It is probably worth noting that I am removing the DRM so I can read them on devices that do not have Kindle apps.

Nothing is certain, but it looks like you will still be able to download books into local memory so you can read them. As long as the apps still work that way, it will be possible to access the book files.

You do need a tool that can remove the DRM from the books files the Kindle uses. DeDRM used to do this nicely, but it has not been updated to handle the most recent version of Kindle DRM. It will not works on any books published since early 2024.

There are commercial options that can remove even the latest DRM from Kindle books. I use Epubor Ultimate. It was the first to handle the most recent Kindle DRM, but I’m sure there are others by now.

What sunset? All I see is a magnificent cat.

Not complete, but fairly close. Any background talking makes it difficult.

You have a very patient cat. Most would have shredded your hand at some point in there.

Don’t take any wooden nickels.

And give no quarter to your enemies.

:-)

Blazing Saddles (1974) The Yakuza (1974) Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

All three movies are exceptional in their own right and all three broke a lot of new ground by blending cultural and genre conventions in new ways.

Television Announcer: And now, the penguin on top of your television set will explode. {BOOOM!} Watcher: How’d he know that? Television Announcer: It was an inspired guess.

The multiple layers of cognitive dissonance are wonderful.

That is such a thoughtful expression. Also, adorable.

Well, they have almost always circumvented them instead, but that impacts the bottom line too.

Of the two of you, I’m inclined to believe her. She looks trustworthy.

That looks very comfy. For both parties.

The Scandanavian countries currently look the safest to me. I think Iceland would be nearly ideal, in a lot of ways. but I worry that they may be annexed by one of the larger powers as things get uglier.

I have never been without friends. There have been a few times when I didn’t have any that were close by, but I kept in touch. There is one person who’s been a close friend for 45 years now.

I have noticed that it’s gotten much harder to find friends over the last few decades. Our society has changed in ways that make it harder to meet people and harder to get to know them. Online can be a good start but it’s very difficult to progress from that.

Putting yourself in situations where you meet and interact with people, in person, definitely helps, but that’s not easy for introverts like me.

I think you’re right that some kind of “menu” button that presents additional options would be best. Eventually there will be other options and it will be necessary…

I think most people will adjust the volume once, but may want to change the octave while playing. If my assumptions are right, the octave change feature should be the most accessible one, replacing the current volume buttons. The volume, and any other features could be handled through the menu button.

My ideal solution would be to provide a menu button and two function buttons. Then have a menu option to configure whether the functions buttons acted as octave up/down, volume up/down, or controls for whatever additional features get added.

I’d also like to put in a pitch to add support for the “scrolling” feature that some watches now have. It could control the opposite feature of whatever is assigned to the function buttons, making it possible to adjust both octave and volume on the fly. It does seem like it should be a lower level priority, since not all watches support that feature.

This looks great! I have a pitch pipe app for my watch, but I like this better.

I do have the inevitable feature request… :-)

I’d love to have some way to change the octave up and down.

You are lucky, in every sense. Give him some pets for me.

I switched from Google Authenticator to Aegis and have had no problems.

A lot of people don’t seem to get that social media services are almost entirely about their userbases, not their companies. Facebook and Meta are unbelievably terrible, but that is where most of the people you know can be found. Switching to something else is easy, but pointless, if your reason for being there is the people.

I have slowly convinced friends and family to begin using MeWe, but only a small number. And most of them still primarily use Facebook. At least recent events are pushing a few more away from it.

I am American and I would support a ban on American social media in my country.