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  1. Comment on You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago in ~tech

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    I've been using initials at firstlast.com as my main address for 15 years too. But when I give it in person I feel it looks pretentious. I've been thinking of getting another random domain that's...

    I've been using initials at firstlast.com as my main address for 15 years too. But when I give it in person I feel it looks pretentious. I've been thinking of getting another random domain that's not my name for this, but it's hard to find an attractive domain nowadays (easy to give, looks normal, looks generic).

    1 vote

  2. Comment on You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago in ~tech

  3. Comment on New Firefox features: Built-in free VPN, split view, tab notes in ~tech

  4. Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp

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    For info, VSCode has a single setting to disable all Copilot/AI features.

    For info, VSCode has a single setting to disable all Copilot/AI features.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on What are people using instead of VS Code? in ~comp

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    There’s Zed which sounds like what you’re looking for. In the terminal there are other options than Vim/Neovim, such as Helix or Ki, but it sounds like you’re looking for something more graphical.

    There’s Zed which sounds like what you’re looking for.

    In the terminal there are other options than Vim/Neovim, such as Helix or Ki, but it sounds like you’re looking for something more graphical.

    24 votes

  6. Comment on Anyone get into caffeine (coffee/tea) as an adult? in ~food

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    I started drinking tea in my 20s and switched to coffee in my 30s. To be honest I don't feel like there's a long term benefit to consuming caffeine. Yes I feel a bit more awake when I do, but...

    I started drinking tea in my 20s and switched to coffee in my 30s.

    To be honest I don't feel like there's a long term benefit to consuming caffeine. Yes I feel a bit more awake when I do, but since it's regular my baseline has dropped a bit. Sometimes I have periods without taking any caffeine, it does reset it a little.

    The real reason for me is that I like the taste and the ritual (making it, then sitting down with a warm cup).

    It's wasn't hard to get into tea, it's trivial and cheap to get good quality ones. Buy some loose tea from a specialized shop, try different ones, you'll probably find some you like. It tastes better than supermarket tea bags.

    For coffee, I started drinking Nespresso with lots of milk (because my partner did and I tried). Then started to like it better with less milk (but still about 2/3). Then I found out about third-wave/specialty coffee (basically higher quality beans, roasted much less dark so you can still taste the fruit, not just bitterness) and filter coffee (instead of espresso which is the standard in Europe). I bought a few (slightly expensive) equipment, and found out that coffee can actually taste amazing by itself (black, nothing added). It was absolutely worth it and I'd keep drinking decaf this way if for some reason I didn't want any caffeine anymore.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Fizzy, a new source-available Kanban tool by 37signals in ~tech

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    Some release blog posts by 37signals: https://world.hey.com/dhh/fizzy-is-our-fun-modern-take-on-kanban-and-we-made-it-open-source-54ac41b6...

    Some release blog posts by 37signals:

    https://world.hey.com/dhh/fizzy-is-our-fun-modern-take-on-kanban-and-we-made-it-open-source-54ac41b6

    https://world.hey.com/jason/introducing-fizzy-our-newest-product-83a4144f

    Pretty interesting tool in my opinion. Seems to bring some fresh ideas (as expected from this company), it’s lightweight and fast. A bit unexpected also that it’s fully open-source.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Introducing Kagi News in ~tech

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    I’ve been checking it out over the last few weeks, it’s nice. I’d like the ability to have a weekly view of important news though, instead of daily.

    I’ve been checking it out over the last few weeks, it’s nice. I’d like the ability to have a weekly view of important news though, instead of daily.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Open social: an explanation of the ATProto principle in ~tech

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    ATProto is the open protocol developed by Bluesky. This article explains the top-level view quite clearly, and makes a good job of showing why it’s interesting even if you’re not into Bluesky.

    ATProto is the open protocol developed by Bluesky. This article explains the top-level view quite clearly, and makes a good job of showing why it’s interesting even if you’re not into Bluesky.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

  16. Comment on Atlassian acquires The Browser Company (Arc, Dia) in ~tech

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    Back when they came up with Arc it looked like a promising browser to me, with a new UX and interesting features. Since then it looks like they decided to throw away all of that to jump on the AI...

    Back when they came up with Arc it looked like a promising browser to me, with a new UX and interesting features.

    Since then it looks like they decided to throw away all of that to jump on the AI train, so they abandoned Arc and started Dia. And now they merge with a business bloatware maker.

    26 votes

  18. Comment on The web could be so much more beautiful in ~tech

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    I always prefer to read left-aligned text as well, and make sure to set it this way in all my reports. Not only I find it more readable to avoid hyphens and have a consistent width of space...

    I always prefer to read left-aligned text as well, and make sure to set it this way in all my reports.

    Not only I find it more readable to avoid hyphens and have a consistent width of space characters, but I find that the inconsistent right edge of the paragraph helps me follow which line I'm at.

    2 votes