Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@dyn We just need to wait long enough for it to come back into style.

@katherined I use gpodder and tend to listen to short daily news podcasts in the morning or after work, but normally only listen to longer form podcasts when I am doing a task that doesn't need the language part of my brain, like weaving or long drives.

I listened to a lot more long form podcasts when I had a long commute.

Straight Outta Cosby

#knitting #machineknitting

@dyn More like a hole in one!

So I bought a set of vintage Knitking magazines from the late 1980s, early `90s so I could learn more about garment construction for my knitting machine and... wow...

#knitting #machineknitting

@firdarrig In general it seems the goal in the tech industry is to automate as much human work as possible to increase profits. It is hitting white collar now, using software instead of robots. Beyond your examples, there is also a strong effort to automate general-purpose software development.

Like with most other automation, it won't do away with all human jobs in an industry, but you will need fewer people do to the same work, as those people will be overseeing/training the automation.

@whack @miah I thought exactly the same thing. I was half expecting a robot or human on the activation line to ask me for bank information.

@miah @whack The refund cards are chipped, and you use chip and PIN when you use it at a store, unless I guess you want to swipe in which case it's magstrip and PIN.

@whack I think a lot of people (all people?) got it on a debit card. I suspect they are looking forward to gobbling up all the useful purchasing data you will generate when using the card.

It *should* allow you to get cash back from, for instance, grocery store purchases, however. I don't recall what the maximum amount of cash back is though.

@Wildbill Oh I have one, but at these temps it takes a few hours to bring the office up to room temperature.

It was officially cold enough when I got to my office this morning (~5C) that I broke out my new fingerless mittens I made on my knitting machine a few weeks back. I did a pretty poor job stitching them together but they do the job!

#knitting #machineknitting

Just finished measuring out 600 2.5yd warp threads for my next project: a pair of hand towels woven with a doubleweave overshot pattern. In my enthusiasm I actually overshot (pun always intended) the thread count. I originally only needed 540 threads (16.75" wide towels), but now I'm just going to extend the warp to be 18" wide (576 threads) and have wider towels.

Why not use all 600 threads? My overshot pattern repeats at 18 and I don't want to figure out how to divide it. #weaving

@Viss That's a pretty big thing to lose. He should try looking in the last place he left it.

The latest edition to my office is a vintage Warmink wall clock from the 1960s I got as a gift. Unlike the vintage alarm clock I tried in my office before, this has a quiet and slow tick, and a pleasant chime on the hour and half hour. Plus it tracks moon phases!

I will likely be spending the next few weeks adjusting the pendulum and minute hand so it keeps perfect time. #vintage #clocks

@kirschner I finally got a chance to sit down and read Ada & Zangemann and I enjoyed it! I thought it was a cute story overall, and appropriate for the age groups it is targeting.

I also appreciated how it took a traditional children's morality tale format and modernized it with practical hardware/software ethics in a relatable way, but not in a way that made you feel preached to or talked down to. Would recommend!

@hacks4pancakes @Viss Maxoak (the company that makes the Bluetti Viss mentioned before) does make a smaller capacity model that is similar to what you want to replace: https://www.amazon.com/MAXOAK-50000mAh-Portable-Charger-External/dp/B00YP823NA/

Unclear whether it meets FAA regulations though. I think 185Wh might go above carry-on regulations.

@hacks4pancakes @Viss One advantage your device has over some of the devices we are recommending is that your device meets FAA regs for carry-on. Is that a requirement you'd have for a replacement?