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  1. Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech

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    I did look into Starlabs, but like the others, their reviews were littered with horror stories but with the added pressure of being one of the more expensive options. It's a shame because they...

    I did look into Starlabs, but like the others, their reviews were littered with horror stories but with the added pressure of being one of the more expensive options. It's a shame because they were actually near the top of my list. Their machines look great!

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech

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    It's not ideal, but HP doesn't position its products as a political statement. Framework does. I find it particularly hypocritical in a way that HP's political activity isn't since they are not...

    It's not ideal, but HP doesn't position its products as a political statement. Framework does. I find it particularly hypocritical in a way that HP's political activity isn't since they are not positioning their products this way. As I said in the article, I'd prefer to support a smaller Linux-focused system builder, but I can't find one that seems to be reliable, which is ultimately one of my top criteria in choosing a computer. As a result, I'm left with, as with most decisions in life, the choice between compromises, and I chose the one that bothered me the least.

    Is it still confusing?

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech

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    I see. I'll work on it. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

    I see. I'll work on it. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech

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    Makes sense. I'll try to improve that. Thank you!

    Makes sense. I'll try to improve that. Thank you!

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech

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    Author here. Are you talking about the font the content is written in or the header font? The header font is a pixel font, but the content should be in a pretty basic sans-serif font unless...

    Author here. Are you talking about the font the content is written in or the header font? The header font is a pixel font, but the content should be in a pretty basic sans-serif font unless there's something weird going on that I'm not aware of.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech

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    I've reverted it, so if you feel like trying again, you might find it more palatable. Maybe not though. I might have misinterpreted the problem you were having with it. 😅 I have removed the...

    I've reverted it, so if you feel like trying again, you might find it more palatable. Maybe not though. I might have misinterpreted the problem you were having with it. 😅 I have removed the scanlines and the rolling refresh rate mismatch bar, so if that's your issue, it may work for you now.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech

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    Thanks for the feedback. I made this change recently to try to diverge more from web design trends, give the site more character, and to try to evoke technology of the past, but you've validated...

    Thanks for the feedback. I made this change recently to try to diverge more from web design trends, give the site more character, and to try to evoke technology of the past, but you've validated my suspicion that it may not be worth it. I'll roll back.

    7 votes

  9. Comment on What's your favorite RSS reader? in ~comp

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    I also run miniflux and consume it on my phone via Capy Reader which I've been liking quite a bit. I wonder if a similar combo might sate OP's desire for "Android and something linkable with a...

    I also run miniflux and consume it on my phone via Capy Reader which I've been liking quite a bit. I wonder if a similar combo might sate OP's desire for "Android and something linkable with a PC..."

    If they're willing to give self-hosting a shot, it could be a good fit.

    5 votes

  10. Comment on What words do you recommend? in ~talk

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    "Ephemeral" is one of my favorites. It's opposite of permanent. If something will last only a short time, you could describe it as "ephemeral." One characteristic of the word that occurs to me as...

    "Ephemeral" is one of my favorites. It's opposite of permanent. If something will last only a short time, you could describe it as "ephemeral." One characteristic of the word that occurs to me as I write this is that it's only useful if the expectation about the thing being described is that it would not be ephemeral. For example, it wouldn't be useful to describe a meal or a drink as "ephemeral" since they all are.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025: Hidden gems in ~games

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    I might have just skipped the categories if I had known I would only use three of them. Oh well! Maybe it helps someone. I learned from this exercise that, although I try out a lot of games, the...

    I might have just skipped the categories if I had known I would only use three of them. Oh well! Maybe it helps someone.

    I learned from this exercise that, although I try out a lot of games, the ones I put time into tend to be too popular to clear the "hidden gem" bar. I guess that's somewhat natural.

    Anyway, onto the games!

    Buried Treasure

    Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid- $19.99

    This is a great game to play to escape into something simpler and wholesome. You get to play a Japanese kid hanging out unsupervised in a small town. You'll fish, dig for buried treasure, make friends with the locals, join in on town events, and just explore the area. It has a wonderful cadence wherein playing an in-game day makes for an immensely satisfying play session. Gives me warm and fuzzy feelings every time I play it.

    Cult Classic

    Cauldron- $11.99

    It's a bunch of mini-games wrapped in some kind of RPG? I'm not deep enough to really understand the meta-layer very well yet, but the mini-games are great! The games are played actively, but the progression mirrors that of an idle game: you'll buy upgrades that will make your numbers go up faster. The music is surprisingly good to be as minimal as it is.

