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Queer woman in the UK, mostly posting about cycling, human powered vehicles, camping, tech.

Formerly
@[email protected] and @[email protected]
Webhttps://www.ductilebiscuit.net/
BHPChttps://www.bhpc.org.uk/
ALChttp://lightweightcampers.org.uk/

bookmark this: https://connectorbook.com/

it is not just a book--there is an online utility that can help you identify mystery connectors!

"The electronic connector book" - A book by Davide Andrea

Book about electronic connectors

Luddites were people who were very skilled with machines but disagreed that those machines were used to lower working conditions under which they and their offspring would have to work.

This insightful comic shows how AI and regulations are now placing workers in the same situation.

It shows how more and more people say:
I AM A LUDDITE
"I am good with new technology and I want it to be used to benefit individual people."

https://thenib.com/im-a-luddite/
@GeePawHill #luddite #neoluddite

I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) | The Nib

What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future.

The Nib
Computers are like onions. Everything is layers built on layers, and every layer makes you cry. #sysadmin

Annoyed that a website is doing something custom on right-click?
Did you expect the browser's context menu (Back, Reload, Save Page As, View Source etc.)?

Just hold the ⇧Shift key while clicking and Firefox will show the built-in context menu.

Edit: I had no idea this was such a widely appreciated post. Credit where credit is due: @dveditz told me about this trick a couple of months ago.

#Developer Friend: "What does your downloads folder on your computer look like?"

Me: 🤔

Can anyone give me any recommendations for a new #soldering iron/station? I like the idea of one like BigClive has with the hot air gun so you can do shrink wrap as well, but not essential. No doubt my old crappy missing iron will turn up as soon as I get a new one! #electronics #repairs
Okay, all gone.

Maybe I'll continue this silliness in a more fully-arsed manner for 2025 and keep the printing costs half-way reasonable.

RE:
https://firefish.community/notes/9myx7dxskd0pjdp6
Kim (@kim)

Does anyone want a special half-arsed last-minute^W^W^W^W Exclusive! Limited Edition! $[sparkle Fridges Of Selly Oak 2024] calendar? I've got 3 left... £15 including UK postage. 📎

FireFish Community

Oh my gosh I just figured it out.

Okay, all you open source evangelist people: your knee-jerk reaction to come at people who are talking about a problem with whatever commercial software they use and suggest Your Favorite Alternatives™ is exactly like saying "why don't you just buy a house?" to someone complaining about their landlord.

EDIT: There's more than one post here. Pick apart the analogy if you will but... beware you'll be proving the point.

Does anyone want a special half-arsed last-minute^W^W^W^W Exclusive! Limited Edition!
Fridges Of Selly Oak 2024 calendar?

I've got 3 left...

£15 including UK postage.
Now I see. #cybertruck