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  1. Comment on Blackberry 10 Revival in ~tech

  2. Comment on Michael Parenti - The Assassination of Julius Caesar - A people’s history of Ancient Rome in ~books

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    Ovid wrote some entertaining filthy stuff Ars Amatoria, most is reproachable but holy crow is it compelling. The Romans were dirty dogs.

    Ovid wrote some entertaining filthy stuff Ars Amatoria, most is reproachable but holy crow is it compelling. The Romans were dirty dogs.

  3. Comment on How have you improved your living spaces? in ~life.home_improvement

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    couple plants, and I got some framed lithographs of rivers from the 1600's i'm proud to have up in choice spots, was a good find. other than that i have a framed picture of mel gibson with his...

    couple plants, and I got some framed lithographs of rivers from the 1600's i'm proud to have up in choice spots, was a good find. other than that i have a framed picture of mel gibson with his signature, and the sword from the movie braveheart in the man cave. I'm not a huge fan of the man but it always leads to interesting conversations. Everyone loves a big sword.

    Kitchen has a few graphics from my parent's tenure as graphic designers, mostly related to the local chef school. Alongside some originals of my own and my girlfriends. Beyond that I have un-earthed a fairly large amount of early to mid century medicine bottles and I have to assume liquor bottles from my lawn. The people who lived here 100yrs ago were a good time.

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  4. Comment on Blackberry 10 Revival in ~tech

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    this is pretty groundbreaking as I understand for BB10 development, https://www.patreon.com/bb10root/posts/autoroot-v4-173081862 i'm in no way advertising the patreon BUT I made a goal this year...

    this is pretty groundbreaking as I understand for BB10 development, https://www.patreon.com/bb10root/posts/autoroot-v4-173081862 i'm in no way advertising the patreon BUT I made a goal this year to develop a native BB10 application, my progress so far has been slow

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  5. Comment on Blackberry 10 Revival in ~tech

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    the chain emails were annoying at the time but whenever I find myself in my archives, and I see one where my classmate sent me a "bloody mary will kill u unless u send this 2 five of ur...

    the chain emails were annoying at the time but whenever I find myself in my archives, and I see one where my classmate sent me a "bloody mary will kill u unless u send this 2 five of ur friends!!!" it's like i'm hit with a wave of nostalgia. makes sense if you're 30+ give or take it's very much stranger in a strange land. Growing up in the country in Canada during the 2000's though, wouldn't give it up for anything.

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  6. Comment on What is your passion? And why? in ~life

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    Blender has sucked me into a vortex of node based editing and making cursed things I really enjoy that. I guess you could call that a passion because I spend the better part of a year ignoring...

    Blender has sucked me into a vortex of node based editing and making cursed things I really enjoy that. I guess you could call that a passion because I spend the better part of a year ignoring everything else in my life in order to fixate on blender. I tried Maxon3D and zBrush but somehow, it's an even worse user experience... somehow.

    Real passion of mine is casually, slowly over years, building working class solidarity among the working poor in my community (myself included).

    Today a co-worker was complaining about how communism is ruining our community with greedy business practices and ruthless profit / rent-seeking. I agreed and explained how communism / socialism / liberals are bad and we need to focus on improving everyday cost of living for regular blue collar types. And yes the WEF is bad and yes I understand why you feel the way you do.

    To be clear, I am not a moron. I understand this is disingenuous for me as a marxist however people have been trained to disengage when any of the bad words come out, but I have found they are genuinely receptive to the ideology when framed in a conservative lens.

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  7. Comment on Mink farming will end in Denmark by August 2029 after the government decided to drop plans to pursue an exemption to an EU-wide ban on the practice in ~enviro

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    I thought this said Milk Farming and I got pissed as a milk-drinker for a sec.

    I thought this said Milk Farming and I got pissed as a milk-drinker for a sec.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Blackberry 10 Revival in ~tech

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    growing up I primarily used a BlackBerry as a journal, because I found that having a keyboard on you just for writing down daily thoughts was more enjoyable than lugging around a notebook. That's...

    growing up I primarily used a BlackBerry as a journal, because I found that having a keyboard on you just for writing down daily thoughts was more enjoyable than lugging around a notebook. That's not to say I didn't also do that as well. Those were simpler times though, I remember getting BBM pins from girls in my highschool and making sure they saw I was listening to really thoughtful deep music like bon iver lol. nowadays I just think there's a lot of potential for grassroots development ever since [bbroot came out with this] (https://bb10.root.sx/blog/autoroot-v4) seriously impressive

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  9. Comment on Blackberry 10 Revival in ~tech

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    i got elinks working on it and i'm trying to post with it but it's been a long time since i've used a text based browser lol! also has there ever been a better software keyboard? holding alt then...

    i got elinks working on it and i'm trying to post with it but it's been a long time since i've used a text based browser lol!

    also has there ever been a better software keyboard? holding alt then getting 3rd options for your physical keys I mean c'mon that is awesome. I don't even have to look at the keyboard, it's just second nature. meanwhile the iphone I own I find has a disgusting typing experience. 2 cents!

