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  1. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I know the question was about programming/technical projects but what is your main goal with this? Do you want to start a blog or do you want to use the blog as an excuse (maybe not the right...

    I know the question was about programming/technical projects but what is your main goal with this?

    Do you want to start a blog or do you want to use the blog as an excuse (maybe not the right word) to learn a specific technology? I have done both in the past and they are both interesting experiences but if this is your first time it's important to focus on just one of them if you want to achieve anything.

    If the main focus is starting a blog and creating content I suggest you use something that doesn't get in the way of your writing and posting, otherwise you end up spending a lot of time learning commands, reading docs and tweaking parameters until you eventually notice that you haven't been writing at all. If your goal is to learn those commands, docs, utilities, markup languages, etc then it's fine to choose a more "attention-demanding" blogging technology.

    In my opinion the best way to start a blog is to choose a platform/technology that lets you do just two things: write and publish, and that does them in the simplest and least obtrusive way possible (if publishing is anything more complex than the push of a button it's probably too much and not worth it). With practice and experience you can also eventually turn those more attention-demanding technologies into something that is as simple as the push of a button but I suggest leaving that for later unless you already have experience maintaining a blog and creating content.

    9 votes

  2. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    Thank you very much! I don't mind the bias, be proud of the game you helped make.

    Thank you very much! I don't mind the bias, be proud of the game you helped make.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    What Remains of Edith Finch is amazing, I've played it a lot of times. The other one is new to me so I'll keep it in mind.

    What Remains of Edith Finch is amazing, I've played it a lot of times. The other one is new to me so I'll keep it in mind.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    Thanks for the warning, DDLC wasn't too kind to my mental health the two times I played it so I may skip the one you recommended until I'm better.

    Thanks for the warning, DDLC wasn't too kind to my mental health the two times I played it so I may skip the one you recommended until I'm better.

  5. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    Yep, unfortunately most of what I found under that name are adult dating sims VNs.

    Yep, unfortunately most of what I found under that name are adult dating sims VNs.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    I tried to keep the question narrow but I also love walking sims, thanks for the recommendation, I didn't know about that one.

    I tried to keep the question narrow but I also love walking sims, thanks for the recommendation, I didn't know about that one.

  7. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    Oh right, Higurashi. I bought that one years ago and forgot to read it. Thanks for the reminder. I have been through DDLC twice. Thanks for the other two recommendations!

    Oh right, Higurashi. I bought that one years ago and forgot to read it. Thanks for the reminder.

    I have been through DDLC twice.

    Thanks for the other two recommendations!

  8. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    Yes I have and I'm currently also reading some novels, but I occasionally want them to be accompanied by images, music and possibly voice acting.

    Yes I have and I'm currently also reading some novels, but I occasionally want them to be accompanied by images, music and possibly voice acting.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices? in ~games

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    No, I mean visual novels like the ones I mentioned. I want to read so movies aren't an option.

    No, I mean visual novels like the ones I mentioned. I want to read so movies aren't an option.

    2 votes

  10. Can you recommend me visual novels with no choices?

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    A bit inspired by the similarly worded but opposite question someone asked earlier. Any visual novel recommendations that are focused on just reading without having to worry about making choices?...

    A bit inspired by the similarly worded but opposite question someone asked earlier. Any visual novel recommendations that are focused on just reading without having to worry about making choices? Some examples of what I have already read, I'm looking for more like this: Planetarian and Harmonia.

    9 votes

  11. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    Wonder Egg Priority, I like animes that deal with complex topics such as mental health and this one seems to be doing a great job combining it with some fantasy. Some people compare it to Madoka...

    Wonder Egg Priority, I like animes that deal with complex topics such as mental health and this one seems to be doing a great job combining it with some fantasy. Some people compare it to Madoka and I agree it's similar in some things but also different enough to not be just called "the new Madoka," there's a magic element and girls having to confront an ugly reality but unlike Madoka this show focuses much more on the girls' traumas. Only 3 of the 12 episodes have aired so far, I hope the end doesn't turn out to be a huge disappointment after an interesting idea like it happened with Mayoiga.

    Very late edit for future people: it turned out to be a huge disappointment.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Please stop ruining summer and turn off that godforsaken music in ~enviro

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    I've noticed this loud music behavior mostly in people who exhibit some kind of tribal behavior so that's my theory about this. The music they listen to represents the group they feel part of,...

