The birth (or death) of a relative, the release of a new program, game, series, movie, the date you were dreaming about, could be anything
Deadpool + Wolverine
The day I finally move to Belgium.
Unfortunately that day is still pretty far away from today. At least 5 years far away.
No offense but why would you intentionally move to Belgium lol
I think it suits me the most out of every western European country. Not to mention being the queer person that I am, I’d like to go somewhere where I’d be accepted.
Also, I’m a Moroccan that has so much trouble fitting into Moroccan society. I genuinely don’t feel attached to my country of origin at all, contrary to the “Moroccans” that live in Belgium today, no wonder why everyone in there is sick of them.
I even use a Flemish sounding username online just because it’s funny (the “Resol van Lemmy” bit)
I did a trip there once and was surprised how much I didn’t like that country, the beer is good but it just seemed like a much inferior Netherlands ha
I think it’s time for me to utter my favorite French proverb: “chacun a sa façon de rire” which translates to “everyone has their way of laughing”
Yeah, I know Belgium isn’t for everyone. It will never be for everyone. Nothing is for everyone.
Ghent was fucking awesome though
Yeah there’s no denying that.
I like Bruges too
I’m curious, why the holdup, why not move there asap?
A little something called visa restrictions is what’s preventing me from going there immediately.
I feel bad it’s so materialistic but I’m stoked that the new model of the Dirtywave M8 music tracker is shipping this week or next. In the past couple years that single device has improved my music output immensely, and the user community on its Discord is ridiculously friendly and helpful.
The new model isn’t a radical update, but the new quality of life features plus the confidence that I will use it constantly really has me excited to continue my journey. For me it’s like a toy that’s always fun to play with, surprisingly deep, and after I play for a while I’ve accidentally created something. It’s cut down on my doom scrolling and social media consumption as well. For me, that’s money well spent.
I think a lot of the worst people on earth are getting pretty old and grey, so it’ll be fun to watch the world turn as they fall off.
Je peux parler français (encore)
I can speak french (again)
C’est fou! Felicitations à toi
D’accord et merci! J’ai hâte d’explorer la francophonie!
How did you learn it? How long did it take?
French was my father’s first language so even though we were an English-first home, I had an excellent study buddy when I started studying French in middle and highschool. I was nearly proficient by age 18 but lost it once life took over. Fast forward 20 years and I wanted to make sure my child had the opportunity to speak with her pépère in his native language.
So I spent 6 months mainlining Learn French and specifically Québec TikTok and fought like hell to rewire those old, decrepit neural pathways. You can get access to an incredible wealth of native content in manageable bites all tagged and categorized for free
Ça marche!
Merci. I’ve been putting it off for a while now and wonder if I can still learn fast in my 30s. I’ll try and get back to it
No, these children aren’t French. They’re American!
In all seriousness though, that’s amazing! I wish I knew another language.
Cue the deep male voice saying
“Je suis la jeune fille”
Haha! Thank you! I was wondering if someone else would get this reference.
By Q1 2025, I should have a full implant-supported denture, replacing my top teeth. I’ve had a partial for almost a year now, as I fussed around, trying to decide how to proceed. I’ll be very glad to be done with this phase.
Then we’ll deal with the bottom ones…
nothing. literally nothing.
Don’t ask me what I do not look forward to.
I’m currently at solshine rêverie (formerly summer camp) in Illinois, enjoying the vibes and being way too baked to function in normal society, but here it’s considered good etiquette
My kid will go to summer camp soon and I’ll have a little bit of time again. Looking forward to it.
Bcachefs, it’s the filesystem of the future now.
Is it really going to be that huge? I’m using btrfs, how is bcachefs better?
It has most of the major features of BTRFS + tiered storage + per file/directory redundancy + native encryption support. It also seems to be architectured in a way that avoids the write-hole issue for RAID 5/6 that BTRFS has and therefore once that feature is added, it won’t be as likely to eat your data. It also had a better system for handling different sized drives.
Overall, it seems like a redesigned BTRFS with the experience of bcache development and benefit of hindsight avoiding some of the early pitfalls that BTRFS had. It already seems like the ideal filesystem that does it all for single systems. Especially if Kent gets the backing he needs to fill out the rest of the roadmap, I really don’t see what other filesystems have to offer that are worth losing the other benefits.
Maybe I’m wrong and it will stall or something, but it has been almost a decade already and there have been steady improvements throughout. I plan to switch to it as soon as I can get it working. It is still a bit rough getting a proper multi-drive encrypted system booting since it is still early days of mainline support and disros don’t have very good support for it yet.
Thanks man(?), nice insight.
Taking my car to the track for the first time. My son is going to track it with me, should be a blast!
Getting the rear brakes and track oil (based on what Chevy recommends for track use) next week and then I’ll schedule it!
Nice! What’s the car?
2014 Z51 Corvette, minus the balloons.
In a few days I’ll be moving to a new state to be closer with my long distance girlfriend of a year. I’ve been feeling pretty directionless and stuck for a long time now, so I’m looking forward to being able to start a new chapter of my life.
The colour ereader I just got is pretty cool. It draws much faster than anticipated and looks pretty good. The pen (mpp type) from my laptop works with it so I don’t have to pay even more to scribble dicks in my books like its 2009. It’s actually repairable unlike the previous ones too. I’m still bitter about the screen of my previous one getting permanent stripes down the left side and across the top and repair not being an option at all, not even by sending it out.
Would you mind sharing mark and model?
oh its the kobo libra colour and libra 2.
Heres my unasked for review of sorts of both just for the hell of it…
The colour is probably about 1mm reduced in outer shell with the same screen dimensions but slightly different usb location so cases dont carry over perfectly. I’m still using the old case for the time being but being careful not let it pop out.
The libra 2 I’ve had since 2022 and pampered the damned thing but hilariously close to the release of the colour models the screen died. It would still be an excellent device that I’d be using otherwise. I have carried it in my jacket’s tablet pocket with my tablet and kobo’s screens facing each other, the kobo in the magnetic cover case and a piece of microfiber wrapped cardboard between them. somehow it must have gotten imperceptibility bent and ruined the screen recently between home and work. To the best of my knowledge there is no replacement part for the bw screen.
The Libra 2 screen has fewer layers compared to the colour so white is whiter, imagine stacking screen protectors until it starts to darken or making a mirror tunnel and comparing how it gets darker the deeper in it goes. The colours arent super vibrant but it’s still pretty cool and more mind boggling how it doesn’t drain more power once drawn even compared to the previous gen panels. Picture is no backlight night mode in a dim room.
I’m a little bitter and wouldn’t recommend the libra 2 in hindsight but it’s not available any more. The colour has the disadvantage of case incompatibility and darker white but with the black shell it’s not very noticeable because of the contrast. The latest models, kobo libra colour and clara colour/bw, have repair parts available through ifixit (except for clara bw screen it seems) for actually pretty reasonable prices. Kobo itself has seemingly no tech support for the english speaking world and their own site as well as their twitter seem to be bots that give you the runaround on every topic. They released the linux kernel sources for older models but not for the new devices and not for some previous models and revisions so other linux distro projects like quill os are potentially hindered.
Monday is a holiday in the US, and I am going to make one of my fav dips for it…I am gonna eat so much fucking dip. I can’t wait lol. Its the small things, ya know?
What kind of dip?
Artichoke Fondue Dip, it’s a recipe from Amy Theilan’s book The New Midwestern Table. I highly recommend it.
Going to Australia in a week, get immersed in their culture for two weeks, and getting to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef during my time there! All with my wife and 10 yo son. It’s going to be so great!
