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  1. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I got it in my mind to try getting all the platinum trophies for the Project Diva games, so I've been alternating between f, F, X, and Future Tone. I absolutely love all of them -- it's refreshing...

    I got it in my mind to try getting all the platinum trophies for the Project Diva games, so I've been alternating between f, F, X, and Future Tone. I absolutely love all of them -- it's refreshing to play rhythm games that aren't just notes crossing a line on a bland static background, and they feel full of personality. Not really a fan of the progression in X though (to platinum it, you have to beat each song at least nine times, which is... excessive).

    3 votes

  2. Comment on What's your cloud/syncing setup for files, pics, mail, bookmarks, etc? in ~tech

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    It's not FOSS, but I've been pretty happy with Resilio Sync Home Pro. When I looked at file syncing software last (a few years ago), Syncthing was just not working well for me, although I can't...

    It's not FOSS, but I've been pretty happy with Resilio Sync Home Pro. When I looked at file syncing software last (a few years ago), Syncthing was just not working well for me, although I can't remember the specific reason why -- I think it had something to do with Windows and Android support being weak at that time.

    I keep a NAS set up as a master copy of all my shares and then use selective sync as appropriate on clients.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on When do you use a VPN? in ~tech

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    The original reason I subscribed to a VPN service was because of something dumb my university did. They had two Wi-Fi networks -- one for students/faculty and another for guests. The...

    The original reason I subscribed to a VPN service was because of something dumb my university did. They had two Wi-Fi networks -- one for students/faculty and another for guests. The student/faculty network could connect to internal services, the guest one couldn't. Due to an account screw-up I didn't notice until years later, I couldn't actually log on to the student/faculty network, but the guest network worked just fine. I still needed to use the internal services though. The dumb part is that you could connect to their internal services just fine over the public Internet. So, in order to turn homework in, I connected to the guest network with a VPN.

    Since I graduated, I use it for a bit of feel-good security when I'm on a public hotspot and so that I can access certain geoblocked content.

  5. Comment on Opera Reborn 3: No modern browser is perfect, but this may be as close as it gets in ~tech

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    I'm a big fan of Vivaldi, although since it's halfway-closed source it might not be the best browser perceived security-wise. It has a lot of features out-of-the-box that I find a bit too valuable...

    I'm a big fan of Vivaldi, although since it's halfway-closed source it might not be the best browser perceived security-wise. It has a lot of features out-of-the-box that I find a bit too valuable (side tabs, page capturing, lots of behavior customization) and it still feels like a slightly-older browser in some respects (I like having a status bar...).

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What is your top 1 song? in ~music

  8. Comment on People of Tildes, what apps and programs do you use regularly on your PC? in ~tech

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    OS: Windows 10 Pro. Window manager addon thing: DisplayFusion. Gives me an easy way to pretend I'm using a tiled WM, plus has some really slick wallpaper management functionality. Web browser:...

    OS: Windows 10 Pro.

    Window manager addon thing: DisplayFusion. Gives me an easy way to pretend I'm using a tiled WM, plus has some really slick wallpaper management functionality.

    Web browser: Vivaldi. It's not perfect, but it's the only browser that doesn't seem keen on simplifying the UI down to nothing.

    Messages: Telegram, Discord. Don't love either at this point though -- they both feel like they're trying to do too much more than just messaging.

    Text editor: Notepad++. I don't like how heavy VS Code or Atom feel, but I'm also too lazy to learn vim or emacs.

    File sync: Resilio Sync. Set it up years ago, been working perfectly since. Lets me keep everything on my NAS until I need it.

    Gaming: Steam, Battle.net. Most of the games I end up playing are on one of those two platforms. I've also got Origin and Uplay accounts, but I pretty much never play EA or Ubisoft games, so they go unused most of the time.

    Music: dBpoweramp (to rip CDs), foobar2000 (to edit individual tags and rename files), MP3tag (to batch edit tags), MediaMonkey (to organize and sync to my DAP).

    Notes: OneNote. Sensible interface, stylus support, good device support. Was using Evernote until they added the device limit on the free tier when it felt like it hadn't been improved in years.

    Most other stuff (email, podcasts, etc) I do either in a browser or exclusively on my phone.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on The best album ever in ~music

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    The one album I've come back to most since I first listened to it is They Might Be Giants' Join Us. I'm not even sure I can explain it well -- each and every song continues feeling just incredible...

    The one album I've come back to most since I first listened to it is They Might Be Giants' Join Us. I'm not even sure I can explain it well -- each and every song continues feeling just incredible to me.

  10. Comment on The best album ever in ~music

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    That's "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Buy Me a Condo" from In 3-D, for those curious.

    That's "Weird Al" Yankovic's "Buy Me a Condo" from In 3-D, for those curious.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on What's your most comforting tracks? Mine would be Queen of the Meadow by Elysian Fields. in ~music

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    Black by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi. Especially with Norah Jones's vocals, it just puts me in a great state of mind.

    Black by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi. Especially with Norah Jones's vocals, it just puts me in a great state of mind.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on How do you keep track of your physical media? in ~movies

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    I use Libib, and it's worked great for me so far.

    I use Libib, and it's worked great for me so far.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on The racists on Gab are sharing obscene advice for cooking pasta (and other goodies) in ~food

  14. Comment on Gym class is so bad, kids are skipping school to avoid it in ~life

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    I enjoyed my PE classes for the most part, although I think my experience is somewhat atypical. In my elementary school, there was a general sense that winning or losing didn't really matter, so...

    I enjoyed my PE classes for the most part, although I think my experience is somewhat atypical. In my elementary school, there was a general sense that winning or losing didn't really matter, so no one made a fuss if someone played poorly. In high school, my classes were told something like "as long as you show up on time and do something vaguely active for an hour, you pass", which was great. It provided just enough incentive to exercise while not being so overbearing as to turn me off exercise for life.

    2 votes