the "pointy video thing".

                                                                                                                                                              [?]Claudius » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                              @claudius@darmstadt.social

                                                                                                                                                              @jwz @mhoye some designers will say it is a bad UI. And yet *everyone who works with video* gravitates to VLC. Everyone. It is just that good.

                                                                                                                                                              Even people who don't have it as a default, at least keep it around for the cases where it's the only thing that works.

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                                                                                                                                                                [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                @claudius @mhoye Your "just that good" is my "the only thing that works at all in a sea of bad options". That is not something to celebrate.

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                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Claudius » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                  @claudius@darmstadt.social

                                                                                                                                                                  @jwz @mhoye There's a lot of software that I've been using for 15+ years. I don't think a single one caused as few problems as VLC has.

                                                                                                                                                                  So, yeah, I'm really fine with it just the way it is.

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                    @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                    @claudius @mhoye Ok cool story bro

                                                                                                                                                                      [?]InnocentZero » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                      @innocentzero@social.tchncs.de

                                                                                                                                                                      @jwz @mhoye I really thought MPV can do most things now. Atleast everyone keeps telling me so, atleast. I'm not a video guy by any means, but whenever I have an odd job, it does well? Idk, is there something VLC does that mpv doesn't? (Apart from the GUI, MPV is just a box playing the video, the CLI is the interface)

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                                                                                                                                                                        [?]jwz » 💀 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                        @jwz@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                        @innocentzero @mhoye Even in testing contexts, I never got mpv or mplayer to even basically function. And then a few years ago the developer had a hissy fit and removed support for "xdg-screensaver" (the "maybe don't blank the screen while a movie is playing" module) so they are dead to me.

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]sofia ☮️🏴 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @sofia@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                          does religion imply belief in the supernatural?

                                                                                                                                                                          yes:35
                                                                                                                                                                          no:17
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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Nina Kalinina [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt

                                                                                                                                                                          @sofia "heavy sweating" because it doesn't have to but in 10 out of 10 cases it does

                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Florence » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @themaritimegirl@tech.lgbt

                                                                                                                                                                            Portable cassette players found at the ReStore today!!

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]VWestlife » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @vwestlife@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                            @themaritimegirl I have a fancier model of that Panasonic with a digital tuner and VMSS (Virtual Motion Sound System), which originally came with headphones that vibrate your ears along with the bass notes in the music to make it feel/sound like "subwoofers for your head". Yeah, it's super gimmicky and the novelty wears off quickly.

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                              @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                              The tuning scale on this Panasonic is absolutely bombastic, such a design centerpiece!

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                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Tim Newsham » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @timnewsham@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                The game is a foot
                                                                                                                                                                                the door is a jar
                                                                                                                                                                                and the stop is a head

                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Jordan Sissel » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @whack@hachyderm.io

                                                                                                                                                                                @purpleidea ok so I am trying to use tabs instead of spaces for indentation and within two days I've already found a failure.

                                                                                                                                                                                yaml rejects tabs as indentation. lol

                                                                                                                                                                                Of course I fucking find this.

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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]hades » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                  @hades@social.lol

                                                                                                                                                                                  @whack @purpleidea tabs are objectively wrong

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                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]ManMachine » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                    @max@manmachine.me

                                                                                                                                                                                    weren't they, like, invented by IBM

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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]hades » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @hades@social.lol

                                                                                                                                                                                      @max sounds like something IBM would invent, yeah

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                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                        RE: retro.pizza/@mrencyclopedia/11

                                                                                                                                                                                        Hi it’s me, “English speaker who learned grammatical nightmare Dutch and then randomly decided it was time to get serious about Chinese, and did in fact learn to read Chinese”

                                                                                                                                                                                        Make your own flash cards. Write your own notes. Ideally with pen and paper, but if that’s not an option, type it letter by letter or use speech-to-text. Don’t copy-paste. Don’t autocomplete. Don’t generate with AI. You need to use YOUR hands or YOUR voice if you want to change YOUR brain, YOUR own inner neural network weights.

