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  1. Comment on Humbe Bundle Books: (Almost) the entirety of Discworld for $16 in ~books

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    Thanks to you (and anyone else posting book humble bundles) I've drastically increased my ebook collection over the past year or so. Thank you!

    Thanks to you (and anyone else posting book humble bundles) I've drastically increased my ebook collection over the past year or so. Thank you!

    3 votes

  2. Comment on The best protest songs of 2025 in ~music

  3. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    The main reason to the best of my knowledge is cost and threat model. The requirements for the government assume a certain frequency of checks on the lock and specific alarm requirements, so that...

    How come the government ones have less defeat resistance time compared to home

    The main reason to the best of my knowledge is cost and threat model. The requirements for the government assume a certain frequency of checks on the lock and specific alarm requirements, so that time limit is more than enough to get someone caught and we don't have to spend quite so much money. The really high-end ones are very, very expensive but are required by insurance, and are used to protect stuff worth many times the expensive safe, so the cost makes sense, and the delay needed is longer since you probably don't have armed guards patrolling your jewelry store.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on The mega-rich are turning their mansions into impenetrable fortresses in ~finance

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    To be honest, that's all a bit outside of my wheelhouse (thankfully). I will say that even the biggest, baddest safes available in the US tend to be rated for 1 hour of defeat resistance, and the...

    To be honest, that's all a bit outside of my wheelhouse (thankfully). I will say that even the biggest, baddest safes available in the US tend to be rated for 1 hour of defeat resistance, and the vault doors our government uses to secure its secrets and weapons are only rated to 20 or 30 minutes. I kind of doubt that "impenetrable" means what these people think it means. Real security comes from what happens during that 20-60 minute delay, and that means armed security, responsive police or nosy, friendly neighbors. It sounds to me like those things won't be around for the future they're obviously preparing for, so they'll have a cool hour or so to think about why they should have just supported their local community and made better friends while the people they've stepped on their whole lives crack open their vaults like a particularly tough piñata.

    6 votes

  5. Comment on On being officially classed as a robot in ~tech

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    I don't know if you ended up deciding to hang around Tildes long-term (though I certainly hope so!), but if so I just wanted to say that I just finished reading Phoenix over the course of the past...

    I don't know if you ended up deciding to hang around Tildes long-term (though I certainly hope so!), but if so I just wanted to say that I just finished reading Phoenix over the course of the past couple of weeks and I really enjoyed it! Thanks for putting it out there for others to appreciate!

    4 votes

  6. Comment on In under 500 words, a US judge weaponized wit to free the child detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (gifted link) in ~society

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    Just a literary analysis of a recent court decision document regarding the unconstitutional holding of a father and son in Texas. The way this judge responds to the situation gives me a little...

    Just a literary analysis of a recent court decision document regarding the unconstitutional holding of a father and son in Texas. The way this judge responds to the situation gives me a little glimmer of hope in these frustratingly dark and stupidity-riddled times.

    12 votes

  8. Comment on Catherine O’Hara - legendary actress dead at 71 in ~movies

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    Dang, we just started watching Schitt's Creek last week. She's so wonderfully weird in it. RIP

    Dang, we just started watching Schitt's Creek last week. She's so wonderfully weird in it. RIP

    10 votes

  9. Comment on Youtube channel recommendations 2026 in ~tech

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    Most of my faves have already been mentioned, but I haven't seen Atomic Shrimp named yet, so I'll mention that channel. It's excellent, Mike is a kind individual with many interests and wonderful...

    Most of my faves have already been mentioned, but I haven't seen Atomic Shrimp named yet, so I'll mention that channel. It's excellent, Mike is a kind individual with many interests and wonderful good humor. It's as if (and I mean this in the best possible way) a Hobbit spent years as an IT professional, then decided to spend his retirement making YouTube videos about cooking, nature walks, foraging, baiting Internet scammers, weird canned goods, gardening, and various crafts. I've watched him for years and never heard the slightest hint of a bad take. He just seems so wholesome, and watching him is the most relaxing thing I know of on YouTube. I can't recommend him highly enough.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on Looking for a simple lists app in ~tech

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    Sure thing! This'll be a wall of text, be warned. I've spent a week getting this dialed in, but at this point I doubt I'll make further changes for a while. I'm using the default core plugins (but...

