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  1. Comment on Why do negative topics dominate social media sites, even here? in ~tech

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    I don't think anyone posted this CGPGrey video: "This video will make you angry" about why media that elicits anger gets more view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc

    I don't think anyone posted this CGPGrey video: "This video will make you angry" about why media that elicits anger gets more view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE3j_RHkqJc

    3 votes

  2. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    Don't get me wrong, I'm not touching the windows terminal unless it's absolutely required. I use wsl so I can get the linux experience on windows. Even there, I have an alias which basically can...

    the fact that it's a unix like system with a bash (zsh) shell innately makes it more useful than windows

    Don't get me wrong, I'm not touching the windows terminal unless it's absolutely required. I use wsl so I can get the linux experience on windows. Even there, I have an alias which basically can run any windows command line from wsl. (alias win='powershell.exe' for anyone curious)

    2 votes

  3. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I'm really curious, because I use win/lin at home but macOS for work. HOW does one switch directly to a specific window efficiently in macOS? In win/lin I can set the taskbar to display an icon...

    I'm really curious, because I use win/lin at home but macOS for work. HOW does one switch directly to a specific window efficiently in macOS? In win/lin I can set the taskbar to display an icon for each separate window, so I can directly click on the one I desire. As far as I know, in the apple world this takes at least two clicks.

  4. Comment on The more I use Linux, the more I hate every distro in ~tech

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    I think the OS I've had to fight against the most was MacOS... A fresh install is unusable for me, it lacks so many things. I have to install so much software just to make it a fraction as useful...

    I think the OS I've had to fight against the most was MacOS... A fresh install is unusable for me, it lacks so many things. I have to install so much software just to make it a fraction as useful as even Windows, and that says a lot. The other "OS" i've had to futz a lot with was actually a DE, namely Gnome. Useless out of the box.

    I can be most productive with either KDE or Windows (10, haven't tried 11). And I know these things are subjective and relative to what you're used to, but I think even things like "program launcher does not have ability to show separate icons for different app windows" make a OS objectively less productive.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender has been renewed for two more seasons in ~tv

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    Adaptational wise it's very lacking. It's not like the One Piece adaptation that managed to capture the essence of the anime, with a few adjustments here and there. It lacks most of what makes the...

    Adaptational wise it's very lacking. It's not like the One Piece adaptation that managed to capture the essence of the anime, with a few adjustments here and there.

    It lacks most of what makes the original so highly enjoyable: the actors are very lacklusting and one dimensional, they took out all the fun and abadoned the "show, don't tell" approach for a "tell, don't show" one. And of course, being Netflix they couldn't resist making Katara a "Mary Sue" character.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Looking for a top down tactical wargame in ~games

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    Glad to see I'm not alone! I also love watching historical battle visualizations :) Thanks for the suggestions, I'll be looking into them.

    Glad to see I'm not alone! I also love watching historical battle visualizations :)

    Thanks for the suggestions, I'll be looking into them.

    6 votes

  7. Comment on Looking for a top down tactical wargame in ~games

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    I don't really mind that it's 3D as long as it allows me to strategize on the battlefield. It looks interesting, I'll look into it. Thanks for the recommendation!

    I don't really mind that it's 3D as long as it allows me to strategize on the battlefield. It looks interesting, I'll look into it. Thanks for the recommendation!

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Looking for a top down tactical wargame in ~games

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    I've tried the first game years ago, I think it may have a bit too much micromanaging? Or is the 2nd game much different in this aspect? Can you flesh out tactical orders before the battles, or do...

    I've tried the first game years ago, I think it may have a bit too much micromanaging? Or is the 2nd game much different in this aspect?

    Can you flesh out tactical orders before the battles, or do you have to manually go to each unit and tell them "attack here, retreat there"?

    1 vote

  9. Looking for a top down tactical wargame

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    I've tried hundreds of searches (variations of this) on google and either I have no idea what to search for, or it doesn't exist. I'll keep it short, the best way to explain is that I'm looking...

    I've tried hundreds of searches (variations of this) on google and either I have no idea what to search for, or it doesn't exist.

    I'll keep it short, the best way to explain is that I'm looking for a game in the style of the Total War franchise, but focused (mostly) on the top down battle view:

    Example 1

    Example 2

    I'm not that interested in manually managing tens of regions, I don't want to 3d my way through a battle front while the soldiers gore eachother, I just want to focus on being a general that wins battles through tactics. Where I can apply strategies like Oblique Formation and False Gap to outmaneuver my enemies.

    Do you have any recommendations for me? Is there any game that even comes close to this? (apart from the Total War franchise - which I love by the way, but the games tend to last too long, and they're getting bigger and bigger with each release)

    17 votes

  10. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~food

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    I don't understand this comparison, I've been to a lot of countries in Europe and all of them had very diverse types of beer, while most beers in America are pretty similar in taste.

