bricklove

@bricklove@midwest.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhosted alternative to google keep/onenote/evernote/goodnotes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just using a self hosted git repo with markdown files. I was having trouble finding something open source that I could edit with vim that also had a good mobile solution. I also didn’t want to get locked into a file format that was specific to an app.

  Markdown is ubiquitous and I use git all the time as a developer so it was easier to tack something onto an existing workflow. It’s a little janky but at least I won’t be screwed by devs abandoning whatever app I was using.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wednesday it is, my dudes.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oddly enough croak is likely also onomatopoeia (imitative)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I found it to surprisingly easy to read. I knew about the characters beforehand but never saw them used extensively in words I understand. Let’s bring ðem back

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone else ever seen an SSH key/fingerprint thing string together an actual word? Or how about a curse word? XD⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I got “cunT” once and gave myself a heart attack because I thought I had accidentally committed a frustrated debugging log message to a work repo. I found it while searching for swears but it was in a file I hadn’t changed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch toilets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you have the light switch outside the bathroom too? That way your friends can make you poop in the dark

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨JD Vance:⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m standing at an Amtrak station right now. Quit teasing me with these steamy pics

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linux Mint 22 released: An attractive option for migrating away from Windows | Windows 11 system requirements block millions of PCs from upgrading, while Linux Mint continues to work on older hardware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That serenity is why I enjoy running Arch with basically nothing on it. My OS doesn’t do shit and I love it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨77% Of Employees Report AI Has Increased Workloads And Hampered Productivity, Study Finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know about this. Thank you for the knowledge fellow human!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And they don't fold well either⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually sleep on my back but if I sleep on my side I always use a pillow. I have a pretty big head so if I’m lying flat with no pillow my neck is straight and not bending backwards

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And they don't fold well either⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reading the comments is making me feel like a psychopath. I guess I’m the only one who occasionally uses no pillows because one can be too much for me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exclusive: 'Dead Sea Scrolls' at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’s a theory that the vinegar was posca, a mix of vinegar and water that was better than straight vinegar. Not that that was really a kindness since he’d survive longer and suffer more

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study shows Tesla owners have most car accidents, but Ram has the worst drivers⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not German enough, needs more unnecessary capital letters

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An extremely high-energy particle is detected coming from an apparently empty region of space⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s from one of them Laconian magnetar-class battleships

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Outliers⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I yeet I yote I have yeen

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Outliers⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It comes from Latin iactare meaning “to cast”. Over time the c was dropped as French evolved and the i shifted to a y consonant and we get yeter. Once it was borrowed into English it further changed as it simplified the ending and following the great vowel shift.

  I am lying but most of those bits are facts and I’m actually describing the etymology of jet. Also the proto Indo European ye is hilariously uncanny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do names of countries get translated? What is the reason why Nippon/Nihon is called Japan or Ellada is called Greece in English?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the subreddit I miss the most. Some of the best history content on the web

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A new exoskeleton to support workers in railways maintenance and renewal operations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And the owners will use it as an excuse to not hire more workers or increase wages for the more productive current workers