Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one
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I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
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(Nice, hit the 500 char count exactly on that one)
@bartavi So I don't know exactly what happened; there may be a glitch with long sequences of regional indicator symbols. VE, GB, VE is likely just "VEGBVE" and may be confusing what's interpreting them. Maybe there are multiple sequences of regional indicators that indicate the given countries? Sorry I can't help more. [3/3]
@bartavi
There are some characters, the regional indicator letter characters, which act like combining characters. Here's U+1F1E6 "REGIONAL INDICATOR SYMBOL LETTER A": 🇦
When you type them next to eachother, you'll get a flag. Here's U followed by S: 🇺🇸
Your computer probably displayed that as the US flag.
I did some research and the flags in the titlebar are of the codes VE, GB, and VE. The flags in the tab in Firefox are of the codes UA, ??, and UA, where ?? is a flag I don't recognize. [2/]
@bartavi
OK, so in Unicode you have these special characters\*, combining characters. When you put a combining character after another character, it alters it. For example, U+0301 "COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT" ( ́) will put an accent on the previous character (like é).
\*not "special characters" as in "printing chars" vs "special chars" special characters, if you're familiar with that.
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Solar system objects to scale.
Credit: Dr James O'Donoghue
@kyle I feel like 5% of what I have learned is from college, and the other 95% is from my own research, practice, and manual reading.
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I know it was a CPU, but still https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/b4906136-e918-43fd-acf1-47c05f7a9fb1
@CM30 Well that first one's gotta be Mario Kart!
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@exocomics For our cat it was the can opener <3
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Saw a message on BlueSky that resonated with me just now, about how autistic characters should be allowed to be villains.
And it made me realise. Someone’s gender, race, disability, gender identity etc shouldn’t be a factor as to if they’re a hero or villain in a story.
The issue with many forms of media is that it seems to go to two extremes:
1. Every member of a group is evil because [writer prejudice]
2. No member of a group can be evil because it could be offensive
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Another warning about these AI devices. I'm probably more pro-AI than many who will read this, but if you're going to use AI it should be as open as possible and local. People spent hundreds of dollars on these devices, and as of March they won't even be good as a paperweight. There's a possibility someone can hack these and extend their life somehow, but I wouldn't hold out hope.
https://www.engadget.com/ai/all-of-humanes-ai-pins-will-stop-working-in-10-days-225643798.html
@mike To be fair, they're AI features. Unless they run locally, "paywalling" them is reasonable as they're a service.
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@Olivia001@toot.community Wow, looks just like our dog when she was really young. We are pretty sure her name was Rita before we got her. We named her Millie!
So maybe, Rita?
@CM30 I don't know man, but I'm set up to delete most cookies when I close the browser :/
Hello there!
I boost a lot of posts, but I have a few things to say every now and then.
I am largely fine with boosting posts from people I disagree with even on significant, dividing issues. I usually don't, however, if they actively advocate for these ideas... so it goes :/
#Christian #coding #HaikuOS #Linux #privacy #FOSS #Fediverse #SmashBros #SSBU #LegendOfZelda
#fedi22
Note: social.librem.one doesn't support DMs
Joined Jul 2022
