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Funkenmord: Kluftingers neuer Fall by Volker KlüpfelMy rating: 2 of 5 starsPuh… Das also war Kluftinger 11 und einem von uns beiden geht langsam die Puste aus. Ich habe jetzt extra mal nachgeschaut: Klüpfel und Kobr sind jeweils Jahrgang 1971 und ... [More] 1973.Weite Teile des Humors der beiden Autoren stammt aber eher aus dem miefigen Altherren-Umfeld: Angefangen von Vodka-saufenden Russinnen, über einen indisch-stämmigen Priester, dessen Darstellung zum “Fremdschämen” gereicht (»Goßer Gottowielow-ben-disch. Heah, wie peisen deine Starke …«) bis hin zu ganz peinlichen Klamottenkiste (“But I do not want that he is the Führer.”) – Klüpfel und Kobr ist kein Fettnäpfchen zu schade, kein Witz zu banal, um ihn nicht weidlich und nach den eigenen bescheidenen Künsten auszuschlachten.Auch über berechtigte Anliegen wird sich von diesem Duo der dümmlichen Peinlichkeit gern und ausschweifend mit solchen Schenkel-Klopfern lustig gemacht:“Handel treibenden Menschinnen und Menschen (m / w / d)”Ganz ehrlich: Ich habe die Faxen von Leuten dicke, die im Jahre 2021 immer noch meinen, sich über Emanzipation, Diversität, Geschlechter-neutrale Sprache, etc. lustig machen zu können. Es sind Witze auf Kosten von Menschen; eine Art von “Witz”, die einfach nicht mehr sein muß.Ganz unabhängig von all dem: Die Story ist eher schwach, denn Kluftinger ermittelt in einem alten Fall, bei dem er einst einen gravierenden Fehler gemacht hat. Es liegt also auf der Hand, daß wenig “Action” geboten wird, viel in den Achtzigern herumgestochert und wenig substanziell Neues passiert.Auch sonst ist eigentlich alles sehr voraussehbar – Kluftinger, der immer schon ein wenig “exzentrisch” war, wird dieses Mal allerdings noch mehr zur Karikatur seiner selbst. Ein Waschversuch scheitert aufs Lächerlichste, Mama und Papa werden genüßlich manipuliert und der einzige Lichtblick, die neue Kollegin Luzia Beer, wird schnell “gefügig” geschrieben.Alle Probleme werden im Nu gelöst und alle halbwegs interessanten Ansätze (Lucy Beer, Flüchtlingsschicksale) werden kaputt geschrieben oder gleich ohne echtes Interesse links liegen gelassen. Konflikte (z. B. Maier/Beer) bleiben verschwommen bzw. lösen sich ganz fix von selbst.Einzig die wenigen ernsthaften Momente – zum Beispiel im Gespräch mit der Mutter des Opfers – sind noch lesenswert und glaubwürdig. Sie retten diese 500-Seiten-Peinlichkeit zwar auch nicht mehr, aber zumindest heben sie es vom grottigen 1-Sterne-Niveau auf zumindest wohlwollende zwei Sterne.View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]

Pandora&aposs Box: A helper for SydBox, a ptrace & seccomp based sandbox to make sandboxing practical. This makes it easy for the end user to use secure computing for practical, daily purposes. https://crates.io/crates/pandora_box #exherbo #sydbox #pandora

sydbox-scm improves seccomp for read only open calls which is a noticable optimization considering the overall count of trace stops, see details here: https://commits.exherbo.org/sydbox-1:8bc285f which shows remarkable improvements of reduction in ... [More] open{,at} calls and build times. Apart from the commit message there&aposs the benchmark https://git.exherbo.org/sydbox-1.git/tree/bench/2021.05.30-paludis-seccomp-open.txt on my build host which has the timing to build the current paludis-3.0.0 (scm). Help test sydbox-scm, report back and enjoy! #exherbo #sydbox [Less]

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 starsJust when I thought Andy Weir was a “one-hit wonder” for his great and exciting “The Martian”, he comes along and writes something that completely blew away my mind.“Project Hail Mary” is ... [More] spectacularly well done, features even more “scientific vibes” and despite being deeply rooted in science fiction, everything in this book feels (shockingly) plausible and believable.Earth is dying from climate change… Dr. Ryland Grace, a grumpy (ex-)scientist gone school teacher, is Earth’s last line of defense and her last hope. As part of the crew of the interstellar spaceship “Hail Mary”, tasked with finding a solution for the afore-mentioned climate change issue, Grace ships out into space.How this came to be and Grace’s exploits in space are narrated alternatingly (mostly) between chapters. First, we learn how Grace wakes up after an induced coma and then – by witnessing his memory coming back in flashbacks – the book tells the entire story in two parallel but ultimately converging storylines.Weir masterfully entwines the two storylines with each other and reveals piece by piece. He starts slow (»A teacher! I’m a schoolteacher! I remember it now!«), spins his story and material up to a riveting, amazing, fantastic middle part that dumbstruck me and comes furiously to a wonderful, brilliant, humane and alien ending.