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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
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Comment on Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home in ~travel
cutmetal Link ParentI too travel with real books clogging up luggage space. For me the feel and the weight and the smell of paper are part of the experience of reading. Also I'm allergic to DRM. But I'm all ears if...I too travel with real books clogging up luggage space. For me the feel and the weight and the smell of paper are part of the experience of reading. Also I'm allergic to DRM. But I'm all ears if you have a recommendation for a smaller, cheaper e-reader that I could load some free-as-in-stolen books on 😁
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Comment on Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentFor a lot of smaller specialized things you'd get at the hardware store, Amazon is much more expensive. To wit: stair stringer hangers at Home Depot, $2.98 local pickup:...Prices have increased to the point that they're close enough to brick-and-mortar to just buy it locally.
For a lot of smaller specialized things you'd get at the hardware store, Amazon is much more expensive.
To wit: stair stringer hangers at Home Depot, $2.98 local pickup:
Vs on Amazon, this is the cheapest I could find a single stair stringer hanger, $11.40:
This is just the most recent example off the top of my head. I pay for prime, but most of the time if it's available at Home Depot for <$20 I don't even check Amazon any more.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
cutmetal Link ParentThe word "literally" has also been used as an intensifier for (literally) hundreds of years. That said it's still ok on my book to poke light fun at the valley girls who overuse it 🤠The word "literally" has also been used as an intensifier for (literally) hundreds of years.
That said it's still ok on my book to poke light fun at the valley girls who overuse it 🤠
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Comment on CGA-2025-10 🕹️⏰ 🗺️ 🐸 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 Chrono Trigger in ~games
cutmetal Link ParentI recently got a 3DS and some top picks, and the Chrono Trigger release was among them. Here's a tip - the Japanese version is a lot cheaper than the American version, and it's one of like 4-5 DS...I recently got a 3DS and some top picks, and the Chrono Trigger release was among them. Here's a tip - the Japanese version is a lot cheaper than the American version, and it's one of like 4-5 DS games that auto-selects the in-game language based on the system setting. So you can pay like half price for a JP copy on ebay, but when you boot it the whole thing will be in English!
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Comment on How many valid JSON strings are there? in ~comp
cutmetal Link ParentAbsurd idea: theoretically you could use this work to build a json validator for input strings below a certain length, by generating every valid string and either storing them or hashes of them in...Absurd idea: theoretically you could use this work to build a json validator for input strings below a certain length, by generating every valid string and either storing them or hashes of them in a lookup table. The validator would have a ridiculously low computational complexity, though the real-world speed would probably be poor due to the enormous size of the table, and it may take an unrealistic amount of memory to run. But there could be limited useful applications for this, especially if you were able to restrict the input to ascii.
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentThis year I've had to start using Windows for work, I'll check out nushell!This year I've had to start using Windows for work, I'll check out nushell!
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentThat's pretty great, thanks! I might play around with setting this as the upstream DNS from my pihole this evening for another layer of blocking on the home network.That's pretty great, thanks! I might play around with setting this as the upstream DNS from my pihole this evening for another layer of blocking on the home network.
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentSay what you like about POSIX, but their stove settings are on point! (/s) Are you saying there's a way to configure eg bash to be more POSIX-compliant?Say what you like about POSIX, but their stove settings are on point! (/s)
Are you saying there's a way to configure eg bash to be more POSIX-compliant?
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Comment on What writing 'tics' stand out to you? Repeated phrases, strange words, or otherwise weird stuff that jumps out at you. in ~books
cutmetal Link ParentGod I do the same thing with "just"! Pretty sure I've shared this before on tildes. Overusing "just" is an incredibly annoying reflex, I hate it and I'm actively trying to stop lol.God I do the same thing with "just"! Pretty sure I've shared this before on tildes. Overusing "just" is an incredibly annoying reflex, I hate it and I'm actively trying to stop lol.
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Comment on What "one-hit wonder" do you think has a discography worth exploring? in ~music
cutmetal (edited )Linkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1 One that stuck out to me was The Digital Underground, super weird goofy 90s hip hop group. I like their album...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_one-hit_wonders_in_the_United_States?wprov=sfla1
One that stuck out to me was The Digital Underground, super weird goofy 90s hip hop group. I like their album Sex Packets.
Edit: deeper in the 90s section of the list and Blind Melon appears! Their whole self-titled album is good, if you like "No Rain" you should dig it.
E2: I'm losing some regard for this list. Beck? Public Enemy? I get that there's specific criteria that wikipedians set for this list but dang, that's not right - those guys are institutions.
E3: I recall The Prodigy's Fat of the Land being pretty great, as far as amped up 90s techno goes. "Smack My Bitch Up" has not aged well though.