                                                                                                                                                                                        I’ve been trying an Obsidian plugin called HiWords. You select a word, right click, and add a definition; from then on, that word will be highlighted in Obsidian notes, and you can hover to see your definition. Elegant, helpful, I like it.

                                                                                                                                                                                        They have a (completely optional, opt-in) functionality to shell out to an LLM for filling in the definition. I imagine that a lot of students requested this functionality, and it wasn’t hard to implement, so I understand why they added it. I can see why the students want it; it sounds so much more efficient, so much more ✨data✨ per effort to get the vocabulary collection up and running. But it’s self-defeating. It’s drowning your senses in noise that won’t stick in your memory. Two or three words you took the time to look up and write down yourself are vastly more helpful than a paragraph churned out by a machine.

                                                                                                                                                                                        Do it by hand, learn it by heart. 📓💖

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Mr. Encyclopedia [he/they] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @mrencyclopedia@retro.pizza

                                                                                                                                                                                        Another AI argument: "I'm studying Japanese and asked Claude to make flashcards based on the grammar points in my Japanese textbook, and it did in minutes what it would have taken me hours"

                                                                                                                                                                                        What if I told you that the act of making the flashcards is studying? When I went through the Naval Nuclear Program I went through a very similar process of making flashcards for all the things we would be tested on. I never actually had to use the cards. Making them was all I needed to do to sufficiently remember.

                                                                                                                                                                                        There is no way to optimize your way out of the learning process. It always takes the same amount of effort in the end.

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                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]afx » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                          @afx@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea This is why writing cheat sheets before exams was always helpful even when they were not used in the exam.

                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Agnieszka R. Turczyńska [she/her] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                            @agturcz@circumstances.run

                                                                                                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea I'm curious? Why do you consider Dutch grammar as a nightmare?

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                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                              @agturcz take the weird edge cases of English and turn up the knob, because Dutch is in even more of a half-eroded Indo-European state. And the rules about word order in complex clauses remain mystifying after speaking it daily for years.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]aerique » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                @aerique@genart.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea @agturcz I do like "our" (I'm Dutch) flexible word order though, it adds another dimension to what is said in a sentence.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Also: I've been doing Chinese in a language learning app (I really do not want to discuss the app itself) so I'm reading your comments on Chinese with great interest!

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Space Catitude 🚀 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @TerryHancock@realsocial.life

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Another "forklift at the gym" example.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                    You know why I can read Classical Chinese? Because I have spent the last year slowly but surely making a complete handwritten copy of my favorite textbook. Every explanation. Every example sentence. With my own original translations and margin notes. On nice sturdy paper with a pen I find comfortable to use. I’m at 183 handwritten pages so far.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    (Gonna repeat again that a lot of people who think they hate writing by hand actually hate cheap ballpoints that hurt their hands.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Photo of my Classical Chinese notebook lying in front of the open textbook on a book stand

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Seiðr » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @Illuminatus@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                    @0xabad1dea ¿Is that a Jinhao 82?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @Illuminatus it’s a Pilot Falcon with a gold nib, my most expensive pen that isn’t an antique. But I also have some five dollar Jinhaos I’m happy with :)

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Seiðr » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Illuminatus@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea The shape is so obviously similar.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        You are <so> right on the ball-point thing. I've never conventionally written with them, because I always "carved" the paper and never felt comfortable with them. I wish I had got regular with fountain pens much earlier, but I got used to write with dipping nibs back at the start of uni for my personal stuff and I for everyday stuff I used liquid ink Pilot V-balls. Cannot even conceive having taken so many notes in uni with regular biros.:psyduck:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Joost Rekveld » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @joost_rekveld@assemblag.es

