@Edent what's so bad about <div> ... or: Why do you want to avoid them?

[eastmad@blacktwitter.io]

@Edent Lunch!

[paul_j@hachyderm.io]

@Edent I read it as a teenager (back in the early 80's. I seem to remember at the time there were only three books in the series, but now there are more. I rated it then, and would consider reading it again.

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@Edent Long ago that I read it - but as every great work of SciFi his story was influenced by problems of his time and even history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(novel)#Origins

"Herbert hoped it would be seen as an "environmental awareness handbook" - an important topic in the 1960s (compare to Ursula K. Le Guin).
And was it free of his political ideas of his time? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert#Political_views

[aerion@nerdculture.de]

@phrawzty

+1 for Fedilab. I've tried other ones, but I kept coming back to Fedilab, so it's been permanent for a good few years now. It also supports scheduled posts and boosts.

@Edent @apps

[phil_tanner@mastodon.philtanner.com]

Haere haumaru (travel safe)
[Edit: I think it might actually be better to day "whakahaumaru ōu haere" for "be safe in your travels") 🤔]

Was lovely to meet up with you both. Feel free to let us know when you're back down this way again.

[ianopolous@infosec.exchange]

@Edent Welcome to Melbourne!

[kay@mastodon.nz]

@ApostateEnglishman @Edent On reflection Jake Sully could be seen as a White Saviour in the Avatar films except that he's no longer white, he's "gone native", and the Na'vi saved him more than him saving them.

White Saviour Reversed if he was a Tarot card, maybe?

The Na'vi say that every person is born twice. The second time is when you earn your place among the people, forever. 😉

[eicky@mastodon.social]

@kubikpixel @jbjrkng @Edent @briar it's nice to hear that, true that not many people know this

[bew@floss.social]

@Edent nice to see indeed! Not so nice that they are on a separate 'page' though 😬

[danielthepope@mastodon.me.uk]

@Edent I tried to see if iPhone's Live Photos are the same standard. I couldn't work out how to transfer the original file to my computer :(

[mal3aby@mastodon.smears.org]

@Edent I was looking at exactly the same fairly recently - this would have saved me some time!

One slightly surprising effect of the video being embedded in the JPEG file is that you can receive a file that appears to be a static photo, until you forward it to someone else on WhatsApp, at which point it magically becomes a video...

[ben@bluetoot.hardill.me.uk]

@Edent I think WordPress may have stripped the other items out of the images when you uploaded it, and it's served up on the blog,

I'm only seeing 964k download size and no embedded video when testing

[edent@mastodon.social]

@ben oooh! You're not wrong!
Looks like image optimisation stuff has been a bit too eager. Will see if I can fix it later.

[edent@mastodon.social]

@ben now fixed!

You can download the original from https://shkspr.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PXL_20251220_224052239.MP_.bk.jpg

[salyavin@famichiki.jp]

@fazalmajid
Even more! Dates like 10191 are AG or after guild. Estimates on guild founding as I recall are around 12000 AD. So Dune takes place past 22000AD there are alternate timeliNes that put it at about 25000AD

@Edent

[godeater@hachyderm.io]

@Edent I suffer from all those issues too - which is why I only ever listen to them when I'm out on a walk - which isn't super helpful if you're aiming to try to listen to one on a flight!

[ilias@discuss.systems]

@Edent
Close your eyes and focus on the audio and hope you don't fall asleep. 😁

[libbymiller@mastodon.me.uk]

@Edent jigsaws!

[impossibleumbrella@infosec.exchange]

@Edent I normally listen whilst driving - but when listening & not driving I tend to either close my eyes or just look without focus into the middle distance.

[annehargreaves@ioc.exchange]

@Edent Usually doing something else anyway but I guess that's harder if on a plane. Draw?