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@arandomselection.com Would be pretty easy to do. It’s like duplicating a tab but with the last prompt.

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@arandomselection.com Oh LOOM look… got it. I’m such a Luddite 🤪

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@arandomselection.com So you’ve had the same thought?

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What’s “loom”?

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@pourmoi.bsky.social Thank you!

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Someone I admire a lot who does this is @viticci.macstories.net

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@werd.io But are there alt browser engine browsers already to install?

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@lauraehall.bsky.social In all fairness, I agree!!

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Hopefully you read this and let me know your thoughts! 🙏🏻

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www.arandomselection.com/2025/03/04/l…

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@pourmoi.bsky.social I finished today Michael Katz’ translation of Crime and Punishment

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@pourmoi.bsky.social Oh but with Lacan you get into that impossible to translate area with his incredible wordplay.

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I was revisiting this piece I had read a long time ago and was now surprised that these translators were accused of being too literal!

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www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/b…

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@lauraehall.bsky.social Hahahaha you made me laugh ❤️

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@lauraehall.bsky.social How did you take that picture?

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@pourmoi.bsky.social There’s a famous literary debate as to whether it’s preferable to translate literally and thus access the original more directly. Or translate what the author “meant” which means more interpretation from the translator.

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I guess translations will always mean you have no way of knowing…

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@pourmoi.bsky.social That’s so nice and kind ❤️

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Translations are weird. Luckily, so many things get translated to English (vs Spanish).

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It would be interesting to know what language received the most. Surely German or French.

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@pourmoi.bsky.social I don’t think I understand the question.

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The better a translation is, the more access you have to the book.

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@thejaymo.net Following your lead: doing just that right now!

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I’m just adding a few of the Obsisian vault folders into IA to access the same files.

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Curious if you wrote about your workflow somewhere…

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Do you use each for a different thing?

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@thejaymo.net Ah yes. “Reader” apps and file systems.

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@thejaymo.net How are they integrated? Didn’t know that!

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@thejaymo.net Niiiice. Curious to know how you use it.

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I “just write” on it. But partake in a couple of cool plugins.

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None of the graph nonsense though.

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I profoundly admire “content creators” who create in English when it’s not their first or native language.

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It takes a courage native English speakers are completely oblivious to.

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The genre of nearby conversation I dislike the most is the fake enthusiastic type of random strangers who just happen to be sharing a few days together at an also random city.

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#AbolishTourism

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Love is that thing even ugly people have a right to and get to do.

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So stop thinking it’s special in your case.

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It should be mandatory for Instagram vacation pictures to show temperature at site taken. It would immediately alleviate any and all desire to have that lifestyle on my part.

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Is needing to speak with someone all the time a sign of… loneliness, middle age, lack of kids, excess of time, no motivation, depression, non-existing social life, the conversion to WhatsApp of all social bonds, having 80% of my friends & family in a different time zone, all of the above?

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The meme that speaks to me the most is the one where a random person looks out at a landscape, takes in its incredible beauty and, knowing profoundly that he’s not able to enjoy it, says, “Fuck I wish I was happy”.

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Trying out the new Raycast extension for micro.blog

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@manton very very cool!

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@manton is there a go-to guide for making the most of micro.blog and connecting things properly? I just “discovered” the mentions page and saw that I could reply to other networks from there and was very very surprised.

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I mean learning things like:

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Thank you!

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Micro.one has been working incredibly well so would be happy to upgrade if any of these things require it.

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@thejaymo.net tell me more! I want to “implement” these things in my life but can’t get past the mere “intellectuality” of it. I feel his work has so much in common with your worldbuilding…

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@arandomselection.com Is there a follow up or practical steps?

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I’m in awe of it.

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@arandomselection.com What did you think of it!?

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The time I’ve spent deciding on a platform to write on, a template, a font, a username… versus the time spent writing.

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And yet, I’m still not super happy with my choices. Micro.blog is meh ok. Ghost is expensive. Wordpress is clunky.

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Using the phone in the bathroom, a few drops of water fell onto my phone screen… immediate iOS 26 effect.

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@josdeweger oh! I didn’t take it as a joke, but as a kind gesture.

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I’m doing better than many, worse than many.

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There’s something to be said about wanting to live where all the people you love are bound to die. Is that what “home” is?

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Human beings should never have learned to travel so fast. It should take decades to cross a continent, not hours.

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@jensbisky.bsky.social What is this?

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That being said, there is no lonelier feeling than posting from bed next to your partner who’s reading next to you, with her back turned towards you. Not angry just… mediocre life existence.

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I have never gotten a single reply. I have no idea why I post.

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Maybe to feel less lonely. But the non-reply factor doesn’t really help.

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It’s difficult to live abroad. It never makes sense. Unless you start a family.

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It’s difficult to start a family. It never makes sense. Unless you live abroad.

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I found the 10 minute summary of WWDC too long and boring.

\n

At 2x!

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I have no idea how micro.blog works, but it works. And it costs USD 1 a month.

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It cross-posts, it allows long form.

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Wish it didn’t include all my “tweets” in what is my “blog” but I guess that distinction doesn’t exist anymore.

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Imagine LinkedIn but truthful and real.

\n

Then again, imagine anything… but truthful and real.

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@surf.social I don’t understand publishing tech anymore. Beats me

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The only thing I like about all the AI coverage is that I sometimes misread AL instead of AI.

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You know, as in Paul Simon’s “You can call me Al”.

\n

It makes for an occasional funny headline.

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I still can’t believe how good Reeder is. I love it more and more. The only thing I’m not using it for is podcasts. But I’ve started looking at YouTube videos on it!

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With the Google money running out, Mozilla should consider killing Firefox rather than killing Pocket.

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Let's go back to hardware. arandomselection.com

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I wish I hated myself al little less. I don’t know how to go about it. I think I came close when I had a fancy job. My shrink says the Universe is teaching me to love myself for who I am. I kinda wish the Universe would fuck off.

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I’ve been listening over and over to Bo Burnham's “All eyes on me”. There’s a space between music and poetry, between spoken word and expression that is never captured by any of these labels.

\n\n

A few more thoughts on this and a friend who imitated an Argentinian Metal Legend…

\n\n

www.arandomselection.com/what-do-y...

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