These days, just a retired guy who likes to hike.

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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • Avoiding dupes is, I think, an important one. We’ve had multiple instances on Beehaw of the same story showing up more than once. If you try to post a duplicate link, Lemmy will let you know (by showing the previous copies to you as crossposts). It’s harder to make sure you’re not posting the second or third story from a different source on the same topic. Perhaps we can just encourage people to search before posting.

    I’d like the rules to at least ask people to add an image description in their original post. https://beehaw.org/post/686974 would be good to link to here.

    And given the nature of many posts in the news, I think it would be good for this community to remind people to be(e) nice in their discussions.







  • Yep, I get it. Effectively block ads and javascript and it doesn’t much matter what a site wants to do. I skip the few that have actually effective paywalls (as opposed to just putting a div over content on the page - as far as I’m concerned, if it’s downloaded to my computer, I am allowed to read it). Of course, the sites that load up on ads tend to be pretty low-quality content anyhow.





  • In addition to making it easier to find authentic perspectives, we’re also improving how we rank results in Search overall, with a greater focus on content with unique expertise and experience. Last year, we launched the helpful content system to show more content made for people, and less content made to attract clicks. In the coming months, we’ll roll out an update to this system that more deeply understands content created from a personal or expert point of view, allowing us to rank more of this useful information on Search.

    That seems like just a step in the inevitable AI arms race.



  • There are a few nice trails in the southern part of the Hoosier National Forest, which is where this one is. Probably my favorite is German Ridge, which offers a variety of loops from 5 to 20 miles and a decent but not overwhelming number of hills. Tipsaw Lake is nice easy 6-miler which I hit when I want a quick couple hours with lake views. Two Lakes has some scenic parts, but a lot of that trail system has been logged in the past 2-3 years, so it really could use some time to recover before it’ll be nice again.

    Further out (2 or so hours from the Evansville area where I live), I like the Shawnee NF, the Deam Wilderness, the Adventure Hiking Trail, and the Mammoth Cave backcountry.

    Oh, and the logo washed out, but that last additional arrow is because this trail segment is also part of the American Discovery Trail, so in theory at least you could follow it all the way to the Pacific.


  • I re-read books frequently. But then, I am a fast and voracious reader. I’ve recently been trimming down my library from around 7000 books due to an upcoming move, and there’s a hardcore of about 2000 I’m unwilling to get rid of because they’re either reference materials or old friends I expect to re-read before I die. There are some things (LOTR, much Heinlein, Oz books, Alice in Wonderland…) that I’ve read a dozen times or more.

    I do re-read some non-fiction, mainly history. But most of my well-worn books are fiction.