Simplest is use /etc/hosts to set up names, if there are just a few.

It’s nice as a dimmable bedside night light. I also used the Anduril flickery candle mode at a birthday event recently.

Did you just discover this? It’s a Microsoft site after all.

I’d say run a local imap server rather than dealing with the weirdness of storage shares across multiple OS’s.

They want to obsolete all our phones again? No thanks.

Yeah, I couldn’t name one either (I’m from the US). The first name that popped into my mind was Jimi Hendrix but he wasn’t British. I guess Othello wasn’t British either, and may not have even been historical. I had heard of Idris Elba but didn’t realize that he was British. No idea about the Spice Girls.

There is a story (maybe apocryphal) that former US Vice President Dan Quayle (famous for malapropisms) once referred to Nelson Mandela as a “great African-American”, fwiw.

Dang, FSF shop temporarily closed. https://shop.fsf.org/

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I griped about the censor bot here: https://lemmy.ml/post/3449468

I’m a chess fan. Men-only events were abolished in the 1980s. There are now women’s events (no men allowed) and open events (everyone allowed). In practice open events are 90% male, and the male players, especially at the lower levels, tend to fit the smelly and socially inept stereotype. Playing in them can be unpleasant for women, and women’s events exist basically to provide playing venues where women can enjoy competitive chess while staying the hell away from us clueless males. As a clueless male myself, I can get behind that, no problem. I understand and I’m fine with it. How do cis women feel about playing alongside trans women? Idk, I’m cis male and I don’t feel entitled to spout off about that. But I think they are the ones I’d want to listen to the most.

The top levels from what I can tell aren’t as bad as the lower levels, since the effort it takes to reach that level of chess tends to weed out the clueless and lazy. There is still bad stuff though, e.g. the incidents with GM Alejandro Ramirez.

You might like the book Chess Bi tch (that is the title, damn censor bot),by WGM Jennifer Shahade reviewed here , about her experiences in both women’s and open chess events coming up through the ranks.

As for FIDE, there currently aren’t really alternatives at the top levels. FIDE on the other hand is not much of a factor in lower and mid level chess. Those events tend to be regulated by national and ad hoc federations, etc.

You might like the Sofirn SP36 which was on sale last month. It looks like the sale ended and it’s a few bucks more now, but still pretty good:

https://www.sofirnlight.com/products/sofirn-sp36-blf-anduril-2-0-rechargeable-flashlight-5650-lumens-powerbank-output

If you want something insane, you could try web search for Ultimate Stealth Light on CPF. It is a Maglight 3D body modified to house a hand built NiMH pack and a 100 watt slide projector bulb. It’s “stealth” because it’s designed to look like an ordinary Maglight until you turn it on.

Visible light emitted is around 3K lumens but since it is incandescent, there is also a tremendous amount of infrared emitted, so there are photos on CPF of people literally frying eggs on the lens. Turning it on produces a much greater sensation of brightness than a LED light with the same lumens would produce. I’d probably be willing to part with mine, but would have to check that the battery pack hasn’t crapped out, as I haven’t used it in years.

Thanks. IIRC the Zebralight H50 is a cm or so shorter than any of those. I’ll try to post a pic sometime. How do you like the Manker E02? I got one recently and find I wish it were smaller and that the UI was either greatly simplified, or replaced by Anduril.

I only see a runtime graph, with no flashlight pictures. Did I miss something?