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  1. Comment on Gift ideas for online friends in ~talk

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    Thank you, I appreciate these responses. I actually do play an instrument and somehow didn't think of it. Maybe I'll record a stupid, silly song. I'm not really serious about it and I play only...

    Thank you, I appreciate these responses. I actually do play an instrument and somehow didn't think of it. Maybe I'll record a stupid, silly song. I'm not really serious about it and I play only for myself.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Gift ideas for online friends in ~talk

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    We're quite far from each other, even though I wouldn't mind doing this, I feel maybe it's too early for it. I'm quite uptight about privacy stuff too so I'd hesitate to ask this. On top of that,...

    We're quite far from each other, even though I wouldn't mind doing this, I feel maybe it's too early for it. I'm quite uptight about privacy stuff too so I'd hesitate to ask this. On top of that, I don't want them to expect them anything at all, and I know shipments can be troubling sometimes; I'd like whatever I do to be done exactly on their day. But I completely understand you, I'd love to send them physical things, in the future!

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Gift ideas for online friends in ~talk

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    Btw, if you're a digital artist yourself, please feel free to share your work in my private messages if you'd be up to do something like this!

    Btw, if you're a digital artist yourself, please feel free to share your work in my private messages if you'd be up to do something like this!

    3 votes

  4. Gift ideas for online friends

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    Hello there! A friend of mine has their birthday coming up, me being me, I actually don't care for birthdays much (especially mine) and gifts, in fact, I don't remember the last time I bought...

    Hello there!

    A friend of mine has their birthday coming up, me being me, I actually don't care for birthdays much (especially mine) and gifts, in fact, I don't remember the last time I bought anything for anyone, myself included.

    But lately, I have the desire to change that. I made a friend through a game and we're really close. I'd like to do something for them. Although my choices are limited and I want it to be a surprise, meaning, I don't want to give them hints that I'm doing anything, like asking for their address. This got me thinking of creating this thread here, if that's alright.

    So far, here's what I have in mind:

    • Hiring a digital artist to create an artwork about them
    • Naming a star after them
    • Curating a playlist for them
    • Coding a temporary celebratory website they can visit with cheesy stuff that reminds me of them

    With that said... Have you ever done this type of thing before? What would you do for a friend you've met online, knowing your choices are virtual and limited? Have you ever received gifts from online friends? What were they?

    18 votes

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

  6. Comment on Descenders Next | Reveal trailer in ~games

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    Have you ever played any of the SSX games? I'm surprised there's no mention of them in this thread. I'd be curious how it compares to games like Steep and Descenders. I never pursued this genre so...

    Have you ever played any of the SSX games? I'm surprised there's no mention of them in this thread. I'd be curious how it compares to games like Steep and Descenders. I never pursued this genre so I had no idea these existed. I'll definitely check out those out.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Descenders Next | Reveal trailer in ~games

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    Whoa, this reminds me of SSX.

    Whoa, this reminds me of SSX.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on [SOLVED] Looking for a deleted post in ~tildes

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    Thank you so much, I thought it was just gone because it wasn't on Wayback Machine but I didn't think to try what you shared. I really appreciate it!

    Thank you so much, I thought it was just gone because it wasn't on Wayback Machine but I didn't think to try what you shared. I really appreciate it!

    5 votes

  9. Comment on Learning and studying things without taking notes in ~life

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    I realized a flaw in my writing after I hit post. But I won't mention it, perhaps to see if or how others would! :-)

    I realized a flaw in my writing after I hit post. But I won't mention it, perhaps to see if or how others would! :-)

    3 votes

  10. Learning and studying things without taking notes

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    I'm curious if there's anybody here who's like this. Either doing it without writing things down, or doing it minimally. I don't know why but I find it very difficult to do, and it stops me from...

    I'm curious if there's anybody here who's like this. Either doing it without writing things down, or doing it minimally. I don't know why but I find it very difficult to do, and it stops me from actually learning/studying. I feel like it slows me down, significantly. It also feels like a chore. I feel like part of this may be because I'm in information security? Like, there's a lot of reading and researching going on, then immediate practicing and applying. Even when I have to take tests. I just read and listen or whatever else and that's it. Maybe in other fields, taking notes is a big thing, or maybe it's just me. I also have other interests, but yet still, I simply can't bring myself to write things down. I just prefer to absorb everything, in whatever pace I like, sometimes it's slow, sometimes it's fast. If I ever decide that I'm going to take notes while learning/studying, I'd stare at my notebook/software for a very long time. I'd sit with one chapter/slide for quite awhile. At the same time, I truly admire people who take notes and write stuff. I do wish I was like them sometimes. Is anybody out here the same? Even though I really want to hear from people who are similar, everyone else can join the discussion too. What do you do? How do you do it? What is your preference? Do you think there's a "better" way to do things? Could taking notes be "superior" to the opposite?

