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[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

It's in the Gay Village in Manchester! I can thoroughly recommend going.

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I recently visited the statue of him in Sackville Gardens in Manchester. It's good to see him being remembered.

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

I've used gen.nvim and codecompanion.nvim, both with a local ollama server running.

I think gen.nvim was a little more straightforward to use, but in general I don't find LLM-aided coding to be that helpful to me.

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

That's been on my reading list for a while. I'll give it a go, thank you!

 

I'd love some recommendations to books with a similar feel to Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. The things I particularly enjoyed about this book were the way visual elements and imagery were described, as well as how they made the protagonist feel.

I'm not necessarily looking for a similar plot, and it doesn't need to be sci-fi or speculative fiction.

So, hit me with your recommendations! I'd love to know what you enjoyed about the book you recommend too 😊

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah because they're so consistent in applying what's in the scriptures, right?

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It sounds like the council received a veiled threat:

Matlock Town Council said it had received communication that the rainbow flag could be "forcibly removed" from outside Cornerstone Christian Bookshop in Dale Road, so action was taken to relocate the flag to another central location to avoid confrontation or damage.

The council said the decision was "purely from a health and safety standpoint" and it stood in "full support of the LGBTQIA+ community".

Stay classy, Christians 🖕🏻

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago

I’ve thought it might be good to wear some kind of church’s shirt or something - I know that police tend to fuck with people who help the homeless, especially in my area.

As someone else mentioned, this might actually work against you.

With regards to police interference, if you feel you are able, it's worth pushing back against it. If it's not against the law where you live, record any interaction with police on your phone, and know your rights regarding stop and search, detainment, etc. Legally resisting this kind of police overreach has a big impact on increasing the safety for other outreach groups and can embolden others to make positive change if they're more confident they're not going to be harassed by police for doing so.

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

But what font did you want me to read it in?

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 days ago

I've come back to this four times today already. Each time my appreciation grows for how masterfully wrong this is.

The uneven distribution of the slices of Emmental cheese. The chaotic squiggle of Sriracha. The chunks of pineapple balancing on the edge.

You are a genius.

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Oh yeah, I just noticed this too!

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (8 children)

Ooooh now this is interesting. My first reaction was "hah, yeah exactly!". But then I thought: this image of text contains more information than just the textual content. For example:

  • The words are someone else's, not OP's
  • They were sourced from a different social media network to this one

Also, it may be due to the prevalence of smartphone use in interacting with Lemmy vs using a traditional computer: it's often quicker and easier to take and share a screenshot of text than it is to select, copy and paste that text.

I'm not saying you're wrong. I just read your comment at the time my morning coffee really hit, and it spawned an interesting chain of thoughts.

So... thank you. And sorry for inflicting this braindump.

[–] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

Same! Skarsgard was very jarring compared to my mental image of Murderbot.

 

I've been rediscovering music from my youth recently, and I have a lot of love for this band. They started as a darkwave/Neue Deutsche Todeskunst band, but added elements of metal to their style.

 

Such sad news 😢

 

This was released today, and I can't stop listening to it.

 

I'm working on expanding my electro-industrial and EBM records.

 

I have some very powerful memories attached to this song.

 

I've seen some pressings of records I want to own that are "half speed masters", and I wondered if anyone here has already listened to some records using this mastering technique? Is there a noticeable (and better) difference in audio quality? I'm very much looking for opinions here, I know a bit about how the process works but haven't had the opportunity to do any side-by-side comparisons.

My turntable and speaker setup isn't high-end, so if the quality improvement is only really apparent on very sensitive equipment then I'll stick with the regular masters.

 

I normally do a regular calisthenics routine 3 times a week, which involves push-ups among other exercises. Unfortunately I have recently injured my elbow, and need to give it some rest to heal. Are there any upper-body or arm exercises I could do in the meantime to preserve my strength that won't put stress or pressure on my elbows?

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