willmacdonald

I'm about to get my second shot of Shingrix. In the clinic it says it lasts for about 12 years. I think it just means you can return in 12 years.

In Sweden the Shingrix vaccine is associated with reduced stroke and dementia.

https://sveavaccin.se/vaccinationer/baltros/

It doesn't mention anything on the main github page, but this can be installed with:

brew install oolite

If you have a M1/2/3 Mac you can install the iPad version of Authy which works as a replacement.

Thanks for mentioning FocusMate! I used it many years ago, but had since forgotten it's name. No amount of googling found it.

My last name is Macdonald, however most banks in the UK change it to MacDonald, which is incorrect.

Couldn't this be related the side of the car you drive on? In Sweden & America your left arm would be more exposed to sun.

Here is an example:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trucker-accumulates-skin-damage...

We had a similar problem in Sweden when trying to renew passports. A black market developed as covid eased. Everyone was trying at the same time. Some one made a browser extension which repeatedly tried to book appointments. The government implemented a governement ID system before making any bookings. The problem disappeared!

We still have a similar problem trying to get a driving test time. The driving schools book every slot for months ahead. They are commonly referred to as a mafia. You basically cannot get your license without paying a driving school a ton of money.

In the article the author talks of WiFi interference.

Try using MAC filtering. In previous experiments it drastically improved through put.

I know the mac address can be spoofed, provides no security and can be a pain to set up when everything is WiFi enabled, but it really helps.

All those other WiFi gadgets that belong to your neighbours are continuously try to login, and being rejected, all the time!

Slavery is definitely not abolished in the West. It is rife in the UK and Europe.

I had frequently ran into problems trying to receive SMS 2FA tokens using Signal. Had to switch back to the default app on Android.

I loved Simplenote, however from I could see the notes were not encrypted on the server.

I have moved to Standard Notes, which looks VERY similar to OP notes app.

Just this this: https://simplenote.com/help/#sync-encryption

I'm in Stockholm too. I find klart.se, SMHI or yr.no to work pretty well.

There is a great mac app called https://imageoptim.com/mac

It tries - zopfli - PNGOUT - OxiPNG - AdvPNG - PNGCrush - JpegOptim - Jpegtran - Guetzli - Gifsicle - SVGO - svgcleaner

And picks the best result. You can tweak a few other settings too.

It is a great tool which allows you drop a folder of mixed images, and just wait for the result.

In Sweden you get frozen raspberries, strawberries, cherries, passion fruit, mango, lingon, black berries plus other unusual berries. Frozen avocado too!

Super Agent works great! What a difference it makes.

I experimented with a few of these retro gaming systems. This one really stands out in terms of the UI. Lovely retro graphics, wallpaper, loading screen etc.

All of the systems are still FAR too confusing for the casual user.

Installing Recalbox, then the emulator, then the game machine BIOS and then the games. So many opportunities for parts to not work together. (I'm very familiar with Linux, networking, ssh etc. Mounting the shared folders on my Mac from Recalbox was easy)

Trying to work out which Nintendo BIOS works with which emulator, and games was horrendous. Have only managed to get a few machines working so far.

Making marmalade, no tech angle, just nice to work your hands!

https://marmageddon.se/

Le Haine (95) had a great flying camera scene: https://youtu.be/4qo3EwozH0Y (about half way through) Great Film too!

I would suggest finding something that is fun, that you _want_ to do. Something you look forward to doing!

I just started playing badminton, which is great fun! Already planning my next few matches. (It is cheap, easy & accessible.)

Not exactly the same, but regarding a slightly similar setting in browsers. I had problems getting some 3rd party widget working in a webpage.

I had enabled 'Do Not Track' in the browser, which broke the widget.

I'm sure the 3rd party provider regrets listening to the privacy nerd who insisted on supporting this header.

Launchbar for Mac from obdev.at. Makes using a mac so much quicker and simpler.

I remember doing that with RS-232 connections and Doom 1.

On a related note I can really recommend 'The Gospel of the Eels: A Father, a Son and the World's Most Enigmatic Fish'

https://amzn.to/37YFKcy

Apple would not let me register a developer account using my domain name macscan.net. Got a letter from their legal team.

This was not for any product or app I was even thinking of making. This was purely: 'You cannot use that email address'.

The section about false cleaner fish is even more intriguing.

Seems similar to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Z88

The Cambridge Computer Z88 is an A4-size, lightweight, portable Z80-based computer with a built-in combined word processing/spreadsheet/database application called PipeDream (functionally equivalent to a 1987 BBC Micro ROM called Acornsoft View Professional),[1] along with several other applications and utilities, such as a Z80-version of the BBC BASIC programming language.

I think that unions in Sweden would be better classified as Professional Societies. There are unions for different professions, and they help with training, education, discounts etc. A lot of people in UK and America unions are associated with striking miners etc.

I have a similar issue with Safari. I have not opened it for months, but every so often it is the frontmost app after waking.

On a slightly related subject I can HIGHLY recommend Google duo for voice calls. Very little latency, fantastic clarity and the ability for both parties to talk and listen at the same time.

Makes it so much less tiring for long conversations.

I have not tried it for group conversations yet.