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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • I appreciate your point, however - if you wish for this series of communities to succeed, it needs to be welcoming to newcomers. And one of the ways of doing that is allowing for a continuation of conversations that were on the source communities - including, “Oh, we’re getting out”, “Why it’s so bad”, “Where do we go to”, “How do we make the new community look/feel like I’m used to”, etc. etc.

    I’m happy to see this because it means that a corrupt and non-people-focussed environment is losing members. Like anything, it will pass, but please don’t push people away by making them feel unwelcome.









  • I took my daughter to the Manchester Science Museum, and saw a BBC there. That was my first home computer in '86. I’m 42…

    Of course, I still move reasonably well, the tablets keep the depression at bay, the inhalers keep the asthma away and the powerballs keep the RSI away :P My brain is still sharp (And I hope it stays that way as I’m a coder, so I kinda need it), and the glasses keep my eyesight up-to-scratch. Let’s hear it for pharmaceutical or physical solutions to intractible issues ;) I also keep up with modern music. Like some of it, don’t like others - but then, that’s the same as when I was a kid or a teenager. I fight to keep an open mindset, and not slip into the ‘rose coloured glasses’ fallacy… Having a young daughter is a help to this, because she views everything as new, and interesting, and may I never, ever shutter that desire to learn more. I always try to answer her questions if I can…








  • I’ll second the Spigen case, it’s really nice feeling, while being slim enough to work with the official carrying case. Also their screen protector works really well, and takes that stupid anti-glare fuzz off the 512GB model, so it’s a nice smooth screen again :D (Yeah, that’s very, very opinionated, but it’s my opinion. Won’t work if you like the fuzz, get another screen protector :D) The Spigen protector was also stupidly easy to fit - basically, if you cock up a Spigen install using either their EZ Fit or GAStR Align Master brands, you’ve really, really rushed it and haven’t reviewed any of the docs or the install videos, because they’re amazingly easy to install.