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  1. This old, colourful, cotton cloth umbrella helps to keep some of my baby plants from burning on very hot days. They're currently shading a bunch of my baby pea & broccoli plants.

    #Umbrella #Useful #Gardening #SimpleSolutions

  2. Genuine Stupid Question:

    Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

    (What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)


    #AI #artificial-intelligence #LLM #LLMs #productivity-apps #adhd #neurolist #useful #wasteful #ethical #neurodivergence
  3. Genuine Stupid Question:

    Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

    (What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)


    #AI #artificial-intelligence #LLM #LLMs #productivity-apps #adhd #neurolist #useful #wasteful #ethical #neurodivergence
  4. Genuine Stupid Question:

    Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

    (What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)


    #AI #artificial-intelligence #LLM #LLMs #productivity-apps #adhd #neurolist #useful #wasteful #ethical #neurodivergence
  5. Genuine Stupid Question:

    Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

    (What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)


    #AI #artificial-intelligence #LLM #LLMs #productivity-apps #adhd #neurolist #useful #wasteful #ethical #neurodivergence
  6. Genuine Stupid Question:

    Aside from - and I know that's enough reason itself - but aside from the resource drain to run data centers - are apps like "Neurolist" as ethically evil as "generative AI"? Do they perhaps use fewer resources for NOT being generative? I'm honestly getting lost in the murk of everyone calling everything "AI" and is it an actual LLM or maybe some basic organizational commands… Just curious / wondering / perplexed.

    (What was the app / website someone built? Gremlin ToDo or something? That didn't seem like EVIL LLM AI… But I could be wrong. That's why I'm asking.)


    #AI #artificial-intelligence #LLM #LLMs #productivity-apps #adhd #neurolist #useful #wasteful #ethical #neurodivergence
  7. Making the house a home

    I've been living in this house for 1½ years now. I got the keys on July 1st 2024, and my/our things were moved in the weekend of July 13-14. I had two weeks to try and get as much done, before sweet friends would come to help me, to get all my (and Arwen's) things to the new house. I started with painting everything. I was able to finish downstairs, although some areas could need an extra layer, as the walls have absorbed some paint here and there, even though I/we (a good friend helped me a few times) used the special primer on the walls. Adding the primer first, meant that I had to paint all the walls twice, taking up way more time and energy than I had originally planned. The upstairs rooms have an absurd high ceiling, and I tried to start painting there, using a special roller. But then, the guys for the floors came (which turned into a whole Triggered…-saga), so I wasn't able to paint anymore... At least the downstairs area had been done, with the purple wall needing another layer to look better, but it is as it is... The floors had been mostly done, which was an awful bit, as things kept going wrong and it drove me nuts... I had made this whole "schedule" in my head, and now, it was disrupted several times, as the skirt boards were a mess, thanks to one dude that didn't listen to me, patronized me, and was more interested in getting my Wi-Fi, than in getting the job done... But... After the weekend of the 13-14th, Arwen and I had moved to our new home. This post will feature old and some new pictures. It may seem like a "simple & easy" post, but getting decent alt texts for my images and such... Took more time than I thought... 😇 […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/

  8. @ruari

    Ever wonder why we sometimes #count things by the #dozen, or why there are 60 minutes in an hour? We may have the ancient Babylonians (or earlier societies) to thank. They came up with this ingenious way to keep track of large numbers using only their two hands. There are variations on this theme, but it becomes pretty obvious if you have a hand with four fingers, with three bones each, and a thumb.

    mdpaths.com/rrr/history/counti

    #history #time #useful

  9. Shell two-liner to watch your phone battery via KDE Connect while charging (or discharging):

    alias kcbatt='qdbus6 org.kde.kdeconnect /modules/kdeconnect/devices/$(grep -Em1 "^\[[0-9a-f_]+\]" ~/.config/kdeconnect/trusted_devices |tr -dc 0-9a-f_)/battery org.kde.kdeconnect.device.battery.charge'
    
    ob=0; while b=$(kcbatt); do if ((ob!=b)); then date "+%H:%M $b%%"; ob="$b"; fi; sleep 5; done
    

    #KDE #KDEConnect #ShellScripting #OneLiner #Useful

  10. Shell two-liner to watch your phone battery via KDE Connect while charging (or discharging):

    alias kcbatt='qdbus6 org.kde.kdeconnect /modules/kdeconnect/devices/$(grep -Em1 "^\[[0-9a-f_]+\]" ~/.config/kdeconnect/trusted_devices |tr -dc 0-9a-f_)/battery org.kde.kdeconnect.device.battery.charge'
    
    ob=0; while b=$(kcbatt); do if ((ob!=b)); then date "+%H:%M $b%%"; ob="$b"; fi; sleep 5; done
    

    #KDE #KDEConnect #ShellScripting #OneLiner #Useful

  11. Shell two-liner to watch your phone battery via KDE Connect while charging (or discharging):

    alias kcbatt='qdbus6 org.kde.kdeconnect /modules/kdeconnect/devices/$(grep -Em1 "^\[[0-9a-f_]+\]" ~/.config/kdeconnect/trusted_devices |tr -dc 0-9a-f_)/battery org.kde.kdeconnect.device.battery.charge'
    
    ob=0; while b=$(kcbatt); do if ((ob!=b)); then date "+%H:%M $b%%"; ob="$b"; fi; sleep 5; done
    

    #KDE #KDEConnect #ShellScripting #OneLiner #Useful

  12. Documents are for employees to use and should be useful to them. They should have a hand in ensuring they meet the need on the floor and not someone behind a desk. #documents #sop #business #quality #useful

  13. I wanted to capture the essence of community support and kindness through this artwork. The vibrant colors and the inviting imagery aim to create a sense of comfort and hope. I hope to encourage others to think about the role we all play in helping those who are hungry.