                                                                                                                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea that looks like so much more fun than the not very constructive (or effective) activity on various chinese language apps that I has been my not very well thought out 'strategy' over the last years.. Would you mind sharing what your favourite textbook for Classical Chinese is ? Does it assume any level of knowledge of modern Chinese ?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                            @joost_rekveld unfortunately yes, every serious full-length textbook of Classical Chinese I’m aware of presumes a strong working knowledge of modern Mandarin. In fact, that’s why I started working on my own website that approaches it from the angle of people who are interested in ancient languages in general, but there’s not much there yet. 厄.net/classicalchinese/

                                                                                                                                                                                                            The book I’m working from is “Classical Chinese: A Functional Approach” by Kai Li and James Erwin Dew. The orange edition is typeset in Simplified, the green edition is typeset in Traditional.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Joost Rekveld » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @joost_rekveld@assemblag.es

                                                                                                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea many thanks for the pointer to the book, and what a good idea to make such a site ! I certainly feel part of your target audience...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Souvlaki Space Station » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                @anarchiv@todon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea Thicker pens really save my wrist.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                But damn, that's impressive. Respect!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]lou. » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @einsiedlerspiel@todon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I'd like to hear more about your thoughts on choosing a pen, is there anything more to it than 'try a lot of pens until you find one that works for you?' :blobfoxcomputer:

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @einsiedlerspiel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The three most important factors in finding a pen that's comfortable to use are:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1) Barrel thickness. Cheap ballpoints tend to be very skinny, and adult hands cramp up holding them. A chunky pen can be much easier to hold for long writing sessions.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2) Softer grip area with no sharp faceted angles. I have found that if I use a wider pen, a rubber/foam grip is not necessary, but many people find them a lifesaver.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3) Smooth, flowing ink. Ballpoints are the WORST for this. Their grease-based ink has many virtues, such as waterproofness and being very cheap per page, but you have to press hard and drag the pen like a knife to get a clear line. IMO fountain pens are the best for this, but if that's too much fuss, a nice gel pen from a serious brand is the best all-around option.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Unlearning a painful death-grip acquired from ballpoint use may take some time and practice.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Here are some specific model recommendations from a serious pen fan. penaddict.com/top-5-pens

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]commonst » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @commonst@social.vivaldi.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @0xabad1dea so much of my hand pain disappeared when I when from cheap ballpoints to realistically sized fountain pens - or at least a good ballpoint pen made by a company that also makes fountain pens. Trying to write with a Bic Stic is unthinkable to me now.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Apiary » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Apiary@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea @einsiedlerspiel just throwing out there that pilot g2s are available most everywhere. Come in various ink colours and line thickness. And they’re not very expensive.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]lou. » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @einsiedlerspiel@todon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ya that makes sense, having this enumerated is helpful thanks!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (I learned my death grip in school with a probably ill-fitted fountain pen, and have mostly experimented with different tips in a thick (and heavy!) ball-tip housing. That's tolerable -- but it still takes discipline not grip and press too hard; maybe I should try fountain pens again)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]rasteri » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @rasteri@mastodon.scot

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea @einsiedlerspiel I'm quite a big fan of liquid-ink rollerballs. Bit of a halfway-house between fountain pens and gel-inks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]trainguyrom » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @trainguyrom@techhub.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea @einsiedlerspiel I'm curious if left handers have differing opinions on pen ink from right handers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Personally I go for good quality #2 pencils and a manual sharpener for my note taking purposes, which has the fun of slowly making my hand appear silvery the more I draw and write at a time

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Ted Lemon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @abhayakara@mastodon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I'm curious to know how many chinese symbols you were able to learn in that time!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @abhayakara I started studying (modern) Chinese at all about four years ago, and got serious about Classical specifically, which has some different vocabulary, about a year ago. I stopped keeping formal count at about two thousand characters, because at that point, you know all the common ones and flash card drilling doesn't help much. The number that I can recognize in-context in a sentence is probably between 2500-3000, which is the low end of fluency. (A highly-educated Chinese person will know 4000-5000).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  In the Chinese public education system, they take a tactic of pushing 700 crucial characters in the first year and then slowing down a bit, with a target of 3000-3500 by the end of 6th grade. I think I did about 600 in my first year, which feels fair because I wasn't a full-time schoolchild.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Ted Lemon » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @abhayakara@mastodon.nl