  10. Comment on Blackberry 10 Revival in ~tech

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    I installed this on one of my many, many BlackBerries and boy howdy am I impressed at the potential here. We are looking at a future where there is a modern [QNX OS]...

    I installed this on one of my many, many BlackBerries and boy howdy am I impressed at the potential here. We are looking at a future where there is a modern [QNX OS] (https://github.com/sw7ft/QNX-Handhelds) that carries on the lineage of what I think, was an amazing operating system.

    Roast me but honestly I loved BB10 and especially the hub. I have been messing around with BerryCore on a BlackBerry Classic and it is super cool the only worry I have is that I'm exposing myself to bad actors given the ancient software.

    If you guys want to see my BlackBerry collection I can post it but only one is running root w/ shell and of course doom

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Anyone have a pebble? in ~tech

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

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    Meowgenics Fun little rogue like where you breed cats to send into the fray. The art and music is especially delightful. the gameplay, hoooo doggy it is fun if you like strategy and games like...

    Meowgenics

    Fun little rogue like where you breed cats to send into the fray. The art and music is especially delightful. the gameplay, hoooo doggy it is fun if you like strategy and games like darkest dungeon, ff tactics etc.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Just got laid off. Now what? in ~life

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    I always got work from word of mouth so if you made some friends along the way maybe hit them up for a favour. Granted things are different out here in the country. God bless rural Canada been...

    I always got work from word of mouth so if you made some friends along the way maybe hit them up for a favour. Granted things are different out here in the country. God bless rural Canada been keepin me employed blue collar or white for years.

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  15. Comment on Best options for domain registrar and static site hosting in 2026? in ~comp

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    Is it realistic to self host these days? Just wondering because I have a few old dell power edges and they are gathering dust

    Is it realistic to self host these days? Just wondering because I have a few old dell power edges and they are gathering dust

  16. Comment on McDonald’s built a 515-page dossier on me in ~tech

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    It’s trained impotence, I watched it happen to my parents in real time. They went from independent free thinkers who understood MS-DOS to iPad kids. Our relationship to technology is a...

    It’s trained impotence, I watched it happen to my parents in real time. They went from independent free thinkers who understood MS-DOS to iPad kids. Our relationship to technology is a relationship to capital because we no longer have a say in our OS, websites, cars, privacy etc.

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  17. Comment on Anyone have a pebble? in ~tech

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    Time Cube is the best watchface if you’re wise in science. Otherwise my faves are: Minimalist Analog, Tangent, TopoLocal, Calvin and Hobbes, RUNNER // MONITOR, BRUTAL, Tarot (dalpek is such an...

    Time Cube is the best watchface if you’re wise in science.

    Otherwise my faves are: Minimalist Analog, Tangent, TopoLocal, Calvin and Hobbes, RUNNER // MONITOR, BRUTAL, Tarot (dalpek is such an artist holy)

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Anyone have a pebble? in ~tech

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    Oh that’s nice, clearly a pebble wearer of distinction and taste!

    Oh that’s nice, clearly a pebble wearer of distinction and taste!

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Anyone have a pebble? in ~tech

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    For real? I bought two of them maybe I’ll reach out. But yes the exposed glass is a killer. Devastating really!

    For real? I bought two of them maybe I’ll reach out. But yes the exposed glass is a killer. Devastating really!

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Anyone have a pebble? in ~tech

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    I want this but I want it to be cellular so I don’t have to deal with reconnecting / surveillance. Bluetooth these days is just a whole other beast in terms of privacy whereas I feel I could non...

    I want this but I want it to be cellular so I don’t have to deal with reconnecting / surveillance. Bluetooth these days is just a whole other beast in terms of privacy whereas I feel I could non kyc a number and pay for data pretty easily. Just my 2 cents.

    2 votes