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

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    Been listening to quite a bit of CityPops. Eventhough I'm not living in Japan, it somehow reminds me of a simpler time. Here's some of the basics: Plastic Love - Mariya Takeuchi Mayonaka no Door -...

    Been listening to quite a bit of CityPops. Eventhough I'm not living in Japan, it somehow reminds me of a simpler time.

    Here's some of the basics:

    Here's also some fun remixes.

  2. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I bought it after reading your post, it is quite nice. Since the next season of TildesCraft hasn't started yet, it fills the void in me for now. The concept definitely works, mixing terraria and...

    I bought it after reading your post, it is quite nice. Since the next season of TildesCraft hasn't started yet, it fills the void in me for now.

    The concept definitely works, mixing terraria and rimworld is great, I do feel the action to be a little bit stiff though, movement is a bit slow compared to terraria. I am still in the early game, hopefully it get's more exciting the more I play. The game also just came out of early access and it got a really good foundation concept-wise., hopefully it will be developed well.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on How can I combine several ranked lists into one mega list? in ~comp

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    Could you clarify in what form/format the lists you got is in? I'm in the bandcamp where all good list should be in a spreadsheet format (librecalc or google sheets). For converting them into...

    Could you clarify in what form/format the lists you got is in?

    I'm in the bandcamp where all good list should be in a spreadsheet format (librecalc or google sheets).
    For converting them into spreadsheets, there are some tools available depending on the original list format, but some work is of course still required.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on What's your video game comfort food? in ~games

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    I have never played 3 and 4. I started with 2. The first one feels a little unrefined, but it is still a good amount of fun. Pre-Sequel is good, it's just more borderlands 2 with low gravity,...

    I have never played 3 and 4. I started with 2. The first one feels a little unrefined, but it is still a good amount of fun.
    Pre-Sequel is good, it's just more borderlands 2 with low gravity, lasers, and you can play as ClapTrap. The endgame is lacking though.

    It's also very rare to find a match on Pre-Sequel, Borderlands 2 still have some people playing it, and sometimes when I'm lucky, I get matched with someone that can communicate pleasantly and doesn't cheat.

  5. Comment on What's your video game comfort food? in ~games

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    Borderlands 2, I dont even like FPSs much. But I know the game well, the gunplay and the movements felt very natural and satisfying to me. Haven't played the game in sometime, but I always come...

    Borderlands 2, I dont even like FPSs much. But I know the game well, the gunplay and the movements felt very natural and satisfying to me.

    Haven't played the game in sometime, but I always come back to it.

    4 votes

  6. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I think playing it on a portable device is definitely the way to go, these kind of puzzles are better done on the go. If you, decided to get back to it, I used this spoiler-free, mostly hints...

    I think playing it on a portable device is definitely the way to go, these kind of puzzles are better done on the go.

    If you, decided to get back to it, I used this spoiler-free, mostly hints guide, I'm not smart enough to solve some of the late game puzzles by myself. This helps a lot.

  7. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I just finished TUNIC. It plays like Zelda, but with a boatload of mystery. We are dropped into the world with no instructions whatsoever, and we can't even read the language. We can gather the...

    I just finished TUNIC.
    It plays like Zelda, but with a boatload of mystery.

    • We are dropped into the world with no instructions whatsoever, and we can't even read the language.
    • We can gather the pieces of the game's digital manual which is also in an unknown language, but from the images, we need to guess the things that we can/should do.
    • It feels like "Outer Wilds" but with some item based progression.
    • The boss battles are quite good and satisfying.
    • When you solved some of the mysteries, it also feels quite satisfying
    • The late/post game puzzles are quite convoluted, .
    • I dont think this is a game for everyone, but if you like "Outer Wilds", or some unique and deep puzzles, I suggest to check it out.
    • If you think you like it, don't spoil yourself and just play it.
    • I think the last reward is really cool.
    • I read somewhere that the creator used to play old console games using a manual where they don't understand the language, and this game tried to invoke that feeling.
    5 votes

  8. Comment on Forgot Chrome's unusable, any recommendations? in ~tech

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    I apologize for the long post, but Here's my take on browsers: This grinds me gears a bit, but when I was looking for browsers, I seen a lot of people (not here) saying that a browser privacy...

    I apologize for the long post, but Here's my take on browsers:

    • This grinds me gears a bit, but when I was looking for browsers, I seen a lot of people (not here) saying that a browser privacy features are "not good enough" because they don't disable some settings by default. I don't think this matters, if they care about privacy, no matter what browser they're using, they have to go to the settings and change stuff before using it.
    • Brave is blocking ads and presenting their own and they do gimmicks like crypto rewards, that doesn't sit well with me.(Yes, I know you can disable it, but still.)
    • what I want is just a plain ol' browser, not an AI assistant, not browsers with crypto wallet embedded in it, etc.
    • Ublock origin is a must have, lite version won't cut it, I use the picker and zapper a lot.
    • Last time I tried it, Arc requires signing in just to use it, that is an immediate uninstall.

