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  1. Comment on What websites do you visit for your niche interests? in ~hobbies

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    Supposedly, the newest version of Brewster's is Ed. 20 or so. It looks super comprehensive and reminds me a bit of the "ethos" of "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows". Thanks for mentioning this....

    Supposedly, the newest version of Brewster's is Ed. 20 or so. It looks super comprehensive and reminds me a bit of the "ethos" of "The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows". Thanks for mentioning this. I'll have to take a short trip to the bookstore and see if they have an up-to-date copy.

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  2. Comment on Joe Biden administration sued over US sanctions against Israeli settlers in ~news

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    Please provide a source for your argument. Knee-jerk reactions aren't proper reactions.

    Please provide a source for your argument. Knee-jerk reactions aren't proper reactions.

  3. Comment on What websites do you visit for your niche interests? in ~hobbies

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    Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a decade or so. Used to browse the site all the time in my formative years when I learned what the internet was.

    Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a decade or so. Used to browse the site all the time in my formative years when I learned what the internet was.

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  4. Comment on What websites do you visit for your niche interests? in ~hobbies

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    I'm a bit of a wordsmith when I'm writing, so finding something like this is like a goldmine of sorts. It's a website that has super specific and rare words. English language only....

    I'm a bit of a wordsmith when I'm writing, so finding something like this is like a goldmine of sorts. It's a website that has super specific and rare words. English language only.
    https://phrontistery.info/

    32 votes
  5. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

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    I'm aware of VMs - I wasn't aware this was an option. Thanks for the tip.

    I'm aware of VMs - I wasn't aware this was an option. Thanks for the tip.

    3 votes
  6. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

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    Those would be useful, yes.

    Those would be useful, yes.

    3 votes
  7. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

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    Printed out old emails, specifically.

    Printed out old emails, specifically.

    3 votes
  8. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

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    Fantastic - love how it's a reverse anagram as well.

    Fantastic - love how it's a reverse anagram as well.

    8 votes
  9. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

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    Ideally, would this be done through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)? Addendum 1 - Apparently, PACER isn't free access...

    Ideally, would this be done through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records)?
    Addendum 1 - Apparently, PACER isn't free access...

    6 votes
  10. Comment on Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples in ~design

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    Bingo - that's the request, or just to point me in the right direction of where I could find samples online.

    Bingo - that's the request, or just to point me in the right direction of where I could find samples online.

    6 votes
  11. Not sure where to ask this - early 2000's email printing layout samples

    Unless I'm missing something in my search queries, Google ain't coming up with anything. I'm trying to look for samples of printouts from emails (hosts are irrelevant) made in the early 2000's....

    Unless I'm missing something in my search queries, Google ain't coming up with anything. I'm trying to look for samples of printouts from emails (hosts are irrelevant) made in the early 2000's. It's for a novel project. While I have a vague idea of what kind of layout is needed, it's one thing to guess, and another to actually see it. Any leads?

    17 votes
  12. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I wouldn't consider myself to be a grizzled programming know-it-all, but I am a writer of sorts. That being said, I'm not your average reader - delighting in the likes of Danielewski's House of...

    I wouldn't consider myself to be a grizzled programming know-it-all, but I am a writer of sorts. That being said, I'm not your average reader - delighting in the likes of Danielewski's House of Leaves and Doug Dorst's Ship of Theseus. I don't read normal books, thusly, I don't write normal things, which then leads me to talking about cobbling a website together with my ancient HTML/CSS knowledge, alongside a bit of pidgin JS to serve as my portfolio.

    enp.neocities.org/centralnode

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  13. Comment on It looks like Facebook will be forcing me to switch to Messenger. What are my options? in ~tech

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    Isn't there a distro with a "Windows-Like" GUI? I'm not prepared to do this with my parents, but I could've sworn something like that exists in some form.

    It's like asking your 70 year old parents to swap to Linux because Windows is running slow on their machine

    Isn't there a distro with a "Windows-Like" GUI? I'm not prepared to do this with my parents, but I could've sworn something like that exists in some form.

  14. Comment on Make the web your sketchbook in ~creative

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    Save for a few years ago, I think the limit was 100MB. I don't have the supporter tier, which allots 20GB, but I find the default to be well under the limits for my personal tastes.

    Save for a few years ago, I think the limit was 100MB. I don't have the supporter tier, which allots 20GB, but I find the default to be well under the limits for my personal tastes.

  15. Comment on Make the web your sketchbook in ~creative

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    Neocities is a thing, going on around a decade online or so. All the basic HTML/CSS/JS you could ever want - provided it's all under 1GB.

    Neocities is a thing, going on around a decade online or so. All the basic HTML/CSS/JS you could ever want - provided it's all under 1GB.

    5 votes
  16. Comment on You have one fast travel point, where do you place it? in ~talk

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    Easy - my bathroom! I have this inability to use the bathroom anywhere outside of my own house, so if nature calls, I'm home AND can easily use the bathroom.

    Easy - my bathroom! I have this inability to use the bathroom anywhere outside of my own house, so if nature calls, I'm home AND can easily use the bathroom.

    6 votes
  17. Comment on How can I leave Reddit? in ~tech

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    My god, seventeen years? How would you describe Reddit's general descent into madness over time?

    My god, seventeen years? How would you describe Reddit's general descent into madness over time?

    10 votes
  18. Comment on What are some short story collections you'd recommend? in ~books

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    Well, fantastic! I'll throw down Jorge Luis Borges's "Ficciones" - originally an Argentinian work, it is a collection of short stories that are borderline proto sci-fi fantasy (and I use the term...

    don't worry about specific genres

    Well, fantastic! I'll throw down Jorge Luis Borges's "Ficciones" - originally an Argentinian work, it is a collection of short stories that are borderline proto sci-fi fantasy (and I use the term extremely loose here), that he wrote during the late 40s and early 50s. Can't go wrong with the classics!

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  19. Comment on r/Place on Reddit returns tomorrow in ~tech

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    Big thank you, mat!

    Big thank you, mat!

    5 votes
  20. Comment on r/Place on Reddit returns tomorrow in ~tech

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    With all due respects, seeing Reddit mentioned here in light of recent events, leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. While it's nice for users to be in the know, purely for the sake of Tildes and...

    With all due respects, seeing Reddit mentioned here in light of recent events, leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. While it's nice for users to be in the know, purely for the sake of Tildes and other users in the same boat, I personally would discourage Reddit-centric topics because, you know, this is Tildes after all. Is there a way to mute tags? I haven't been a user here for the longest time, coming from The Great Migration(TM), myself.

    8 votes