Soft disagree. I use the Qi charger to charge my phone overnight or while it’s sitting on my desk. The USB cable is when I need it charged quickly.

This way, my phone’s charging port is protected with a plug when I’m not using it and it is immaculate and unlikely to fail while I have it.

(My previous phone’s charging port almost failed and would stop working if I used it for all charging. Using Qi for the bulk of the charging kept the port working for when I needed it, like in the car or to the computer.)

N95?

Passed through earlier this year specifically to visit Caldea mineral springs. Absolutely worth it if you’re nearby.

I’ve had success with Focalboard and noticed nobody is using it here! Should I look at alternatives?

Me: how many applications have you got installed? SimplyMepis: Yes.

First OS was DOS, though my parents used a computer with Windows 3.1 on it before we got the dos box.

Excluding Damn Small Linux, first real Linux was Mandrake 9.2 (download edition).

Got these near my house. Actually it’s the grey headed flying fox. Cutest bats of all time but their shit is not something you want on your car

Confidential projects, etc. amirite?

When I think of AI ruining humanity, this is how I picture it

Ooh will try thanks for the heads up!

Reading pages out loud has been an unexpected hit for me on the latest iOS. I’d love this in Firefox too.

The Witness. Started seeing puzzles in real life and having the urge to drag my finger across them

I first try to think of the broad headings. If I can’t do that yet, I write out dot points of my ideas and see if I can group them.

Next, I start expanding the headings out with as many dot points as I need.

When I want to add more detail to a dot point, I indent that further, or write a sentence/sentences under it.

When I’ve got sentences for everything, I start to remove the scaffolding and group into paragraphs.

Example

Say I want to write a how-to guide to change a car tyre. I initially think of two main things:

Tools required

Procedure

Now, let’s add some dot points

Tools required

• Jack
  • What is it?
  • Where to find it?
• Tyre wrench
  • What is it?
• Spare tyre
  • Does your car have one?
  • Differences between spare tyres and normal tyres

Procedure

• Prepare the car
• Prepare the jack
• Jack up the car
• Remove the tyre nuts
• Remove old tyre
• Place new tyre
• Tighten nuts
  • Check tightness
• Lower the car
• Test new tyre

Notes

• Plan to replace spare tyre if used
• What if you have no spare tyre?

Notice how I added a new heading when a thought came to mind?

Now I’ll keep adding detail until I’ve got paragraphs.

Tools required

• Jack
  • What is it? A jack is a device you use to raise the car wheel up above the ground so you can change the tyre.
  • Where to find it? You can usually find the car jack in the boot of your car, but check with your vehicle owners manual for specific locations. Your car might not have a jack, in which case you will need to source one from elsewhere.
  • Safety Jacks carry significant weight, so can be unsafe if damaged or not set up properly. Check that your jack isn’t damaged before using it. Moreover, you will need to ensure your jack isn’t on a slippery surface or a surface that could be damaged by it. In that case, you can place a plank of wood under the jack.
• Tyre wrench
  • What is it?
• Spare tyre
  • Does your car have one?
  • Differences between spare tyres and normal tyres

Procedure

• Prepare the car
• Prepare the jack
• Jack up the car
• Remove the tyre nuts
• Remove old tyre
• Place new tyre
• Tighten nuts
  • Check tightness
• Lower the car
• Test new tyre

Notes

• Plan to replace spare tyre if used
• What if you have no spare tyre?

Then keep doing this until you’ve finished it! Remember it’s normal to rearrange things as you go.

Oh we already know this. There are parts of the genome that, if even slightly changed, cause terrible, terrible things.

Mutations can happen anywhere, but serious mutations (that may affect the basic things a cell needs to do in order to exist) result in cell death and therefore don’t manifest in the population — the population continues on as though the mutation had never existed.

In this way, natural selection conserves some parts of the genome while less essential parts can vary more freely without being deleterious to the organism.

For example, most non-bacteria (including all plants, animals, fungi, protists) have special proteins called histones. Histones are used to package the DNA together and wrap it all up. Cells can’t function at all without a these proteins, and the most important histone proteins evolve so slowly that they’re almost identical between a human and a pea. (Humans and peas shared a common ancestor over half a billion years ago.)

ETA: My molecular biology knowledge is rusty, but IIRC the way DNA is packaged and unpackaged can also reduce or increase the risk of DNA being exposed to potential mutagens. So if it’s wrapped up, it’s harder to access and tamper with

Baroque music sounds absolutely shit. Composers try to mix in so many different voices that it’s the musical equivalent of a TV panel show where everyone is shouting over one another.

On that note: harpsichords in ensembles are background noise at best and very few people would notice their absence.

I don’t understand your point but it seems interesting. Could you rephrase?

I’ve been using AirPods Pro for sleeping and, aside from the low battery tone, they’re amazing for this.

Earbuds don’t cancel noise as well as the over-ear models, but you can keep them in your pocket and use them wherever you are.

I love the tiling interface. I haven’t touched it since they decided to start developing COSMIC though.

I’m gonna wait until they get everything up to date before I use it again.

How dare you mention this without linking!

In Australia, being a total bastard is a good thing, while being a bit of a bastard isn’t so good.

Mad cunt = good. Shit cunt = bad, see image