Notices by Number6 :syncthing: (number6@fosstodon.org)

@HistoPol @mattotcha

It's a map of the tiny proportion of people that are actively trying to learn a new language.

And it's aspirational -- people are learning the language of the places they want to long-term visit or live. So those Nordic people want to go somewhere *warm*.

The #Netherlands certainly teaches English well -- 90% of the #Dutch are fluent. I suspect that if you could see language #2 it would also be Spanish.

@mina @HistoPol

Are you familiar with the Big Read project? It's an audio project where each chapter is read by a different person, including celebrities like Stephen Fry and Benedictine CucumberPatch.

https://www.mobydickbigread.com/

@atlgaytheist @ATLeagle @hannu_ikonen

It's an herbicide.

But yeah, it is fear-mongering.

Go into any western store any you'll find rows of tasty, good-looking food, usually at reasonable prices.

There doesn't seem to be any particular spike in cancer, other than what we would expect from more people reaching old age thanks to the availability of good food.

@youronlyone

My main complaint about TH is how quickly, and quietly it logs you out. Like it logs you out in less than 2 hours, and you have no clue this has happened until you attempt to save.

My workaround is to use the official browser storage plugin in conjunction with btheado's opinionated browser storage plugin to make sure that I don't lose work, and to let me go longer periods without saving or reloading.

@georgetakei

Ever notice we never hear from anyone after they win the big one? Coincidence?

@georgetakei

Have a pot of Ten Ren Jasmine Green on now.

@georgetakei

Gosh. Just when you think you've seen all the episodes ...

@libreoffice
@Aileme

That's cool!

If you want something lighter, you can use the barcode plugin with #TiddlyWiki to generate barcodes right in your browser!
The bar code plugin is already installed on the demo page at TiddlyWiki.com.

There's also the ability to read-in bar codes from your camera. (To be honest, I haven't tried this yet).

@calisti @matt @GreenSkyOverMe

There's been a website version since the beginning. And yes it's free. And it's better in some ways, because you can drag, drop, and re-arrange word bank answers, which isn't possible in the android app.

@libreoffice

Not that I would defend M$, but the cost of the operating system and the software is a fraction of the cost of the machines it runs and and the personnel that use it.

Retraining thousands of employees to use Open source products might be more expensive than the cost of the operating system & software.

Then there's the problem that almost always there will be essential software that only runs on MS desktops.

And then there's hardware compatibility issues.

@georgetakei

Can you use changes to the value of local PI to determine how close you are to a black hole?

Planning a trip.

@georgetakei

Finally, we know where babies come from.

@elduvelle @carnage4life

We haven't seen any actual proof that there is a big layoff nor that AI is going to be taking over the translations.

Once they've developed a full course for a language, why do they need any more translators?

When Duo went public, it got rid of it's volunteer workforce. So it needed contract workers temporarily to vet the existing material.

Hopefully this means the tree will stop morphing all the time.

@GreenSkyOverMe

And why is Duo kissing the lock?

@GreenSkyOverMe

Do you get something if you finish the daily tasks?

I see them, and often complete them coincidentally, but I'm not really excited about them. But maybe I'm missing something important.

@feditips @DeShawnFranco

I was using chromium.

The good news is that it works better with Firefox. The bad news is that it really grabs system resources -- like 10% of the CPU. I think this is because the "peering" part is actually working. Like 500 byte upload on FF compared to 50 byte on chromium.

Eventually, it finishes buffering (0 up/ 0 down) on FF.

You know, if I could just download the video it would probably take fewer resources.

@feditips @DeShawnFranco

This was my first time trying. These were just the first two I randomly picked.

This one eventually worked after a reload:

https://fedi.video/w/94Tmh4cFFj2D4dvNxmyDNw

This one never worked under chromium:

https://fedi.video/w/mor9NWYwYMHmrHVfoiewqG

You can see the little spinner that never goes away. I turned off my add-blockers in case that was the issue.

It did work under Firefox but was also very CPU intensive.

@feditips

So I though I'd look at Fedi.Video and see what I've been missing.

The main thing is that there is a looping circle in the middle of the screen. The video plays fine, but you have this constantly looping symbol. (Dairy Milk Review). It displays at regular and full screen resolution.

@feditips @tvler

The "How to get verified" sites tend to neglect an important fact. The verification mechanism limits itself to sites something like less than 2mb. My favourite method for web content starts at 2mb. So I had to make a special page for verification.

Basically, there's no real reason for someone to visit my verification site. And I suspect that I'm not alone.

I suspect that you could browse all day and not collect any interesting sites/accounts.

@Mina

So my philosophy is that I give my main upper directories meaningful, unique names. And subddirectories that mostly have the device and time stamp of the export. And then I don't move files out of them, ever.

Why should I ? If I need a file for something, I'll find it in the app and export it.

2/3+