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Keyboard under System Settings should give you options for changing all the modifier keys. I've got Caps Lock modified to be Escape on mine. Though the jokes on me as I just hit ESC all the time and forget about my remapped Caps.

There's similar options on iOS if you use an external keyboard there.

MacOS makes it easy to remap modifier keys. Command can be mapped to Control, with Control put elsewhere. I mention this because this review (and many like it) mention the mental disconnect when frequently switching between Macs and Windows or Linux.

I'm one of those people. Putting Command on Control means that's one less thing I have to think about. Keyboard shortcuts become mostly the same between the different systems.

I've finished Exapunks. Should go back and finish TIS-100.

One thing I both love & hate about Zachtronics is the Histogram of Doom that appears at the end of each problem. There's no better feeling than ending up in the top ranks for efficiency or speed. And no worse feeling than refactoring everything and still not budging from the middle of the pack.

Considering you're being ranked against other players, in some ways this makes a Zachtronics game one of the more vicious multiplayer games. I mean, you're never playing against another player directly. But you're always being compared to others and it can be humbling at times.

That's a good list. Would be interesting if they followed in the footsteps of Pine (Pinephone, Pine64, Pine book) but with higher quality products. Would imagine Fairphone would be an inspiration as well.

If I had to pick any one of those things specifically, it would be the NUC. MiniPCs seem fairly popular these days. But many of them come from Chinese companies with varying degrees of quality and support. Seems like there's an opening. Especially since Framework already sells a MiniPC of sorts: the CoolerMaster case + mainboard.

Something with a premium case, customizable ports, and upgradeable RAM + SSD, would be a perfect fit for what they're already doing.

That was quite nice. Would love to see a full game in this environment one day, but I'm also happy this particular one was short. Perfect length for showing off this team's talents.

It's funny how many of us distrusted the AI. I guess games + movies have taught us the AI is always up to something.

Yes. Via the new age verification laws which require any site with a considerable amount of 18+ content to verify their users are 18+. This has passed in a few states. Leading Pornhub, and some other porn sites, to block access from those states.

The age verification laws are written pretty broadly and could be used to target a wide variety of content. Not just porn. Anything the state deems 18+ would require age verification.

These laws are facing some court challenges. If we're lucky, the laws will not survive.

Here's something purely anecdotal: recently stayed in a motel in very rural Arkansas. In the morning, I noticed a Chevy Bolt (or similar) plugged in with an extension cord. Asked the clerk about it. She said it was a relatively rare situation but they didn't have a problem with someone using their outside outlet.

I suppose I can't extrapolate this situation to everyone, but I have a feeling if you provide your own cord, most motels won't have a problem with you charging. Especially since it'll be uncommon. If everyone had EVs, then they might start putting a fee on it.

There is one raw ingredient in Skyrim which will kill the player. But it can't be found in the wild. It's given to you for a Dark Brotherhood quest. But you don't have to use it in the quest. Can keep it for later use.

I once worked at a similar office park. A pair of geese chased secretaries and CEOs alike. Very egalitarian. No one was spared. All ran to their cars in fear.

But there was one day when they met their match. Another pair of geese appeared like magic. Just wandering around like they owned the place. The original pair were not happy. They hissed and waved their wings in anger. The new pair did the same. Uncowed. The original pair decided to charge the interlopers and chase them off. Lowered their necks. Went full speed at them. Then slammed into the glass doors because they were attacking their own reflections.

They spent the rest of the day, greatly humbled, swimming around the office park pond. Gave everyone a break for a couple of days before resuming the usual CEO & secretary hunt.

I think TV static is like floppy icons in UIs. It's been referenced enough as a no-signal indicator, as well as a deeply rooted cultural thing, that even Gen Z will recognize it.

It's funny because they'll recognize it as a cultural artifact. Used for artistic effect. Whereas, for me, it meant something more practical. Meant I was up too early or too late for anything to be on the telly. Or it meant something was wrong with the reception and I'd have rearrange the rabbit ears. Later on, it meant my Atari 800's connector had gotten loose and I'd have to go back behind the massive TV to tighten it up.

Install a Linux container. Can do this via Settings > Advanced > Developers > "Linux Development Environment". By default, you'll get Debian. You can then do your usual apt install to get Wine. Or, you can enable Flatpak and use an app like Bottles. There are tutorials for installing Flatpak on ChromeOS. It's fairly simple if you want to go that route.

I personally used Flatpak and Bottles to run Photoshop CS2 on my rather underpowered Chromebook. Seemed to work well. Should give Steam a try too. Others seem to have good luck with it.

I agree with your wish for more DRM-free options. I don't know why a hard copy isn't an option for you. If it's just because you lack the space, then one option would be to order the physical book. Give it away. And download a copy of the book from LibGen. Author gets their money and you get a usable copy of the book.

