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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
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Comment on US President Donald Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up in ~society
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Comment on Friendship | Official trailer in ~movies
NoThanks LinkLooks pretty great - we’ll see if that Tim Robinson thing can hold up for a feature length. I love the show and his work on SNL, but it’s tougher now that there are a solid five years of people...Looks pretty great - we’ll see if that Tim Robinson thing can hold up for a feature length. I love the show and his work on SNL, but it’s tougher now that there are a solid five years of people doing their Tim Robinson impressions ALL THE TIME.
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Comment on Dating & ghosting people in ~life
NoThanks LinkMet my current partner of years on the apps - so I’ve had an overall good experience with it. It’s true, especially early on, people are prone to ghosting. If you’re just casual dating and both...Met my current partner of years on the apps - so I’ve had an overall good experience with it.
It’s true, especially early on, people are prone to ghosting. If you’re just casual dating and both seeing other people then in that situation, ghost away I guess and you’ll see them at a bar later and be weird about it then maybe have sex again and then whoever got ghosted the first time will do ghosting revenge and this pretty much is what college is for a lot of people. Some people never grow out of it.
I’ve had “the conversation” and I’ve also just tried to disappear and I can’t say that either goes particularly well - but it’s definitely worst to string someone along or let your uncertainty be their problem, just going silent is better than being ambivalent and prolonging the inevitable, but just telling someone you’re done… if your toe is rotting it’s going to hurt to cut it off but if you wait and be weird about it you’re gonna lose your foot. Best outcome is just confronting it.
Unfortunately most people don’t learn how to navigate that stuff while they’re dating. When they figure it out, they come out of the dating pool pretty quick.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
NoThanks LinkBeen waiting for the Cyberpunk 2077 official Mac release before giving that game a real play, so killing time with UFO 50 which was slow to grow on me but once it got me it really got me. It’s...Been waiting for the Cyberpunk 2077 official Mac release before giving that game a real play, so killing time with UFO 50 which was slow to grow on me but once it got me it really got me.
It’s middle-age gamer bait for sure. A series of 50 game cartridges for a fictitious console with a lore and backstory for the game studio that developed the games throughout the 80s.
The games tend to represent the best and worst of the era. Weird control schemes, extremely basic 8-bit graphics, sometimes punishingly difficult to start. Typical routine with each of the games is I hate it for about 20 minutes, maybe try to start and go to a different game a few times, then eventually I “get” the gameplay loop and play obsessively until I beat the game. Just finished Golfaria which is like Zelda if Link was a golf ball.
I normally play very long games that take over your life, heavy on Elden Ring and also play a lot of the Yakuza series when they come out. This is a refreshing “play for 20 minutes or a couple hours” kind of game, change of pace for me and nice to not need to put in 80 hours of grinding levels to get through the smaller games.
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Comment on What are some traditional internet forums that you still use? in ~tech
NoThanks Link ParentShroomery has got to be one of the longest running continuously active forums on the Internet, as does the DMT Nexus. When I was trying to be a little stricter about my personal Reddit ban (for...Shroomery has got to be one of the longest running continuously active forums on the Internet, as does the DMT Nexus.
When I was trying to be a little stricter about my personal Reddit ban (for now, Reddit still contains more readily available hyperspecific information about a wider array of subjects than anywhere else on the Internet) I was delighted to see those forums still active.
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Comment on Establishment of the White House Faith Office in ~society
NoThanks Link ParentAlso last thing, there are “churches” and then there is “The Church,” which in Rome would be the Catholic Church and based on influence and cash in America would probably be along the lines of...Also last thing, there are “churches” and then there is “The Church,” which in Rome would be the Catholic Church and based on influence and cash in America would probably be along the lines of evangelicals, Baptist fundamentalists, Catholics and other socially conservative wings of Christianity. The churches people attend and The Church the political power and movement are related but different things.
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Comment on Establishment of the White House Faith Office in ~society
NoThanks (edited )Link ParentWe’ll see. Complete disregard for constitutional law and an absolute refusal by any authority to enforce it, with a country pretty evenly split along very disparate ideological lines, to me — and...We’ll see. Complete disregard for constitutional law and an absolute refusal by any authority to enforce it, with a country pretty evenly split along very disparate ideological lines, to me — and again maybe I’m being extreme and irrational it wouldn’t be the first time — these are the kinds of things that have caused civil wars to break out. There’s not an opposing party until things get bad enough for the lines to be drawn. USA has been immune for a while but what’s happening now is unique and will set precedents for what the country is going to be going forward.
I’m not trying to argue or anything - I may be speaking loosely. This just feels like one of many slippery slopes, and I’m following those slopes to a conclusion that may be a little more extreme than the reality of the situation. My initial comment was more for the joke about the wealth of history of a unified church and state and how it relates to America existing, I’m not stating that this EO literally and actually signifies that the church and state are officially conjoined as one two headed beast now. I do think that’s what they want to do, I just don’t know how successful they’ll be.
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Comment on Establishment of the White House Faith Office in ~society
NoThanks Link ParentI hope you’re right - but first we have to see how our current president responds when judicial tells him what he’s doing is illegal. If judicial doesn’t stop anything, war is almost inevitable in...I hope you’re right - but first we have to see how our current president responds when judicial tells him what he’s doing is illegal. If judicial doesn’t stop anything, war is almost inevitable in my humble, paranoid, doom spiraling opinion.
