I hate you.

That's certainly a huge improvement IMO

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Nobody can help because nobody knows what software you're running.

To check Firefox, you go to about:profiles and create/test a new one.

To fix your Operating System you go to your Operating System FORUM and put in a well formatted request for assistance.

Some Firefox people are also over at https://fedia.io/m/firefox so go try there.

FYI: I opened your link and it plays perfectly in Firefox.

Woah.

TLDR

Nobody here heard of FEEDS? You know, RSS? https://i.imgur.com/kMlWxuP.png

Maybe the wrong way is to start with Book 1. I'd say try 'Witches' first, as I found the first book a bit offputting.

Not knowing what you have read...

• THGTTG Trilogy in Five Parts

• The Farseer Trilogy is NOT what you think. It drew me into reading the next few (and really long) trilogies... an awesome journey. LONG but not long enough...

• A Man Called Ove

• The Midnight Library

I guess that's a point - however, Americans are the leaders for having the BIGGEST cars and possibly the thirstiest guzzlers.

I do think the BIG CAR trend is probably more related to marketing and toxic masculinity.

When I studied to become a Radio Officer (Marine, not Navy) I joined a Radar Maintenance class with six guys from various parts of India.

They added a new page to my 'technique'. I visited them and saw all their notes plastered on their walls. They didn't sit and revise - they walked around and stared at the walls... it was amazing.

So first of all, we'd do a class - maybe a couple of hours - where I'd mark diagrams (using colours) and take notes (also using highlighters to mark important sections of printed notes).

• After the class, during break, I'd spend the first five minutes just scanning over the whole class one time.

• When I got home later, I'd go over it again for about 15 minutes and basically blu-tac them onto the walls. Then I'd scan across the older notes.

Within a week of scanning them, I could basically scan from further away until I could remember most of what was on them without being close enough to read them.

• Only tidy away what you know - but be sure you know it before you move it to longer term storage. I could basically recite the contents of an A4 sheet by just scanning down the headings at this stage.

When I was sure I'd internalised a sheet, I could take it down and stick it in my folder.

The hardest subjects are the most boring, and often least relevant, parts of the course. I think I must have put in 80% of my efforts into less than 10% of the actual coursework.

• Flashcards are awesome. You should have them in your pocket - Question one side, Answer on the back. You should have them in your pocket always, in the toilet, on a bus, wherever you go. If you do just 5 minute sessions multiple times every day then you'll know them all at the end of the week.

As a testament to how well this worked, I remember learning hundreds of 'Q' codes. If you randomly throw one up at me, I'll remember every detail....

Stuff I remember learning iin 1984, like QRA - Q: What is the name of your vessel/station? or QRK for 'What is the readability of my signals?` with answers rated from 1 to 5.

I never went to sea - so I never used this stuff after I finished College (Margarette Thatcher put the plug on that) but it's all there.

• Stop using the word 'Google' instead of saying 'Search'. Take offense if anyone tells you to 'Google' something - fuck them!!!
• Set Firefox as your default - don't keep 'defaulting' to chrome, or chromium based browsers (as this code mostly comes from Google).
• Be sure to become more acquainted with more platforms, keep shortcuts handy and use them when they have content...
• If you must use Youtube, use it signed out - find your channel and add it to an RSS reader. Avoid using the Youtube interface and avoid the algorithms. Search for any channels you watch on alternative platforms.

It is often still The Answer

I'm not sure it matters more TBH... but I basically stopped Reddit for 2 days, and now just get drawn back to read the occasional post - but don't bother commenting.

With the downtick in Reddit, I remembered that I hadn't read a book for a month or two, so I headed over to Annies Archive and grabbed a bunch to add to my Kindle...

So I now downloaded 3 versions of 'Great Expectations' and am reading that book before watching them - but also have "Welcome to the MonkeyHouse" by Kurt Vonnegut and "The Book Thief" grabbed from Annie's Archive.

Basically now I'm spending less than half the time on net than I was before.

Some of my favourite times are well organised, huge, and very loud displays.

I think general access to fireworks is a bad things - beyond a few sparklers maybe.

Still, this post is about USA - land of the free where everything that might offend anyone should be banned.

This is pretty awesome.

Where are they?