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I could, but that's a lot of work as well as really overthinking the plumbing. Groff is stuck on HTML4 and XHTML, which means I'd have to stick a sed or awk script on the end of the pipeline. If I'm going to get typesetting involved, it's better to start with an LML & translate that instead.

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faeposting, hypnokink, refers to 'you' 

"Penny for your thoughts, dear." I say, putting a penny on the table. You pick it up, and your mind just goes blank.

anyone got free android drawing program recs? i use autodesk sketchbook right now and i like the brushes but i don't like lack of crop and fixed-size palette

I wonder if I could use troff to make a modern-feeling HTML5 blog. I wonder how customizable groff_www macros are.

Did you know Projekt Red obtained a trademark on "cyberpunk"?

And that they're now pursuing a claim against the itch.io designer of a TTRPG, Neon Nights?

techdirt.com/articles/20210916

Also, it apparently took Discord around 50 hours to do anything meaningful about the server hijack.

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LB: A game importer/translator called Fruitbat Factory had their discord server hijacked, and the hijackers used it to push malware to members who didn't know about the hijack yet.

"TrackerZapper is a Mac app that sits in your menubar and silently removes tracking parameters from any links you copy."

github.com/rknightuk/TrackerZa

Tux is the official Linux kernel mascot mainly because he embodies Linus: techrepublic.com/article/tux-a

Xenia is an increasingly popular mascot mainly because she embodies the larger community's diversity & the transitions & transformations it enabled: xenia-linux-site.glitch.me/

i made a thing for watching youtube videos on computers that have no business loading youtube anymore github.com/Lana-chan/youtube98

Balance is like a gyroscope. It's not something to be achieved, but a constant evolution. Adjust as needed.

my biggest problem with the OLPC project is more an ideological one than a technical one, but this is a good thread about it

RT @gauravsingh961@twitter.com

You: What’s the 1️⃣ EdTech story that all should know ?
Me: One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)

You: Why ?
Me: Many have heard of it, few know the details of it’s shocking failure & it is a great example of what I call:
“The iceberg theory of EdTech”

But its start was full of promise…

🐦🔗: twitter.com/gauravsingh961/sta

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