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China's economy in crisis, on the brink of collapse?
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Betteridge’s Law of Headlines - I find it has near universal applicability.
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China's economy in crisis, on the brink of collapse?
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Betteridge’s Law of Headlines - I find it has near universal applicability.
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You're gonna be the one that saves me
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You’re my wonderwaaaaaalllllllllllll….
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I built the Loyalty Card Emulator 🪄
This is awesome. Stateside they’re often tied to phone number, and/or buried in the (otherwise worthless) app
Shared loyalty cards really are a privacy necessity, I know exactly how much data those stores already have on me, and it’s a privacy nightmare.
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Who is the worst person you could cheat on you partner with?
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That’s pretty bad, perhaps outshined only by your and your partner’s child
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Who is the worst person you could cheat on you partner with?
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I always thought that people who liked, um… “cold” partners preferred them fresh or nearly so.
Is there anything left of him except bones?
Ok that’s enough internet for me…
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You can change the spelling of one word in the English language to match how they are pronounced. What word do you pick?
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twitch
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Letter writing paper recommendations?
Clairefontaine Triomphe - it comes in lined, but for 90g paper it's surprisingly translucent - enough so that the guide sheet they include is clearly visible.
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Thoughts on makedeb, Debian's unofficial makepkg clone that comes with its own version of the AUR as well?
I was just thinking the other day how nice it would be to port pamac into some more prod-oriented environments.
Looking through the docs, it appears to tick most of the boxes I’d want, will have to play with it in the coming days.
Have an upcoming project that will actually require some consistency and documentation, this might be useful.
I don’t mind building when necessary, but doing so is not calculated to communicate well with future me, so it’s not ideal.
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Instance shutdown per 31 Oct 2023 - what's next for /c/fountainpens?
That's unfortunate, thank you for giving it a solid try!
My primary instance is stable, and the admin is quite able. I'd consider stepping up. I definitely don't want to be the only mod for any period of time. It's not just the time commitment, it's the implicit non-democratic status of the sub when one person makes all the mod calls. I'm @[email protected] there, incidentally.
Edit: Went ahead and created it as a placeholder, pending any necessary further discussion or other volunteers here. ![email protected]
Since content is instance-dependent, it might be nice to have a mirror on some other stable instance - not sure how to sync them so both get each others' posts, but don't duplicate though. This group in particular tends to have a lot of high-quality content and losing it is a blow - especially to noobs, who we actively want to be friendly and accessible to.
Is there a library for the API? Would be nice to seed a new community with some/all of the content here, if you don't object. Not like the reddit mirror bot posting a ton of things, but for initial content. Would prefer not to lose it all.
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Interest In A Pen_Swap Group?
Very bare bones at the moment, but it exists. https://wayfarershaven.eu.nxdomain.lemmy.world/c/pen_swap [email protected]
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How the fuck can I kill 20 hours?
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Sleeper cars on Amtrak were my saving grace when I was regularly traveling between Chicago and upstate NY.
It’s not nearly as long of a trip, and Chicago is a decent station to hang out in, buy being horizontal, getting actual sleep, and having a bathroom not shared by 4.100 other folks made it bearable and feel pretty quick.
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I made a FOSS physical keyboard for my Fairphone 4
Love it. Miss my keyboard, badly. Was a die hard Crackberry user for many years.
I see a reference to adding a lightning connector. Is it that trivial to adapt?
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What are your plans for the weekend?
My last real weekend before things get truly nuts at work for about six weeks. Happens twice a year, and really isn’t all that bad. It’s finance-adjacent, so deadlines and such are what they are.
Planning on a nap, assembling a piece of furniture I hope will improve my workflow, and…. Another nap.
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B.C. woman who deliberately damaged neighbour's trees ordered to pay $150K in compensation
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Forgot how much I missed that community. Both Interesting and lightly dramatic.
Learned more about the laws of English speaking countries there than I did in a lifetime before find the international LA subs.
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I'm not sure I agree - your definition would almost certainly include the kernel, office suites, and a host of other things.
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Wiki?
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I spun up a couple of docker containers with mediawiki as a test, willing to host, or we could also use something like fandom (?) - IIRC they are free, and... Well, we're as rabid about our fandom as their usual users are about theirs.
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I might have a problem...
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You can do either - I started with a box of Pilot Varsity disposables just to get a feel for it. Then the Preppy / Kakuno / Sport price range. Discovered Sailors, fell even more in love, collection kept expanding... Might as well use the,
Needless to say, I have a fair number currently inked. I don't have many reserved for special purposes, save for one cheap blue/black 'business signature' pen that I generally always carry because some people think signature color matters.
You make your own path in this hobby, for sure. One of my true favorites is my namesake ink, I'll use that purple shimmer anywhere :)
20+ inked, one set of duplicate inks in semi-duplicate pen (MTM in a Safari, and an Al Star), the rest are all disparate colors. Primary criteria is that it needs to make me smile in some way, or otherwise improve my life.
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Pen Swap Welcome
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Not only adaptable, but adapted. I am 99% certain I removed all references to the other site and its denizens, as well as documented in there the handful of things we won't be able to enforce initially.
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You can change the spelling of one word in the English language to match how they are pronounced. What word do you pick?
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Totally understandable, one of a handful of English words that I both know are spelled “wrongL and also have to put conscious thought into spelling before I write it.
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I built the Loyalty Card Emulator 🪄
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Once in a while I've had luck with 206-343-0011 also. "Your call requires a coin deposit" message.