“Project Hail Mary” was compelling, funny, made me laugh out loud at some points and sob and/or cry at others. Its broad angle of humour from the amusingly simple…»I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench. It gives me a feeling of control. I’m doing something by aggressively doing nothing.«… to the subtle irony and sarcasm (examples omitted to avoid spoilers).Grace is discernibly human: He is childish, yet serious. Realistic, yet optimistic. A selfish nerd, and optimistic scientist. In other words, he’s basically a good guy; nerdy, weird but a nice guy. Not as selfless maybe as he’d like (to imagine) at times… But maybe there’s hope for Grace yet…Because he never loses his basic optimistic outlook (it may be impaired and buried at times) despite seemingly unbeatable odds and, ultimately, that’s what I believe in, too. That despite our Earth starting to die from climate change, we will eventually prevail.»I bet they did work together. Maybe it’s just the childish optimist in me, but humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it. After all, everyone worked together to build the Hail Mary. That was no easy feat.«Nor was it an easy feat to surpass “The Martian” and compose a masterpiece that’s even better. And yet, Andy Weir did it.If you have even a tiny bit of a nerd inside you, if you like your science fiction somewhat plausible, if you’re not turned off by science – if any of that applies, go and read this book. It’s really, truly brilliant.Six out of five stars. ♩♫♪♪♫View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 starsJust when I thought Andy Weir was a “one-hit wonder” for his great and exciting “The Martian”, he comes along and writes something that completely blew away my mind.“Project Hail Mary” is ... [More] spectacularly well done, features even more “scientific vibes” and despite being deeply rooted in science fiction, everything in this book feels (shockingly) plausible and believable.Earth is dying from climate change… Dr. Ryland Grace, a grumpy (ex-)scientist gone school teacher, is Earth’s last line of defense and her last hope. As part of the crew of the interstellar spaceship “Hail Mary”, tasked with finding a solution for the afore-mentioned climate change issue, Grace ships out into space.How this came to be and Grace’s exploits in space are narrated alternatingly (mostly) between chapters. First, we learn how Grace wakes up after an induced coma and then – by witnessing his memory coming back in flashbacks – the book tells the entire story in two parallel but ultimately converging storylines.Weir masterfully entwines the two storylines with each other and reveals piece by piece. He starts slow (»A teacher! I’m a schoolteacher! I remember it now!«), spins his story and material up to a riveting, amazing, fantastic middle part that dumbstruck me and comes furiously to a wonderful, brilliant, humane and alien ending.“Project Hail Mary” was compelling, funny, made me laugh out loud at some points and sob and/or cry at others. Its broad angle of humour from the amusingly simple…»I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench. It gives me a feeling of control. I’m doing something by aggressively doing nothing.«… to the subtle irony and sarcasm (examples omitted to avoid spoilers).Grace is discernibly human: He is childish, yet serious. Realistic, yet optimistic. A selfish nerd, and optimistic scientist. In other words, he’s basically a good guy; nerdy, weird but a nice guy. Not as selfless maybe as he’d like (to imagine) at times… But maybe there’s hope for Grace yet…Because he never loses his basic optimistic outlook (it may be impaired and buried at times) despite seemingly unbeatable odds and, ultimately, that’s what I believe in, too. That despite our Earth starting to die from climate change, we will eventually prevail.»I bet they did work together. Maybe it’s just the childish optimist in me, but humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it. After all, everyone worked together to build the Hail Mary. That was no easy feat.«Nor was it an easy feat to surpass “The Martian” and compose a masterpiece that’s even better. And yet, Andy Weir did it.If you have even a tiny bit of a nerd inside you, if you like your science fiction somewhat plausible, if you’re not turned off by science – if any of that applies, go and read this book. It’s really, truly brilliant.Six out of five stars. ♩♫♪♪♫View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 starsJust when I thought Andy Weir was a “one-hit wonder” for his great and exciting “The Martian”, he comes along and writes something that completely blew away my mind.