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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Thanks for this, it's my number 1 favourite book, so looking forward to reading the article!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

Seconding this - batch cooking is the way to go. Sometimes on a Sunday I'll just spend a day making large batches of 2 or 3 meals like this, almost all of which will be frozen and then used over the next few weeks.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Not who you were replying to, but thanks for this. I'm hoping to give Linux a go this year, on an old laptop that isn't needed anymore, and this makes me feel more confident about it!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

They only run Miaowcrosoft products.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

No problem πŸ‘

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Thanks! 😁

Yeah, I doubt I'd go to all the trouble if I was starting from scratch now. But this is more or less what I had back when Nova was king, and I've just replicated it because of muscle memory!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That's amazing news - I enjoy Rifftrax a lot, but having those 3 in character as Mike and the bots just adds that extra something else. That, plus the host segments, which is another part I miss when I see a Rifftrax episode. And MJP as Pearl, wrangling Bobo and Brain Guy as well?? Woo hoo!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Not sure about the latter part, but Total is another launcher allowing 4-way swiping for shortcuts. Absolute godsend.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Using a non-default launcher gives you more options to customise your home screen and any other screens off to the side.

For example, Pixels always have the Google search bar right there on the home screen, and it's not removable (or not last I checked). But what if I don't want it there? A 3rd party launcher will usually give me that option.

Or another example - some launchers allow the use of gestures to activate certain things, eg open app A, start an email in app B, call a specific contact, etc. This can be gestures on empty parts of the screen or swipes on icons.

On my phone, on which I use Total Launcher, it looks like this:

Tapping each of those 12 icons opens a folder. But I can also swipe each folder icon up, down, left or right and have certain apps or activities open without ever needing to go into the app drawer.

So, if I want to make a call, I swipe left on the communications folder (top right). If I want to open Lemmy, I swipe right on the Internet folder (blue, bottom row). If I want to open my phone settings, I swipe up on the Tools folder. And so on.

That way, I can activate 48 different things while only having 12 icons on screen, keeping it quite neat and tidy, and leaving space for my little collection of widgets at the top.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Ha, yeah, the benefits of being a set text at high school for a long time (possibly still now, not sure).

I couldn't do the whole thing, but I could have a good stab at the first 10 lines or so!

HWP is a fun one, the speaker is such a hypocrite, and you can tell Burns was relishing making him look so stupid 😁

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'm not all that well read with Burns, but I do love Tam O'Shanter, and Holy Willie's Prayer, they'd be very decent ones to try πŸ‘

 

The Breenster returns!

 

Just upgraded, and now some things are huge, and other things are small, and it's a pain in the backside, frankly.

Also, wtf is with that battery icon? It's MASSIVE, and ugly, and the only way to make it smaller is to adjust text scaling, which then makes all other text much too small.

FFS Google.

 

I've not listened to this yet but it's Mark Kermode, who I really rate, so hopefully it's a good show.

Not sure how available this will be outside the UK, apologies if you can't listen in.

Description:

For a very special 100th episode of Screenshot, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult classic TV show. With guests Mark Frost and Tim Roth.

 

BBC News - Warning after 250 million bees escape overturned truck in US

 

I'm currently trying to get in better shape and to that end have started dieting and cycling in my local area. For motivation, I've decided to try to 'virtually' cycle from John O'Groats (henceforth JOG) in the north of Scotland to Land's End (LE) in the south of England.

To do this, I measure how far I cycle each day (locally) and record my progress, which I then use to map where I would be on the route Google Maps recommends for cycling (I'm handwaving altitude comparisons because it's just for fun).

Ok, so - Maps says the recommended cycling route from JOG to LE is 965 miles. Fine. I've covered 21.1 miles so far (I've only just started and am not very fit).

Now, on the full 965 mile route, that 21.1 miles gets me to a small village called Haimer. However, if I ask Maps to plot me a route from JOG to Haimer, Maps says it's only 18.7 miles.

I've tried the same thing with other towns on the route, and the same is true there too - there's a roughly 10% disparity, even though the route being plotted is identical. A few yards here or there I could understand, but a 10% difference?? FFS.

 

This is a sort of comedy western, based around a high stakes poker game. I saw it years ago and loved it. Truth be told, I can't remember a great deal more about it, and don't want to spoil it for myself by looking it up, but I definitely remember enjoying it a lot.

 

I unironically LOVE the music in Mitchell, and was hoping I could find it, ideally on vinyl. But I can't find any evidence that it was ever released - anyone happen to know if it was?

 

So, even if you had been immune, through previous illness, vaccination or via maternal milk, you may not be anymore after having measles.

I had never heard this until today, and it's an absolutely horrifying thought.

You're welcome.

 

Turns out there is beer on the sun if you wait long enough.

 

~~Josh~~ Brandon Allan will start at QB.

Packers game already looked tough, this just feels like another kick in the teeth.

Wish this season would just end tbh.

 

Well, that's a bit awkward...

"Coote was the video assistant referee when a challenge by the Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford on Virgil van Dijk that left the Liverpool defender with an anterior cruciate ligament injury went unpunished."

"Coote also drew the ire of Klopp as the VAR for the 1-1 draw between Liverpool and Arsenal last December after an apparent handball in the box by Martin Ødegaard did not lead to a penalty."

 

Per this thread, I'm wondering if it might be possible to create feeds of favourited people or communities.

I guess this would be similar to how multireddits worked and since that's not available on Lemmy, this might not be either. But maybe some smart person out there knows of a way.

It's not even me that wants to do it, but I'm invested in an answer now! :-)

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