I've seen a lot of people complain about these, then turn around and use Chrome. So, "no to Firefox because of the taint", but "yes to chrome because it is the taint". Makes no sense.
When apple wanted to do it, it was cool, it was chique. But when TikTok wants to it, it's lame and stupid. -_- pick a lane, people.
IMO, the whole movement is pointless. If we can get a Ready Player One level of VR, I get it. But as it stands, it's all pointless.
There's this service if you don't care about exclusively using open source alternatives, and this one if you do.
The options are out there. They're not always a 1:1 to the paid software, but they are out there.
Reading the comments, TIL some countries spell it yogurt. The more you know!
Good. Now expand to the rest of the world. Comcast and their partners are everywhere, and they all suck.
$138 is pretty steep
Yes, but...
Putting a loose Li-ion cell in your pocket isn’t very safe, especially if there’s anything metal in that pocket.
Tactical surprise fire starter
Alright. You convinced me lol
The power source is about 30 times heavier than the bee can carry. Here's for hoping that they absolutely never are able to make this project work.
No, please harp! This is really good information!
I didn't even think about the toxicity part, since I thought you did an excellent job addressing it. I don't like plastic because it's harder to clean without scratching and is more easily brittle over time. Glad would, for sure, be amazing, though less "travel safe".
Edit-- Url doesn't work for me. In case it doesn't work for you, too, here it is again: https://www.businessinsider.com/shielding-my-kids-from-ai-would-be-a-mistake-2025-7
Image finally uploaded. Sorry about that.
[Edit. Fixed the headline a bit, due to my poor phrasing]
I found my old iphone 3g, and want to use it as an mp3 player for my niece. However, I can't, for the life of me, remember the pin I set for the restrictions, and I can't reset it without that. Is there any way to reset it without that pin? I already got everything I wanted to keep off of it, so I'm fine if everything gets deleted. Like I said, I want to give it to be niece as an mp3 player, but want it reset first.
I found a pen with a very minimalistic design that I really like, but I've never heard of the brand.
Is Bastion brand fountain pens a decent brand?
At $20, I'm not expecting the world, but I also don't expect garbage at that price point.
The reviews look fine enough, but those are so easy to fake, so I wanted to ask the real experts here at Fountain Pens.
If I'm writing a paper or story or whatnot, I do not want to stop to update the app right now, and asking me every flippin time I go from the research sources to OnlyOffice only makes me want to pull all my support from your nagging shite software. 'Next Time' needs to wait until the next day, not for the next time the app comes to focus. Flippin wankers.
(Happy new years, mates!)
Thank you, everyone, for your expertise, experience, recommendations, suggestions, and patience!!
I have decided to go with the Platinum Preppy in Blue Black with fine nib. I didn't want to jump too far into it with an expensive (to me) one without any experience. So far, granted it's the first day, I love it. A lot. I'm going to give it a few days to see how it feels as a daily driver, but if the few bits I wrote are an indication, it won't be an issue.
Again, thank you all SO MUCH for your help!
Here's a (poor quality, sorry, it's night) picture of my new favorite pen:
I didn't see anything on the sidebar where this is not allowed. BUT, if it isn't, please accept my sincerest apologies, and feel free to remove the post (or let me know, and I'll remove it).
Ever since a quill that I happened to use (without permission, might I add) at a friend's grandfather's house oh so many moons ago, my fascination with pens began. Up until then, all I've used were pencils, markers, crayons, and a couple cheap ballpoint pens.
Over the many years, I have gone from pen to pen, never really finding "that pen feel" I've craved since that single-digit age. Now, I understand that quills write very differently to ballpoints, and even differently to many nibs. However, price has always been an object for me, regrettably, limiting my choices, forcing me to stay on the 'budget' side of things.
The closest I've found to that feel was a 0.8mm Micron felt-tipped pen. However, it wasn't close enough for me to stay with it, so the search continues.
(The feel: smooth, light, almost effortless glide on the page, while still feeling the tactility of the page with each stroke. The resulting line is smooth, but crisp.)
Recently (past couple years), I've been thinking more and more about that quill, and started searching for it again, to no avail. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if his grandfather had it custom made.
I would ask the friend or grandfather, but the grandfather has long passed, and the friend has disappeared shortly after uni (he always talked about going full hermit... I guess he did).
Yesterday, as I was aimlessly scrolling Lemmy, after, what seemed like the billionth time searching for that quill, I came across this community, filled with people searching for their illusive perfect pen; my people.
As before, price is an object (again, regrettably). Are there recommendations for budget fountain pens or quills with a few must-haves?
The shaft looked like a thick feather, with the feathery bits removed. I don't think it was an actual feather, though, as it was much thicker than any I've ever felt. The shaft held the ink, which was added by unscrewing the nib and pouring the ink in (or, as he did it, using a pipette), then screwing the nib back on. The nib was ornate; etched gold on the outside, smooth silver on the inside, split down the middle, with a small hole halfway down the split.
A preemptive thank you to everyone, for reading and considering this post.
Edit: added the last section about the original quill
Edit: change to really like to have, since it seems I was being too wishy with them being a 'must' : )
There are no arrows, no obvious pins, no pin latches. This band is different than all of the ones I've ever sized. Does anyone know how to remove links from this band?
Edit: user Septimaeus was correct in that it was a fixed link band. The link they provided helped in understanding what is requires to resize, and the band now fits my wrist like it was made for it. Thanks!!
Don't try to win me over with your use of t'was.