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• 6:30-9:00 in the morning

• 2:00-4:30 in the afternoon

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Reach Me At . . .

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• Libera IRC: DMs over MemoServ are preferred, but you may also talk to me in #MineralFish during my stated regular online times (please state your wasteof.money username when you join)

You never know when you’ll need an HDMI capture card. I wish I had gotten one much earlier, when I wanted one so I could freely record video from my Switch and stream it in Zoom meetings. The low-tech approach of jamming my phone between the couch cushions is no longer good enough.

Can anyone recommend a capture card that converts HDMI to a USB-C or USB-A audio and video input, is recognized as such by a macOS device, and works with Zoom?

My trap is full of aisle fives.

I'm currently reading the results of my recent educational evaluation. It’s interesting to see myself analyzed from the perspective of someone else. I'll consider broadcasting an annotated selection of it over RW-570.

I just finished watching a documentary about the behind-the-scenes of Walt Disney’s production studios in the 1940s, back when the company's namesake was still alive. Now my chest hurts a little . . .

Bald-faced hornets are only a 2 on the Schmidt pain index, so I shouldn't complain. The tennis ball ejected from the dryer exhaust vent could have ricocheted off the nest of a much higher-scoring insect before knocking me off the ladder. Really, I'm lucky.

- xkcd #2590, I Shouldn't Complain ( https://xkcd.com/2590 )

   ______________________
 /       relay            \
| the signal gets stronger |
|   the further you go     |
|      but you know        |
|   it's not up to you     |
 \                        /
  |    switch off        |
 /                        \
|  the signal is gone      |
| the moment has passed   /   
|      but you know      /
| it could happen again /
\        and again     /
 \____________________/

Icelandic Waters: “You know, you should’ve made this in the Box Stacking game instead of typing it out here . . .“

FACT: The calculation features of Math Notes extend beyond the hand-drawn formulas demonstrated at WWDC24. On Apple devices running betas for iOS/iPadOS 18 and macOS Sequoia, typed calculations will also be automatically solved after an = sign is dropped. This functionality is enabled by default and can be set under General → Keyboard → Show Math Results.

Icelandic Waters: “The answer to life, the universe, and everything is . . . sixteen.”

Cantiviler: “Excuse me! Life is not a question. There does not need to be an answer.“

Imagine if the Lunch ARG had been real . . . actually, don't.

ENTRY 8.5.F - The Lunch Truth

I had a dream that I had noticed an abnormal client in #MineralFish. Some time later, when I was using Shellfish from my phone, it returned and started bubbling about the Lunch. I tried to defuse the situation, claiming that I had a BBIY level pack to play (which I did). The client said "Oh, really?" and an audio clip resembling   lunchluncheatmypuppyyumyumyum started playing. I opened my laptop and joined Shellfish from there, and discovered a video clip playing in a VLC window, depicting Jacky walking through an outdoor area at night while talking to himself about the Lunch. I opened the Apple dropdown menu and discovered that the "shut down" option had been replaced with "lock out right click". The right side of the control bar lacked any icons to suggest that it was being remotely viewed or controlled by conventional system functionality. I clicked the "lock out right click" option just to see if it helped the situation. The video clip displayed a picture of RivaPuppy with googly eyes and nothing else happened. I clicked the restart option and booted into Windows, and the curse of the Lunch did not follow. Later, I returned to macOS and discovered that the malware had passed AND the audio and video broadcasts had both been saved to my downloads folder! Sweet!

The Icelandic Waters just came up with an idea for an esolang. It’s mainly meant to be spoken in singular words, which are made by combining primitive syllables and other words. I'm going to see what I can do with the idea.

24-hour reminder. I am the only voter, and have changed my vote to the hidden I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ALL OF THEM option.

Option Key Shortcuts

You probably know that holding Option will allow you to type special characters not normally accessible. Knowing what secondary character each key corresponds to is a higher accomplishment. Here are several of the more useful alt-keys, available on a US English keyboard:

        Alt-1 -> ¡ (upside-down !, used in certain languages)
        Alt-2 -> ™ (trademark symbol)
        Alt-3 -> £ (pounds)
        Alt-4 -> ¢ (cents)
        Alt-5 -> ∞ (infinity)
        Alt-6 -> § (section symbol; used in MCBE formatting codes)
        Alt-8 -> • (dot)
        Alt-0 -> º (degrees, temperature or geometrical)
        Alt-T -> † (used as a secondary footnote marker)
        Alt-Y -> ¥ (yen)
        Alt-P -> π (pi)
        Alt-G -> © (copyright)
        Alt-X -> ≈ (approximate equals sign)
       Alt-<> -> ≤≥ (equal or lesser/greater)
        Alt-? -> ÷ (division sign)
  Shift-Alt-2 -> € (euros)
 Shift-Alt-34 -> ‹› (arrow brackets)
  Shift-Alt-K ->  (private use Apple logo)
  Shift-Alt-N -> ˜ (combining character; joins with previous letter)
  Shift-Alt-? -> ¿ (upside-down ?)
        Alt-\ -> « (double arrow)
  Shift-Alt-\ -> » (other double arrow)

(Characters were tested on an Apple device with an external US English keyboard; not guaranteed to work on other operating systems)

Is there a vote cap or a deadline for this vote? We have a unanimous yes and it's been 36 hours since the vote opened. Just giving a reminder.

FACT: iOS has a built-in network speed tester, but it’s classified as developer functionality. If you already have Developer Mode enabled, you can access it under Developer → Run Throughput Test.

If you're considering getting the iOS 18 public beta, keep in mind that all first-party apps have been updated with advertised beta features, and everything is stable for the most part . . . except for the Photos app. It crashes frequently, enough that I submitted a complaint about it. The app isn't unusable, but I can attest that it crashes at random and inconvenient times.

And the system hasn't recieved power optimizations yet, so expect added battery strain if you do.