    I've noticed this loud music behavior mostly in people who exhibit some kind of tribal behavior so that's my theory about this. The music they listen to represents the group they feel part of, they think their music is the best thing in the world and that by making everyone else listen to it they'd be able to "recruit" more people into their group (since of course, nobody can resist or dislike the best music, can they? /s).

    4 votes

  13. Comment on What sort of software do you want to see? in ~tech

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    I know it's proprietary, it's written in C#, I've decompiled it and it does just what it claims. You can decompile it yourself using ILSpy or a similar tool, make a list of the group policies it...

    I know it's proprietary, it's written in C#, I've decompiled it and it does just what it claims. You can decompile it yourself using ILSpy or a similar tool, make a list of the group policies it configures and configure them manually if you don't trust the tool.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Let's talk about taking notes in ~talk

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    Just be careful with this too, pencil and ink fade away and very quickly if you are not careful. My notes from college faded away after a year (pencil) and started to fade after two (pen). Edit:...

    your best bet might be analogue (with backups)

    Just be careful with this too, pencil and ink fade away and very quickly if you are not careful. My notes from college faded away after a year (pencil) and started to fade after two (pen).

    Edit: assuming that by analogue you mean actual paper.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    I was expecting Notes to die soon, it hasn't been maintained for months and bugs from last year haven't been fixed.

    I was expecting Notes to die soon, it hasn't been maintained for months and bugs from last year haven't been fixed.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on What sort of software do you want to see? in ~tech

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    That's the one I use when I have to quickly open an image or article link and it's pretty great for those things, but unfortunately its JavaScript support is very rudimentary and never works for...

    That's the one I use when I have to quickly open an image or article link and it's pretty great for those things, but unfortunately its JavaScript support is very rudimentary and never works for anything more complex than document.write.

  17. Comment on What sort of software do you want to see? in ~tech

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    I've seen 2 of them before. This means it has the same memory usage and performance problems as Chrome on my old laptop. Midori was a good Webkit-based browser back when I used it, then it was...

    I've seen 2 of them before.

    Min is written entirely with CSS and JavaScript using Electron

    This means it has the same memory usage and performance problems as Chrome on my old laptop.

    Midori was a good Webkit-based browser back when I used it, then it was abandoned and now:

    Back in a bit
    The little green cat had to go to the vet.

    Is it still dead? I'm not sure about its state. I replaced it with GNOME Web, another Webkit-based browser which is good when it comes to memory usage and relatively decent performance but it takes ages to start (between 30 seconds and a minute) so I can't use it to quickly open links I receive through chat (I don't keep the browser open all the time, not enough RAM to have that luxury and not possible to add more).

    I didn't know about Sleipnir but unfortunately it doesn't seem to support Linux (I had to switch from Windows to Linux due to performance, memory usage and boot times).

  18. Comment on What sort of software do you want to see? in ~tech

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    A lightweight web browser (something that can run on less than 1GB of RAM without bringing the system to a crawl) that supports JavaScript and enough modern standards to browse the modern web...
    • A lightweight web browser (something that can run on less than 1GB of RAM without bringing the system to a crawl) that supports JavaScript and enough modern standards to browse the modern web (this is a bit contradictory, I know)
    • Similar to above, a lightweight IDE that is as easy to use and configure as VS Code (I've tried personalizing vim for this but the UX is worse and LSP support wasn't as good as Code and a bit buggy)
    • SSH client that doesn't suck when using a spotty connection (this is partially solved by mosh, unfortunately it breaks scrolling, this can be solved using tmux inside mosh, an ugly hack and only allows scrolling with the keyboard but not with the mouse or the scrollbar)

    I used to have another item on my list: something better than bash, this problem was solved when I found fish.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on What sort of software do you want to see? in ~tech

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    Even when using LTSC some telemetry is enabled by default, you can disable it deleting the programmed tasks and using group policies (either manually or with something like WPD that configures...

    Even when using LTSC some telemetry is enabled by default, you can disable it deleting the programmed tasks and using group policies (either manually or with something like WPD that configures them for you).

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Crunchyroll adds two higher-level subscription tiers in ~anime

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    I have the same issue but what bothers me the most is that most of the things I want to watch are not available in my region. I'm not sure if a VPN would help but it's just easier to find things...

    I have the same issue but what bothers me the most is that most of the things I want to watch are not available in my region. I'm not sure if a VPN would help but it's just easier to find things elsewhere (either legal in Netflix if I'm lucky or pirated).

    1 vote