Mbourgon

joined 1 year ago
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It's a great big universe
And we're all really puny
We're just tiny little specks
About the size of Mickey Rooney
It's big and black and inky
And we are small and dinky
It's a big universe, and we're not!

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Hey, where’d you find that photo? That’s crazy-interesting composition

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, it was. I’m astonished at how much light the photographer was able to capture.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Look at the polls - 49% ARE the faithful

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Also for iOS, News Explorer. It uses iCloud to sync between your devices, everything is on device, and it will even somehow do Reddit feeds! (Uh, I mean, if you still do that, maybe…). One time payment. Glorious.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Weird that they’re just dumping it on the market, midweek. Not even waiting for the rumored November release announcement.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Photo taken with my iPhone, night mode. Surprised how well it turned out!

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

If it’s that blue, yeah, take it in. Could be a dud. My idea on the color filters was to make it better for you.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)
  • New SE is in the spring.
  • Camera bump: look at a small case, there are a couple that allow you to place it flat. And the case can solve the grip problems too.
  • Action button: then have it do something else. Mine turns on the flashlight on if I press it once, takes a screenshot and offers to send it to a list of friends, if I press twice.
  • Screen: look at color filters in the Accessibility settings. you can change it some. But it should be exceedingly close (476 vs 460). Might you be running a matte screen protector by any chance?
[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

What hysterical was that I was listening to the BBC World Service hourly cast (5 minute summary) and they mentioned everything BUT the colonialism aspect.

 
 

No real evidence, just an encounter with what was probably a black bear.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15931203

nothing like pushy maniacs to make my day complete

 

I am looking at these two, trying to find a deal on the Pro 2022 that makes it close to the price of the 13" 2024 Air. Right now the "deals" are still in the $999 range for it, as opposed to $800 for the Air. Which sucks - seems like the 2022 is still better, but $200 is $200. I have a pro 10.5" now, but the lure of bigger has finally won out, years later. Trying to see if I'm missing anything - on paper the 2022 is still better, even if older.

Advantages of the Pro 2022:

  • FaceID, not TouchID
  • Promotion display (120hz vs the Air's 60hz)
  • can run external display

Advantages of the Air 2024:

  • Cheaper
  • Newer - supported longer?
  • ? Anything else?
 

Don’t know how I’ve never come across this, but this made me laugh and cry and nod appreciatively.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13494897

Warm Gaze - by C.M. Duffy (Acrylic on panel)(2024)

 
 

Every summer, outside Mason Texas, approximately 4 million pregnant female Mexican Free -tailed bats come to give birth. Over the next couple of months, the babies grow, start flying with their moms, and eventually fly home. Not quite the size of Bracken, but at that time of year it’s one of the largest bat colonies in the world. https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eckert-james-river-bat-cave-preserve/

It’s an interesting place to get to. If you’re in a normal car, you need to pay attention to rain, as part of the directions are “turn off the paved road, drive 8 miles, ford a small river, then drive another mile or so”. The road is… not great, especially the last few hundred yards. But the bat flight is amazing. Seating is close you can get brushed by them. It’s a fantastic couple of hours.

 

I'm looking at feats for my Monk. Last night we were fighting the phase spiders and the spiderlings came in. Because we hadn't spread out enough, all of them came towards our group, so they were within melee range of me. I'm wondering if I would've gotten a reaction attack against each one (so... 6?), or if it's a once-per-turn thing. Thanks.

 

I have “mark read when scrolled past” turned on. And now I have (1) posts within the past day or two, and (2) posts older than a month (since I joined about a month ago).

Is there any way to mark ALL older posts read? It’s weird because I’ll be reading a post from a few hours ago, and then suddenly be reading news from a while ago, and I’m sick of hearing about the old news.

Thanks!

 

A set of several “megalithic” structures that make up 4 temples. Built approximately 3000bc, or 500 years before the pyramids.

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/astonishing-megalithic-temples-the-tarxien-complex-tarxien-temples/jgWRkqFC07LdKA

 

Was lucky enough to see this!

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