    "#photography #Compassion #altruism #Useful #Kind #Solidity #local #initiative #Evanston #hunger #relief #compassion #Zen #support #freefood #Urbanex #Urban #Elloon #communityfridge #Usa #urbanart

  14. I wanted to capture the essence of community support and kindness through this artwork. The vibrant colors and the inviting imagery aim to create a sense of comfort and hope. I hope to encourage others to think about the role we all play in helping those who are hungry.

    "#photography #Compassion #altruism #Useful #Kind #Solidity #local #initiative #Evanston #hunger #relief #compassion #Zen #support #freefood #Urbanex #Urban #Elloon #communityfridge #Usa #urbanart

  15. I wanted to capture the essence of community support and kindness through this artwork. The vibrant colors and the inviting imagery aim to create a sense of comfort and hope. I hope to encourage others to think about the role we all play in helping those who are hungry.

    "#photography #Compassion #altruism #Useful #Kind #Solidity #local #initiative #Evanston #hunger #relief #compassion #Zen #support #freefood #Urbanex #Urban #Elloon #communityfridge #Usa #urbanart

  16. I wanted to capture the essence of community support and kindness through this artwork. The vibrant colors and the inviting imagery aim to create a sense of comfort and hope. I hope to encourage others to think about the role we all play in helping those who are hungry.

    "#photography #Compassion #altruism #Useful #Kind #Solidity #local #initiative #Evanston #hunger #relief #compassion #Zen #support #freefood #Urbanex #Urban #Elloon #communityfridge #Usa #urbanart

  17. I wanted to capture the essence of community support and kindness through this artwork. The vibrant colors and the inviting imagery aim to create a sense of comfort and hope. I hope to encourage others to think about the role we all play in helping those who are hungry.

    "#photography #Compassion #altruism #Useful #Kind #Solidity #local #initiative #Evanston #hunger #relief #compassion #Zen #support #freefood #Urbanex #Urban #Elloon #communityfridge #Usa #urbanart

  18. CW: Outlook question

    In Apple Mail, name search finds email addresses of people not in my contact list but who previously corresponded with me #Useful

    I've reluctantly moved to Outlook because [CENSORED TO SPARE YOU THE FULL HORROR]

    Now, name search picks up EVERY SINGLE person in my uni but NOT non-contacts outside the uni who I've previously had email interactions with #AAARGGH

    Anyone know a fix? Other than going to live at the bottom of a well away from all technology for ever #Tempting.

  19. #windows #linux #download #useful #veryuseful #awesome #tool #app #software

    I am dropping here some tools people might appreciate to simplify their windows/linux workflow

    #jdownloader jdownloader.org/
    #youtube #downloader #yt-dlp : github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp
    #portableapps (win): portableapps.com/apps
    #easy2boot #e2b #usb #swissknife : easy2boot.xyz/

    Other lists are coming later on
    One is Fdroid apps - opensource apps for android phone
    My favorite is linux centered

  20. Turhuuden puolustus: John Jalbertin 2009 essee yleissivistävästä koulutuksesta ilman tekosyitä, vapaasti pdf:nä, eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ864323

    Uselessness is good; John Jalbert's 2009 defence of leisure and liberal education without excuses, freely as a pdf-file.

    #koulutus #education #yliopisto #university #sivistys #ajattelu #thinking #filosofia #philosophy #psychology #vapaus #freedom #vapaa_aika #leisure #idle #hyoty #useful #useless #joulu #christmas

  21. @micheleann I hate the unreadability of inline hashtags.
    I think of them as metadata for the post and put them at the end.
    And my eyes very #quickly #glaze #over #when I see that #unreadable #mess some people #make of #their #posts

    Edit to add: plus most #useful hashtags are not #single #words. #CamelCase for the win!

  22. "You need to do a thing - NOW! For when you need to calculate a thing, or look up a thing, or be able to do the thing in your Browser without any faff"

    Faintdreams posted a Big list of free In-Browser, Single Use tools

    metafilter.com/200492/Free-Onl

    #free #BrowserTools #OnlineTools #tools #browser #handy #useful #list

  23. The focus on growth also stifles #innovation as #capital is not invested in providing #useful #services through #profitable #businesses. The #markets fail to penalize #companies for #destroying #products to chase more revenue or for #laying off #workers when #growth slows. Until #investors prioritize good businesses over growth, this cycle of boom and bust will continue.

    wheresyoured.at/p/the-rot-econ

  24. We want to build #DigitalProducts and #services that are #useful, #usable, do no harm, and are good for #society and the planet. But how do we include #ethical considerations in our daily work? You can learn how others approach this challenge at #IxDA’s Interaction 23 conference.

    medium.com/ixda/practical-appr

    #UX #UserExperience #InteractionDesign #Ethics #Design