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  1. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    I've been listening to a lot of metal mixes by "Metal Guitar Stuff" on YouTube and Spotify (Tore Fagerheim on Spotify). Absolutely fantastic workout and background music. It's not any kind of...

    I've been listening to a lot of metal mixes by "Metal Guitar Stuff" on YouTube and Spotify (Tore Fagerheim on Spotify). Absolutely fantastic workout and background music.

    It's not any kind of extreme metal so I think it appeals to a a lot of people, and there are no vocals which I know that many newer listeners to the genre find difficult to listen to.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_zsAKD9Ns

  2. Comment on What are some your best pieces of advice for planning and executing a successful wedding? in ~life

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    You're right, but taking floral arrangements as an example, you can easily find yourself paying double if the florist knows that it's being done for a wedding. You can simultaneously argue that...

    You're right, but taking floral arrangements as an example, you can easily find yourself paying double if the florist knows that it's being done for a wedding.

    You can simultaneously argue that you'll receive a better product for the extra price, but I'm not sure I fully believe that.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on What are some your best pieces of advice for planning and executing a successful wedding? in ~life

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    Start your planning as early as possible. You'll find that everything suddenly becomes more expensive just because it has "wedding" attached to it, so it helps to be as early as possible in...

    Start your planning as early as possible. You'll find that everything suddenly becomes more expensive just because it has "wedding" attached to it, so it helps to be as early as possible in regards to venues, catering, flower arrangements, etc.

    It's important to remember that it's all about you and your partner, and don't be pressured by family members or friends to do something you don't want to just to appease them.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on What do we want out of ~life.women? in ~life.women

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    My assumption would be that it's just for any topic that specifically relates to women, I don't think it matters whether you're a woman or not as long as there's genuine discussion about whatever....

    My assumption would be that it's just for any topic that specifically relates to women, I don't think it matters whether you're a woman or not as long as there's genuine discussion about whatever.

    I would envision it to be a combination of various subreddits, like /r/twoxchromosomes, /r/femalelivingspace, /r/makeupaddiction, and /r/askwomen all in one. Sort of.

    13 votes

  5. Comment on Hello fellow women in ~life.women

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    Yay, girl corner. I wish you a very happy birthday, @Multi_pass! Now that my husband and I are both 30, we've been discussing having children at some point but the thought scares me. I really...

    Yay, girl corner.

    I wish you a very happy birthday, @Multi_pass!

    So where are you in life? And how are you feeling about it?

    Now that my husband and I are both 30, we've been discussing having children at some point but the thought scares me. I really don't think that I could handle giving birth or even being highly pregnant; not to mention it would impact my career a fair bit, but it makes me feel like a failure in a way?

    Is anyone else in my situation maybe?

    22 votes

  6. Comment on Why has Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU? in ~tech

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    It's likely just halted on the app/play store in the EU instead of any active blocking on the application itself.

    It's likely just halted on the app/play store in the EU instead of any active blocking on the application itself.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on Why has Threads, Meta’s answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU? in ~tech

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    Yikes. I was going to download it to check it out but there is just no reason it needs all of that; that's a hard no from me.

    Yikes. I was going to download it to check it out but there is just no reason it needs all of that; that's a hard no from me.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Red Hat, you're harming the entire Linux ecosystem in ~tech

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    Yep! We were already slowly migrating away from RHEL but with this announcement the entire project got fast-tracked and we're now wholly moving to SUSE.

    which may cause a lot of decision-makers in such companies to migrate to something else

    Yep! We were already slowly migrating away from RHEL but with this announcement the entire project got fast-tracked and we're now wholly moving to SUSE.

    10 votes

  9. Comment on Wagner head says group standing down after claims of deal in ~news

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    How bizarre. I can't even begin to speculate about the details of this deal.

    The announcement comes as the Belarusian government claimed President Alexander Lukashenko had reached a deal with Wagner boss to halt the march of his forces on Moscow.

    How bizarre. I can't even begin to speculate about the details of this deal.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on How a year without Roe shifted American views on abortion in ~health

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    I'm very glad to see that the US as a whole is seemingly leaning more to the pro abortion-side now than it was just last year, but I still find it quite shocking to read about the draconian laws...

