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Mahatma Gandhi, Steve Jobs, Mother Teresa, Aristotle, and May West. What do all of these names have in common? Well, according to [1] they have all used and enjoyed Markdown.
There's a copy available on the Internet Archive [1].
1. https://archive.org/details/d64_Madam_Fifis_Whore-House_Adve...
Maybe WinSetView [0] and the options [1] it provides might be of use to you? It was able to resolve the issues I was facing so hopefully it can work for you as well.
[0] https://github.com/LesFerch/WinSetView
[1] https://github.com/LesFerch/WinSetView/blob/main/README-more...
A/B Street seems like a good candidate.
Mariah Manson "All I Want for Christmas is the Beautiful People:
That was an interesting and enjoyable read. Thank you for sharing it. This goes very nicely with the Wikipedia rabbit hole I went down yesterday about "Clear-Channel Stations" [0], namely 700 WLW from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States [1].
WLW holds the distinction of being the only AM radio station ever authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with a power output of 500,000 watts, which happened in the 1930s.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear-channel_station [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLW
From Sept 1, 2021 there was "Volkswagen to stop making its best-selling product: VW-branded sausages" from the Register -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28379815 -- 0 Comments at the time.
With a mouse pressing and holding left/center/right mouse buttons and moving the mouse result in no sound until the left/center/right button is released. Not knowing about touchpads, do they not have buttons for left/center/right? If they do maybe those will work as they do on a mouse?
"These weeks in Firefox: issue 124" was referenced in the post, but was not linked.
https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2022/09/21/these-weeks-in-f...
According to Wikipedia[0]: "The game's development began in 2006 as a PlayStation 3 spin-off titled Final Fantasy Versus XIII"... "After a development period of six years, it was changed to the next mainline title in the series in 2012".
Yes.
The time change, officially decided in June, is meant to align Samoa with its Asian trading partners; it moves the islands’ work days further from the United States, which dominated its economy in the past. [0]
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20220809080548/https://www.nytim...
Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen this before and enjoyed it very much.
What is TFA?
Had not heard of LocalCDN[0] before. Currently using Decentraleyes[1] on mobile and desktop Firefox as well as recommending to everyone I know. At first glance LocalCDN looks like it could become a replacement for Decentraleyes. Does anyone have experience with both extensions?
Personally I will wait to try LocalCDN until it becomes recommended by Mozilla and installable on mobile Firefox, but it has peaked my interest. Thank you for sharing it 2Gkashmiri.
[0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/localcdn-fork...
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes...
Related link to Mr. Brown's website: https://www.applesearch.org/index.html
On the Mr. Rogers website [0] there are some complete episodes from 1970 currently available. Also, in my region Amazon Prime Video [1] has Mr. Rogers from 1979-2001 available for purchase.
[0] https://www.misterrogers.org/watch/ [1]: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B004DKDOWY/
Thank you eesmith for sharing this. That was a wonderful story I would have never heard of if not for you! For others that are interested I did find the second part (The Story of Heart's Desire [0]) available online.
I use just plain Firefox with uBlock Origin and tend to stay away from content with sponsor spots. Personally I haven't seen a YouTube ad in years.
I'll throw my theme into the mix. It doesn't cover everything since I don't yet have access to everything, but it works for me.
Thank you for sharing this. I had more fun using it than expected. It is too bad that this had to be removed. Do you have any plans to release the source? I would absolutely love to be able to host something like this locally to play around with.
Again, thanks for this it was very fun while it lasted.
The first time I heard/read about this was back in 2016 or so when I stumbled across a post on Facebook from Blake Ross [0]. Since then I have read more about aphantasia and in the process I have learned more about myself and in turn others as well. It has been an enlightening and helpful experience so far.
When it comes to visualization or a mind's eye I don't (and as far back as I can remember) have any form of that ability. When my eyes are open I see what is in my field of view, but I am unable to create new visual input, nor can I edit what I can see in any way. When my eyes are closed there isn't any colors, images, flashes of images, shapes, smoke, text, numbers or anything. It is just a darkened void.
Unlike some I am not face-blind. I recognize people I know when I see them, either in person or in physical/digital pictures. If I had to describe someone I know well and see every day, but they are not in front of me at the time, I couldn't do it adequately. Estimated height, weight, and size compared to me, doable. Same for hair color and whether or not they wear glasses. Anything else I couldn't say. I simply do not possess that information. If tried to describe someone I know well that I haven't seen in six months the best I could do would be their height and size compared to me.
At a certain point if I don't see them again it is like they just disappeared. The same applies to memorable conversations we had, places we went, and things we did. Over time it all just fades away. It really depends upon how strong of a connection there was. Even after 24 years I remember my high school sweetheart's name, how many years we were together, and where we went for both vacations we had. To this day I can recite her parent's telephone number and address from memory. I'm over 500 miles from there right now and I could hop in my vehicle and drive straight there without directions. I don't even need to remember their address to know how to get to their road and exact house from here and I haven't been there since 2003. Absolutely any other information about her and her family? That's all gone.