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @0xabad1dea that's fabulous! Did you in fact use any tools like Anki?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @abhayakara I used Skritter, which has an expensive subscription but I recommend it over Anki because it's specifically designed for Chinese/Japanese characters and has you hand-write the characters in stroke order (on your phone/tablet, with finger or stylus)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Mike Siegel » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @mikesiegel@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea do you have any recommendations for studying modern Mandarin, as a precursor to to Classical? Integrated Chinese seems popular.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I would love to be able to truly understand this some day, but it seems so daunting: cbetaonline.dila.edu.tw/zh/JB1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]RRB » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @rrb@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea Using AI to help learning is like doing athletic training by using machines to lift weights.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]AT » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @at@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea extremely Mesopotamian approach to education

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]David Willanski » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @dwillanski@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea I had exams where we were allowed to bring one single sided A4 page of notes. The act of trying to write the entire course on one page meant nobody actually used their notes in the exam.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]marmarta [she/her] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @marmarta@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea oh this is so true. In ye olde school days, I used to prepare cheat sheets for class tests; they were made so that I could potentially use them for cheating (Poland in the 90s had a bit of a different approach to cheating than some other countries :D it was very normalized), but the mere process of making it, digesting information into small portable form and writing it down was always enough to actually... teach me the material. And pass the test without cheating.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]🍵 holly [any] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @holly@social.v.st

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea @quixoticgeek Ooh, HiWords (minus the “AI”), sounds very useful! I want to try it for adding hidden furigana to my Japanese grammar notes. Any other Obsidian plugin recommendations?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Magnus Ahltorp » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @ahltorp@mastodon.nu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @0xabad1dea This is what I try to tell anyone learning Chinese characters. Even if you never plan to write any character in a "real" situation, writing them by hand makes it easier to recognise them, because you don't truly know the character if you don't know how to write it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    And even copying characters is such a great skill to have when put in a real situation. You can get away with a lot if you're just able to copy your address or whatever onto a form.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Tim Lieder » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @capnhoppy@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @0xabad1dea Every time I’ve found learning something challenging and created flashcard to help study, the process of making the cards did the job and I immediately didn’t need them any more. It’s uncanny.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Karpour » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @karpour@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @0xabad1dea Better to chose Dutch and not German. Dutch has much easier grammar than German, and much more consistent pronunciation than German and especially English.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I'll give HiWords a try, that seems useful for learning 日本語 :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Zimmie [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @bob_zim@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @0xabad1dea I like the way Field Notes puts it in their marketing materials: I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it *now*.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]OddOpinions5 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @0xabad1dea

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            is this good or bad advice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            quote 'Make your own flash cards. Write your own notes. Ideally with pen and paper, but if that’s not an option, type it letter by letter "

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            hard to say

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            on the one hand, abadiea appears very gifted, so what works for her might not work for others

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            OTOH, there are probably entire shelves of books about best practice, so a citation would be nice

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            some of us have trouble with pen and paper (ahem, me)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            but this might be best practice; asfaik, the idea that people have different learning styles is contentious, at best

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Large Print Edition (Delia~!) » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @drolltergeist@meemu.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @0xabad1dea what makes Dutch a grammatical nightmare? what study i've undertaken tells me it's quite a lot like German grammatically

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]abadidea [she/her] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @drolltergeist like globally notorious for nightmare grammar German, yes

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Large Print Edition (Delia~!) » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @drolltergeist@meemu.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @0xabad1dea haha fair enough. i hear Mandarin grammar is actually pretty easy to wrap your head around, and hey! no case system ;)

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