    Unlike the US, Europe doesn't have 50 different tabs of beer to choose from lol. It's either light (pilsner) or dark (stout) beer in 90% of places, that's it

    I don't understand this comparison, I've been to a lot of countries in Europe and all of them had very diverse types of beer, while most beers in America are pretty similar in taste.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on YouTube’s anti-adblock and uBlock Origin in ~tech

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    Hell, I'm in a software company and still feel like only about 5% of the employees here use ad blockers. If so few technical people use it, my guess is that non technical people use it even less.

    Hell, I'm in a software company and still feel like only about 5% of the employees here use ad blockers. If so few technical people use it, my guess is that non technical people use it even less.

    13 votes

  12. Comment on App or workflow suggestion for viewing and selecting photos on PC in ~comp

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    Yes, marking them in some way so that I can easily bulk copy/move/edit. Currently, that is done by manually highlighting them in the explorer app of the OS.

    Yes, marking them in some way so that I can easily bulk copy/move/edit. Currently, that is done by manually highlighting them in the explorer app of the OS.

    1 vote

  13. App or workflow suggestion for viewing and selecting photos on PC

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    As an amateur photographer, I'm looking for recommendations to improve my process for reviewing and selecting the best photos from my albums. Currently, it goes something like this: (after I copy...

    As an amateur photographer, I'm looking for recommendations to improve my process for reviewing and selecting the best photos from my albums.

    Currently, it goes something like this:

    • (after I copy the photos to my PC) I open the folder containing the album
    • I open the first photo and start looking at the pictures using the default photo viewing app
    • I note mentally, on paper, or in a digital notepad the names of the files that I like the most
    • manually select the files that I noted down

    My ideal workflow would be something like:

    • open the folder, open first photo, look through them all
    • each time I see a picture that I like, hit space or some other simple shortcut, which adds the picture to the current selection
    • after I am done viewing, I have all the files that I want already selected to do with as I please

    I have tried multiple apps over the years but I haven't come across anything that had something similar, or I was too stupid to figure out how to do it. The workflow I described is using windows/linux, on macOS it's even more cumbersome (since one needs to select all photos in a folder before previewing them).

    Do you have any recommendations for an app that has functionality like this, or if not, on how I can make my workflow better?

    Thanks

    5 votes

  14. Comment on What are your favorite ways to cook eggplant or dishes containing eggplant? in ~food

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    Hmmm, not in my region, no. Just "eggplant salad", sometimes even "eggplants". Me too! And it's not limited to food, other traditions even though similar vary slightly from country to country and...

    Any chance that this dish is sometimes referred to as vegetable/eggplant "caviar"?

    Hmmm, not in my region, no. Just "eggplant salad", sometimes even "eggplants".

    I just love how regions that are nearby neighbors end up having similar recipes that play off of each other, with their own unique substitutions based on local preferences!

    Me too! And it's not limited to food, other traditions even though similar vary slightly from country to country and even region to region.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on What are your favorite ways to cook eggplant or dishes containing eggplant? in ~food

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    For a Eastern European dish, try "eggplant salad". It's similar to Baba ganoush in that you char whole eggplants and then finely mince them, adding salt, diced onions and optionally but highly...

    For a Eastern European dish, try "eggplant salad". It's similar to Baba ganoush in that you char whole eggplants and then finely mince them, adding salt, diced onions and optionally but highly recommended, homemade mayo.

    Serve as a spread over fresh bread, goes wonderfully with tomatoes.

    ETA: just remembered about zacusca and its variations.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on OpenAI's Altman launching a cryptocurrency with an eye-scanner gimmick. Does this impact how you feel about AI? in ~tech

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    Does this impact how I feel about AI? Not at all. Does this impact how I feel about OpenAI? (Or at least, its CEO). Certainly.

    Does this impact how I feel about AI? Not at all.

    Does this impact how I feel about OpenAI? (Or at least, its CEO). Certainly.

    4 votes

  17. Comment on The Witcher (Season 3) in ~tv

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    While most episodes this season were pretty meh, I couldn't believe my eyes how bad episode 6 was! Like I genuinely laughed out loud at how ridiculous some scenes were, and I was baffled at some...

    While most episodes this season were pretty meh, I couldn't believe my eyes how bad episode 6 was! Like I genuinely laughed out loud at how ridiculous some scenes were, and I was baffled at some of the editing. It felt like I was watching a B movie.

    I really can't see myself watching season 4 (or 5 which I heard they announced).

    3 votes

  18. Comment on Ditching Docker for Local Development in ~comp

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    Why are you building your docker images so often? I'm no expert but my understanding is that you build the image once and use that after. If something changes in the config you build again, not...

    Why are you building your docker images so often? I'm no expert but my understanding is that you build the image once and use that after.

    If something changes in the config you build again, not everyone should build every time.

    1 vote