Like my lack of a mind's eye I seem to also have a lack of a mind's ear. Unlike what some others have posted I am unable to imagine music nor can I compose it in my head (or in person) either. If I want to listen to music I have to queue up YouTube or my local music player. I do one or the other daily as the music provides some respite from tinnitus.
As an aside: I played trumpet, trombone, and tuba throughout high school even though I can not read sheet music. I for some reason didn't or couldn't learn sheet music so my music teacher translated the notes into numbers for me. Those I understood. For the trumpet it would go something like: 13, 1, 12, 123, etc. Tuba was similar and trombone was based on distance the slider was from full back.
As to whether or not I have an inner voice. That too is a negative ghost-rider. If I'm thinking or reading I do not hear any voice, mine or otherwise. If I am making a grocery list something does happen because I remember it, but when I am thinking it I don't hear the words I think nor do I visualize them in my mind's eye. They are stored as data to be retrieved when I next go to the grocer.
Dreams are also absent from my life. When I wake up it is as if I had just laid down. I have no memory of anything happening between those two events.
Since learning of aphantasia I have made some changes in my life. Now when I go places I want to be able to experience again after I've left I take lots of pictures and video. I try and do the same with my friends. Pictures, videos, and audio so that if they pass before me I'll still be able to see and/or hear them again. Hopefully from now on I'll be able to say more than "I spent a month in Key West, Florida in 1997" or "I went to Mountain View, Arkansas for two weeks in 2005".
Overall I do not find aphantasia a negative. Up until I learned about it, it wasn't a thing so my experiences were just like everyone else. Now that I know about it and have learned more about myself I have made some small changes to my life to compensate. My current approach is to experience life as it happens and let the pictures, videos, and audio do the long-term backups.
[0] https://www.facebook.com/notes/blake-ross/aphantasia-how-it-...
Most likely referring to management. People that tend to have Chief somewhere in their position title.
Had a really long post typed up that ended up being to personal. So instead I am posting this alternate version.
Up until I reached high school I had a wonderful sleep schedule. Once I entered high school is when my sleep schedule started to transition. No longer was sleep guaranteed. Failure to quickly fall asleep became the norm. This led to many sleepless nights and tired days at school.
After high school I was able to embrace my new sleep schedule by working second and/or third shift jobs. After a few years I started a new job that I absolutely loved. A job which had a fascinating rotating work schedule. Here is where the fun begins.
16 hours on call followed by 12 hours off call every day for 2 weeks. Then 4 days off. Rinse and repeat. Now here is where the dragons be. I could be on call for 15+ hours and not receive a call in that entire time. Then just before the shift ends a call is received. This could result in 10 more hours added to the work day. This could also happen at the end of a 2 week run too.
I mentioned I loved that job right? Must have. Kept it for over 20 years and utterly destroyed my social and sleep schedules completely in the process. It was 5 years ago that I realized and acknowledged my issues with my revolving work schedule and the havoc it was causing to my sleep and social schedules. Since then I have tried a lot of different things to aid me in my quest for a better sleep routine. Some helped, most did not.
My sleep and awake schedules are by no means perfect now, I can sometimes get distracted by a new shiny and mess up my sleep schedule, but overall they are better than they were. Barring any deviations of my own the following routines allow me to have predictable schedules.
Bedtime routine; One hour before laying down.
Shutdown any of the following devices if they were powered on. Desktop computer, tablet, game console(s), and/or television. Cellphone is put into do not disturb mode. Fan in bedroom is turned on and bed covers are pulled back to cool down pillows and bed. Dimming sequence for bedroom lights is initiated. Take care of bathroom related needs.
Bedtime routine; Thirty minutes before going to bed.
Light stretches and neck rolls to loosen up. After 10 minutes proceed to next step. Go to kitchen and get a drink to take to the bedroom. Shut bedroom door and get into bed. Start classical music playlist which also finishes the dimming process and shuts off the bedroom lights. As I lay in bed I complete the following (possibly bizarre) routine that I learned somewhere (where I do not remember).
I address my body section by section and say goodnight to each.
Example: "Goodnight, feet" and then I wiggle them for a bit to release tension and prepare for sleep. Same for my legs, torso, arms, neck, and head. Once completed I pull up the covers and close my eyes. Next I say "Computer, goodnight" and my 2 hour sleep playlist (currently mountain streams) is started. Very, very rarely am I awake long enough to reach the end of the playlist.
This works for me as long as I stick to it. If I deviate all is left to chance, so I try very hard to not deviate.
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In short. Repetition and routine. What that may end up being for you I do not know. I do however wish you nothing but the best in your quest.
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Unless I have stumbled across something different it appears as if this is still being developed. I have no idea if what I have linked is even remotely close to what you remember it being.
Just tried this on desktop after reading your comment and can confirm it works. Didn't try it before because I didn't see an X anywhere on the screen.
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This was done on a desktop computer. I have no idea what the experience is like on mobile.