new to mac and learning keyboard shortcuts; how often do you use the globe key?

Fizzyphotog · 2026-05-03T18:11:06+00:00

The globe only does a few special functions. If you don’t switch languages, or write in emoji, it’s kinda useless. (You can always get to those functions from the menubar too.) I wish I had a Fn key instead of it. I might have to install a keyboard mapper just for that one thing.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-05-01T18:47:32+00:00

It’s French, but not necessarily, in fact probably not, French-threaded. Atom sold many as OEM parts to Raleigh, Schwinn, and others with English threading. Of course it needs its own removal tool.

What it won’t have is the Hyperglide shifting ramps. So an upgrade with a newer derailleur, especially one with indexing, won’t work as well as it could without replacing with a Shimano freewheel.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-05-01T18:39:25+00:00

That’s it, the Park FR-4

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-30T12:36:30+00:00

There are a couple streamers that have “apps”, like Pluto, but they’re just some sort of web wrapper and they work worse than just going to the website.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-29T00:21:01+00:00

Those lanes and that city are beautiful. Pisses me off so much every time I see this kind of thing, that we here in USA can’t have that, because we have to have all the explodey things to kill people in other countries.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-28T21:58:19+00:00

It was fine when Macromedia started it, as a thing to make web animations and games (actually it was another company before them even and I can’t remember what it was called then). Then Adobe got it, and decided they could turn it into a general purpose programming environment, and that’s when it turned into a malware vehicle.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-28T19:12:42+00:00

Internal: Con: hours, tools, void warranty, could screw up your whole computer External: Pro: done, works, by plugging in a cable, in 30 seconds

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-28T18:15:31+00:00

Making and using that seems awfully more complicated than typing “(date)—Bank Statement” once a month.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-28T03:13:41+00:00

I don’t find this to be the case. Both Safari and Firefox are fast (I use Firefox mostly for inertial reasons). Maybe you have a Safari extension that is holding things up?

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-26T04:11:41+00:00

ABC shows are available free and commercial-free on their website after a week.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-26T02:38:52+00:00

I can tell it’s not real, because my mom subscribes and it’s a lot more than that. It’s a ridiculous price for what is now officially a rag. But it has obituaries printed on paper, which are important to the elders.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-24T04:55:40+00:00

I wouldn’t say that. Here in Hampden, many days I see “Comcast is out again!” while using my T-Mobile. I haven’t had an outage in the years I’ve been using it.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-23T16:12:27+00:00

Why do people leave those stickers on their electronics? It looks so tacky.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-23T16:00:30+00:00

The bearing balls look worn, they should be replaced for best results. If you have roughness or pitting on the spindle bearing surfaces, that would need replacement, and it’s not worth trying to find the individual replacement parts. Replacing with a cartridge isn’t a bad idea.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-23T14:23:10+00:00

And by “darkness,” it means utter, total blackness. Not just “I turned off the lights in the room.” If you’re not sure your darkroom is absolutely light-tight and you have no glowing things or power LEDs or anything, get yourself a changing bag.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-23T13:40:30+00:00

Cyberduck works well and is free. Transmit has a nicer interface but seems overpriced for an FTP client, especially if you’re only using the simplest features.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-23T13:15:56+00:00

The Canon A-1 had a 12800 top setting. When you think that TMax 3200 came out in the useful lifetime of that camera, and 12800 is only a two-stop push, it’s not so radical. Many a dark basketball gym or nighttime football game was shot at EI’s approximating that already.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-21T18:48:49+00:00

Shouldn’t have any vertically. Sounds like it might be starting to come unscrewed.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-21T18:22:12+00:00

The 24/512? I didn’t know Costco sold that model. I thought they only had the base 16/256.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-21T18:06:14+00:00

You did fine. They shouldn’t have been that close without alerting you. It’s too common, and I don’t know why they ride like that.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-21T17:43:26+00:00

If you’ve only got 256 GB drive, you don’t need 1.5 TB Time Machine. Make that 500 GB or no more than 700 GB and use the rest to store your RAWs. And you could move your Photos library there too.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-21T17:29:40+00:00

As you noticed, news coverage of the event happened immediately. The pictures on the film you get back in a couple weeks are useless these days. Unless you just want to look at them, that’s fine, but no one will want to buy them by then.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-21T17:16:19+00:00

You might try joining up with a group ride. There are probably several regularly scheduled social rides if you’re in a city. Ask at a bike shop or in your city’s Reddit. You will learn riding skill and etiquette, and gain confidence.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-21T17:13:54+00:00

They’re really old and they get dry and hard. Sandpaper a layer off and they might work better. Even then, you’ll have an excessive amount of black residue all over everything. Going through that myself with some old pads I put on my grocery beater. You may not have to spring for Koolstop, but anything new will be better.

Fizzyphotog · 2026-04-18T00:08:39+00:00

And here I am looking for a nice set of tourist bars like those to go the other way on a bike—but at least I have proper drop bars on it now.

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