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Comment on I am an extremely light sleeper, and need advice in ~life
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Comment on ‘Bread is much easier’: How Japan fell out of love with rice in ~food
Lohrun LinkI’m not a Japanese citizen, but I’ve experienced similar frustration. I will admit, I “fell out of love with rice” because of the cook times (even with a rice cooker). The thing that got me to...I’m not a Japanese citizen, but I’ve experienced similar frustration. I will admit, I “fell out of love with rice” because of the cook times (even with a rice cooker). The thing that got me to start making rice and other things a lot more was a pressure cooker. It takes 15-20 minutes for me to make rice in my 10qt pressure cooker. I’m not going to endorse any particular brand, but I definitely recommend you look into pressure cookers if you would like to speed up cool times of rice and other dishes. (Another example, I can cook a Boston butt in 45 minutes)
It really comes down to having the right tool for the job. If you want a particular dish or types of dishes, odds are there is some sort of kitchen gadget that will help you optimize your cook times.
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Comment on Opinions on shadow drops vs. announcement ahead of time for games? in ~games
Lohrun LinkI personally like something in between. There are two ways I prefer: An announcement with a trailer a few months out from release or game drop same day as announcement. The first option puts the...I personally like something in between. There are two ways I prefer: An announcement with a trailer a few months out from release or game drop same day as announcement. The first option puts the game on my radar and lets me have a little time to get excited for it. The second option is nice because of instant gratification. Nintendo likes to do the 2nd option sometimes, after a Nintendo direct they’ll just drop several games to immediately go play.
I think announcing games several years out is detrimental for the company, the game, and the audience. Honestly, most games that are announced 3-5+ years prior to release flop (imo). Turning on the hype train full steam ahead 3-5+ years before release just means that people either won’t care when it finally does release or it will never live up to the hype.
That being said, I think Nintendo sometimes does it the right way when announcing something years out. A slight hint or a tidbit of info jammed into the end of something else, then they leave it there for a while, and as it gets closer to the actual release then they start releasing more information. The amount of theory crafting I saw since the original hint of a new Breath of the Wild game was crazy. Hinting at a game like that let’s you flex timelines and features since you aren’t over promising anything.
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Comment on Apple WWDC 2023 megathread (link goes to Apple event page) in ~tech
Lohrun Link ParentV1 feels like a dev kit more than anything. It is priced high enough to price out most casual people but priced low enough that a business could justify the cost for a few units. It definitely...V1 feels like a dev kit more than anything. It is priced high enough to price out most casual people but priced low enough that a business could justify the cost for a few units. It definitely feels like they are putting out a new platform and wanting to bring devs into it to populate the space with good/cool software. Or Apple isn’t actually playing 4D business chess. It’s just speculation for now. There is potential for their AR/VR platform to take off if they get some “killer apps/games” for it and are able to bring the price of the hardware way down.
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Comment on Do you think this place will get big on/after July 1st? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentIt seems like the key is to encourage some of the Reddit refugee lurkers such as myself to join the discussion and to not be afraid of posting/commenting like we’ve been conditioned for on Reddit....It seems like the key is to encourage some of the Reddit refugee lurkers such as myself to join the discussion and to not be afraid of posting/commenting like we’ve been conditioned for on Reddit. I know I’m just looking for somewhere active that has quality discussion, nice people, and spaces for my interests. I do think it’s easy to get lost in the crowd once a place gets too big.
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Comment on What types of content do you want to see on Tildes? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentI am one of the new people from Reddit and I’m trying to learn the culture here. It certainly is different (in a good way). I don’t think it is fair for 20k of us to show up out of nowhere and...I am one of the new people from Reddit and I’m trying to learn the culture here. It certainly is different (in a good way). I don’t think it is fair for 20k of us to show up out of nowhere and demand Tildes to be different than it always has been. I also don’t think it is fair to tell the new users, “this is how things have been, this is how they always are going to be. End of discussion.”
In my humble lurker opinion, the established users having discussions (like on this post) with the new users is a great place to start. I’ve seen some good suggestions from both old and new users here that would make this a better place for everyone. Changes affect everybody though and need to be cataloged, discussed further, and voted on.
Tildes could have closed down new user registration like Lemmy is talking about doing but you guys are still bringing in new people. We’re entering your home here because ours is being uprooted. We need to be respectful of here because Tildes is allowing us in but in turn Tildes needs to give the new people some leniency as we are leaving the place we’ve been living online for the last 7-15 years. Us newbies are trying to find our footing, the eviction notice was a bit abrupt for us.
I’m personally not telling anyone to change anything. I’m just putting it out there that we should keep talking through things with the new influx of users and take a breather if we need to.