    What I use:

    • on PC I just use firefox, being able to sync my tabs and continue browsing on my other devices is quite nice.
    • on Android, I mainly use WaterFox, I set it to always private browsing and always forget everything everytime I quit.
    • I also have firefox on android for stuff where I logged in, like Tildes.
    • I have chrome installed on all my devices in case something is not working on firefox, then I can test it on chrome.
    • on PC. Firefox with "auto tab discard", "side view", "simple tab groups", and "tamper monkey"works really nicely.

    N.B:

    • Fennec and Mull on f-droid are quite nice(haven't been using it recently). I chose waterfox mainly because it is on playstore so it auto updates (I don't auto update apps installed from f-droid, and I want to avoid installing an app just to clone firefox)
    • I tried other fancy firefox forks, most of their features can be emulated on firefox using add-ons.
    • "side view" addon is great for when you're using a laptop with a single screen.

    TLDR: Unless you're into some deep customizations, FireFox is good.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on Tildes Minecraft: What do you want to see in the next season? in ~games

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    When you're building in my nether region, please don't chop down the tower I erected there. You may also need to trim some of the bushes.

    When you're building in my nether region, please don't chop down the tower I erected there. You may also need to trim some of the bushes.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Tildes Minecraft: What do you want to see in the next season? in ~games

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    Excited for next season! Haven't touched Minecraft since I got a bit busy a few months back, and I've been wanting to play some. The plugins used on the last server were already great. Regarding...

    Excited for next season! Haven't touched Minecraft since I got a bit busy a few months back, and I've been wanting to play some.

    The plugins used on the last server were already great.

    Regarding Incendium: Personally, I think the nether roof is too useful to give up on. But I'm completely ok if Incendium is decided to be added.

    For wishlists, I propose adding the "custom nether portals" and "painting picker" from vanilla tweaks.

    The custom nether portals just allow us to build nether portals in other shapes, I think it won't change much of the gameplay at all, just offering more freedom.

    The painting picker allows us to pick a painting using a stonecutter, I just think it is a convenient addition.

    I wasn't around when the server closes, I can't remember if I said it before, but thank you @teaearlgreycold for hosting.
    Sorry for not finishing my build in the mall @GravySleeve, it still haunts me to this day. And great work on the stats dashboard @creesch, considering how late I joined the server last time, my playtime is higher than I expected.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    Yoo, thank you! Sorry I haven't been able to play in a while, IRL caught up with me (may or may not be because @creesch keeps telling me to waste time sleeping). Haven't been keeping up with...

    Yoo, thank you! Sorry I haven't been able to play in a while, IRL caught up with me (may or may not be because @creesch keeps telling me to waste time sleeping). Haven't been keeping up with Tildes either. Hopefully I can play a bit this week.

    I actually have tamed 3 of them, someone murdered 2 of them. i stashed the other one near my gazebo. The plan is to put them in the forest and the village, so more is definitely better. Please don't go out of your way to pacify them though, it is very time consuming. I'll just do that slowly when I'm afk.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    That does sound fun!, and I haven't built anything in town yet. I'll definitely get decorating when I came up with an idea.

    That does sound fun!, and I haven't built anything in town yet. I'll definitely get decorating when I came up with an idea.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    Thanks!, it's always nice to have a visitor. Also check it out at night, I spent days subtly lighting up the forest around it. The shader is Complementary Reimagined, with bloom turned off and the...

    Thanks!, it's always nice to have a visitor. Also check it out at night, I spent days subtly lighting up the forest around it.

    The shader is Complementary Reimagined, with bloom turned off and the stay true resource pack

    4 votes

  14. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly in ~games

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    1st log after around 2 weeks on the server. Everyone's been very warm and welcoming, thanks. Built a small shack as a base of operations way south of town, next one is a Suikoden-2-inspired Inn in...

    1st log after around 2 weeks on the server. Everyone's been very warm and welcoming, thanks.

    Built a small shack as a base of operations way south of town, next one is a Suikoden-2-inspired Inn in the forest nearby, it is about 80% done, still need to put in the interiors, decorate the pathway, and rearrange some trees. Progress has been rather slow because I got distracted importing a camel to town and spent an embarassing amount of time looking for lilies to put in front of the inn.

    Plans for the future are to use some of the newer building blocks, and maybe put a small estate on the outskirts of the forest.

