Another benefit of RSS readers is you don’t have to put your contact info on someone else’s list to get notified. I’d like to think this isn’t relevant, but.

@troublewithwords that’s pretty amazing!

@troublewithwords also, it’s a holiday in the states.

@troublewithwords TBH, I’ve found most ‘allies’ are only that until they have to actually do something. Then they’re ghosts.

@troublewithwords Exactly!

If you would like to get into a mindfulness practice, I'll share the Healthy Minds app.It's a non-scammy, non-spammy, ad-free, science-based mindfulness guide.It's one of the most honest "Does what it says on the tin" apps I've found in a creepy class of apps.https://hminnovations.org/meditation-app

Folks in the US, if you are having a mental health crisis, call 988. I’ve used them.

I would like to install Linux for general use on my old Intel Macs which range from 2011-ish to 2014 models.What #Linux should I look at for general use on old machines without a lot of faffing about in 2024?

@troublewithwords I've had mixed results. Too small, and you get weird nepotism/in-crowd problems you can't just route around. Too big and the reason behind all decisions becomes a finger pointing elsewhere.Scaling is weird. I also think it's possible to be in a larger corp but have it be structured so that you still have agency, and a tight team that works well together. I don't think folks need to be buddies, but I like it when I can look forward to working with someone.

Ten search attempts later I found a scraped thumbnail of it. Reverse image search didn't work, but the thumbnail's file name gave me enough info to trace it back to a specific mission number (STS30) and work back from there. 20 minutes work. It didn't used to be this bad.Anyway, here you go:https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-s30-10-008/

The neighbor's collection has been slowly improving over the years.

@troublewithwords I haven’t caffeinated yet, clearly!!

@troublewithwords that’s pretty good!!

If you updated to the latest MacOS and you'd rather not with the "Apple Intelligence" you might want to go to:System Settings ->Privacy & Security ->Apple Intelligence ReportAnd set it to "off"

@troublewithwords @m2m also FWIW, I’m old and going blind so 12-14pt for body text is fine. A lot of print material is between 8-10, depending on the x-height of the font.

To expand on that a bit:Generative tools all have randomness intentionally built into them. It's adjustable.Developers could turn randomness off and then it would return exactly the same answer every time.Except returning *exactly* the same answer every time would break the illusion that it's "intelligent" instead of a parrot, so they can't do that. Catch-22.

@troublewithwords gross

@troublewithwords I find this modern concept of "YA" books to be weird. We used to just call them 'books' You had 'children's books, which were pretty clearly aimed at pre-readers and beginning readers, and then there was… everything else. Clearly, there's a marketing push there, and YA books all seem to be around the same thing (fiction, 'strong young woman/teen girl' protagonist). I wonder though, if it's ultimately a disservice to the reader to put them into a box of "age acceptability".

@troublewithwords probably accurate

@troublewithwords yeah, it seems ‘Nolan’ is on the GOP list. Which is funny, and I am registered IND, but have voted prettymuch downballot Dem since I started voting. I seem to have missed the DEM lists entirely, but get crazy shit a few times daily from GOP.