Notices by David O'Brien (iamdavidobrien@mastodon.social)

I apologise.

I have ataxia so I am unable to cycle. I fall over.

But I know tech. So thought I’d try to help.

I shan’t in future.

@CloudyMrs

Source: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/national-cycle-network-routes-in-the-east-of-scotland/

@CloudyMrs

https://explore.osmaps.com/?lat=56.300256&lon=-3.320838&zoom=9.0000&style=Standard&type=2d&overlays=os-ncn-layer

@CloudyMrs

Every software developer ever has said this at least once.

@dansup

To everyone whatabouting in this thread, I did say "they do the most common pretty well."

And that would mean the most common in English-language publications using foreign language words or terms for whatever reason.

Neither OS is perfect. Nor, I think, is it possible to be.

But Mac OS does a better job than Windows, as things currently stand.

I use both daily. This is my experience.

@CStamp @thomasfuchs

Yeah, but you either have to

• change the keyboard language
• Not ideal, since your actual keyboard doesn't change
• memorise some pretty esoteric unicode strings; or
• use a virtual keyboard

Tbf, Macs don't handle all diacritics that well by default, but they do the most common pretty well.

Like Option then E gets you é. Option U gets ü and so on.

I guess that's a legacy of their prevalence in desktop publishing apps in the 90s.

@CStamp @thomasfuchs

Also, we don't get ads on the OS UI.

Which is the stupidest fucking idea I've ever heard.

@thomasfuchs

I certainly did, and I certainly found it a worthwhile use of 30mins of my life.

A hugely thoughtful, wide-ranging and persuasive argument. Thank you for writing it.

And h/t @Miniver for alerting me to it.

@emilygorcenski

That is so distressing to hear.

Bandcamp paid artists fairly and was a good platform for so long.

@joeo10

OK, I get that; but my interests are very broad:

• web design/development
• tech
• politics
• science
• art
• photography
• news/current affairs

Which is why I opted for a 'generalist' server.

@feditips

And I also get that I can follow these topic (and accounts) from any server.

But if I'm on a web tech server posting politics stuff, I annoy people.

And vice-versa.

So what's the solution?

@feditips

@gerrymcgovern

https://social.nkb.fr/@algowatching/110780091627223322