Notices by Sargoth (sargoth@mastodon.social), page 8

in an unrelated note, marmite is not a real thing

One of the great joys of not having English as your immediate language is that when you ask a question about an everyday thing, you have a non-zero chance of hearing a string of words that definitely are English, but which make absolutely no sense whatsoever

I only half jest
everything involving modern computering requires so much resources it's a wonder anything runs at all whilst anything else is running
http://tonsky.me/blog/disenchantment/

@selcal I can only use it during winter time, when the excess heat can be funneled out into the subarctic indifference of the north

worth it, imho

They said it could not be done
*looks at Winamp and Minesweeper being open at the same time, whist also writing in Notepad*
it could
but at what cost?

Remember to drink a glass of water every once in a while

Not too much. Just enough to keep those hydration levels up. It might not seem like much, but it does wonders for one's mood and well-being

Beyond good and evil
that's right
cats and dogs

@ultimape @aparrish mmm, the intersection of global supply chains and ancient astrology

if you're up for it, there are podcasts devoted to each of these topics, which when combined are a real treat. one is Containers, which is everything it say on the tin. another is the SHWEP, wherein we hear of ancient astrology as the art of military intelligence by means of the stars. logistics all round ^^

https://soundcloud.com/containersfmg

https://shwep.net/podcast/

aoo, an email from Patreon
*looks at title*
"Step 1: Get your very 1st patrons"

y'know
seeing as I'm three years into it, this might not be the cleverest of messaging from the Patreon crew

A comprehensive list of things that are birds now

@djsundog *boop*

@talenlee a renaissance for the lost art of socializing around the things we like and enjoy

speaking of webrings
https://icosahedron.website/@Sargoth/3915157

@talenlee back in the days this was the way new things came into people's lives. a friend excited about a new album and you went home to them and listened to it - this was the introduction

same with books. although with slightly less shared simultaneity

@talenlee I used to receive similar emails with miscellaneous tips and tricks way back when, but then they tapered off

as to the rarity of other-promotion, I suspect there are things to unpack regarding promotion as a brand-building exercise. it's something persons are supposed to do for themselves, not a thing that happens because others talk about it

something something half-formed thoughts

The end of the month approaches

It is a very legit move to post one's own patreon - the thing about self-promotion is after all that no one else can do it for you

But it is a power move to post someone else's crowdfunding efforts. If nothing else, it shows that the whole endeavor is not just shouting in/at the void

I reckon we could all promote each other every now and then. But mostly as the ends of months approaches

Out of all the possible things we could write, the infinite possible variations and permutations, we end up writing the things we do

Ain't that something

typos are canon

"What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking about what to reply to this question. It is becoming brutally self-referential and fractal very quickly"