I'm almost afraid to open this can of worms, but...
Hey, #weavers! Hi!
What's the simplest, low cost, low equipment form of weaving that someone could try out, someone who's completely new to it?
And aside from having someone to learn directly from in person (I wish!), what's another good way to learn? Do you have a website to recommend?
One thing I do like about my new microwave at home is that when it finishes and starts beeping, if you open the door before it's finished those beeps, it just stops.
This one at work will finish all of its beeps regardless. Why? Who else is it trying to alert to the fact that it's done? I'm right here! I've already opened the door, my hand is on my food, I know you're done. Enough, already.
I just can't get my head around the lack of an outlier. When the entire industry is going AI, and you can see and hear the public outcry and demand for a different choice, how do you not, as a capitalist even, say, "that's an untapped market now that will beat a path to our door"? The opportunity stares them in the face, and each and every one of them turns away from it. Why?
Is it possible to wall a device off from the internet, while still allowing it onto the wifi that allows other devices to reach the internet?
Like, one main machine that does all the usual stuff, over wifi and internet, but then a second machine that connects to that wifi for file sharing with the main machine, but cannot reach the internet nor be reached by it?
Shop wants $800 for just oil & fluids and a wiper blade. FML
I just sent someone an image via text, and for a moment, I searched for the button to add Alt-Text
Okay, so credit cards were already a thing before the internet. Then online shopping started to appear, and to make it safer to use your credit card online, they started putting an extra code number on the back, so that no one with a single photo or photocopy of your card would be able to use it online.
But for a few years now, the card number and expiry date are on the back, too. One image has everything you need.
How is this better?
I remember some years ago hearing about a unit you could make--basically, a bit of software on an old junk PC--that you'd pass your internet signals though (say, between cable modem and wifi router) to add privacy, block ads, etc.
Does anyone know what I'm thinking of? What was that called? Any point to having one today?
#computing
Man, I *really* need some good news today. And I mean something significant, big, not just a feel-good story.
Was already depressed. Dreamed overnight about being stuck on the subway going the wrong way. Woke up to find my mentions full of "well actually" and shit. Feeling sick today. And just realized I missed my best friend's birthday yesterday.
Skin is thin, heart is raw, mood is black. 🖤
Bye, Mastodon. I'll probably be back on Monday.
What are people using these days to connect people giving stuff away?
(Don't bother mentioning BuyNothing, it's completely dead in my town. Almost no activity at all.)
So, China has a system that has their internet largely walled-off from the rest of the world, right?
Do you think maybe the rest of us could do that, from this side, to Russia? Just cut them off from being able to access us at all? I mean, less drastically than the current Ukranian plan--though I am very impressed with it so far.
Just detect any internet traffic from Russia, and deny it outright?
"This article is free to read. Log in to continue."
Nope. And if I have to sign up and log in, then it's not free.
Do you ever get the feeling that all of Mastodon is just one big house party, and the only difference between you and someone you don't follow yet is that you haven't gotten up to their floor yet--but we all know someone who knows someone we know?
What's the simplest, best, no-fail bread #recipe you know? (No bread makers or air fryers involved, please)
Where does the phrase come from, to call someone "a good egg"?
Aw, crap.
Tomorrow, I'll buy chicken stock. 🙄
Then, you know what that means. 😃🥣
It's fall. Ham was on sale at the grocery store. And there's still a package of dried split peas in the cupboard.
You know that that means. 😃🥣
Elliot is a bigger cat, and he has trouble properly cleaning everywhere. Over time, he gets uncomfortable, and you can tell, because he growls at his own tail and fights with it.
So it was bath time today, as it is every couple of months or so. An inch or two of warm water in the tub, cat-intended shampoo and conditioner (just a little), and warm water gentle scrub all over, to make his fur nicer (you can tell when it's getting to be time, as it doesn't feel quite as sleek). Warm washcloth around... the hard-to-reach areas. No water poured over his head, just a gentle wipe over the top, along the cheeks, down the chest.
He was a very good boy today, and didn't mind at all, once his toes were in the water. He likes to be told when he's done, so he can hop out on his own onto the towel I'll have placed on the floor. Gentle drying off, only in the direction of the fur, then off to my room to keep him in a smaller space with a little less random fuzz in the corners while he takes care of the rest himself. Easier to keep it a little warm in here, too, because I don't want him getting cold while he's damp.
Oh--and now he's on my bed, getting it wet. Par for the course. But he's clearly more comfortable already.