I’ve been a MS products fan since Windows Phone, Cortana, and OneNote stole my heart. I loved the great features that Windows 10 and Edge provided out-of-the box. Bing provided better results than Google for some time.

But Phone was never accepted by the market, and with it, Cortana faded away. OneNote hasn’t kept up with the market, and they somehow broke the cursor on mobile. Sticky Notes lost compatibility with Dark Mode. They started pushing ads to Windows start menu, and embedded ads in Edge Collections.

Microsoft makes great software, then fuck it all up. Oh well, back to Linux.

Context?

It’s a little bright at night, that’s why I use dark mode, inverting the “paper” and “ink”.

I did a lot of research and ended up buying a Kobo for my wife who was looking to switch from paperback. At the time the Clara HD was the newer model in the size and feature family she was looking for. I made the choice based on e-ink quality, wide compatibility of formats (including public library rental), and price.

Keep in mind that Amazon keeps device prices artificially low by pushing ads to your screen. I have had four different Kindle Fires over the years, and hate how intrusive the advertising is on their devices.

After spending a year or so jealous of my wife’s Kobo Clara HD, I bought myself the then newer Kobo Libra 2. Then she was jealous of my Libra and bought herself one, and gave the Clara to our kid who is a bookworm as well.

We love our Kobos.

Drop the integer and multiply the decimal part by 12, round, divide by 12, reduce, then re-incorporate the integer.

Example: 1.3 cups = 1 + 0.3 cups = 1 + 0.3*12/12 cups = 1 + 3.6/12 cups = 1 + 4/12 cups = 1 + 1/3 cups.

We need more good suicidal guys with guns to stop bad suicidal guys with guns.

Purina had a good one that was pellets made from recycled paper. Think it was called yesterday’s news. I haven’t seen it in my local stores in a while though.

I’ve been following this story for a while, and no, the school and the surrounding community didn’t have a problem with the Christian club. Early on (iirc) the school claimed they denied the Satan club because they handed out fliers in school, against the rules for religious clubs, even though the Christian club did the same thing.

Kevin Kline, playing Dave Kovic, playing President Bill Mitchell.

Grays. Sports. Almanac.

The cost of freedom i guess

The cost of freedom i guess

I hate 3d movies. They don’t add to the story or the experience. Moreover, I find it distracting.

Dark mode and live widgets.

Edit to add: https://www.howtogeek.com/809114/5-ways-windows-phone-was-ahead-of-its-time/

Windows phone was the best phone OS I ever experienced. Features were years ahead of iOS and Android.

So they’re gonna focus on auditing rich people and corporations, right?

Groomers.

No. I would stay here to work toward improving social programs in the U.S.

That’s neat part, we don’t care.

Perhaps some people would stop punishing their own bodies for the benefit of their employer.