Notices by Lisa (medievalist@writing.exchange)

@cstross Is there a difference between UK and US editorial practice?

@mathowie I'm my mom's caregiver, and I spend 2 to 5 hours a week just dealing with prescriptions, insurance and Medicare. Patients aren't exploiting Medicare; vendors and service providers are.

@inthehands In a related observation, UI chages to basic intersactions mean I spen dseveral weeks helpin residents in my mom's senior community figure out how to do basic tasls that no longer work the way they did

@cwicseolfor @inthehands Tolkien was a life-long, devout Catholic, and a Medievalist. Despair, or Accidie to a Medievalist, is one of the seven deadly sins, annd as such, is a doorway to other "sins" or problems.

@Colarusso @inthehands I too love this. It's true. I'm technically a Medievalist. I've made at least half my income since grad school working in software and IT. Close reading and close listening are two of my primary skills, both derived from my "useless" liberal arts education

@thomasfuchs It's about support for the Matter standard https://developer.apple.com/apple-home/matter/ There are UI changes but I can't remember what