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Comment on What have you spent "too much time" trying to fix or streamline? in ~talk
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Comment on What’s your “I didn’t know I needed that” item? in ~life
MetaMoss Link ParentI'll second Darn Tough, and I've even taken advantage of the warranty - worth noting that they will give you store credit for the pairs you send in instead of a one-to-one replacement.I'll second Darn Tough, and I've even taken advantage of the warranty - worth noting that they will give you store credit for the pairs you send in instead of a one-to-one replacement.
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Comment on Starlink Direct to Cell in ~tech
MetaMoss LinkAnnounced cell network providers so far. The prospect of my cell phone now also being a satellite phone is an exciting one. If I understand this right, I could be anywhere on the North American...GLOBAL PARTNERS
Cellular providers using Direct to Cell have access to reciprocal global access in all partner nations.
T-MOBILE (USA)
OPTUS (AUSTRALIA)
ROGERS (CANADA)
ONE NZ (NEW ZEALAND)
KDDI (JAPAN)
SALT (SWITZERLAND)
ENTEL (CHILE)
ENTEL (PERU)Announced cell network providers so far.
The prospect of my cell phone now also being a satellite phone is an exciting one. If I understand this right, I could be anywhere on the North American continent north of Mexico and still have coverage through the T-Mobile plan I'm on.
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Comment on Don't call it a Substack in ~tech
MetaMoss LinkI'll never disagree with being skeptical of centralized platforms, but my experience as a reader of a few Substack blogs has so far avoided that centralized platform stink. The fact that they...I'll never disagree with being skeptical of centralized platforms, but my experience as a reader of a few Substack blogs has so far avoided that centralized platform stink. The fact that they provide full-text RSS feeds of non-premium posts puts them far and above all the other places desperate to keep you on their site or app.
Anil's argument that the network effects of the Substack platform being overstated does resonate with me, as every Substack blog I've got in my feed reader has been a case of "this person's blog just so happens to be on Substack" and not "I discovered this blog through Substack", however I suspect readers who do use Substack for its own sake would see things differently there.
Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable.
If that was in any way the goals of Substack's leadership, then it's a resounding failure. I don't doubt there's some heinous rhetoric on the platform, but that stuff isn't getting into my RSS feeds. As long as I can keep up with the well-intentioned creators I want unsullied by anything I didn't choose to see, then hate will have no home in my Substack experience, and that's good enough for me.
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Comment on Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status in ~comp
MetaMoss LinkMy only question is why now? I'm assuming the relevant sanctions have been in effect since 2022, so how did these maintainers fly under the radar for this long?My only question is why now? I'm assuming the relevant sanctions have been in effect since 2022, so how did these maintainers fly under the radar for this long?
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Comment on Reddit moderators will now have to submit a request to switch their subreddit from public to private in ~tech
MetaMoss Link ParentIf this was the case posted about on r/RedditAlternatives about a year ago, here's Deimos' take on the matter.If this was the case posted about on r/RedditAlternatives about a year ago, here's Deimos' take on the matter.
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Comment on Steam Deck question: how good is the warranty, really? in ~games
MetaMoss Link ParentTildes ReExtended has you covered there.The other site has a tool called RES, an enhancement suite tool that I did use to tag folks. Is there a similar thing for Tildes?
Tildes ReExtended has you covered there.
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Comment on What websites do you visit for your niche interests? in ~hobbies
MetaMoss LinkKanzenshuu is THE Dragon Ball fansite. Once their long-promised wiki opens completely, my status as a productive member of society will be in real jeopardy.Kanzenshuu is THE Dragon Ball fansite. Once their long-promised wiki opens completely, my status as a productive member of society will be in real jeopardy.
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Comment on New life for an old laptop as a Linux home server in ~tech
MetaMoss LinkCan confirm - I've been running a home server for just over a year now with my old college laptop, a 10-year old massive gaming Acer Aspire, and it's been great. I had started off with Miniflux...Can confirm - I've been running a home server for just over a year now with my old college laptop, a 10-year old massive gaming Acer Aspire, and it's been great. I had started off with Miniflux and Samba on a Raspberry Pi 2 some time earlier, and the upgrade to the laptop was immediately noticeable. The only other major service I've added since is Jellyfin, but once I find some time, I'll be looking for more.
I wonder if there's anything that could make use of that Nvidia card it's got in there...
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Comment on Crunchyroll announces the removal of its comment section across all platforms to 'reduce harmful content' in ~tech
MetaMoss LinkA shame to hear. The only time I went to the comments was when I was watching Gundam ZZ, which has this odd problem of one or two lines being unsubtitled per episode, and generally there was a...A shame to hear. The only time I went to the comments was when I was watching Gundam ZZ, which has this odd problem of one or two lines being unsubtitled per episode, and generally there was a comment filling those in. It'll suck that people who watch from now on won't have that option.
