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  1. #UnintendedTrilogy (#MoviesThatShouldBeATrilogy) that I’ve told friends about for a few years:

    1974 The Conversation
    1998 Enemy of the State
    2004 I, Robot

    Gene Hackman plays the same character in the first two, Will Smith in the latter two. Many have posted about EOTS being a sequel to TC, e.g.:
    * https://screenrant.com/enemy-state-conversation-sequel-fan-theory-explained/
    * https://web.archive.org/web/20211223220730/https://www.avclub.com/to-be-continued-sort-of-11-unofficial-sequels-1798273052/slides/2 (Internet Archive version because too many 3rd party scripts on avclub)
    * https://twitter.com/treatshair/status/1468952964261896195
    and it was quite obvious to anyone who saw Enemy of the State after seeing The Conversation.

    The key to extending this to a trilogy is what happens to Will Smith’s character. In EOTS, his character evolves from having mild techno-optimism/naïveté towards a more critical outlook by the end. In I, Robot, his outlook has continued evolving into full-on techno-skepticism, and he has several encounters where others treat him as crazy or paranoid after he is attacked by robots. Plus there’s his line:

    “Does believing you're the last sane man on the planet make you crazy? 'Cause if that's the case, maybe I am.”

    Along the way he has also held onto non-networked, non-smart technologies like his old motorcycle, further underscoring his established techno-skepticism.

    I’ll leave it at that for now, and may add more later to fill in the narrative & connections between Enemy of the State and I, Robot.

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  2. @toddbarnard that’s a well-written article, with many good critiques.

    However, I’m not the author, @tante is.

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  3. #CSS Scrollbars Styling Module Level 1 is a @W3C Candidate Recommendation (CR)
    https://www.w3.org/TR/2021/CR-css-scrollbars-1-20211209/ which is a call for implementations, cc: @googlechrome @webkit

    Thanks @CSSWG and congrats co-editors @cssrossen @frivoal!
    https://twitter.com/w3cdevs/status/1468958585904193554

    'scrollbar-width' & 'scrollbar-color' are much easier to use than prior -webkit- prefixed mechanisms. Firefox has an implementation of both properties, see MDN for details:
    * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/scrollbar-color
    * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/scrollbar-width

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  4. ran the Spartan Turkey Trot #5k #race in 31:11 (MV CA, 8°C). my 2nd fastest on the @SpartanTurkey5k course, and first #turkeyTrot in 4 years! A pleasant surprise.
    niece(11) crushed it in 23+min, nephew2(14) in 29+min, dad in 38+min. #turkeyTrot2021

    Arrived early at Mountain View High School to do a warm-up, my first “proper” warm-up before a 5k. ~10min moderate steady running, a 1min intense push, then 4x 30s strides, and walked it off.

    Found my dad, niece, nephews and waited in wave 2 only a few minute before we got started.

    First mile felt a lot stronger than any flat road mile I’ve run in quite some time, at least a couple of years. Passing the 1 mile marker at under 10 minutes felt really good. Paced slowed a bit, but still passed the 2 mile marker at under 20 minutes. That’s when I knew I had a chance at a 31-something time. Tried to keep pushing in the last mile or so, and it went faster than I expected.

    When I reached the track for the last 300m, all my Kezar training kicked in.  Gradually picked up the pace until I kicked as hard as I could on the final 100m straight, passing several, not being passed by anyone.

    Stopped my watch after crossing both timing strips after the finish arch: 31:13. Official result: 31:11 (updated)
    Feels like with some training I could get a sub-30 next year.

    More: https://www.spartanturkeytrot.com/

    Previously:
    2017-11-23: 30:21 personal CR. No post, only a mention: https://tantek.com/2017/333/t1
    2016-11-24: 31:27. https://tantek.com/2016/329/t1
    2015-11-26: DNR. Recovering from injury. https://tantek.com/2015/330/t1
    2014-11-27: Time unknown. https://tantek.com/2014/331/t1
    2013-11-28: https://tantek.com/2013/332/t2
    2012-11-22: https://tantek.com/2012/327/t2

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  5. since the US & Europe switch DST on adjacent weekends, a well planned trip can skip weird DST-change ∆1hr effects* inside larger timezone shifts.

    there’s still winter “standard time” sunset before end of workdays and its problematic effects** (<17:00 here, and most of the U.S.).

    one possible solution, for those who have the option, is to set a 16:00 end to the workday. e.g. change your "Working hours" in Google Calendar to end at 16:00 to at least discourage meetings after that: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/settings


    *Undesired effects of DST-changes:
      - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7398616/
      - https://www.healthline.com/health-news/daylight-saving-time-is-ending-how-to-adjust-to-the-change
      - https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/03/13/daylight-saving-time-starts-sunday-here-are-the-problems-and-what-to-do/

    **Problems of workdays ending in the dark
      - https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/psychosocial/violence_working_late.html
      - https://labornotes.org/2021/10/letter-carriers-resist-after-dark-delivery

     
    Related reading/tips for wrapping up a work day, especially by a certain time:
    * https://blog.doist.com/end-work-day/
    * https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/08/28/14-things-you-should-do-at-the-end-of-every-work-day/
    * my favorite: schedule and go for a walk before sunset, during Golden Hour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)

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  6. inspired by @csswizardry @btconf, tried ct.css on my homepage (had to disable HTTP CSP), & only 1 green box!

    No <script> in <head>, no problem.

    If you support Progressive Enhancement (all sites should), scripts can go at end of body, right before </body>

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  7. attending @IndieWebCamp #Düsseldorf!
    🗓 11/11
    📍 #Zentralbibliothek
    🎟 https://2021.indieweb.org/dusseldorf

    On holiday in Germany, popped over to see friends @btconf & help with the #IndieWebCamp side-event!

    More on the #IndieWeb wiki: https://indieweb.org/2021/D%C3%BCsseldorf

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  8. @HenriHelvetica @cwilso @carlfwalsh @Malcolm1001 @cyberspice @slightlycode @LEGOEngineering can confirm, me @sfalken @jimmyg and a handful of others. At the time I collected links here: https://tantek.com/ie/macielinks.html
    See also this thread: https://twitter.com/jimmyg/status/1213810286077054977

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