    27 votes

  11. Comment on What is your favorite type(s) of cheese? in ~food

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    Yes! I came here to say grilled halloumi. I even like it raw. I love it. Have you ever tried something like this?

    Yes! I came here to say grilled halloumi. I even like it raw. I love it. Have you ever tried something like this?

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Make the Wayback Machine the real internet in ~tech

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    The people behind Archive.org do great work when it comes to preserving the internet, but I feel like we shouldn't (perhaps fully) rely on them alone. The same work they do, we should be doing...

    The people behind Archive.org do great work when it comes to preserving the internet, but I feel like we shouldn't (perhaps fully) rely on them alone. The same work they do, we should be doing ourselves, and it's possible in ways with the power of Wget. ArchiveBox is really easy to set up, it has a nice web UI, and it has several different outputs i.e. PDF, HTML, PNG and even sends your links to Wayback Machine, but the cool thing about it is that you decentralize and archive websites locally. That way if anything ever happened to Archive.org, you have your own offline internet of whatever you chose, which I feel like is an even cooler thing about doing this. The developer behind ArchiveBox talks about all of this in this video. I would like to add that, I don't think everything should be preserved and archived. There's a lot of crap on the internet. This is why choosing is nice, and in a way, it feels important for whoever is interested in archiving to have their own setup. What you choose to archive and what I choose to archive will probably be quite different, so everyone's ArchiveBox would be special and unique.

    6 votes

  14. Comment on How many songs does a band need to have that you like for you to say you really like them? in ~music

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    This is interesting because especially in the times we're living in now, for me personally, watching podcasts and interviews makes me like artists and bands before really listening to their music....

    This is interesting because especially in the times we're living in now, for me personally, watching podcasts and interviews makes me like artists and bands before really listening to their music. I may not be familiar with their stuff a lot but hearing them talk and their stories would potentially make me listen to their albums.

    But then again, there are artists like Buckethead with massive outputs, and I've known Buckethead for decades, I love his music. Yet, to this day I am yet to complete his discography, and I don't necessarily like everything, but I'll always check his stuff out.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on github-less-social: Filter list to make GitHub less like a social media platform in ~comp

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    Before After After Aggressive This is what my homepage looks like. I'm seeing avatars being removed in places like issues. Not sure what else it does.

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    After Aggressive

    This is what my homepage looks like. I'm seeing avatars being removed in places like issues. Not sure what else it does.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Messaging programs: which is better privacy - browser versions or dedicated apps? in ~tech

  17. Comment on What to drink if you don't like alcoholic beverages: help me socialize in ~food

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    I mean... Your choice of drinks is much better than theirs health-wise, so maybe you should give them weird stares. But seriously, what I feel like saying is, why do you or should you match their...

    I don't drink alcohol, and always get weird stares after the third Nestea/Aquarius, plus I get bored from drinking the same thing over and over again.

    I mean... Your choice of drinks is much better than theirs health-wise, so maybe you should give them weird stares. But seriously, what I feel like saying is, why do you or should you match their ways of drinking? Like, people who drink alcohol keep drinking because they want to get/stay drunk and probably get smashed, eventually. Could it be possible that you feel inclined to have a glass/bottle of whatever, because they do that?

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Lunar Codex: Digitised works of 30,000 artists to be archived on moon in ~space

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    This is interesting. Reminds me of the Voyager's golden record. I wish things like this were also released to the public as a torrent or something.

    This is interesting. Reminds me of the Voyager's golden record. I wish things like this were also released to the public as a torrent or something.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Finding Kloos - a game created by the UK Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in ~games

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    Can you source any of this? Thanks!

    Can you source any of this? Thanks!

    1 vote

  20. Comment on ProtonMail complied with 5,957 data requests in 2022 – still secure and private? in ~tech

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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like the answer is yes. The "data requests" are minor (to some extent) i.e. IP address, recovery email if it's enabled, or payment method. All which can be...

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like the answer is yes. The "data requests" are minor (to some extent) i.e. IP address, recovery email if it's enabled, or payment method. All which can be anonymized, right? The way I see it, ProtonMail provides the user many ways to protect themselves. They let you register and use their service not only through VPN but also Tor. It sounds harsh to say but given everything that's laid out, if I got caught... Perhaps it's my fault. I don't know.

    44 votes