    Sidenote: Apperently Glow Lichens leave a small footprint can be put inside water, and it gives off just the perfect amount of light. They are my favourite thing on minecraft now, and I'm mob-proofing the forest with them (mostly).

    8 votes

  16. Comment on YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers in ~tech

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    Exactly, thats why I said most, because it may not include you. Youtube Premium costs around 2-4 dollars on some countries, where minimum wage is around 250-400 dollars per month, it's just not...

    Exactly, thats why I said most, because it may not include you.

    Youtube Premium costs around 2-4 dollars on some countries, where minimum wage is around 250-400 dollars per month, it's just not viable for a lot of people.

    A lot of people from third world countries also will not even get minimum wage, I know for a fact that most contract fresh-grad workers are paid around 70%-80% of minimum wage, and if you're working for a startup company, sometimes you will be paying for your own health care.

    Compare Youtube users by country to their minimum wage.
    And here's Adblock users by country and Youtube premium cost by country for reference.

    On the other side, peoples from wealthy countries can easily afford it, but with increasing costs of subscription services, I doubt a lot of them (may not include you) will add youtube premium to their list.

    The question is whether people buying Youtube premium because of the anti-adblock or because they do want to have the subscription anyway, and I think that remains to be studied.

    And yes, Ad-Block should still be used even if you pay for every big site to not display ads. That is just good internet safety practice.

    That's just my opinion though.

    Disclaimer: The statistics and articles linked may not be 100% accurate or up to date, but it will still give you some reference to start with.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on YouTube is now rolling out disabling videos after detecting adblockers in ~tech

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    From what I think is youtube just cares for their premium subscribtion sales, and not the actual advertisers and content creators. Most people that use adblock will not click on ads, will not buy...

    From what I think is youtube just cares for their premium subscribtion sales, and not the actual advertisers and content creators.

    Most people that use adblock will not click on ads, will not buy from ads, and will not buy a premium subscribtion anyway. I'm sure youtube already understand this, yet they are pushing anti-adblock stands on viewers, and the only good thing for them to come out from this stand is the YT Premium subscribtions will probably increase a bit.

    If somehow youtube gets its way and sucessfuly disables all adblock on their site, Click-Through-Rate (CTR) will fall quite a bit and advertising costs will increase for the advertisers as they will need to show their ads to more people for the same CTR.

    As the result of advertising on youtube ads becoming more expensive.

    • Advertisers are going to increase the prices of their products
      or
    • They will put out less ads on youtube because they think it's not very effective compared to the price.
      or
    • They can sponsor the content creators directly.

    I personally think the second or third one is more likely to happen.

    In the long run this will hurt youtube too as number of advertisers decrease.

    So everybody should be fighting this not just the viewers.

    As a side note, I've been trying AdNauseam for a few days, and it works quite well, I only use it on youtube which uses a Gmail account that is only for youtube anyway, everywhere else I use uBlock.
    Basically it clicks on every ad while hiding it from you on the background, that way youtube gets what it wants, I got what I want, the advertisers (since they're being silent on youtube anti-adblock stand, I have to assume they like empty clicks and showing their ads to people that will not buy their products) gets what they want.

    9 votes

  18. Comment on Physical keyboard for android phone? in ~tech

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    Just a warning for Rii keyboard, I own a similar model with a scroller that I use for my TV, their quality is really quite bad. Every glue that used to hold the things that diffuse the led lights...

    Just a warning for Rii keyboard, I own a similar model with a scroller that I use for my TV, their quality is really quite bad.

    1. Every glue that used to hold the things that diffuse the led lights inside turned sticky within a few months, had to do some clean up with alcohol to make it usable again.

    2. Battery capacity is really quite low, needs to be charged every 2 days or so, I changed it to one with a higher capacity, and the touchpad started ghost touching, I don't understand why that happened, but it only happen when I use the new battery.

    3. Scroller click broke within a few months.

    4. It is still working after a few years, but it's a bit finnicky, I own a chinese less than 5 bucks mini keyboard that worked a bit better, but it had no scroller.

    Maybe something like this or this will work better for you if you want something out of the box.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    Also, set it so that task manager is always on top. I found that it helps with some softwares.

    Also, set it so that task manager is always on top. I found that it helps with some softwares.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on What is a simple tech tip that changed how you use your computer or other devices in a significant way? in ~tech

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    For people that doesn't need the many features of ShareX, and just need to take a partial screenshot, you can set snipping tool to start with prntscr button. This is a good alternative to...

    For people that doesn't need the many features of ShareX, and just need to take a partial screenshot, you can set snipping tool to start with prntscr button.

    This is a good alternative to photographing your screen with your phone which I still found a lot of people do.

    Disclaimer: I haven't tried the linked tutorial myself, but such simple tutorial shouldn't be misleading, hopefully.