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Comment on What types of content do you want to see on Tildes? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentYup, on Reddit the comments that got upvoted/rewarded were the snarky and confrontational responses. Either that or an inside joke. The voting here feels less like we are rewarding the person,...Yup, on Reddit the comments that got upvoted/rewarded were the snarky and confrontational responses. Either that or an inside joke.
The voting here feels less like we are rewarding the person, it’s more like.. “you contributed to the conversation and had a well thought out response, doesn’t matter if I agree or disagree with you.” It’s kinda like a pat on the back or a handshake for good work. I dunno, that’s the best way I can put it into words.
Regardless, the most important thing is that people here value meaningful conversations and contributions. People actually feel like they are a part of a community. There arent nonsensical unspoken rules like on Reddit, e.g. you type out a super detailed and thoughtful comment, someone responds to your comment with “🗿”, your thoughtful comment now is at -200 and their response is +2.2k
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Comment on Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps in ~tech
Lohrun Link ParentThis is something I didn’t know about until the posts about the blackout started rolling out. I’ve seen the post transcribers in the comments before but I didn’t realize that visually impaired...Reddit is making the site inaccessible to the vast majority of visually impaired users AND breaking the tools of the Transcribers of Reddit. Without even blinking, apparently. It's like it never even occurred to them that they'd be kicking all the blind off Reddit, and now that they know . . . radio silence.
This is something I didn’t know about until the posts about the blackout started rolling out. I’ve seen the post transcribers in the comments before but I didn’t realize that visually impaired users and transcribers relied so hard on 3rd party apps. It makes sense thinking back on it knowing just how bad the official app and new Reddit is.
Even if they address the API issues and keep 3rd party apps alive, imo it’s not worth staying on Reddit. Clearly their ideology has greatly shifted over the years and has only shifted further within the last few.
I know just me leaving Reddit makes no meaningful difference but if enough users, mods, and bot owners start to leave..they’ll notice. The issue I’ve been seeing pop up in Reddit threads about the API, blackout, and Reddit alternatives is that this common comment keeps popping up: “well..there really aren’t any Reddit alternatives. There is tildes (invite only) and Lemmy (some issues here) but neither of the communities are all that active.” People want to leave and they want an alternative but they don’t see anything as a valid one.
To be fair to Tildes and Lemmy, neither seems to really want to absorb tens of thousands of users. It would greatly disrupt their ecosystem and community. I’ve heard some rumblings on Lemmy about them completely disabling new user registration during June 12th-14th and on July 1st to avoid getting flooded with new user applications.
Anyways sorry for the long post, just a hodge podge of thoughts about all the recent events.
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Comment on Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps in ~tech
Lohrun Link ParentIt’s definitely going to be hard to do so for me. I end up doing a lot of searches and append “site:Reddit.com” to find what I’m looking for. And then I open all of those links in Apollo to read....It’s definitely going to be hard to do so for me. I end up doing a lot of searches and append “site:Reddit.com” to find what I’m looking for. And then I open all of those links in Apollo to read.
I might delete my Reddit app as well in solidarity. Reddit is making the decision for me and everyone else on July 1st anyways. I might as well go ahead and rip the bandaid off.
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Comment on What types of content do you want to see on Tildes? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentIt sounds like some users want that content. My suggestion was to give them a place to do it. It would keep it in once place and would be easily ignorable by people that don’t want to see it....It sounds like some users want that content. My suggestion was to give them a place to do it. It would keep it in once place and would be easily ignorable by people that don’t want to see it. Again, I thought that was one of the touted benefits here..being able to easily ignore any content/topic you don’t want to see.
I personally would probably have it ignored. I have hundreds of subreddits ignored/blocked on Reddit. I also understand that people like different things and want to see different content.
I have absolutely zero interest in hearing about the latest sports, great I can block it and move on with my day. People that wanna talk sports can go on their merry way discussing it in their community.
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Comment on What types of content do you want to see on Tildes? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentIf you have the link to the post, I believe there are a few websites that can show you the deleted comments. Way back machine is also worth a shot, it sometimes is able to back up a thread in its...If you have the link to the post, I believe there are a few websites that can show you the deleted comments. Way back machine is also worth a shot, it sometimes is able to back up a thread in its entirety.
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Comment on What types of content do you want to see on Tildes? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentThere are other forms of images and video that aren’t just memes though. I’ve seen some really cool documentaries, old photos/video, art, etc. I suppose it is easier to say “Text only” so you...There are other forms of images and video that aren’t just memes though. I’ve seen some really cool documentaries, old photos/video, art, etc. I suppose it is easier to say “Text only” so you don’t have to worry quite as much on having people be full time mods for content.
