Posts by zbrown@floss.social
(DIR) Post #AIlx1IXl3wsck7XDdo by zbrown@floss.social
2022-04-23T00:09:05Z
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I guess we can abuse the boiling frog:- ‘digital immigrants’ were thrown in hot water- ‘digital natives’ were brought to boil from tepid- ‘digital immersed’ have never known anything but hot water
(DIR) Post #AIlx1R9d31vVRtJZmS by zbrown@floss.social
2022-04-23T00:12:32Z
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I think I just accidentally wrote a blog post / article?If only I could figure out how to do that on demand, and on useful topics.I could be positively dangerous.
(DIR) Post #AIlx1WrPpevH98q7E0 by zbrown@floss.social
2022-04-23T00:13:46Z
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(here endeth this pontification)
(DIR) Post #AJqgka1hlDFt2gZgv2 by zbrown@floss.social
2022-05-26T15:56:39Z
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@msh @brainblasted I remember when I realised younger family managers had ‘caught me up’
(DIR) Post #AJqs9qLNKTtONv1ZU8 by zbrown@floss.social
2022-05-26T16:33:04Z
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@brainblasted @msh yeah I've got a cousin where I still remember their christening yet is now sitting GCSEsWho let that happen?
(DIR) Post #AJqs9qvBBMX4AxmAIC by zbrown@floss.social
2022-05-26T16:34:53Z
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@brainblasted Another weird one: Realising that people you went to school with not only have kids, but that those kids have now started school.
(DIR) Post #AKOQjZyWaW2alx2CGm by zbrown@floss.social
2022-06-11T22:37:22Z
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@thibaultamartin *cough* cycleway *cough*
(DIR) Post #AKzZZrl89KOKjTQQ52 by zbrown@floss.social
2022-06-29T20:36:56Z
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Z's random language quiz:What do you call these?Please CW your responses to avoid influencing others. I'm looking for whatever your immediate ‘gut’ reaction is here, however seemingly silly, as you would use in casual conversation.
(DIR) Post #AKzZZtdPB1OsY5pHJg by zbrown@floss.social
2022-06-29T20:38:13Z
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Though of course you can peek after, I just want to avoid prior answers changing your answer. Social interactions are weird like that.
(DIR) Post #AKzZuA1bwn3XAsoLQG by zbrown@floss.social
2022-06-29T20:43:36Z
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@xerz ha, already a new one for my list then.If I may ask, what would you call them in non-English?
(DIR) Post #ALvpju9TtTDfNK0IZU by zbrown@floss.social
2022-07-27T23:06:47Z
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@ebel also ‘you don't get to tell me what to call you’ whilst getting very annoyed if you call them Janet instead of Dave
(DIR) Post #ALvrmL5GvoeJOJK7pw by zbrown@floss.social
2022-07-27T23:38:00Z
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@urusan A surprisingly tough question.I think the _newest_ thing I regularly use would probably be this computer - though the answer to _that_ question should probably be shoes, since after ~6 years and who knows how many miles and a mountain my only pair is somewhat beyond repair.It's interesting, very little - especially of day-to-day items - is particularly recent, but especially with post-lockdown changes I'm not sure anything is overly old either.
(DIR) Post #AQyccjnLCvoTQPzypE by zbrown@floss.social
2022-12-25T20:30:27Z
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Is it over yet?
(DIR) Post #AQzt7CvVFogEt5KMQC by zbrown@floss.social
2022-12-26T05:26:31Z
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@tbernard isn't their a generic ‘law’ of journalism? The name escapes meSomething along the lines of ‘they seem smart until they cover your topic’
(DIR) Post #ATocC1EZhAzOKrew8O by zbrown@floss.social
2023-03-20T18:35:28Z
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Sometimes I think I might be mean forcing Firefox to live with ‘only’ 4GB RAM, but also, it really should be able to make that work …right?
(DIR) Post #Ahut1VYoEKXedq14s4 by zbrown@floss.social
2022-12-16T02:10:30Z
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Look, if you are not casually dropping set concepts into your conversations, are you even ∈communicating?
(DIR) Post #Ai6OG5JPL07ktYnnto by zbrown@floss.social
2022-12-29T03:37:38Z
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Egh, once again I find myself wanting a visibility setting between ‘followers’ and ‘mentioned-only’.Yes, I could do follow requests, but actually, even if I did I'd want to accept most of my followers anyway.Essentially I'm looking for a ‘mentioned-only++’ that implicitly includes a curated subset of followers, without having to notify them, which avoids the icky-ness of mentioned-only==dm but still with a more intimate audience.Until then, I guess I'll continue over using mentioned-only.
(DIR) Post #AjWj82iyQWvU5B60jw by zbrown@floss.social
2024-07-02T17:17:54Z
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@SRAZKVT @aliss not to doubt you but pandoc?
(DIR) Post #AjWk9kuDkMwZLujlfU by zbrown@floss.social
2024-07-02T17:27:42Z
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@aliss @SRAZKVT oh sorry, that thread hasn't propagated to this instance for some reasonI thought to check that pandoc did rtf, round-tripping a random document with images, but didn't check original instance 🤦♀️
(DIR) Post #AsuS86cdx8Z7b95BNw by zbrown@floss.social
2025-04-09T08:54:43Z
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@foone halp