    Cryptark- $3.74

    Fly your armored suit into alien ships to get cool stuff. It's actiony, but it's more than action. It requires you to be a bit more strategic than a twin-stick shooter, even though the way you actually shoot mirrors that. Often feels tense, in a good way. Nice art too.

    Voxelgram- $3.99

    This is one of my favorite nonogram puzzle games. This one is in 3D, and it feel really cool to chip voxels away until you come out with some sort of 3D shape. This isn't my favorite nonogram game (that one isn't on sale, having just come out), but it's a really good one.

    Gem Graduate

    Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~- $4.99

    An excellent piece of virtual tourism. I learned a ton about Japan, and it felt nice to virtually visit a place. I wish there were more games like this that made you feel like you were in a real place. It's not "immersive" in the way that may imply, but it still captures a feeling of being somewhere else, even without in any way tricking my brain into thinking I am somewhere else.

    Wayfinder- $9.99

    This makes my list despite having 20,000+ reviews because MOST OF THEM ARE WRONG! This is a cool action RPG (but not in the way that Diablo or Dark Souls are action RPGs) that started life as an exploitative free-to-play MMO before ejecting from that business model and becoming a small-scale multiplayer game with everything unlocked through in-game progression. It has a nice art style and tons of game to play through. Really fun to play with a friend or three.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Experience on Mastodon in ~tech

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    The trick for me was to focus on following hashtags rather than accounts. Then, when someone cool posts with one of your hashtags, follow their account. When they repost something cool from...

    The trick for me was to focus on following hashtags rather than accounts. Then, when someone cool posts with one of your hashtags, follow their account. When they repost something cool from someone else, follow that account. This will help you grow a network of cool people you want to hear from. Be the algorithm.

    Bonus tip: install the Street Pass for Mastodon browser extension. Then, as you’re browsing the web, you’ll also be discovering more accounts to follow.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on Anyone on Tildes tried Bazzite or similar Fedora Atomic distros? in ~comp

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    I use Bazzite as a daily driver on my gaming PC after ditching Windows last year. As far as what you're hearing about software installation, both are true: it's annoying and probably also good....

    I use Bazzite as a daily driver on my gaming PC after ditching Windows last year. As far as what you're hearing about software installation, both are true: it's annoying and probably also good. The few times I have had to try Distrobox to install an app, it generally hasn't worked for me. I don't recall what all of those are or why they didn't work. I do know that the text expansion app I use Espanso can't be installed under Bazzite as far as I can tell. There's an issue on the UniversalBlue repo asking them to make it work (Bazzite is based on UniversalBlue, by the way, or that's my understanding of the relationship at least), but it's been open for a while now with no activity. My resources failed me. Oh My ZSH was also difficult to install, and the support is pretty bad in my experience. The support is provided by the developers, who obviously don't want to be doing support.

    That said, it's the only distro I've tried where most everything I wanted to do gaming-related has worked out-of-the-box. I still can't get HDR to work reliably, but I understand that's just the state of HDR under Linux.

    If I had it to do over, I would probably go with a standard mutable distro and just deal with having to reload if I ever got it into a bad state. If you just want to do gaming though and don't have a tendency to color outside the lines, Bazzite could be a good choice.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on What media have you found that teaches something in a fun or unique way? in ~life

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    I'm loving reading the suggestions. Thanks to everyone who has shared! I thought of a couple more. Vim Adventures (game)- A fun game that teaches you Vim keybinds by having you navigate a...

    I'm loving reading the suggestions. Thanks to everyone who has shared!

    I thought of a couple more.

    • Vim Adventures (game)- A fun game that teaches you Vim keybinds by having you navigate a character through the world, solving puzzles using said keybinds
    • Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (book/fanfic)- From Wikipedia: "It adapts the story of Harry Potter to explain complex concepts in cognitive science, philosophy, and the scientific method."
    4 votes

  15. What media have you found that teaches something in a fun or unique way?

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    Apologies if I've chosen the wrong topic for this one. My request is broad, so I'm not sure where it should go. Could have fit into an "education" topic, but that doesn't exist so… 🤷‍♂️ I stumbled...

    Apologies if I've chosen the wrong topic for this one. My request is broad, so I'm not sure where it should go. Could have fit into an "education" topic, but that doesn't exist so… 🤷‍♂️

    I stumbled onto the Manga Guide to Databases, and I'm having a lot of fun reading through it. It's reminded me of other media that is explicitly designed to teach a topic in a fun way. A few examples that stand out:

    I really enjoy this kind of media, and I'd like to find more of it. What other media have you found that fits this description? Topic and medium doesn't matter as long as the delivery is effective. I don't even care if the media seems designed explicitly to teach the topic or if learning is just a pleasant side-effect of engaging with it.

