What book have you RE-read recently?
Me: Cordelia's Honor. I always find something new in it. This time around, I realized that the entire SF story in Barrayar is about the meaning of parenthood. Not what most people associate with science fiction. #cosobooks https://amzn.to/3gW2b94
Legacy Database Migration: What To Know Before You Start
Every database migration is unique, but people have been upgrading database systems since the second database was released. It’s wise to plumb the experience of those who have gone before.
https://redis.com/blog/legacy-database-migration/
If you want a peek at how the business world is viewing Elon's Twitter takeover, this collection of posts may be a good summary. https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/musks-twitter-plans-layoffs-reports-5476628/
Why I love my Chromebook: Reason 1, it's a Linux desktop https://theregister.com/2022/10/28/column/
Much the way we hail cabs, a medieval Londoner could hail a torch-bearer to light their way home from a night on the town. https://daily.jstor.org/walking-streetlamps-for-hire-in-seventeenth-century-london/
If you are bugged out by the default night mode we use here on Counter.Social you can add DarkReader Extension to your browser with the link below.
Using it's "Light Mode" set your settings accordingly:
+45 brightness
+30 contrast
+50 Sepia
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https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh
Some common geographic mental misplacements. For example, in the mental map of students, and many used-to-be-students, the continent of Africa is positioned much farther south than it really is.
WayCool visualization, recommended!
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1e7f582d478a4b99bd0c70fffeac4c8b
Well now I know the music I'll be playing for the next few hours. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/27/arts/music/stevie-wonder-talking-book.html
Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language, has died. She was 100. https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/29/kathleen_booth_obit/
Many independent auto shops can’t afford the equipment needed to fix today’s complex vehicles. Prepare to wait longer for repairs.
https://www.wired.com/story/high-tech-cars-killing-the-traditional-auto-repair-shop/
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New folks? I imagine many of you are feeling a kind of “extroversion press”—like you need to connect and engage and find lots of people quickly.
Many old-timers took weeks and even months to get the lay of the land and assess the feel of the place. Over time, they built their community connections and are deeply valued.
Check out hashtags, read threads, follow people who interest you.
This isn’t musical chairs. There’s a place at the table for everybody. Promise. 💙
Some of these are cute! https://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-dog-halloween-costumes.html
"In the end, it was not a buffalo, but a lame cow, that would destroy the uneasy truce brought about by the Fort Laramie Treaty." https://lithub.com/how-the-california-gold-rush-destroyed-whatever-peace-existed-in-the-american-west/
LoseTheVery: a tool for replacing "very" in your writing with a better word https://losethevery.com
For community members interested in #Covid19 prevention (plus survival tips and risk awareness), I posted a roundup of this week's #pandemic news and cool new mask stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-73841333
Our focus is staying safe, sane, and informed, inclusiveness and equality, *actually* protecting the immunocompromised, and surviving this mess!
Michelangelo typified the archangel Michael’s immaculate tendency, a model for all artists to follow. Caravaggio tended to the saint’s violent strain, a virtuosic painter, but no angel. https://www.neh.gov/article/caravaggio-was-other-michelangelo-renaissance
This is how I'd be caught. https://patch.com/florida/bradenton/man-running-cops-stops-pet-cats-goes-jail-0
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