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Comment on What's a life lesson you've applied that has changed your life? in ~life
MetaMoss Link ParentI never had any use for the footage on my first dashcam, and I even joked that its mere presence protected me through sheer cosmic irony. But then within the first two weeks of buying a new car...I never had any use for the footage on my first dashcam, and I even joked that its mere presence protected me through sheer cosmic irony. But then within the first two weeks of buying a new car and installing new dashcams on it, I catch someone stealing my neighbor's trailer. Then a few weeks after that, right after returning from giving my old car to my sister, the back cam catches me getting rear-ended. Since then, it seems that the irony shield has returned.
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Comment on Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Title announcement in ~movies
MetaMoss Link ParentDon't have to imagine: considering every Nick and Nora Charles movie was called Thin Man and almost every Inspector Clouseau film had The Pink Panther in the title, I think I can live with Knives...Don't have to imagine: considering every Nick and Nora Charles movie was called Thin Man and almost every Inspector Clouseau film had The Pink Panther in the title, I think I can live with Knives Out in a subtitle.
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Comment on Kroger’s panopticon: Making criminals of grocery shoppers in ~tech
MetaMoss LinkWhat a coincidence. Just last night, I had my first encounter with these new anti-theft measures at my neighborhood Fred Meyer, the Kroger subsidiary where I'm from. The self checkout refused to...What a coincidence. Just last night, I had my first encounter with these new anti-theft measures at my neighborhood Fred Meyer, the Kroger subsidiary where I'm from. The self checkout refused to complete my transaction until signed off by the overworked attendant, because their cameras decided that my water bottle and prescription meds in the cart were unscanned items. Not that it gave me a chance to even know what the issue was until the attendant came over. So I spent several frustrating minutes punished for my honesty, while I fail to understand how this obtuse system prevents any shoplifting other than an honest customer forgetting something in their cart, because anyone who wants to not pay for their goods can easily walk past the checkouts.
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Comment on Hey, monthly mystery commenters, what's up with the hit-and-runs? in ~tildes
MetaMoss Link ParentMy comment writing process is pretty much the same, though I'm going to attempt to write this one without much re-editing. So hey, you're not alone!My comment writing process is pretty much the same, though I'm going to attempt to write this one without much re-editing. So hey, you're not alone!
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Comment on "Debunking Davos and the global elite": The World Economic Forum and its annual meeting in ~finance
MetaMoss Link ParentHe really has a knack for presenting a compelling narrative about even the most mundane topics. If you enjoyed this, I can easily recommend pretty much anything on his channel from the last three...He really has a knack for presenting a compelling narrative about even the most mundane topics. If you enjoyed this, I can easily recommend pretty much anything on his channel from the last three years or so, but his recent video on the modern history of coup d'états is a real standout in my mind.
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Comment on "Debunking Davos and the global elite": The World Economic Forum and its annual meeting in ~finance
MetaMoss LinkThe World Economic Forum and its annual meeting of the world's financial and political elite in Davos, Switzerland inspires a seemingly unending stream of conspiracy theories, especially from far...The World Economic Forum and its annual meeting of the world's financial and political elite in Davos, Switzerland inspires a seemingly unending stream of conspiracy theories, especially from far right circles.
Ordinary Things attends this year's Davos meeting and offers a history of the WEF, countering the outrageous fearmongering with a sober account of the organization's philosophical failings and ineffectual posturings.
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"Debunking Davos and the global elite": The World Economic Forum and its annual meeting
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Comment on "The One Who Is". Who on Tildes recently called God by this name? in ~humanities
MetaMoss Link ParentI'm gonna split some hairs, but that passage has the name rendered as "I Am" and "I Am Who I Am"/"I Am That I Am" in every English version I could find, and my cursory search on Bible Gateway for...I'm gonna split some hairs, but that passage has the name rendered as "I Am" and "I Am Who I Am"/"I Am That I Am" in every English version I could find, and my cursory search on Bible Gateway for "The One Who Is" netted a lot of "the one who is x", with only the Revelation passage (sometimes) giving a clear "the one who is" as part of some variation of "the one who is and was and is to come".
Though, the Good News Translation does have "The one who is called I AM" for Exodus 3:14.
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Comment on "The One Who Is". Who on Tildes recently called God by this name? in ~humanities
MetaMoss Link ParentDo you happen to know the origin of the phrase for the Jewish world, because I'm pretty sure Christians got it from the book of Revelation, as /u/krellor already pointed out, but that could easily...Do you happen to know the origin of the phrase for the Jewish world, because I'm pretty sure Christians got it from the book of Revelation, as /u/krellor already pointed out, but that could easily be the book's author doing the co-opting.
Right this second I'm in the middle of deliberating with myself on whether I should just use the HandBrake settings I've landed on for transcoding my DVD rip of The World at War so I can throw it on to my Jellyfin server. I've been fiddling with settings for almost a week, even finding a command line tool (https://github.com/alexheretic/ab-av1 with its
crf-searchcommand) that lets you automate the fiddling of settings.My latest test run gave me a file around 45% the size of the raw rip, but I'm used to better size savings. However, The World at War's footage is very grainy film, which is a lot hard harder to compress, so I'm not sure how much better I could reasonably do. Every full transcode of an hour-long episode takes multiple hours to complete, so if I wish to continue fiddling, I'll be waiting a while. At this point, I think I'll just use what I have.