windthrown

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Comment · 3 months ago

It's here: https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ianknot.htm

Comment · 4 months ago

I did similar and you summarized the feelings well. It's really sad and hard to rebuild that trust

And disheartening that people continue to gravitate to a political party that proudly announces desires to abuse this data.

Comment · 8 months ago

I installed Whisper+ through FDroid and it works well for my basic needs. Only 30s at a time but you can append multiple recordings to the same transcript: https://github.com/woheller69/whisperIMEplus

Comment · 9 months ago

If you read his support page it's apparent why not. This is a labor of love which he can still hardly keep afloat after trying a variety of income sources such as ads and direct sponsorships.

https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/support.htm

Why Support Ian?

I've devoted two decades of mostly altruistic labors to the niche topic of shoelaces. I spend probably 60 hours a week continuously improving this website, answering visitors' questions, solving their shoelace problems – even granting permission for my material to be re-used by other educators.

All of this effort earns me less than 1/5 of the Australian National Minimum Wage.

I'm thinking of calling this my “Million Dollar Website” – not because it's worth a million dollars but because it has cost me a million dollars compared to what I could have earned at a regular job (based on an average Australian annual wage of $50,000 × 25+ years).

Any support that you can give will be gratefully accepted and warmly appreciated.

Comment · 2 years ago

Thanks! I've had good results with Turboscribe (paid plan) and appreciate having this as a service. I typically use it for 2-3 hour long video recordings with a number of speakers and appreciate the editing tools to clean things up before export.

Comment · 2 years ago

https://lib.reviews/ is one I've used but none of the open options seem to be able to gain significant traction.

Comment · 2 years ago

A specific app which displays mapping data from OpenStreeetMap: https://organicmaps.app/

Comment · 2 years ago

You're starting with the assumption that ethics are a priority for clients. While certainly and extreme case, don't forget that Enron was happy with Arthur Andersen's auditing for quite a while...

Comment · 2 years ago

Why couldn't they threaten to stop delivering? I was under the impression that only the Postal Service (USPS) had a regulatory mandate to serve all US addresses.

Comment · 2 years ago

Ah I see, thank you! Thankfully I am not on an unlimited plan.

Comment · 2 years ago

I'm a Google Fi user but have not tried to sign up yet. Would you mind expanding on your point about Fi affecting the ability to upgrade?

Comment · 2 years ago

In theory sure but have you been following Congress for the past decade? They can't even come to terms on continuing resolution funding bills, let alone pass complex rules related to new contentious technologies. Perhaps I'm just a pessimist but is something that makes you think this might drastically change?

Comment · 2 years ago

I'm still bitter that abuse brought down Firefox Send

Comment · 2 years ago

They have done a pretty solid job with PopOS, so I am inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Comment · 2 years ago

Do you just mean existing as rich as the stories depict? My understanding is that there is ample evidence Mansa Musa existed and ruled Mali: it's just the measure of his wealth that is questionable.