“Project Hail Mary” is ... [More] spectacularly well done, features even more “scientific vibes” and despite being deeply rooted in science fiction, everything in this book feels (shockingly) plausible and believable.Earth is dying from climate change… Dr. Ryland Grace, a grumpy (ex-)scientist gone school teacher, is Earth’s last line of defense and her last hope. As part of the crew of the interstellar spaceship “Hail Mary”, tasked with finding a solution for the afore-mentioned climate change issue, Grace ships out into space.How this came to be and Grace’s exploits in space are narrated alternatingly (mostly) between chapters. First, we learn how Grace wakes up after an induced coma and then – by witnessing his memory coming back in flashbacks – the book tells the entire story in two parallel but ultimately converging storylines.Weir masterfully entwines the two storylines with each other and reveals piece by piece. He starts slow (»A teacher! I’m a schoolteacher! I remember it now!«), spins his story and material up to a riveting, amazing, fantastic middle part that dumbstruck me and comes furiously to a wonderful, brilliant, humane and alien ending.“Project Hail Mary” was compelling, funny, made me laugh out loud at some points and sob and/or cry at others. Its broad angle of humour from the amusingly simple…»I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench. It gives me a feeling of control. I’m doing something by aggressively doing nothing.«… to the subtle irony and sarcasm (examples omitted to avoid spoilers).Grace is discernibly human: He is childish, yet serious. Realistic, yet optimistic. A selfish nerd, and optimistic scientist. In other words, he’s basically a good guy; nerdy, weird but a nice guy. Not as selfless maybe as he’d like (to imagine) at times… But maybe there’s hope for Grace yet…Because he never loses his basic optimistic outlook (it may be impaired and buried at times) despite seemingly unbeatable odds and, ultimately, that’s what I believe in, too. That despite our Earth starting to die from climate change, we will eventually prevail.»I bet they did work together. Maybe it’s just the childish optimist in me, but humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it. After all, everyone worked together to build the Hail Mary. That was no easy feat.«Nor was it an easy feat to surpass “The Martian” and compose a masterpiece that’s even better. And yet, Andy Weir did it.If you have even a tiny bit of a nerd inside you, if you like your science fiction somewhat plausible, if you’re not turned off by science – if any of that applies, go and read this book. It’s really, truly brilliant.Six out of five stars. ♩♫♪♪♫View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 starsJust when I thought Andy Weir was a “one-hit wonder” for his great and exciting “The Martian”, he comes along and writes something that completely blew away my mind.“Project Hail Mary” is ... [More] spectacularly well done, features even more “scientific vibes” and despite being deeply rooted in science fiction, everything in this book feels (shockingly) plausible and believable.Earth is dying from climate change… Dr. Ryland Grace, a grumpy (ex-)scientist gone school teacher, is Earth’s last line of defense and her last hope. As part of the crew of the interstellar spaceship “Hail Mary”, tasked with finding a solution for the afore-mentioned climate change issue, Grace ships out into space.How this came to be and Grace’s exploits in space are narrated alternatingly (mostly) between chapters. First, we learn how Grace wakes up after an induced coma and then – by witnessing his memory coming back in flashbacks – the book tells the entire story in two parallel but ultimately converging storylines.Weir masterfully entwines the two storylines with each other and reveals piece by piece. He starts slow (»A teacher! I’m a schoolteacher! I remember it now!«), spins his story and material up to a riveting, amazing, fantastic middle part that dumbstruck me and comes furiously to a wonderful, brilliant, humane and alien ending.“Project Hail Mary” was compelling, funny, made me laugh out loud at some points and sob and/or cry at others. Its broad angle of humour from the amusingly simple…»I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench. It gives me a feeling of control. I’m doing something by aggressively doing nothing.«… to the subtle irony and sarcasm (examples omitted to avoid spoilers).Grace is discernibly human: He is childish, yet serious. Realistic, yet optimistic. A selfish nerd, and optimistic scientist. In other words, he’s basically a good guy; nerdy, weird but a nice guy. Not as selfless maybe as he’d like (to imagine) at times… But maybe there’s hope for Grace yet…Because he never loses his basic optimistic outlook (it may be impaired and buried at times) despite seemingly unbeatable odds and, ultimately, that’s what I believe in, too. That despite our Earth starting to die from climate change, we will eventually prevail.»I bet they did work together. Maybe it’s just the childish optimist in me, but humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it. After all, everyone worked together to build the Hail Mary. That was no easy feat.