    33 votes

  16. Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk

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    You can’t really “perfect” this, so there’s no sense in trying. Mindfulness around the subject is usually enough to curb the tendency for bigger, better, more. I’d still count that as a win.

    You can’t really “perfect” this, so there’s no sense in trying. Mindfulness around the subject is usually enough to curb the tendency for bigger, better, more. I’d still count that as a win.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk

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    I used to use just whatever. About a year ago, I bought a bunch of Vala Alta linen handkerchiefs. They’re a bit rougher than the old ones but still don’t do anything to my face at all. They just...

    I used to use just whatever. About a year ago, I bought a bunch of Vala Alta linen handkerchiefs. They’re a bit rougher than the old ones but still don’t do anything to my face at all. They just have a bit rougher feel that gets softer as you wash them… and, yes, I put them through the washer. I skip the dryer though. Linen dries so quickly it wouldn’t be necessary, but I understand it also extends the life.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk

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    My original impetus for switching to the handkerchief was environmental. I assumed at the time it would be an inconvenient and inferior alternative in other respects. I was surprised to find I was...

    My original impetus for switching to the handkerchief was environmental. I assumed at the time it would be an inconvenient and inferior alternative in other respects. I was surprised to find I was totally wrong about that.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk

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    I have several, which I guess tells you a lot about me. 😅 Use a handkerchief instead of tissue- This one has been extremely impactful. I used to get all snotty a few times a year, and I would...

    I have several, which I guess tells you a lot about me. 😅

    • Use a handkerchief instead of tissue- This one has been extremely impactful. I used to get all snotty a few times a year, and I would spend a few days blowing my nose hundreds of times. Back in my tissue days besides the obvious disadvantages of having to buy and throw away tons of tissue, I would also completely shred my nose because this is just a rough piece of paper you're grinding into your nose. Doesn't matter what kind of tissue I bought, this would always happen. If I bought the kind with aloe, my nose was shredded and topped with aloe. If the tissue had added moisturizer, my nose was shredded and moisturized. As soon as I switched to handkerchiefs, I no longer had anything to buy or throw away during these bouts, and my nose was just as comfortable as it could be.
    • Eat off schedule- I don't even know what a typical eating schedule is anymore. I guess breakfast before 10am, lunch around noon, and then dinner around 6 or 7? Whatever it is, find your own schedule that is offset by a few hours. If you like to eat at restaurants, this means you'll be there either before or after the crowd, which makes for a more pleasant experience in my book. Also, it means you can go do other errands while everyone else is eating, so those errands can get done more easily as well. It can be a little weird socially, but you can always break from your schedule for a day if you want to grab lunch with a friend on their schedule.
    • Use a bidet- This one is so commonly parroted nowadays, I feel a little silly including it, but I haven't seen it on anyone else's post. This is typical in Europe but still atypical in the US despite growing popularity.
    • Hook up a PC to your TV- I use this for gaming — way better than any console and way more flexible. Most PC games have controller support, but I will still play games with a mouse and keyboard on a lapdesk and have a great time. Beyond gaming, this allows you to ignore your smart TVs garbage surveillance apps (don't even connect the thing to the internet) in favor of a device that will allow you to display almost anything you could want on your TV by using just your web browser, no apps required.
    • Live small- The American Dream™️ is all about living big. Big house, big car, big family… but for the right person, living as small as possible can be very gratifying. I grew up in a family that wanted to live big, so I've experienced both modes. I find that life is much simpler now and I feel more free than I ever did living big.
    • Live car-free- We've been sold cars as a symbol of freedom, but I've never felt more free than after getting rid of mine. I used to commute about 100 miles a day round-trip to my job, and I lived in a place where there was literally nothing you could do without getting in a car. I moved to a place with decent public transit and didn't take my car with me. I had to give up my ability to go directly to anywhere I want on-demand, but I got so much in return. I no longer have to buy a car, maintain a car, drive a car, worry about a car being stolen, worry about wrecking a car, worry about hurting myself or someone else with a car… When I go somewhere, I either ride a bus, which is awesome because I get to be around other people and I get to do whatever I want while in transit, or I walk which is also cool because I have a real connection with my surroundings, unlike the artificial environment and the speed of a car that separates you from the world.
    16 votes

  20. Comment on Should I self-host my blog? in ~tech

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    Actually, that’s very useful to me since I also have no audience and no intention to try to build one! 🤣

    Actually, that’s very useful to me since I also have no audience and no intention to try to build one! 🤣