@tedu are you watching the DUNC show? It's written by the son so don't expect much

@quantsini "I hate <generally good thing> because it has a positive effect without sufficient suffering" is a pretty common sentiment whether you're talking about drug policy, climate change, sex ed, urban planning...

@knapjack @DorotheaLange

Are you feeding these images into some sort of AI thing to generate the descriptions? Because it's pretty inaccurate. I can't see any mattress or wheelbarrow, and there are people in the picture!

"The image depicts a narrow street in what appears to be an older urban neighborhood, likely from the early 20th century. It's captured through black and white photography which gives it a historical feel. On either side of the street are rows of multi-story residential buildings with various architectural details such as wood siding on some facades and decorative elements around windows or eaves. Many of these structures look aged, possibly in need of maintenance, evidenced by weathered paintwork, exposed bricks, and missing exterior trim. The street is empty except for a few scattered items like a mattress propped against one building's side and what looks to be an old wheelbarrow on the sidewalk near another house. Utility lines crisscross above the street, connecting each home or business along this alleyway which adds to its authentic small-town vibe. No people are visible in the scene; it appears desolate save for these everyday objects scattered around. The image feels candid and unposed, capturing a slice of life from an era that has long passed, providing insight into urban living conditions during those times. Overall, this picture encapsulates the essence of historical urban decay with its depiction of rundown residential buildings in close proximity to each other along what seems like an abandoned alleyway."

@knapjack @kimlockhartga Poetry is like champagne.

If it's not written in the Poetré region, it's legally just sparkling verse.

@jbcrawford I read your first paragraph and started thinking "well actually" but as usual you were already aware of it :)

@cks @nev I'll choose the one on the left

@quantsini Well for ease on the part of the donator it's hard to beat the donations bin in the parking lot of the Elks lodge near my house, since I can just walk over. Doesn't apply to you so much but there might be a bin near you too?

@tedu No baseball metaphors, I suspect this might not be the real Steve Garvey!

@jbcrawford @PolyWolf "Adirondack chairs aren't even, like, a thing here." yeah the clue's in the name :)

@14mission @knapjack Results speak for themselves, I think -- it's fantastic!

My favorite cyanotype experiment was a white t-shirt. It works pretty well, my only recommendation would be to do a digital negative and tweak it so it fades to fully transparent around the edges, otherwise you end up with an odd sharp border around the edge of the image.

@knapjack @14mission That came out great! Did you print from a film negative, or make a digital negative? I've tried the latter a few times but my laser printer doesn't do a great job. And even 120 film doesn't make especially big images, so I haven't tried using a "real" negative.

@quantsini Cinnamon, star anise, ginger, cardamom, fennel, clove... why not?

@amszmidt @larsbrinkhoff You're right, I shouldn't have classified it as strictly tiling, rather that it has features for tiling which are prominently available.

Makes sense that it was probably inspired at least in part by emacs. I'm not especially familiar with Smalltalk preceding Smalltalk-80, did they have similarly tiling-friendly options?

Tiling also just makes sense from the POV of getting maximum use out of the pixels on your screen

@robpike I use KeePassXC for password storage and TOTP. Works well enough and you just have a DB file you can sync however you prefer

@jbcrawford Glad to hear it's on an upward trajectory again. I went to Two Fools exactly once because it was just too busy every other time. There was a two-story restaurant/bar not too far away that had pretty good wings and you could always get a seat, I preferred that.

@jbcrawford Nob Hill area can be pretty a e s t h e t i c but it's a shame to see those presumably broken windows. My brother tells me it's gotten pretty rough again down there.

@jbcrawford i prefer the Scylding department of wights and meadhalls