«Nor was it an easy feat to surpass “The Martian” and compose a masterpiece that’s even better. And yet, Andy Weir did it.If you have even a tiny bit of a nerd inside you, if you like your science fiction somewhat plausible, if you’re not turned off by science – if any of that applies, go and read this book. It’s really, truly brilliant.Six out of five stars. ♩♫♪♪♫View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 starsJust when I thought Andy Weir was a “one-hit wonder” for his great and exciting “The Martian”, he comes along and writes something that completely blew away my mind.“Project Hail Mary” is ... [More] spectacularly well done, features even more “scientific vibes” and despite being deeply rooted in science fiction, everything in this book feels (shockingly) plausible and believable.Earth is dying from climate change… Dr. Ryland Grace, a grumpy (ex-)scientist gone school teacher, is Earth’s last line of defense and her last hope. As part of the crew of the interstellar spaceship “Hail Mary”, tasked with finding a solution for the afore-mentioned climate change issue, Grace ships out into space.How this came to be and Grace’s exploits in space are narrated alternatingly (mostly) between chapters. First, we learn how Grace wakes up after an induced coma and then – by witnessing his memory coming back in flashbacks – the book tells the entire story in two parallel but ultimately converging storylines.Weir masterfully entwines the two storylines with each other and reveals piece by piece. He starts slow (»A teacher! I’m a schoolteacher! I remember it now!«), spins his story and material up to a riveting, amazing, fantastic middle part that dumbstruck me and comes furiously to a wonderful, brilliant, humane and alien ending.“Project Hail Mary” was compelling, funny, made me laugh out loud at some points and sob and/or cry at others. Its broad angle of humour from the amusingly simple…»I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench. It gives me a feeling of control. I’m doing something by aggressively doing nothing.«… to the subtle irony and sarcasm (examples omitted to avoid spoilers).Grace is discernibly human: He is childish, yet serious. Realistic, yet optimistic. A selfish nerd, and optimistic scientist. In other words, he’s basically a good guy; nerdy, weird but a nice guy. Not as selfless maybe as he’d like (to imagine) at times… But maybe there’s hope for Grace yet…Because he never loses his basic optimistic outlook (it may be impaired and buried at times) despite seemingly unbeatable odds and, ultimately, that’s what I believe in, too. That despite our Earth starting to die from climate change, we will eventually prevail.»I bet they did work together. Maybe it’s just the childish optimist in me, but humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it. After all, everyone worked together to build the Hail Mary. That was no easy feat.«Nor was it an easy feat to surpass “The Martian” and compose a masterpiece that’s even better. And yet, Andy Weir did it.If you have even a tiny bit of a nerd inside you, if you like your science fiction somewhat plausible, if you’re not turned off by science – if any of that applies, go and read this book. It’s really, truly brilliant.Six out of five stars. ♩♫♪♪♫View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 starsJust when I thought Andy Weir was a “one-hit wonder” for his great and exciting “The Martian”, he comes along and writes something that completely blew away my mind.“Project Hail Mary” is ... [More] spectacularly well done, features even more “scientific vibes” and despite being deeply rooted in science fiction, everything in this book feels (shockingly) plausible and believable.Earth is dying from climate change… Dr. Ryland Grace, a grumpy (ex-)scientist gone school teacher, is Earth’s last line of defense and her last hope. As part of the crew of the interstellar spaceship “Hail Mary”, tasked with finding a solution for the afore-mentioned climate change issue, Grace ships out into space.How this came to be and Grace’s exploits in space are narrated alternatingly (mostly) between chapters. First, we learn how Grace wakes up after an induced coma and then – by witnessing his memory coming back in flashbacks – the book tells the entire story in two parallel but ultimately converging storylines.Weir masterfully entwines the two storylines with each other and reveals piece by piece. He starts slow (»A teacher! I’m a schoolteacher! I remember it now!«), spins his story and material up to a riveting, amazing, fantastic middle part that dumbstruck me and comes furiously to a wonderful, brilliant, humane and alien ending.