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Comment on Most reliable privacy-conscious notes app? in ~tech
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Comment on The South Korean Jeonse housing system: Revolutionary, antiquated, or simply broken? in ~life
BlockerBrews LinkI live in South Korea and the Jeonse system is a crapshoot. Often times when the renter wants to vacate the landlord can’t return the deposit until they find a new renter. This can be quick...I live in South Korea and the Jeonse system is a crapshoot. Often times when the renter wants to vacate the landlord can’t return the deposit until they find a new renter. This can be quick sometimes but usually takes a long time. This leaves the current tenant in renting purgatory as they can’t rent a new place since their money is tied up and thus are stuck just waiting.
I utilize a government loan for my deposit. This is good and bad. Good since it’s really low interest rates and I’m protected for landlords defaulting, but bad since most landlords won’t accept these loans since if they can’t pay it back they are now on the hook with the government. Usually apartments owned by the building or a business don’t mind these loans though.
Check out this article on the ‘Villa King’.
https://m.koreaherald.com/amp/view.php?ud=20221219000624A landlord died and left a mired mess of tied up deposits for 100s of tenants.
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Comment on Open-source self-hosted Google photos alternative in ~tech
BlockerBrews Link ParentI’ve been testing Immich and it is pretty great. It’s under massive development so check update notes before updating. That being said you’ll need a “beefy” vps to run it. Think in the ~$15/mo...I’ve been testing Immich and it is pretty great. It’s under massive development so check update notes before updating.
That being said you’ll need a “beefy” vps to run it. Think in the ~$15/mo range to get the correct specs
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Comment on Open-source self-hosted Google photos alternative in ~tech
BlockerBrews Link ParentI’ve been using Nextcloud for years and by extension Nextcloud photos. I’ve always found it rather slow and clunky. It works in a pinch to find a photo but I wouldn’t describe using it as joyousI’ve been using Nextcloud for years and by extension Nextcloud photos. I’ve always found it rather slow and clunky. It works in a pinch to find a photo but I wouldn’t describe using it as joyous
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Comment on How do you journal? in ~talk
BlockerBrews Link ParentAlways fun to see another emacs user out there. I wanted to comment on the part where you said you pull out something from your journal entry to a wiki that’s a little more organized. I found that...Always fun to see another emacs user out there. I wanted to comment on the part where you said you pull out something from your journal entry to a wiki that’s a little more organized. I found that using org-roam I could pull something out of my journal into a wiki then use org-roams linking capabilities to link the node I pulled out of my journal back to the original journal entry.
I find it’s only real value is novelty, but I enjoy when I stumble upon a link to a journal entry in my wiki. Gives me a quick excuse to go revisit a random day in my past.
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Comment on Signal’s president Meredith Whittaker on what’s next for the private messaging app in ~tech
BlockerBrews Link ParentSupport for accounts without needing a phone number.Support for accounts without needing a phone number.
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Comment on The coronavirus killed American exceptionalism in ~health
BlockerBrews LinkI live in South Korea and I can feel the death of American exceptionalism here. Some of my non-American friends have altered their opinions opinions of the US in a less than positive way. I’m...I live in South Korea and I can feel the death of American exceptionalism here. Some of my non-American friends have altered their opinions opinions of the US in a less than positive way. I’m often having to attempt to answer questions such as “Why isn’t America taking this seriously?” “Why is it being called the Chinese virus?” “Why are there fat guys with guns protesting right now?” Essentially it went from the US is a great place to the US being a weird and messed up place.
Also this article really strays from the topic of the death of exceptionalism and moves more into recounting trumps partisan warfare
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
BlockerBrews LinkConcurrently reading 3 books at the moment: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee One of the more 'different' Sci-fi novels that I have read. Has an odd melding of sci-fi, pseudo-magic systems based on...Concurrently reading 3 books at the moment:
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
One of the more 'different' Sci-fi novels that I have read. Has an odd melding of sci-fi, pseudo-magic systems based on math, a futuristic civil-military uprising. The math system is so loosely described that it may as well be magic; math is used to change to local effects of physics...quite odd but interesting.
The New IPA by Scott Janish
I'm a professional brewer by trade and trying to keep current with changes. Scott Janish has a really enlightening book if you're into brewing and the modern hazy IPAs
The 48 Laws to Power by Robert Greene
Heard some controversies with the book and that made me curious to read it.
I use org-roam and sync via self hosted Nextcloud. The setup works fairly well. My main gripes would be org-roam doesn’t have a dedicated app on iOS, but luckily I generally only need todo lists on iOS and for that I use Beorg.
Mind you emacs has a very steep learning curve but the power of org mode for notes is worth it.