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Re:Sweden wants to build an entire city from wood on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @03:56AM (#36490111)
As writing this in a 140y old wooden house in a neighbourhood of alikes (some of them even several stories high, consisting of many apartments), I would say that lifespan of 200+ years can be reached easily, as long the foundation and roof are checked regularly and maintained properly. Of course the modern wooden element engineering and it's lifespan is a mystery.
Re:Resources for Microtonal Music on Thursday November 17, 2022 @09:45PM (#33649278)
Joel Kivelä's manaCompiler is one intriguing looking software, based on his previous Dhalang Microtonal Groovebox. This just got a major update a couple of days ago.

https://hypertonal.net/manacompiler/

https://youtu.be/dYUFkXmcSF0

Re:Analog Television Simulation on Saturday January 29, 2022 @05:32AM (#30125301)
Also, check out Cathodemer.

"Cathodemer is a realtime video production instrument with a CRT display simulator. It features analog-style RGB signal oscillation synthesis, input source mixing and manipulation, recursive color shape synthesis, sprite animation engine and various classic video effects."

https://store.steampowered.com/app/697860/Cathodemer/

A sad statement. I feel like EFF is here joining some school bullies. Had to check if (Finnish) EFFI had stated anything like that but fortunately it seems they are not really affiliated with EFF. Thus no need to cancel EFFI membership..
Not against the law in Finland at least and thus seems unfair that rooting is needed to do this.
Re:Thunderbird’s New Home on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:47AM (#22178924)
Search is really bad and every time I use it I feel something is now shown (and what IS shown is totally irrelevant and old).

Also, I see that a dark mode would be a requirement today as everything else either complies with OS's dark mode setting (Windows 10, OS X) or has it's own dark theme.

Re:The cult of rotary mixers on Thursday January 24, 2019 @03:38AM (#18986984)
No, we actually had a Kenwood rotary mixer. My mother used it always when baking something and I recall the noise was horrible.
Well, I quit drinking coffee 3 years ago and I can confirm all this. Before quitting I drank approximately 3 mugs of coffee per day.

Withdrawal symptoms for me were a really bad migraine for one whole week and that actually made my final decision to never start drinking coffee casually again.

However, as I try to avoid all kinds of absolutism, I enjoyed a small cup of campfire coffee last autumn.

For some reason drinking tea doesn't make me anxious or tense.

Re:Photograph Your Work on Monday January 07, 2019 @04:57AM (#18844017)
Yes, this is equally important when repairing some electronic gadgets with tens of little screws and interlocking parts, etc.
Re:Learning to Read in Your 30s Profoundly Transforms the Brain on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @07:25AM (#18390354)
Finnish authors have also "library grants" and "library compensation" which means those independent authors will get paid if somebody loans their work. So you can also support their work "for free" by loaning the books.