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@NicMakesStuff I think this is one of those cases where it would be morally okay for you to download the book from Anna’s Archive while you wait for the actual ebook to be delivered. 😇
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@kottkrig Ja, den som väntar på nått gott… Sanna spelar det nu och det ser hur som helst väldigt mysigt ut.
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@KimberlyHirsh That’s 17–46.2% real wage growth (inflation-adjusted), right? I sure hope so. 😅
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@rlpietraszek Yay! I’m glad it’s working now—hope your fingers aren’t too sore from all that reimporting! 😊
It might not be your cup of tea, but I have a Micro.blog plug-in called Surprise me! that introduces a magic address on your blog, taking you to a random post. It’s a pretty fun way to explore the depths of one’s blog archive.
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@Munish The current Switch has a huge library of great games, so if playing the latest releases isn’t a priority, you can still have a ton of fun with it. (I’m very happy with the OLED model.) If nothing else, I’m sure there will be plenty of used consoles available on the secondhand market in a couple of months. 😊
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@KimberlyHirsh Yeah, it’s really hard to compare historic prices and purchasing power to today’s, especially across countries. In Sweden, real wage growth for that period (1993–2024) was 57.3%.
And just to be clear, I want video games to be cheap and accessible to as many people as possible. 😊 (While making sure designers, developers, and everyone involved get paid fairly.)
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@fancysandwiches Yeah, you’re right, of course—it’s “up to 120 Hz.” That was just me being lazy with my typing. 😊
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@jalcine You only get 4K when you connect it to a TV, and the frame rate will be capped at 60fps then. 😢 The built-in screen is 1080p. You’ll have to choose between high resolution or high frame rate.
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@Munish I wouldn’t say it’s a huge upgrade, but there are definitely a bunch of quality-of-life improvements. What I’m personally looking forward to is beefier hardware. My eyes and brain are pretty sensitive to low frame rates in games, and the current Switch has a lot of that. So I’m hoping the Switch 2 will deliver smoother gameplay.
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@manton So… Micro.blog is migrating away from Zoom to GameChat with Mario Kart World for meetings, right? 😊
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@aeryn I know you took a break recently, and that can definitely help. Something that works for me sometimes is switching up where I hang out. Like, if I’m not feeling the stuff coming in from my news sources, I swap them out for a bit with more cozy, wholesome web experiences.
Perfectly Imperfect is one of those spots—it’s just people (not algorithms) sharing what they love. Hanging out there usually puts me in a good mood. 😊
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@iChris Can’t wait! 🍿
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@manton Pretty similar to Readme Driven Development. 😊
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@rw Hi, and welcome to Micro.blog! It’s a little hard to tell since the error message is truncated. What does it say when you check the logs?
In general, it looks like something is up with the theme. There could be a bug in the original code, or if you’ve made custom changes, they might be causing the issue. Other possible culprits include plug-ins interfering or the theme running on an incompatible Hugo version (which you can change on the Design page).
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@thosch We manufacture funeral products, such as urns and caskets. Like this one, Ro, by Danish designer Anker Bak.
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@heyloura Will read this with my morning coffee tomorrow, but browsing your capsule right now. Amazing! 😍
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@hollie I buy most of my audiobooks from Libro.fm and use their app. When I get an audiobook elsewhere, like from LibriVox, I use Apple’s Books app. Here’s how to import on a Mac and sync to an iPhone.
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Sure! With real-time pricing, electricity rates change hourly for me based on demand, weather conditions, and other factors. Here are today’s prices from my electric provider’s app:
So, let’s say I want to charge my car. From the graph, I can see that charging at night is ideal because the price is actually negative—I’d basically get paid to do it! On the other hand, I definitely want to avoid charging between 17.00 and 20.00.
The problem with this app, though, is that it’s a slow and clunky web app. I don’t like it. 😊 And I think it could be a lot more helpful. Instead of making me analyze a graph, I’d rather it just tell me something like: Set the dishwasher to start at 02.00 tonight.
That’s why I like the idea of having a custom timeline in Tapestry—something that quickly shows me this info (and maybe other things I care about) at a glance.
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@JohnPhilpin You probably have low power mode enabled.
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@renevanbelzen Yeah, I can definitely see it’s not for everyone. It’s a pretty special little app, really. Very hackable. For me, the social protocols I’m on today are email, RSS, and ActivityPub. I really wish the closed platforms died already, but I still got friends, family, and people I care about on those sites. And many of my favorite third places—like cafés, galleries, and other venues—only have an online presence as microblogs on the corporate silos.
Tapestry won’t let me interact with them (the app is for reading, not writing), but it does let me keep an eye on what they’re up to without requiring an account there myself. But the social network support of Tapestry is just a fraction of the app’s potential. Here’s what Iconfactory says:
Weaving your favorite blogs, social media, and more into a unified and chronological timeline.
I’m subscribed to quite a few bloggers I like but who post a lot. Like, multiple times per day. I don’t read everything they write—they’re more like rivers I like to dip my toes in from time to time. Blogs like that don’t really make sense in a traditional feed reader with unread counts. At least not according to my brain. So I’ve moved them over to Tapestry, where their frequent updates are a better fit.
What does Iconfactory mean by “more” in the quote above? Well, with their connector system, folks with a little JavaScript knowledge can put anything they want on the timeline. I’m using it to get updates from websites that don’t provide their own RSS feeds. And I’m thinking about writing another connector to post changes to local electricity prices, so I know when to start the dishwasher or charge my car.
Wow, I’m getting long-winded here. 😅 All this just to say that you could ignore Tapestry’s social network connectors entirely and might still find some good use out of the app.
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@heyloura Love this! I’ve gone on similar adventures myself. 😊 Gopher is still around! People blog there, too, but they call them phlogs. It might be a fun exercise to add Gopher support to your command line browser.
If you’re tired of the web (HTTP), Gopher and the more recent Gemini protocol are worth checking out. They won’t replace the www anytime soon, but they are fun and cozy alternative realities to explore. Lagrange is a cute browser with support for both protocols.
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@manton And Nintendo’s lawyers never came after you? 😅 Guess they turn a blind eye sometimes.
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@amit Woohoo! Thanks, Amit. 😍 It looks great.