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@kin That looks amazing. I just read Kim Stanley Robinson's High Sierra. You are looking at it!
@darrel_miller @judell agreed. Bigger puzzles to be had.
@judell I see data and APIs as games or puzzles that fill this void for me. Might be different if I didn’t have this.
@judell I am the same.
Kin Lane
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also as a PSA for people who haven't been to libraries in a while:
- libraries offer comfy silent tables and sofas for free, with free Internet and charging ports and free toilets, in the middle of the city where everything else costs.
- most library cards will give you access to some gatekept online resources, like the OED, and "borrowing" ebooks
- libraries also have selections of movies, music, console games etc. to borrow home or enjoy on spot. those classic movies that are hard to find in torrents can be found here
- comic book selections in libraries are pretty great
- language learning books and dictionaries for free
- if the thing you want is not in the library, you can request them to loan from another library (usually for a fee)
- you can also suggest additions to the collection
- boardgames are available, also many other novelties like VR etc. depending on where you live (one around me has an escape room)
- those fantasy beings who reside in the libraries and seemingly merge with the wallpapers and book smell, they're not just there to control which books you're loaning. they also can help you find stuff. they're very good at finding resources for a thing you want to know about, super nice talking to you, and invariably cool as heck
@kyleejohnson Niiice. Did you meet any resistance? ;-)
@Molten yes please.
I was trying to remember where I'd seen the mountains we visited yesterday, and today I was oh yeah!
@mammut Yes it is! ;-)
The more time I spend on Mastodon cultivating, expanding, and engaging with my network(s), the less tolerable the Facebook and Twitter timelines become. Mastodon reminds me of why social matters, and reveals how much advertising and the algorithm has crept into every moment of my day and set the pace off my reality.
Setup for Christmas. Looking west towards the Sierras. Looking east towards Death Valley.
Dispatch From Coaling Station A https://kinlane.com/2022/12/22/dispatch-from-coaling-station-a/
Discussing years between 1980 and 1985 with siblings, trying to get accurate details of where we moved and lived while young. Most of our references were song based. MTV launching. Eurythmics. Van Halen.
Kin Lane
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I wrote about how I cannot understand why anyone is interested in joining a new centralized social media platform when we now have a great opportunity to move to protocols instead of platforms. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/21/why-would-anyone-use-another-centralized-social-media-service-after-this/
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