    I'm very glad to see that the US as a whole is seemingly leaning more to the pro abortion-side now than it was just last year, but I still find it quite shocking to read about the draconian laws that have been passed in various states on this. I sincerely hope that you guys don't stop fighting this.

    It's almost difficult to properly sympathise with; I just cannot imagine this even being up for discussion in matter of law in my area of the world because of how obvious the right to have an abortion is.

    18 votes

  11. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~comp

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    Agreed! I wish more people explored SUSE, it's fantastic.

    Agreed! I wish more people explored SUSE, it's fantastic.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music

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    Metallica for sure. I've seen them live three times and each time has been better than the previous. They put on such good performances and it'll be a sad day when they stop touring.

    Metallica for sure. I've seen them live three times and each time has been better than the previous. They put on such good performances and it'll be a sad day when they stop touring.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Women of Tildes, do we want or need a designated women's space? in ~tildes

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    You bring up good points and I don't necessarily disagree, I just don't see the downside in creating tildes that cater specifically to each of the sexes, I suppose. A ~girltalk or something would...

    You bring up good points and I don't necessarily disagree, I just don't see the downside in creating tildes that cater specifically to each of the sexes, I suppose.

    A ~girltalk or something would be nice, though. :)

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Firefox refuses to use fonts in ~user/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf in ~comp

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    Just as a sanity check, do you have your desired font and its config under /etc/fonts/conf.d/ and symlinked correctly?

    Just as a sanity check, do you have your desired font and its config under /etc/fonts/conf.d/ and symlinked correctly?

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Women of Tildes, do we want or need a designated women's space? in ~tildes

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    Drawing a direct comparison to Reddit might not be the best, but Reddit definitely had some really nice subreddits for things that are uniquely women's things, and I would absolutely welcome...

    Drawing a direct comparison to Reddit might not be the best, but Reddit definitely had some really nice subreddits for things that are uniquely women's things, and I would absolutely welcome something similar to them here.

    That said, I think it would be good to create a space uniquely for men as well, else I think Tildes may to some degree, fall into a trap of one tiny area being specifically for us women and the rest of the website being for men. While that's obviously not the case, I think it's at least worth considering.

    13 votes

  16. Comment on Women of Tildes, do we want or need a designated women's space? in ~tildes

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    Can I ask why? All I ever saw from that subreddit was vitriol, unless there's some meta-humour that I'm not understanding.

    Can I ask why? All I ever saw from that subreddit was vitriol, unless there's some meta-humour that I'm not understanding.

    27 votes

  17. Comment on Linux gamers? If so, what games? in ~games

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    Glad to hear it! As you've been on Fedora, did you ever look into Nobara by any chance?

    Glad to hear it!

    As you've been on Fedora, did you ever look into Nobara by any chance?

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to classified documents charges in ~news

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    That video was really interesting, thanks for sharing it. I was aware that it was bad but not quite that bad. I'm rather curious as to what the result of this will be, and can't help but feel that...

    That video was really interesting, thanks for sharing it.

    I was aware that it was bad but not quite that bad. I'm rather curious as to what the result of this will be, and can't help but feel that if or when he gets sentenced, there may be quite some uproar in certain red states in the US.

    10 votes

  19. Comment on Hackers can steal cryptographic keys by video-recording power LEDs sixty feet away in ~tech

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    I remember that! It was super fascinating and it blows me away how clever people can be. Here is the research paper for it.

    I remember that! It was super fascinating and it blows me away how clever people can be.

    Here is the research paper for it.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on Linux gamers? If so, what games? in ~games

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    It's superb and has actually made me stop distro-hopping. I like the fact that it isn't a derivative like Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, or such and that there's an actual company behind it that need to make...

    It's superb and has actually made me stop distro-hopping.

    I like the fact that it isn't a derivative like Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, or such and that there's an actual company behind it that need to make sure that their desktop OS actually works properly, which in turns means stability even for a rolling release like Tumbleweed.

    YaST is an incredible piece of software to manage everything, especially finicky things that someone might not be super comfortable with in the CLI. And although I prefer Gnome, SUSE's implementation of KDE is fantastic, but that's personal preference of course.

    There is actually quite a handy "Why?" on their website if that's of any interest, although obviously it's written by SUSE themselves so keep bias in mind. :)

    1 vote