Web Excursions 2021-05-08
đ [Post of The Day] Naomi Parkhurst
Naomi Parkhurst, a knitting designer.
For my encoded words, I start by encoding the words as numbers using Knittr, an app on GitHub created by Amy Gleixner, inspired by my methods.
Then I turn the numbers into black and white square emoji using a script in BBEdit on iMac
or find-and-replace searches in Textastic on iPad,
arrange the results into rectangles of different sizes with mirror symmetry in Graphic, and then
scribble knitting chart symbols on the final chosen rectangle in a PDF using PDF Expert
while I knit the lace to go with the rough draft chart.
For rough draft design work,
I sometimes draw in my graph paper noteworks before knitting, and
sometimes take notes in the notebook while designing on the needles.
I make my final knitting charts in StitchMastery, software that creates knitting charts, checks to make sure the stitch counts work from row to row, and that exports written instructions.
I edit the charts in Affinity Designer.
I edit the written instructions in BBEdit or Textastic to make them fit my personal stylesheet and
add HTML formatting before posting the final results on my blog or putting them into a design to be published.
How to âget the fuck outâ in Japanese
The headline, which, notably, came from Japanâs hard-right, anti-China Sankei newspaper, was: ăäžćœăăæ¶ăăăăăăă ăăŁăȘăăłć€çžăâçŠć„âäœżăŁăŠæăççș
Locsin [Philippinesâ foreign minister] was responding to Chinese incursions into the Philippinesâ territorial waters.
a compound of three verbs: âkie-use-yagare.â
The first two verbal stems are synonyms meaning âdisappear,â
though the contemporary uses of use(ru) tend toward the rude, i.e., âGet lost!â as command
rather than simply get lost because youâre not in GPS range.
Semantically, then, the imperative kieusero would be enough to convey the meaning of âget out!â and perhaps even âget the fuck out.â
The addition of ăăă (yagaru) is important
It is as rude as Japanese gets. It is perhaps best thought of as indicating mood or mode rather than meaning.
And that mood ranges from disdain to hatred. It is the suffix you use to describe the actions of someone you actively despise.
Private iPad Camera Multitasking Entitlement
Zoom had somehow been able to tap into using the camera during iPad Split View multitasking.
[Zoom] revealed an apparently private process, available only to those deemed worthy by Apple.
Does Apple News Track You?
Apple seems to be sharing the data with a third-party data broker.
For Facebook, even if it uses the IDFA, Apple considers that tracking.
if an ad leads you to purchase an app, and that app can report the same IDFA to Facebook, that proves that you purchased the app.
Apple gets around this without âtrackingâ because it controls the App Store app, which is the only way to purchase apps.
Kobo Libra H2O: Liberated from Amazon?
While Kindles will work with Overdrive, itâs a circuitous process.
You need to check out a book on the web or in Libby, then click to send the book to Amazon.com,
then click on Amazon.com to send the book to your Kindle.
Thereâs no Overdrive interface on the Kindle itself.
If you check out ebooks from the library, or might consider doing so, the Koboâs simply better.
70/30 Is Fine for Me, but Not for Thee
The reason Microsoft cut its commission on games in the Windows Store but not on Xbox isnât because Xbox has a different business model.
Microsoft would be a lot more likely to lower its commission on Xbox games in its own Xbox store if they also allowed alternative app stores or subscription game-streaming services on Xbox
Just because most companies make no money selling razors but reap profits by selling blades at high margins
doesnât mean a company that does sell its razors for a profit is legally or even ethically obligated to sell its blades for lower margins.
Sennheiserâs headphone business has been bought by hearing aid manufacturer Sonova
Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products like hearing aids and cochlear implants, is buying the consumer electronics division of German firm Sennheiser.
Sennheiser announced it was looking for a buyer for its consumer business in mid-February âamid strong competitive pressure.â
In a joint statement by Sennheiserâs co-CEOs, brothers Andreas and Daniel Sennheiser, the pair said they âcouldnât have asked for [a] betterâ partner.
In an announcement of the deal from Sonova, the company said it will continue to sell products under the Sennheiser brand.
the purchase price of the division amounts to âŹ200 million ($241 million)
Sennheiserâs business generates revenues of âŹ250 million annually.
The deal is still subject to regulatory approval
expects to close it in âthe second half of calendar year 2021.â