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Comment on Establishment of the White House Faith Office in ~society
NoThanks Link ParentAs with most things in the past few weeks, there’s an immediate order, a subtext, a constitutional conflict, and an end goal that are very transparent. What is explicitly stated is not that...As with most things in the past few weeks, there’s an immediate order, a subtext, a constitutional conflict, and an end goal that are very transparent. What is explicitly stated is not that America is a Christian nation, but it is understood and has many implications. There will be no “constitution” as we know it by the time four years are up.
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Comment on Establishment of the White House Faith Office in ~society
NoThanks LinkYeah seems to conjoin the church and state. Don’t think I’ve ever heard of trying to combine them what an interesting and novel approach to society.Yeah seems to conjoin the church and state. Don’t think I’ve ever heard of trying to combine them what an interesting and novel approach to society.
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Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech
NoThanks Link ParentI’ll give it a look on the desktop when I have a chance but it was lack of iOS client that kept me from using it last time I tried. Looks like that’s still the case… I’m on Outlook on phone and...I’ll give it a look on the desktop when I have a chance but it was lack of iOS client that kept me from using it last time I tried. Looks like that’s still the case… I’m on Outlook on phone and desktop now, been a while though so maybe it’s time for a switch.
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Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech
NoThanks Link ParentIt feels like a lifetime ago but honestly in the grand scheme was pretty recent… I was a major user of Thunderbird for email and RSS, and also used Google Reader for a while. Feels like all we are...It feels like a lifetime ago but honestly in the grand scheme was pretty recent… I was a major user of Thunderbird for email and RSS, and also used Google Reader for a while. Feels like all we are doing is attempting to force a 10 year Internet reset, the Internet was just better and less damaging to my mental health back then.
Explored a lot of options, everyone will have a different preference for client… but I found ease of use and options best for me with a combination of both Reeder Classic and the new Reeder app depending on my mood. Some are better than others at getting around paywalls.
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Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech
NoThanks Link ParentHope it works out for you - usually I’m the same with my note taking habits. I’d tried everything when it occurred to me to try to get organized, from Obsidian to Logseq to VS Code extensions… but...Hope it works out for you - usually I’m the same with my note taking habits. I’d tried everything when it occurred to me to try to get organized, from Obsidian to Logseq to VS Code extensions… but once it stopped being a project for me to set up the software I didn’t use it and would just open a text document for quick notes as needed.
I did a docker install and have it running on a raspberry pi and access via Tailscale. Have it on my phone and computers as a web app and sometimes also just a browser tab…
It being so easy to just have a blank page to write half thoughts into got it over the hump of not giving me more friction than my text editor or Apple Notes, and from there started linking things as needed because double brackets are easy and why not… like I was doing some YouTube guitar lessons and made a page with all the videos in the series on one page and took notes under each. Started using the daily note feature to journal or just scratchpad. Then dug into the templating / scripting a tiny bit to make those journal entries available on the index page. Then I started a side gig and it became integral to how I keep track of information for that.
It grew from a text prompt exactly when and how I needed it to and now it’s integral for daily personal and professional stuff.
Not that anybody asked for an essay about it — it’s just a rare piece of software that actually improved my life so I get excited. I can use 1000 apps that sell themselves as personal wikis and never actually use them, but give me a an empty text file with easy linking and eventually I’ll have a personal wiki.
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Comment on What books do you recommend for someone looking for positive vibes or casual amusement or escape in ~books
NoThanks LinkJack Handey - The Stench of Honolulu I believe the goodreads score is too low. Jack Handey to me is unbeatable for a light hearted, short, funny read.Jack Handey - The Stench of Honolulu
I believe the goodreads score is too low. Jack Handey to me is unbeatable for a light hearted, short, funny read.
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Comment on Ask Tildes: Job security - does it exist, how to deal with lack of, how to process being fired / unemployment in ~life
NoThanks LinkI don’t believe that job security ever truly exists even if you are self-employed. You might keep the “job,” but money is never a guarantee. Lots of better advice here, I’ve followed a pretty...I don’t believe that job security ever truly exists even if you are self-employed. You might keep the “job,” but money is never a guarantee.
Lots of better advice here, I’ve followed a pretty insecure path and have been paying for it the past two years as at least regionally my industry has taken a massive beating. I now have two freelance gigs and a lot of bills. In a position of trying to find out what careers are available and will remain through this administration in the US. It’s tough when you’re 40.
The most successful people I know have never made any assumptions of job security and have regularly switched jobs until they landed somewhere that paid well, then they worked but also kept applying and networking until they found something EVEN better. Or they work in medicine or law.
As long as you have an employer, you have someone that wishes you cost less and even if they like you there’s a point where business is business and they have to do what makes sense for the bottom line. Das capitalism bb.
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Comment on Single most useful program you daily use? in ~tech
NoThanks LinkSilverbullet.md - For note taking and organization, its simple and unobtrusive interface made it more useful for me than Obsidian or Logseq or other standards Reeder - RSS / YouTube / Bluesky /...Silverbullet.md - For note taking and organization, its simple and unobtrusive interface made it more useful for me than Obsidian or Logseq or other standards
Reeder - RSS / YouTube / Bluesky / Mastodon in a chronological order with reader view, invaluable for avoiding doom scrolling
Qobuz - In my endless pursuit of making my life harder by ditching mainstream apps for competitors… Qobuz pays artists best as far as streaming apps go and the audio quality is there
Not daily but frequents - all the apps that my library card allows… Musk’s incel gestapo probably has libraries on their list so who knows how much longer we will have these (they get federal funding I’m sure they’re already having issues): Libby for books, Kanopy for movies, Freegal for music streaming and 3 downloads per week, also access to JSTOR and other academic and scientific research related things.
Common Side Effects on Adult Swim continues to impress me more and more every week. Favorite show on TV right now.