    Sure thing! This'll be a wall of text, be warned. I've spent a week getting this dialed in, but at this point I doubt I'll make further changes for a while.

    I'm using the default core plugins (but the only two I mess with are Daily Notes and Sync, though Sync is optional and adds a tiny bit of complexity) and the community plugins called Tasks and Nested Daily Todos.

    I haven't really messed with any of the community plugins' settings that I recall, and the only big change I can think of making was to Daily notes, changing Date format to "Custom," and then setting the format to "YYYY/MM-MMMM/YYYY-MM-DD" which forces daily notes to automatically generate a folder for the year, then subfolders for the months of that year into which to place the daily notes it creates. This is all being placed into a folder called Daily notes inside a folder called Daily and Yearly Planner, in which I've also placed a template file that I point the "Template file location" setting to, again under the "Daily notes" settings.

    On my main device, I have the "Files and links" top setting set to default to open the Daily note, which is my central hub file day-to-day. My synced devices have slightly different settings to keep them from gumming up my daily note, namely that they default to opening the last opened file (if you're curious why, this is a good explainer).

    My template file looks like this:

    Ideas/thoughts:

    Personal tasks for today:

    due on or before {{query.file.filename}}
(filename includes Tasks by Month) OR ((filename includes {{query.file.filename}}) AND (heading includes Personal tasks for later))
(not done) OR (done {{query.file.filename}})

    Personal tasks for later:

    • [ ]

    Work tasks for today:

    • [ ] Check [[Long term work tasks]]
    due on or before {{query.file.filename}}
(filename includes Long term work tasks) OR ((filename includes {{query.file.filename}}) AND (heading includes Work tasks for later))
(not done) OR (done {{query.file.filename}})

    Work tasks for later:

    • [ ]

    Other notes:

    Essentially, this creates a blank note every day with types of task I like to track. Then, the "Tasks" plugin checks a pair of files (technically, it checks any file with a name that contains those strings) that contain long term work tasks and long term personal tasks along with the "for later" sections of that day's Daily note, and if any of those places contains a task with an assigned due date of before or the same as the day of that Daily Note's title (the daily notes are generated with a title that is just the day's date), Tasks will put a clone of that task into the "for today" section it pertains to, and when I check it off it checks off the original and stays present in the clone list so I can see it was checked off on that day, hence the line about "OR (done {{query.file.filename}})".

    Importantly, each morning when I open the Daily note I have to remember to click the "Nested Daily Todos" button to "Add incomplete todos to today's note." This is the only thing I have to remember, everything else is automagic. Then I just add todos as I come up with them, and the Tasks plugin handles stuff for me.

    Of course, I also heavily use links to create new files from within tasks, so "Meeting with boss about Product X" becomes "Meeting with boss about Product X" and that link, when clicked, generated a new file called Product X into which I put details from the meeting and the project long term.

    I've been using Obsidian for my todos, which is totally necessary to me to keep my sanity and I used to use Google Keep for. But with all the extra utility, I'm also using it for larger stuff I used Workflowy for, outlining presentations and such. Plus I can easily put my recipes in there, with links from my Daily notes so I have a record of each time they're used. Same for rating things, or grocery lists, or whatever else I'm keeping track of. The worst part of my setup is that if I move or rename certain files it can break the code for "Tasks" and I have to fix it, but I'm trying not to do that too much.

    Anyway, I hope that's useful, either to you or some poor soul following my trail later.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Looking for a simple lists app in ~tech

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    After a year of occasionally using workflowy and continuing to use keep for most stuff, I finally decided to try Obsidian. Holy crap, it works so well! I wish I'd listened to you a year ago, so...

