Francesco Marini

@fmarini
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Sci-fi aficionado, πŸ“· by passion, I like snorkeling, long walks, cooking, good πŸ“š, 🎞️, 😺🐈, and nice conversations on way too many topics.

πŸ§‘πŸ»β€πŸ’», in particular iOS, but been developing for a loooong time with probably too many languages and technologies.

🎀 NSSpain XII speaker.

iOS (or Mac? Who knows 😁) @ [to be defined] πŸ˜…
Previously iOS @ Tribute Brand

Webhttps://www.lightskies.net/
IRClightman on irc.libera.chat
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/lightman73

"About half of Americans say the Earth is getting warmer due to human activity." πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

This is an indisputable fact. The follow-up should be how many of those people think the Earth is flat.

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2026/05/28/americans-on-what-causes-climate-change-human-activity-or-natural-patterns/

Americans on what causes climate change: Human activity or natural patterns?

About half of Americans say climate change is due to human activity – a share largely unchanged since 2016, with wide partisan divides persisting.

Pew Research Center

@janl @schwa that’s horrible.

At the same time, I’m convinced governments should provide psychological assistance to anyone in need, because suicide should be an absolute last resort (and i can imagine situations in which it would make sense). Anonymously, because there are cases where simply being in a list could get someone in trouble; case in point, at my gf’s son’s school they give psych assistance, but it has to be approved by parents, thus exposing kids to possible harm πŸ™„

I saw a blue car with the license plate 0000FF last night. Jealous of the genius of that.

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116658614091808061

Meanwhile, there are people who insist Apple is failing by not fully joining this bonfire. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/116658300877114893

A corollary.

Once, long ago, I was hired at a new job. They gave me a big wedge of new-employee paperwork to fill out on the first day. One of the documents was a form assigning ownership of any intellectual property I came up with on my own time to the company.

I didn't want to do that, but I also didn't want to have a big fight over it. So I just tossed that form in the trash. If they really cared about it, I figured, someone would come bug me about it later. No one ever did.

People can ask you to do anything they want. But don't assume they care enough to fight over it just because they asked

I've worked in tech for over 20 years, and I've never been threatened for not using particular tools until this year. I think that says a lot about where we are.
@saschagordner oh, regarding the packaging: yeah, DF64 Coffee is the maker/shop. I think that’s because at the beginning they only produced the DF64. Now they have the 64, the DF54, the DF83, the ZF64, and some others (plus a scale which is eerily reminiscent of a MHW-3Bomber, and a generic espresso machine πŸ˜…).

@iamkonstantin πŸ˜πŸ˜…πŸ‘πŸ»

The bigger essential will arrive later this year, probably a Lelit Mara X, an X3, or a Rocket Appartamento.

For now, they’ll be used with my gf’s really basic Gaggia πŸ˜…

@saschagordner it’s a DF54. Wanted to try the smaller/cheaper one before spending for the DF64 (which has a couple of nicer things, bigger burrs, more options for after market ones, etc).

Will let you know how it performs. I’ll unpack, test and condition it, and try dialing it with some espressos tonight ☺️

New toys just arrived 😁

Will unbox and test later.

#Coffee #CoffeeLovers #Espresso #HomeBarista