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  1. Comment on What are your top two strategy games you play competitively? in ~games

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    Not a competitive player myself, but my buddies play Age of Empires 2 (Definitive Edition) all the time. Fantastic game.

    Not a competitive player myself, but my buddies play Age of Empires 2 (Definitive Edition) all the time. Fantastic game.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Thor Bjørklund's ostehøvel, a popular cheese slicer which developed into an important Norwegian export, celebrates 100 this year in ~engineering

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    It's also a thing in Belgium, but less so. I primarily use it because I like to buy my cheese in block (it also reduces waste).

    It's also a thing in Belgium, but less so. I primarily use it because I like to buy my cheese in block (it also reduces waste).

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  3. Comment on 2024 Spotify Wrapped thread in ~music

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    Already mentioned in another comment here, but I too recommend last.fm. I've been using it since 2006, and since then I've tracked over 155K songs. Per year you can see your preferences shift.

    Already mentioned in another comment here, but I too recommend last.fm. I've been using it since 2006, and since then I've tracked over 155K songs. Per year you can see your preferences shift.

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  4. Comment on Has anyone ever used NixOS as daily-drive distro? in ~tech

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    That's actually amazing. Thanks for your extensive comment! What I meant is that I run all of my dependencies inside containers: postgres, elasticsearch, nginx, ngrok,... Then there's other things...

    That's actually amazing. Thanks for your extensive comment! What I meant is that I run all of my dependencies inside containers: postgres, elasticsearch, nginx, ngrok,... Then there's other things like configs, which I just sync to github.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on ‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores in ~enviro

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    Guys, stop with the paper bags. This has been solved before. Where I live (Belgium), you don't get plastic bags anymore in grocery stores (unless you pay for premium ones). Just bring your own...

    Guys, stop with the paper bags. This has been solved before. Where I live (Belgium), you don't get plastic bags anymore in grocery stores (unless you pay for premium ones). Just bring your own container and that's it. People kept raging about this for a year: "But what if I forgot to bring my own bag!?!???!!!". Now everyone's accustomed to it. Going to the store? Ok, bring the bags.

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  6. Comment on ‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores in ~enviro

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    A lot of these "compostable bags" are actually only to be composted by industrial setups, so yeah, some greenwashing magic going on here.

    A lot of these "compostable bags" are actually only to be composted by industrial setups, so yeah, some greenwashing magic going on here.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Where environmentalists went wrong / It’s time for “effective environmentalism" in ~enviro

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    It still baffles me that people think that plastic straw bans are there mainly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That's not what the bans are for, it's mainly because of environmental issues...

    It still baffles me that people think that plastic straw bans are there mainly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That's not what the bans are for, it's mainly because of environmental issues (such as pollution of the oceans, microplastics inside fish, animals getting choked, etc). So yes, this article looks more like the author needed to rant, but instead he should've done more research.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Do you keep a diary? in ~talk

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    I would do it, if Apple were to release the journal app they have on iOS for MacOS. I don't like typing on my phone.

    I would do it, if Apple were to release the journal app they have on iOS for MacOS. I don't like typing on my phone.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on My latest instrument, the fron2, on its first day out in ~music

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    It sounds amazing!

    It sounds amazing!

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Why I’ve tracked every single piece of clothing I’ve worn for three years in ~life.style

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    Just...wear everything until it falls apart. When buying new stuff, try to gauge the gauge the quality of the product, you'll get better at this through the years.

    Just...wear everything until it falls apart. When buying new stuff, try to gauge the gauge the quality of the product, you'll get better at this through the years.

    24 votes

  11. Comment on Show Tildes - Gametje in ~games

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    'Gametje' to me sounds something West-Flemish people would say ;-) And I (East-Flemish) would probably say: 'Gameke'.

    I have been informed by native Dutch speakers on Tildes that it should have been ‘Gamepje’ to be "correct" but I liked the way Gametje sounded better.

    'Gametje' to me sounds something West-Flemish people would say ;-)
    And I (East-Flemish) would probably say: 'Gameke'.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Has anyone ever used NixOS as daily-drive distro? in ~tech

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    Okay, but there's also added mental load? In the form of figuring out why 'package x' doesn't behave like it would on a "normal" distro.

    Okay, but there's also added mental load? In the form of figuring out why 'package x' doesn't behave like it would on a "normal" distro.

  13. Comment on Has anyone ever used NixOS as daily-drive distro? in ~tech

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    I'm a dev, I've done both approaches. Currently I try to setup everything as much out-of-the-box as possible, and the rest I run in Docker. Through the years I've always been shifting OS's as...

    I'm a dev, I've done both approaches. Currently I try to setup everything as much out-of-the-box as possible, and the rest I run in Docker. Through the years I've always been shifting OS's as well:

    5 years Windows: until I get tired of all the bloat, inconsistencies and updates
    5 years Linux: until I get tired of having to spend hours fixing Wayland glitches, or Flatpak issues, or...
    5 years Mac: until I want to play games again :D, and being disgusted by Apple's pricing, walled-garden and handholding approach

  14. Comment on The iPhones 16 in ~tech

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    They did some innovation there for the regular 16. But yes, I'm all for easy replaceable batteries in everything, especially their AirPods.

    Maybe next year they'll innovate a replaceable battery.

    They did some innovation there for the regular 16.
    But yes, I'm all for easy replaceable batteries in everything, especially their AirPods.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    That video about the guy living in that circle for 100 days is the worst. It's like: I'm rich and you're poor, here's 500K so I can insult you, and make that 500K back through youtube. Oh and...

    That video about the guy living in that circle for 100 days is the worst. It's like: I'm rich and you're poor, here's 500K so I can insult you, and make that 500K back through youtube. Oh and also, we're very materialistic, and don't care about the environment so we destroy everything, but we're part of TeamTrees so it's all good /s

    7 votes

  16. Comment on Has anyone ever used NixOS as daily-drive distro? in ~tech

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    That's super nice, but I guess it's more a tinkering thing? I mean, I switch laptop every 5 years, so for me setting up a new computer isn't something I do often. And I'd guess the time spent on...

    That's super nice, but I guess it's more a tinkering thing? I mean, I switch laptop every 5 years, so for me setting up a new computer isn't something I do often. And I'd guess the time spent on figuring out things in NixOS is greater then me just re-installing everything on my new laptop in 1 day. In case of laptop failure, well I do have a full system backup which does incremental backups every week.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on If you could send someone to any historic moment, who and when? in ~talk

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    Send me to the jurassic era.

    Send me to the jurassic era.

  18. Comment on Y2K | Official trailer in ~movies

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    Very good alternatives indeed :-)

    Very good alternatives indeed :-)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Y2K | Official trailer in ~movies

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    What? Around that time, that song was the bomb, I saw it over and over on MTV.

    Tubthumping seems like a weird choice for an American teen party setting

    What? Around that time, that song was the bomb, I saw it over and over on MTV.

    4 votes

  20. Comment on What game do you consider an unconventional masterpiece? in ~games

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    I never played the original actually, but it's interesting to hear how some of the Tribes 2 features were unintentional/organic products of Tribes 1 :-) Yeah, this game was really hardcore, maybe...

    I never played the original actually, but it's interesting to hear how some of the Tribes 2 features were unintentional/organic products of Tribes 1 :-)
    Yeah, this game was really hardcore, maybe that's why it was less popular. Last one I played was Tribes Ascend, which was okay-ish, but the servers were full of cheaters so it became unplayable.
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