    After a year of occasionally using workflowy and continuing to use keep for most stuff, I finally decided to try Obsidian. Holy crap, it works so well! I wish I'd listened to you a year ago, so much time left undocumented! Thanks for the recommendation!

    5 votes

  12. Comment on Nova Launcher: An update in ~tech

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    Thanks for the suggestion of Smart Launcher! I also really just wanted to keep things the same as my Nova setup, so like you I will just migrate for now and if they stay good.

    Thanks for the suggestion of Smart Launcher! I also really just wanted to keep things the same as my Nova setup, so like you I will just migrate for now and if they stay good.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Moving back to the US (after 7+ years living in Germany) in ~life

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    You're very welcome! I'm not honestly sure what criteria to use, I think I just went off word of mouth and decent rates. I'd had an account with my credit union for years because of an old zero...

    You're very welcome! I'm not honestly sure what criteria to use, I think I just went off word of mouth and decent rates. I'd had an account with my credit union for years because of an old zero interest credit offer, but hadn't really thought about it for a while until my neighbor informed me that they had recently introduced a high-yield savings that was very competitive. So, I guess check with people in your community and see if any have good name recognition, then check rates and product offerings (credit cards, home/auto loans, savings, checking) to make sure they offer what you need.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Moving back to the US (after 7+ years living in Germany) in ~life

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    I've seen where you said you have banking accounts already, and this may be a low priority thing, but make sure to look into local credit unions. This is top-of-mind for me right now because I've...

    I've seen where you said you have banking accounts already, and this may be a low priority thing, but make sure to look into local credit unions. This is top-of-mind for me right now because I've spent the month transferring my high-yield savings account with an online-only place (3.35% apy) and my car loan with a nationwide lender (8.99% apr) to my credit union (4.00% apy and 4.24% apr, respectively). Check around, as there are likely multiple credit unions with carrying rates and membership requirements.

    And while you're at it, don't forget to get a library card! Or multiple, since you're in a suburb. I have two cards, one with my county (which shares catalogs with a huge network of libraries in my state, both for physical media and e-materials via the Libby app [shout-out to Libby, ebooks and audiobooks rock]) and one with the nearby city I used to work in (which doubles the potential content pool on Libby). And, since you've been away, makerspaces in libraries have become way more common and provide opportunities to cheaply hone new skills and start up new side gigs/hobbies.

    Good luck with the move!

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Good News Everyone! - the coping with everything edition in ~talk

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    There's a guy making videos right now with a similar vibe, complete with piano music to match the visuals. Here's one on custom embroidery

    There's a guy making videos right now with a similar vibe, complete with piano music to match the visuals. Here's one on custom embroidery

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 5 in ~society

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    To be fair, he didn't bankrupt a casino, it was at least four. With experience like that, I'm sure he knows exactly what he's doing.

    To be fair, he didn't bankrupt a casino, it was at least four. With experience like that, I'm sure he knows exactly what he's doing.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Clicks Communicator: the ultimate communication companion in ~tech

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    I went ahead and put down a deposit on one, though I might chicken out later. It ticks a lot of boxes for me, and I like the look. We'll see.

    I went ahead and put down a deposit on one, though I might chicken out later. It ticks a lot of boxes for me, and I like the look. We'll see.

  18. Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk

  19. Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk

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    Middle millennial in Kentucky, instructor to locksmiths/security professionals. Edit: @Cannonball, howdy neighbor!

    Middle millennial in Kentucky, instructor to locksmiths/security professionals.

    Edit: @Cannonball, howdy neighbor!

    10 votes

  20. Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk

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    Reading this while my wife and her mother are in the next room making a spreadsheet of my wife's polishes gave me quite a chuckle. She collects Holo Taco brand polishes. I collect titanium tools,...

    Reading this while my wife and her mother are in the next room making a spreadsheet of my wife's polishes gave me quite a chuckle. She collects Holo Taco brand polishes. I collect titanium tools, so I don't complain 😁

    1 vote