Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

If you are at SCALE 20X today and want to know how firmware is like tofu, come by my talk "Free Software Policy with Semi-Firm Firmware" and say hi. It is at 3pm in Ballroom B.

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/presentations/free-software-policy-semi-firm-firmware

#scale20x

The next book on my reading list is Plutarch's Lives (Dreyden). On the inside cover is this dedication to the 15 year old boy who first received this 1908 four-volume set new in 1909.

I assume the gift was intended to train the young man in moral virtues. My understanding is that this was a somewhat common practice in prior eras. The idea was that young men would learn and emulate the virtues of the Greek and Roman heroes described within, presumably without the vices.

#reading #books #history

@Viss It's a general risk even beyond Ring when outsourcing services to third parties. Few companies would fight a legitimate warrant for customer data, or go to the trouble of being truly unable to comply.

One example is iCloud warrants and the controversy around their enabling encrypted storage vs proactively scanning for contraband.

@kop316 Looks good! I always love pappardelle with a pork/boar ragù as well.

@kop316 @martijnbraam What are you pairing the pappardelle with?

I should note that this book is also available to check out in digital form at archive.org's library. I reviewed the digital version myself before buying a physical copy:

https://archive.org/details/keepmewarmonenig00haro/

I was reading a book on the history of American coverlets and it referenced (and was clearly inspired by) this book, Keep Me Warm One Night, an exhaustive history of the Canadian coverlet weaving tradition. The book is out of print, and most of the used copies were rather expensive.

I found a copy for a more reasonable price so here it is, part of my weaving library! My mom has hinted she'd like a traditional coverlet, and it will likely be inspired by one from this book.

#weaving

@testman That sort of approach does seem appealing at first, and we have discussed similar solutions internally over the years since we started Librem 5 development.

The challenge ends up being, as you say, that you end up with a custom Librem-5-shaped hole that then locks you into a certain size going forward, at least without careful engineering.

Well that and in my case you lose the 2nd display as you turn it into a touchpad, and I tend to use my Librem 5 display all the time when docked.

I finished Sense and Sensibility and really enjoyed it. After reading it we watched the famous, star-studded movie adaptation and I have to say while the acting was great I left it disappointed.

While I understand the need to cut characters and plot points to fit a novel into a movie, I felt that the key point of the story--Marianne's maturity into Elinor's retraint and composure as an idealized feminine form for the time--was skipped in favor of a straight-forward romance.

#reading #books

@apples_and_pears Thank you!

My towels are finished! I handstitched the hems with a felling stitch using matching thread so it would be invisible, and because this is a reversible pattern and has no "right" side, I put one hem on each side of the towel. In this picture you can see what each side looks like. The one on the left (with some treadling mistakes) I will keep and the one on the right will be submitted to a competition.

#weaving

@CaramelizedShallots It's OK, I was still able to make two towels, and ultimately I only need one good one. This is for a weaving competition and my plan was to weave three and submit the best one.

@golemwire Thanks! Yeah, the stepper motor is being controlled by an old Raspberry Pi I had lying around + an Adafruit Motor Hat.

@Bloomfer I was inspired by this @hackaday post: https://hackaday.com/2023/01/23/knitting-clock-makes-you-a-scarf-for-next-year/ and thought "Hmm, I bet I could make one of those..."

@tyler OK, I'll definitely consider it!

@Bloomfer The knitting machine in the middle is essentially a sock knitting machine (look up Sentro 22-hook knitting machine). They also make a 48-hook model that is much larger. I started this project with one of those but the resulting clock was far too big.