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Comment on What types of content do you want to see on Tildes? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentTime on Reddit has ruined me lol. I read your nice comment, went to go check how many downvotes you had, and how many mean and argumentative responses you got in return just to “buck the system”...Time on Reddit has ruined me lol. I read your nice comment, went to go check how many downvotes you had, and how many mean and argumentative responses you got in return just to “buck the system” or whatever.
But it isn’t like that here..like..at all. People are just nice to each other and are able to actually have conversations.
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Comment on What types of content do you want to see on Tildes? in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentI can get behind “no low effort content.” I will also play devils advocate for a moment. Isn’t one of the benefits touted here how easy it is to ignore a topic? I could see having something like...I can get behind “no low effort content.” I will also play devils advocate for a moment.
Isn’t one of the benefits touted here how easy it is to ignore a topic? I could see having something like ~memes and ~memes.images or something to contain that content to. That would allow people that don’t want to see the content to ignore it and would allow the people that want to engage in it to have a place for it.
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Comment on Tildes post please ignore (no seriously, use the ignore feature!) in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentThat is the benefit of it being open source as well. @cfabbro had also mentioned they are keeping track of bugs and new request features for the repo. Another thing to consider is that with the...That is the benefit of it being open source as well. @cfabbro had also mentioned they are keeping track of bugs and new request features for the repo.
Another thing to consider is that with the new wave of Reddit refugees coming this way, some are bound to be developers such as myself. I’ve seen the stuff just a handful of motivated devs from Reddit can do. I’m hoping once I get some spare time, I’d like to take a look at the code base for Tildes to see if I can lend a hand anywhere.
I am worried that @Deimos is the only admin here as you should always at least have 1 or 2 contingencies. This is his website and that is his prerogative though.
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Comment on Tildes post please ignore (no seriously, use the ignore feature!) in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentIt’s definitely possible to add some niceties like @dcormier suggested while maintaining minimal Javascript. I’ve done web dev professionally and lately I’ve been playing with the power of...It’s definitely possible to add some niceties like @dcormier suggested while maintaining minimal Javascript. I’ve done web dev professionally and lately I’ve been playing with the power of UserScripts on something like ViolentMonkey. It’s really surprising what you can do with a little bit of JS.
P.S. we really should make a mega thread on here for people’s suggestions like that. I think it would be great to get some overall community feedback, consolidate it, and make corresponding GitHub issues. Some of the ideas I’ve heard from other users would be really easy to implement but would go a long way for the user experience
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentIt sounds like a lot of us have the same experience with the..uh.. “community” on Reddit. It has really surprised me to get replies to pretty much all of my comments on here. (And all of the...It sounds like a lot of us have the same experience with the..uh.. “community” on Reddit. It has really surprised me to get replies to pretty much all of my comments on here. (And all of the replies have been thoughtful too!!)
Personally, I’ll have to think about what what could have value here as posts. I do have a decade of Reddit conditioning to work through :P luckily it sounds like there are other ways I can contribute even if it isn’t posts. Lending my time towards the open source repo for Tildes and commenting on existing posts sounds like they can help too.
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Comment on Tildes post please ignore (no seriously, use the ignore feature!) in ~tildes
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentAnother option is to allow the user to set how frequently they would want their push notifications. Make it an opt in system on the app as well. Maybe some people don’t want them at all, maybe...Another option is to allow the user to set how frequently they would want their push notifications. Make it an opt in system on the app as well. Maybe some people don’t want them at all, maybe some people want them a few times a day, maybe some people want the instantly. I can see people using all of those options.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes
Lohrun Link ParentHi, I’m one of the newbies. Are there additional admins and moderators here outside of Deimos? It’s completely understandable that he has his own life that he has to maintain but the concern as a...Hi, I’m one of the newbies. Are there additional admins and moderators here outside of Deimos? It’s completely understandable that he has his own life that he has to maintain but the concern as a new user would be that there isn’t anybody there to take the torch if he fully moves on.
Also, as a full stack dev I’ll have to take a look at the repo to see if there is anything I can contribute or help with.
I am also a light sleeper, a couple things that have helped me are better earplugs and a white noise machine.
After trying dozens of earplugs that hurt my ears, I finally settled on Ohropax wax earplugs. Since they are wax, you roughly shape them to your ear and then they will soften and fill the crevices when you put them in.
As for the white noise machine, I didn’t get one of the electronic ones. I have one that has a physical fan inside and I can adjust the outside casing to adjust the noise it puts out. I highly recommend one of the physical ones over the electronic options.
If you are really desperate, you can buy some acoustic foam to put on your walls to cancel out some of the noise coming from outside your room.