@i_dabble It may also because I was young and not assertive enough. I was not really excluded, but yes there was a strong push to sit in lotus ("it's ok if it's painful"). Lotus is the real thing, necessary for satori. Chair is for those who aren’t very good.

When pelvis/hips not supple enough (or constrained by genetics), the forces operates in the knees, sideway (not good).

Maybe I should return / try again (it was +15 years ago).

(And there was also the disillusionment of learning that Kodo Sawaki – Deshimaru's master – was an horrible war-mongering person, but it's another topic)

@Gargron
medical fridges often have alarms that SMS when temps get out of range, but outgoing traffic only of course

@osnews money is in limited supply and its quite terrible to have a bunch of the world's limited supply of money sitting in billionaire accounts and being used 5% of the time.

Oh hey, I know the solution to this problem!

Faites revenir tes proches sur #Firefox, sympa l'initiative de Mozilla 👍️

China releases timeline for lunar landing on the Moon, targeting "before 2030"

The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/11/china-releases-timeline-for-lunar-landing-on-the-moon-targeting-before-2030/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

‘Prompt This!’

Acrylic on canvas - 2025

#art #painting #HumanMade #NoAI

"Widely considered to be one of the greatest American passenger trains of all time, the 20th Century Limited was the flagship train of the New York Central and was advertised as 'The Most Famous Train in the World'. It was described in The New York Times as having been '[...] known to railroad buffs for 65 years as the world's greatest train', and its style was described as 'spectacularly understated'. The phrase 'red-carpet treatment' is derived from passengers' walking to the train on a specially designed crimson carpet."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Limited

@draNgNon I don’t think it’s a majority though. people hate the slop. of course these voices are not the visible ones.

You’re not alone in this wish, though I’m sure that doesn’t surprise you. I sort of accepted it as just part of how a federated reddit-style forum would work, but if there’s a way to address it, that would be very cool.

@404mediaco Sigh.

@Devils_Rancher I HATE Bit O' Honeys. And Circus peanuts. I don't think I've ever had banana laffy taffy, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like that either.

I don't know how to shop for clothes anymore.

I spent ~15 years thrifting all of my clothes because I didn't have the money for a modern wardrobe and I thought modern clothes were boring.

Thrifting is dead now though for a few reasons. 1. Everything is fast fashion now, so the thrift stores are flooded with the worst, cheapest stuff. 2. People don't donate their interesting old clothes anymore because they can resell them on depop and whatever. 3. Professional resellers descend on the thrift stores every morning and buy anything that is good.

At the same time, retail has gone so online that if you go into a clothing store, there's not much selection to pick from (and the clothes are cheap and shapeless anyway).

So, the only other option besides sewing your own clothes is to buy online, but I have no idea if something is going to fit me well or be flattering from photos of a model wearing it on a website. I can't stand to do what other people do, and just order and return stuff over and over until I find things I like.

It feels dismal out there! I need some new clothes!

This Xiaomi 17 Ultra that I got specifically to kick my old photography habit in its rear and get it back up and running again, seems to be doing the job well enough.

My phone cameras before this were various flavours of potato, and I had accepted that and let good moments and frames go because those cameras just couldn't.

I'm learning to trust this new camera system in pretty gnarly light conditions and it has continued to surprise me.

New York Times coverage of the last run of the 20th Century Limited, the luxury train that ran between New York City and Chicago for 65 years. On its final run, it was half full. December 3, 1967.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/12/03/84990019.html?pageNumber=31

The thing is, spawning another tool and parsing its output is super non-ergonomic.

The best that can happen is some form of structured logging, such as linewise logging.

Having to look at status (exit code) and two streams still feels weird. And it's always specific to what tool is spawned.

high time to get out of bed, methinks

And outside the work for Christmas lights and decorations has started 🥲