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@ Unattributed @feddit.online

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I'm a former IT Infrastructure Architect, now spending my time reading, writing and getting into too many hobbies.

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  • Oh, I know for certain that the time zone is correct -- it's set to CST. And, adjusting to GMT 6:00 was correct. And, I can confirm that on feddit.online it wasn't posted until the correct time.

    So, unless there is a timezone calculation being done incorrectly somewhere (either piefed or lemmy), I don't think that was the issue.

    (And, FWIW, the timezone has been set consistently for all my scheduled posts over the last month, and I haven't seen this behavior before.)

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  • Here's an image of the date/time stamps on the post, and on the comment:

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  • Is this worth putting in a bug report for? I can't even say if it's occurring regularly, or if this was a one-time glitch. I've signed up for an account on a Lemmy instance so I can see if it happens again tonight.

  • 19 Linux resources in 11 minutes | Bread on Penguins [List in comments]

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  • I watched her video earlier (watch almost all of her videos), and I was impressed by the things that she's gathered.

    I couldn't believe I had forgotten about TLDP.

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  • So: update... After all of this, I got 4 new sets of converters: one set of Hongdian, one set from Schmidt, and 2 "generic" chinese sets.

    And, I will say, one of the two sets of generic converters does actually fit better than the original converters that shipped with the M2's. However, all, except the replacement Hongdian converters, were too long. (TBH - I knew the Schmidts weren't going to work - I only ordered them to have on hand for a couple of other pens that I know have Schmidt feeds / nibs, and will take them).

    In the end - the replacement Hongdian converters fit much better than the converters that came with the M2's, and don't have the issue of the piston bumping the feed tube. These are so good that I only get about a .5mm air bubble instead of the 2-3mm air bubble I was seeing before.

    Although, I wish one of the others could be used. I think one of the generic sets is actually better designed / manufacture than the Hongdian converters. Oh well.

    Now I just have a big pile of converters that I can't use at the moment. 😆

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  • With most of the converter pens, I can get a good fill by running the ink up and down the converter a few times to get most of the air out. (I could, pop the converter off, syringe in a bit more ink - but meh.) It's just annoying to not be able to get rid of a large air bubble all because the seal is bad.

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  • Unfortunately, the converters were probably chosen just for the dimensions and aren’t actually made by Hongdian.

    Oh, no... These are Hongdian converters, they came installed with the pens and are Hongdian branded...

    a) is what I did initially - but found the weak fit annoying as it results in less than half-full converters. :)

    b) is what I did to get a mostly full converter for now.

    c) I didn't find any indication of a bad assembly...and I don't think it is mis-assembled. I bought some extras (after starting this topic) and tried taking one apart... It appears even the new ones have the same issue, and disassembling one doesn't look like they were assembled incorrectly. IMO - I think this is a case of Hongdian designed a generic converter and didn't account for different tolerances in the M2's design.

    I'm on option d) I've ordered a bunch of other converters to see if a different one will fit better. I mostly ordered generic Chines converters, but some of them look better constructed (like having an extra ring on the portion that fits over the feed tube). We'll see what happens with them.

    I was thinking about options (e) and (f)... (e) would be to just use cartridges (either dropper filled, or pre-loaded), and (f) would be trying to use them without a cartridge or converter as a dropper pen. I don't know that the o-ring would be good enough for option f - and I don't know if I want to find out the hard way...😂

  • The word "slop" has been taken full circle

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  • I've heard of something being of "slop quality", but "quality slop" is truly a rare substance in this stretch of the woods. 😁

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  • Someone had mentioned The Well Appointed Desk on Mastodon, but not the "Pen Friends" on Pen Addict. Cool - thanks.

  • I couldn't find a minimal writing app that behaved exactly the way I wanted it to....so I'm making my own.

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  • Ahh, I missed the concept that you were simulating the experience of using a typewriter.

    How far are you planning to take the concept? Are you going to make people manually set up margins, tab stops, headers, footers, etc?

  • I couldn't find a minimal writing app that behaved exactly the way I wanted it to....so I'm making my own.

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  • What about some of the other distraction free editors, like [FocusWriter}(https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/) and Ghost Writer

    Your project looks very interesting. I would like to understand how it differs from the other "distraction free" applications that are out there. (Granted, you are saying "minimal" instead of "distraction free".)

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  • I'm going to add this to the description in the Community I created... I'm definitely agnostic when it comes to what people are using to track their writing.

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  • Yeah - it looks like they want to keep things fairly minimal...nothing too heavy about the whole thing. Personally, I didn't really interact in the community under the original site. I was there mostly, for posting the word count which my friends could see -- and they were all people I knew IRL so we didn't need the forum.

    So, yeah, no AI, no extra technology or anything. I was just looking at TrackBear (https://trackbear.app/) to see if I want to use it. Looks like it might be nice.

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  • I was just thinking the same thing... It's been years (like over 10) since I did a novel writing month. Horrible that the old group imploded the way it did.

    But, there appears to be a new website for Novel Writing month (https://nanowrimo2.com/) -- just no forums or anything, which is probably for the best.

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  • Yeah, Mojang's conservative development style is arguably the reason for Minecraft's success, while also being a source of frustration and friction for the community, IMO.

    MS is another story altogether, though. While Mojang is a very thoughtful company, MS is driven by profit. I'm honestly surprised there aren't more collisions between the two cultures.

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  • Thanks - I added all of those to my feed reader.

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  • Yeah, I had already seen their YouTube channel (watched a series of videos of a couple of employees trying to identify different ballpoint / rollerball pens -- not as entertaining as I'd hoped for, but still good).

    I did manage to add their blog to my feed reader -- but I will be taking it with a grain of salt since they are a retailer trying to sell products that they carry.