Just curious if it repeatedly crashed your Kindle? My Kindle (Oasis 2nd gen) was very unhappy with the "redacted" black bars. When a page was full of them, the Kindle just gave up.

Just saw your reply today. That's an excellent memory you have. Surprised anyone remembers me talking about it.

I am still working on it. Just in my spare time. Maybe a release later this year if everything else works out and I can keep focus. Keeping focus is the difficult part, of course.

I've had good luck with Lulu. My experience was short-runs. I sometimes like to make custom notebooks for myself and friends. But the quality was good. Lulu will print spiral fold flat editions. Might come in handy for a cookbook.

I've also had good luck with Blurb. They do high quality photobooks. Which isn't what you're selling, but I'm mentioning them because they will offer your book for sale, print-on-demand, via their site. And wouldn't be surprised if they have a way of selling via Amazon. They wouldn't be a bad choice if you wanted to sell a $50+ coffee table edition of your cookbook. Or a bit lower for a paperback edition.

That would be the best way. Turn on notifications when you're expecting a new device. Turn off notifications and auto-deny the rest of the time.

Absolutely nothing. I already use alternative services for Android contacts. I just like iMessage and wish it was available on non-Apple hardware. Would be immensely more convenient.

Speaking as an Apple customer, there are many times I wish iMessage was more open. My partner and some friends prefer Android. Would be great to use Messages with them. Plus, I'd love to have Messages on whatever desktop I'm using. Sure, I spend the majority of my time in MacOS. But, I've got Windows, Linux, and Chromebooks here in the house. Would be so much more convenient to have Messages on all platforms.

All I was doing in my comment was describing how an overdose of eschatology as a child can warp how one views the future. I never said I didn't care.

Not at all. But I think one's feelings on global warming & nukes can be influenced by previous exposure to eschatology. I was raised in American evangelicalism which puts a heavy emphasis on the end of the world stuff. I left the church behind long ago. But the heavy diet of Revelations, etc. has left me with a nihilism I can't shake. That whatever humanity does is doomed to fail.

Of course, that isn't necessarily true. I know there's always a chance we somehow muddle through. Even a chance that we one day fix things. But, emotionally, I can't shake that feeling of inevitable apocalypse.

Weirdly enough, I feel completely neutral on AI. No doomerism on that subject. Maybe that comes from being old enough to not worry how it's going to shake out.

Best value is always an ebay Thinkpad. But if you insist on buying new, the Lenovo Ideapad 3 Chromebook is $100 and often discounted down to $80. It's a 4GB/64GB eMMC/Gemini Lake n4020 with a TN screen. But it does have a good keyboard relative to its price range, and feels pretty solid. Battery life is about 8 to 10 hours.

The codename for this Chromebook is "Lick" and MrChromebox has alternative firmware which will allow Linux to be installed. I haven't done it on mine yet, but the instructions aren't difficult. I've read that most things on Linux will work automatically but there's a problem with sound out-of-the-box. There's a script on Github that supposedly fixes that.

https://mrchromebox.tech/

https://github.com/WeirdTreeThing/chromebook-linux-audio

Many cities already have essentially this. Community radio. Usually on the left end of the dial near NPR and the christian music stations.

I don't know if this is correct, but recently read it was a decline of 2 million+ horses in 1900 to about 238,000 in the UK.

This is amazing work. Do you have any street level views? Would be interesting to see some of the neighborhoods and plazas from ground level.

If 70% gets you through a full day and also preserves your battery for the long haul, then it seems like an obviously good choice.

It's not a thin client. Hasn't been for a long while. Has Android and Linux layers which runs apps / programs locally and offline. There's also several web apps that can be run offline, including Google's own. Certain models have Steam support. Chrome OS devices are closer to being general purpose computing devices than iPads.

You could run one as a thin client and have a great time with it. But it's no longer limited to being thin.

I'd love to see this too. Would love it if it was an OS that scaled well from desktop to mobile (at least tablet) sizes. I'm a big fan of the basic idea behind Chrome OS. Not so much a fan of giving Google my info. Would be nice to have a real alternative in this niche.

Don't forget about Enceladus. Also a massive ocean with the added benefit of shooting enormous geysers into space. Would be wonderful if our solar system had at least 3 worlds with ocean life.

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/enceladus

Found this video of Alex Kunchevsky animating a butterfly in Dreams. If this is how the process actually works, then I could see Dreams being very popular. Simple and intuitive.

https://twitter.com/kunchevsky/status/1697439424311853252

Of course, I could also see edge cases where the simple & intuitive get in the way of what the artist actually wants to do. Will be interesting to see how it pans out in practice.

That's incorrect. All current and recent-ish Chromebooks get at least eight years from date of release. And with the move to separate Chrome (the browser) from the OS, it will be possible to update the browser even after system upgrades are finished.

Google uses the term AUE (automatic update expiration) for the end of service. They provide a list of AUE dates here:

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6220366?hl=en#zip...