bismuthbob

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[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

If your showerthought is true, then what do you suppose that I have been doing while shuffling aimlessly through life since the invention of paperback books and smartphones, eh? Living like a pig? How dare you.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

With a circle you actually get the lowest possible ratio of friend-fringe to total friend-area, when compared to alternative 2-D friendship n-gons.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

It depends on what you're looking for. If size and weight aren't a concern, Unicomp is making slightly modernized Model M keyboards in the US and you can order directly from their website.

I have a Classic and an EnduraPro, both of which work just fine and could be used as a hammer if necessary.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

I saw that, too. I haven't had a lot of headaches with MTP using my Android devices, but I'm always surprised at how there always seems to be a plan to make my devices worse than they already are.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

No argument here. It is insane to me that if I want content that isn't locked into a particular ecosystem, I have to seek out public domain material or pick from the small subset of books that is sold DRM-free books in an open format. For anything else, money can't buy flexibility. For most books, the only options for digital are accepting the DRM, waiting until copyright expires (good luck with that one), or privateering with out a letter of marque.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 90 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Very user-hostile, but very unsurprising.

Kindle hardware can be very nice, but almost every software decision is designed to keep users within their walled garden.

No epub support, no third party app support, no ability to load non-store audio, and now this. What a waste. These things could be so much more useful than they are.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 months ago

Woof. The logo was always a hint about what they were planning to do to the customers. First the K and the G came for the letter o...and I did nothing because I am not the letter o.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 8 points 7 months ago

There's nothing non-intentional or implicit about denying the franchise to noncitizens. For the vast majority of countries, that is the way citizenship is expressly designed to work as an in-group. Citizenship is generally meant to discriminate against outsiders.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That multicolor combo is amazing! Makes me wish I had more separate parts to paint when I coated mine.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

My take: Ride as is if you can stand it, but there's no wrong answer.

I powder-coated a Motobecane of similar age and I don't regret it. The original paint job with hand-painted details must have been great, but decades of sun, rain, and neglect obliterated it. Restoration would have been starting over from scratch so I sandblasted and turned it into an electric blue beast of burden.

Somebody else can restore the original paint job 50 years from now. I'm just keeping the frame safe for them until they're done being born and growing up somewhere. It'll be waiting for them when they're ready.

[–] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

Nick Cage: Is that supposed to be me? It's...grotesque.

I'll give you $20,000 for it.

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