This is a great video by @TechConnectify about flashbulb technology in #photography. I was born in '79 so I just barely remember the flashcubes and being fascinated by them. I remember staring at them to understand the difference between a fresh and a spent flash.
In addition to the usual wonderful stuff we have a #SlowMo section to really see what is going on when the bulbs fire off.
Yes, I COULD just come back to this optional boss in #HollowKnight until I'm better equipped with more charm slots, but why do that when I can lose twenty seven times in a row? 🙃
The thing is that adding #ActivityPub to #WordPress is extremely simple. It isn't a new account on a social-network. It is adding value to what you already have. It is so much easier than making your site connect to #Facebook with the various plugins and tools.
@oligneisti Could you perhaps answer a couple of questions for me? I'm not finding the information in articles I've read- how does Iceland's government respond to the citizens of Grindavik? Will they get financial assistance to rebuild or move elsewhere if the town is deemed unsafe?
There have been temporary efforts, especially regarding mortgage payments.
The big long term questions are unanswered. People who lost their houses yesterday will get compensation, same goes for houses that were damaged by the quakes.
A woman I know from #Grindavík was actually hoping that the lava would take her house so she could move on with her life.
#Iceland was dealing with a housing shortage before the #VolcanicEruption so the situation is difficult.
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There are elements of the compensation laws that clearly favor those who return. When avalanches hit two villages in the Western-Fjords in Iceland back in the 90s, new houses were built within a safer area in the villages.
What I am hearing is that the uncertainty is the worst for many people. We don't know if #Grindavík will be habitable any time in the future. Geology shows that these #eruptions can go on for decades in the same area.
For someone like me who relies on Patreon/PayPal funding it would be a good thing not having people download episodes they do not listen to. It would also be nice to have more accurate numbers (though I can't promise I'll be happy if my numbers dip).
From what I've seen, the main problem with #PodcastAds how inexpensive they are. Not great for smaller #Podcasts. The big #PodcastNetworks seem to rely on selling as many ads per episode as possible.
That would be 113° on the original scale Celsius came up with. The boiling point of water was 0°. Linnaeus and others came with the idea if reversing it which feels like the greatest improvement imaginable. If course we might have gotten used to it like Americans who defend Fahrenheit (despite the fact it is just nonsense).
May I ask where in Sweden? My sister lives in Dalarna so I have visited quite a few times.
I've been to Rättvik and Göteborg (Icelandic: Gautaborg). But there are large swathes of the country between Göteborg and Stockholm which I have yet to explore and I haven't been farther north than Älvdal.
You can also be a registered independent. Bizarre and it is almost never mentioned other than casually saying "I am a registered..." which I imagine people in other countries just think means "I am a member of this party".
Many Icelanders tend to think that #Icelandic is the only #language which has its own version of #placenames. They also think of these names as translations. They usually aren't.
For instance #Kyiv is Kænugarður. The name comes from the Viking Age when some Norse (often Swedes) went east while the more famous ones went west.
Another example is the #Danish#Aarhus. The Icelandic Árósar retains the original meaning of "the river mouth" while the modern Danish name is a bit like "river house".
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I don't think Kænugarður is related to the modern word #Kyiv. It is a compound word.
Kæna is a boat.
Garður is a standard #OldNorse suffix to denote a city with the literal meaning being walls or walled (maybe enclosed is the clearest). Think garden and it's connection to the word guard. Constantinople was called Mikligarður (mikli meaning great).
In my feed and notifications I would like something to differentiate between people I follow and people I don't. Some checkmark or just a line under people's name. Something similar could be done to indicate if someone follows you. Is this perhaps done in a subtle way I just don't notice?
I am bad at remembering if I follow people or not. I also don't check my followers regularly.
I follow a lot of #hashtags which also show up on the home tab. I can check if there is a hashtag I follow in each post, but I don't, and I would like to see it at a glance.
The hidden folk at #Yuletide. I retell two related #folktales and speculate about what they say about contemporary society.
I recorded the episode and mentioned the then current state of the pending #VolcanicEruption in #Iceland. While I was doing so, an eruption started. I added a note on this before I uploaded it to Patreon. Now that I am releasing it for everyone, the eruption seems to be over.
I went from writing this to listening to @taylorlorenz talk to @adamconover on #Factually about #SocialMedia. I was a bit disappointed that they didn't use the opportunity to plug their #Mastodon accounts because talking about the alternatives is a big part of changing the internet landscape.
What I think might be the most important single thing in the future of the #Fediverse and #ActivityPub is #WordPress. If they do it well it could be a game changer. It would raise the appeal for creators to have their own sites.
Of course I want WordPress' competitiors to try to outdo them, the important thing is that it would be done outside of the walled gardens.