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@TheOtherDibbler šŸ˜†
\nJust donā€™t put that you will work independently from the Office Manager unless you are prepared to get weird

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Japanese maple
\nGathers cool air and respite
\nFor those that come near

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It feels blasphemous but I want to try this font for programming

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kabeech.github.io/serious-sā€¦

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@patrickmcgee.bsky.social @patrickmcgee.bsky.social interested to read this one. do you know when the ebook is available in Singapore? Take care

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@inkle.co Nice. Insta-buy. Thanks @jon.inkle.co :)

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@everson (or it just intercepts the web url? I didnā€™t think to try that haha :) )

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@manton Nice, thx. If the syntax is written somewhere I am happy to give it a go, but I couldnā€™t find it.

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@manton is it possible with micro.blog iOS app to deeplink to a particular post? Would be cool to setup Tapestry to do that.

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@jmac in Singapore you canā€™t even make a reckless dash latelyā€¦ the train company has started posting an uncle or aunty on the platform to reprimand anyone rushing once the door-closing lights flash šŸ˜›

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@dave Iā€™m sure he will get straight on that after heā€™s done getting Threads fully integrated to the fediverse ā€¦ šŸ˜›

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@pcawdron ah, that makes more sense at least :)

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@dave itā€™s too expensive but it is great hardware and has great uses today. IMO the biggest issue is that the App Store model makes itā€™s much harder for people to experiment, share and add more uses.

\n

EDIT: it would eventually need to be much cheaper as well!

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@toxi fantastic. Thanks for sharing :)

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@pcawdron I really struggle to believe that anyone could estimate those numbers. Hopefully they are just mathematically illiterate rather than living in a fantasy world.

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@jmac I feel the same with mundane things like weight loss, or eating healthy. What if that burger is highlight of the day?

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@iChris Agreed. With the US, every accusation is a confession. I donā€™t blame everyday people for celebrating the small victories though.

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Thean Hou Temple, Morning

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Newly-wed couples flow upstairs from the registry to pose before the templeā€™s calm and colour.

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From the car park, parents shepherd their sleepy children altar-ward to pray.

\n

In a corner, The Goddess of Mercy tips water from her urn on the out-stretched palms of her faithful.

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@unlambda yeah, I think that getting no results is sometimes useful information

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@mcc we donā€™t want a repeat of the duck situation youtu.be/3kQ6LnZAPā€¦ šŸ˜‰

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@TheOtherDibbler šŸ‘‹

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@craigmod amen. For a few weeks everything I typed in chats was flipped like in a mirror for me and the recipient. I had to type in an editor and paste in. Reinstalling did nothing. One day it fixed itself. This is my marquee issue but I have a whole volume for another time šŸ˜›

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@TheOtherDibbler Close - itā€™s in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. I thought that I was getting away from it allā€¦ but I still ended up staring at a monitor :P

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Spot the lizardā€¦

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@Nifflas Best micro-wishes for this new mini-chapter of nano-games :)

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I love this guyā€™s video essays about photography. They feel warm, wise and encouraging of all types of creativity. Great stuff. youtu.be/bxzi_aCQoā€¦

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@aeryn Sometimes making time for creativity in my life feels like trying to make ice-cubes in the oven. I hope it is easier for you :)

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@eli what a handsome little gentleman-bird!

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@aral To me he sounds indoctrinated whenever he talks about economics or politics. Itā€™s like he decided to be critical and discerning about fonts and UI and then called it a day. I hope he figures it out.

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@manton I have a knack for catching the headphone cable on things so they rip painfully out of my ears. Bluetooth headphones ushered in a more relaxing era of my life šŸ˜Œ (Now to figure out door knobs catching in pockets šŸ¤”)

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@jmac youā€™ve made me want to go play some scales :)

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Somehow the airport coffee in Melbourne is better than any Italian style coffee in Singapore.

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Nice article from the verge about how the internet still has a chance to not be a complete commercial hellscape. I agree that we need a protocol to unbundle the big platforms into a thousand small ones linked via that protocol. And we have the Fediverse and ActivityPub already. Not perfect, but Iā€™ll take it.

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Donā€™t Play Near Black Holes - Some blackholes are stubborn :)

\n","summary":"","url":"https://pub.littlecosmic.net/2023/12/19/dont-play-near.html","date_published":"2023-12-19T00:57:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Everson","url":"https://pub.littlecosmic.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F11%2F8616.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"everson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-19 00:57","date_timestamp":1702947425,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"27579717","content_html":"Finished reading: The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera šŸ“š\n\nA boy gets his shadow cut off by his mother when he very young, which makes him apt to float into the sky and (maybe?) immune to fire. His mother also trains him to assassinate his father, which he is not keen on. He moves away to start ... pub.littlecosmic.net","summary":"","url":"https://pub.littlecosmic.net/2023/12/09/finished-reading-the.html","date_published":"2023-12-09T10:04:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Michael Everson","url":"https://pub.littlecosmic.net","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F11%2F8616.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"everson"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-12-09 10:04","date_timestamp":1702116289,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"27027021","content_html":"

slippery: pub.littlecosmic.net

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Overcast Gardens

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My first time trying some longer exposures. I can see there is a learning curve :). 1m20s with a ND1000 filter vs 1.6s with exposure compensation set to -5ev.

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The sun punches through the tropical haze across the Johore Straights

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Temple at night.\nJohor Bahru, Malaysia

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Yes, I am surrounded by Singaporeans and Malaysians. Yes, I - an Australian - have used ā€˜lahā€™ in a sentence everyday this week. What am I becoming? Siao ah!šŸ˜› (learning their way of speaking is just damn shiok lah! Iā€™m wanting to advance to meh and lor next.)

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What I love about Emacs and Lisp for my own computer projects is that itā€™s a peaceful back water. Sure, it needs a lick of paint but you can still do everything they are doing in the big city and the property developers havenā€™t found an angle yet.

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Singapore Botanical Gardens may well be one of the most amazing places I have ever seen. More to come from that place.

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Red Junglefowl presented without comment.

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Sky tweezers / war memorial obelisk

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In the midst of lines and crossed purposes, the buildings struggle to remember they are buildings. They dissolve into their parts - windows, eaves, paths - then further - lines, colours, points - then only light.

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I feel like the only redeeming part of lawn care is being able to use a tool called a ā€œwhipper snipperā€ and yet the world wonā€™t let go of ā€œline trimmerā€ or ā€œstring trimmerā€. Yuck.

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Many problems need massive effort to fix. Others we can solve if we just stop.

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learn about farm animals in Aus

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Look for the best examples of each side of the argument. A bit of googling will show compassion and fact are on the same side.

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Finding a Sense of Place : pub.littlecosmic.net

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