E4 and I'm done: I legit love The Bloodhound Gang's One Fierce Beer Coaster and Hooray for Boobies, but be prepared for the most juvenile of Y2K-era teen boy humor. If that's not your thing then focus on the impressive lyricism and catchy jams.
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Comment on What "one-hit wonder" do you think has a discography worth exploring? in ~music
cutmetal Link Parent"Juke Joint Jezebel" is on Nihil, and the whole album is great! If you like 90s industrial rock."Juke Joint Jezebel" is on Nihil, and the whole album is great! If you like 90s industrial rock.
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Comment on Has anyone else run up against higher costs due to the US tariffs? in ~society
cutmetal Link ParentSame on the merch, Bandcamp must really be hurting right now, to say nothing of the tiny overseas bands who would have otherwise gotten $30-60 from me.Same on the merch, Bandcamp must really be hurting right now, to say nothing of the tiny overseas bands who would have otherwise gotten $30-60 from me.
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Comment on What is a business/org that is great and ethical in so many aspects that everyone should consider using? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentBack in the day Costco used to only take American Express, when did they change sides?Back in the day Costco used to only take American Express, when did they change sides?
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentWell the SLA cuts both ways - I'm locked in to a two year contract. But when there's an outage I usually get a small refund, there are no uptime guarantees. I didn't realize that consumer Comcast...Well the SLA cuts both ways - I'm locked in to a two year contract. But when there's an outage I usually get a small refund, there are no uptime guarantees.
I didn't realize that consumer Comcast had gotten so expensive.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
cutmetal LinkVinnum Sabbathi has finally put out some new music after their incredible Of Dimensions And Theories. The new one is a 10" EP called Intersatelitial. It's pretty good! But so far it's no ODAT....Vinnum Sabbathi has finally put out some new music after their incredible Of Dimensions And Theories. The new one is a 10" EP called Intersatelitial. It's pretty good! But so far it's no ODAT.
Also just downloaded Charli xcx's brat. I've only listened to 365, and I was surprised that I think I got it. It sounds sort of like the Spice Girls on ketamine lol.
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentThat's fucking terrible, fuck those scumbags. Are you saying that it's gotten better since Luigi's act of heroism?That's fucking terrible, fuck those scumbags. Are you saying that it's gotten better since Luigi's act of heroism?
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Comment on What is a business/org that's so terrible no one should use if possible? in ~life
cutmetal Link ParentI've been using Comcast Business service at my home for maybe eight years now. It used to be amazing - first line tech support was someone knowledgeable and helpful and friendly in the US. When I...I've been using Comcast Business service at my home for maybe eight years now. It used to be amazing - first line tech support was someone knowledgeable and helpful and friendly in the US. When I bought my house around that time I was having connectivity problems, so they sent a crew out to replace the coax from the pole to my house (maybe 150' of very rough terrain) at no charge. You do have to sign an SLA with them, and it's quite expensive - I'm paying about $150/mo for the "performance" plan, which is something like 300 down/30 up, with my own modem and router. But there's no caps hard or soft, I get a routable public IPv4 address, and running servers isn't against the TOS.
But, the last few years it's gone down the tubes. Maybe once a year I have connectivity problems and they have to send out techs to do something on the repeater(?) box on the line next to my pole. Their phone support is now outsourced, your standard crummy phone support experience. And randomly each month since the start of this year I've been getting paper invoices that they're charging me for, even though ebills are turned on in my account. Called them up and they refunded the money I'd paid and said they fixed the problem, but I'm still getting paper bills and getting charged for them, need to call them back.
There's supposed to be a local fiber ISP coming to my address Soon™️, so I may jump ship if I don't move first. For anyone in a similar situation where you must have good fixed-line internet, I'd still recommend Comcast Business, but now unfortunately with heavy reservations.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~arts
cutmetal Link ParentMan I am so OOTL in this post-reddit world. It feels kind of nice because most of culture is trash, but I do like this clanker word. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clanker?wprov=sfla1Man I am so OOTL in this post-reddit world. It feels kind of nice because most of culture is trash, but I do like this clanker word.
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Comment on What follows GitHub? in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentI have a little VM running gitea in my basement as basically just a web UI on git for personal mucking around. It's been a few years since I did anything with it other than use it and it's about...I have a little VM running gitea in my basement as basically just a web UI on git for personal mucking around. It's been a few years since I did anything with it other than use it and it's about to be time to update it. You sound like you're in the know - I hadn't heard of Forgejo, is that the one the community has moved to now? When I first set this up it was gogs, seems like a trend line now if every 2-3 major Debian releases I redo the very stale VM with whatever gogs derivative is now standard.
I think it's to boil water, so you could make tea or coffee in a hotel room with no kettle.