Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

I got a new adding machine for free this weekend! This is a Star Adding Machine made by the Todd Protectograph Company between 1924 and 1926. It needs to be cleaned and oiled, but otherwise is in pretty decent shape for something almost 100 years old.

@aral Great way to troubleshoot SMTP too!

Working on a krokbragd rug. #weaving

@karmanyaahm And storage became cheap and we got containers.

I'm skeptical, not at the power efficiency claims, but that the result will be cellphones that last longer. They are designed to last a day or two. Everyone will just shrink batteries and increase workloads until cellphones last as long as they do now.

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/21/12/16/2332227/ibm-and-samsung-say-their-new-chip-design-could-lead-to-week-long-battery-life-on-phones

@moparisthebest @Stacky I wonder how much telemetry and phoning home (if any) is included in that kit.

I've discovered that wearing my vintage green Senate hoodie in public is a great way to meet local old-school rollerbladers in my area.

@wobin I think my next new technique will be Krokbragd.

@Stacky There's also an ecological argument to be made for refurbishing and converting existing gasoline cars where the environmental cost of making them has already been spent, instead of throwing them away in favor of spending that cost to make a new car.

@Stacky My hope is that by the time I do need to get a different car, either the current situation w/ remote control will improve, or else there will be more off-the-shelf EV conversion kits available for older cars.

@michel_slm There are current cars on the market that can do all three.

Thought experiment: what would a car maker need to be able to do to your car remotely, before you no longer felt that you owned it?

I'm so glad my vehicles are in good shape, and from before this era of always-on networks and remote control. If I needed a car, I wouldn't buy a new one.

Every car maker is looking for ways to turn a one-time car purchase into a subscription, because technology now grants them remote control of your car. I wrote more about this phenomenon here: https://puri.sm/posts/locked-in-a-remote-control-car/

New Toyota car owners will need to pay a $8/mo so their key fob can remote-start their car. Cars before 2018 are excluded, because their internal 3G networks are about to go offline, disabling Toyota's remote control. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/12/toyota-owners-have-to-pay-8-mo-to-keep-using-their-key-fob-for-remote-start/

@kop316 100% Merino wool, fingering weight, in black, dark grey, and golden yellow.

This scarf took me about a day to make. I tied on the warp yesterday evening before dinner, worked on it for a few hours yesterday night, a few more this morning, and then another hour or two this afternoon to finish it off.

Off the loom! Indoor lighting doesn't do the colors justice.