I’m trying https://zen-browser.app/ now. It’s an open source fork of Firefox. The UI is much changed: vertical tabs and workspaces. It was a bit of a shock, but it’s growing on me.
Librewolf has some trouble with some websites. For example, it won't load one of my own that makes a GRPC request over TLS, stating that the certificate issuer is unknown despite it being the same certificate used on the accepted-as-secure page the request is made from.
I've seen this sentiment, but I don't think it's credible. I don't think we should normalize legalese that explicitly enables bullshit; it's not like it couldn't be written any other way. It's written in English, though it has legal intent, and we have words and phrases to clarify such things.
It's "rice" because it's asian; it's a derogatory term used towards people and their cars. When I was younger, this term was used against asian drivers and their asian cars - and it was not a compliment.
Looking at Urban Dictionary I see no mention of this anti-asian side of it, but it was there when I was growing up. Maybe others can chime in with their experience, I imagine it wasn't the same everywhere.
Not implying the people using it here are being racist, I don't think they are aware of what I'm recalling here.
A borderline racial slur about making things look good without substance behind the appearance: e.g.: "riced-up Honda civic"
most of the people buying these are buying a costume, not a work vehicle, if my neighbors are any indication
it's a status symbol
Celeste
I made an arugula salad with a bell pepper, some cherry tomatoes, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, and ~~grilled~~ pan fried haloomi. Honey mustard dressing using fancy raspberry honey.
It was a nice light dinner!
the Reddit users moving over are the ones that care about social media and are willing to invest time learning new platforms. i think it's the masses we have to worry about, and I don't think they'll move over until they are forced to
This is from the company that weights anger five times higher than likes for its algorithm. The one that is trying to force feed me "shorts" with no ability to opt out. So much of the Facebook experience is non-consensual. I wouldn't touch another platform from them.
@StudioCaroline@mastodon.social recommended I try "underpatching", where you use some fabric to give the stitch something to hold on to beyond the already compromised material. Some people even do this in overt ways for the look of it. Here's one they shared, OP @ https://mastodon.social/@StudioCaroline/110521864616379151
I'm grabbing every favourite piece of clothing I have around the house and mending it with a needle and thread
I'm not very good at it, but it's not terribly hard to close up broken seams good enough for some use. It sure as heck beats buying a new pair of jeans for $70 just because I somehow destroy the crotch every year
I'm finding this to be really satisfying and relatively easy to do. Certainly I can develop better stitching technique and use better tools and material, but it's easy enough to be good enough, or so it seems to me now
I have absolutely no ability to read a several-hundred page thread anymore. I think the dig/etc innovation that killed them was vote-weighting posts and comments rather than chronologically ordering them. It gives you an ordered list of things that are worth your attention. Folks inclined to read deeper than that can get a bit of a rush from finding some hidden gems and helping them rise to the top, either with new posts linking to a comment or otherwise.
I think the new way is much better.
i've been too plugged-in to trump news. i've banned myself from my primary source of that unhappy chaos, and will get it from a news outlet instead which is much slower and less ragey
i've gotten into audiobooks again, and that has done a lot to lift my spirits. i've plowed through the lord of the rings and am now listening to the silmarillion. i've found the silmarillion difficult to read, but much more accessible as an audiobook - and it's giving me a deeper appreciation of the lord of the rings
eucatastrophe, where art thou?