“Project Hail Mary” was compelling, funny, made me laugh out loud at some points and sob and/or cry at others. Its broad angle of humour from the amusingly simple…»I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench. It gives me a feeling of control. I’m doing something by aggressively doing nothing.«… to the subtle irony and sarcasm (examples omitted to avoid spoilers).Grace is discernibly human: He is childish, yet serious. Realistic, yet optimistic. A selfish nerd, and optimistic scientist. In other words, he’s basically a good guy; nerdy, weird but a nice guy. Not as selfless maybe as he’d like (to imagine) at times… But maybe there’s hope for Grace yet…Because he never loses his basic optimistic outlook (it may be impaired and buried at times) despite seemingly unbeatable odds and, ultimately, that’s what I believe in, too. That despite our Earth starting to die from climate change, we will eventually prevail.»I bet they did work together. Maybe it’s just the childish optimist in me, but humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it. After all, everyone worked together to build the Hail Mary. That was no easy feat.«Nor was it an easy feat to surpass “The Martian” and compose a masterpiece that’s even better. And yet, Andy Weir did it.If you have even a tiny bit of a nerd inside you, if you like your science fiction somewhat plausible, if you’re not turned off by science – if any of that applies, go and read this book. It’s really, truly brilliant.Six out of five stars. ♩♫♪♪♫View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 starsJust when I thought Andy Weir was a “one-hit wonder” for his great and exciting “The Martian”, he comes along and writes something that completely blew away my mind.“Project Hail Mary” is ... [More] spectacularly well done, features even more “scientific vibes” and despite being deeply rooted in science fiction, everything in this book feels (shockingly) plausible and believable.Earth is dying from climate change… Dr. Ryland Grace, a grumpy (ex-)scientist gone school teacher, is Earth’s last line of defense and her last hope. As part of the crew of the interstellar spaceship “Hail Mary”, tasked with finding a solution for the afore-mentioned climate change issue, Grace ships out into space.How this came to be and Grace’s exploits in space are narrated alternatingly (mostly) between chapters. First, we learn how Grace wakes up after an induced coma and then – by witnessing his memory coming back in flashbacks – the book tells the entire story in two parallel but ultimately converging storylines.Weir masterfully entwines the two storylines with each other and reveals piece by piece. He starts slow (»A teacher! I’m a schoolteacher! I remember it now!«), spins his story and material up to a riveting, amazing, fantastic middle part that dumbstruck me and comes furiously to a wonderful, brilliant, humane and alien ending.“Project Hail Mary” was compelling, funny, made me laugh out loud at some points and sob and/or cry at others. Its broad angle of humour from the amusingly simple…»I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench. It gives me a feeling of control. I’m doing something by aggressively doing nothing.«… to the subtle irony and sarcasm (examples omitted to avoid spoilers).Grace is discernibly human: He is childish, yet serious. Realistic, yet optimistic. A selfish nerd, and optimistic scientist. In other words, he’s basically a good guy; nerdy, weird but a nice guy. Not as selfless maybe as he’d like (to imagine) at times… But maybe there’s hope for Grace yet…Because he never loses his basic optimistic outlook (it may be impaired and buried at times) despite seemingly unbeatable odds and, ultimately, that’s what I believe in, too. That despite our Earth starting to die from climate change, we will eventually prevail.»I bet they did work together. Maybe it’s just the childish optimist in me, but humanity can be pretty impressive when we put our minds to it. After all, everyone worked together to build the Hail Mary. That was no easy feat.«Nor was it an easy feat to surpass “The Martian” and compose a masterpiece that’s even better. And yet, Andy Weir did it.If you have even a tiny bit of a nerd inside you, if you like your science fiction somewhat plausible, if you’re not turned off by science – if any of that applies, go and read this book. It’s really, truly brilliant.Six out of five stars. ♩♫♪♪♫View all my reviews I am and have been working on quite a few F/OSS projects: Exherbo (Nick: Philantrop), Bedrock Linux, Gentoo (Nick: Philantrop), Calibre plugin iOS reader applications, Calibre plugin Marvin XD, chroot-manager, stuff on github, lots of other projects. If you like my work, feel free to donate. Blog GoodReads LibraryThing Facebook Twitter Instagram [Less]