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  1. Comment on What Is A Secure Note-Taking App? in ~comp

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    I have used many different note taking apps and currently use UpNote. You pay once and can sync across computers. https://getupnote.com/

    I have used many different note taking apps and currently use UpNote. You pay once and can sync across computers.

    https://getupnote.com/

    2 votes
  2. Comment on Looking for a good, modern alternative for PHP nuke in ~comp

  3. Comment on Starting Friday, dockworkers in all Swedish ports will refuse to offload Teslas, cleaning crews will no longer clean showrooms, and mechanics won't fix charging points in ~transport

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    I hope Tesla workers unionize every where.

    I hope Tesla workers unionize every where.

    7 votes
  4. Comment on Quizzle – Can you guess the word in fewer than twenty questions? in ~games

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    it looks like it’s using AI and is dump as a rock. also poorly designed, so it’s not really fun at all due to the lack of response.

    it looks like it’s using AI and is dump as a rock. also poorly designed, so it’s not really fun at all due to the lack of response.

    2 votes
  5. Comment on Headphone recommends that actually block out voices in ~tech

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    I have tried a lot of headphones and many of them work really poorly and hurt your ears. The Mac AirPod max work incredibly well. But they are very expensive. https://www.apple.com/airpods-max/ A...

    I have tried a lot of headphones and many of them work really poorly and hurt your ears. The Mac AirPod max work incredibly well. But they are very expensive.

    https://www.apple.com/airpods-max/

    A cheaper second choice would be from Bose: https://www.bose.com/p/headphones/bose-noise-cancelling-headphones-700/NC700-HEADPHONEARN.html

    1 vote
  6. Comment on People who manage small websites, how much does it cost you in time (and finances)? in ~comp

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    I host multiple small sites. $14 for.com Domains - https://namesilo.com $10 - $20 month Hosting https://www.vultr.com/ Many hosting sites are cheap but slow. Vultr is both cheap and fast.

    I host multiple small sites.
    $14 for.com Domains - https://namesilo.com

    $10 - $20 month Hosting https://www.vultr.com/

    Many hosting sites are cheap but slow. Vultr is both cheap and fast.

    2 votes
  7. Comment on Do you have a favorite YouTube video? I want to know! in ~talk

  8. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

  9. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    https://youtu.be/9oarFok__1s?si=0xDYYKPqCpojdkaW Artist and writer Jenny Odell brings her acutely insightful observations to the dominant framework of time, based on industrial and colonial...

    https://youtu.be/9oarFok__1s?si=0xDYYKPqCpojdkaW

    Artist and writer Jenny Odell brings her acutely insightful observations to the dominant framework of time, based on industrial and colonial worldviews, that is embedded within our societies. Addressing the inability to reconcile the artificially constructed time pressures of modern culture with planetary-scale crisis, she offers a series of histories, concepts, and places as "provocations that can defamiliarize an old language of time, while pointing in the direction of something else."

    2 votes
  10. Comment on Starfield - what are your thoughts? in ~games

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    They is so boring, bug filled and just poor gameplay mechanics that I got a refund off Steam. The people on Consoles have it a bit better than those of us on PCs. Some the worst combat in a game....

    They is so boring, bug filled and just poor gameplay mechanics that I got a refund off Steam. The people on Consoles have it a bit better than those of us on PCs.

    Some the worst combat in a game.
    Endless cutscreens.
    Horrible console only controls.
    Empty planets.
    Why am I sitting on the ground watching my ship takeoff into space which I am sitting in?
    I shoot the ground around NPC’s and there’s zero reaction.
    My NPC companions just run around and random directions. The worst AI.
    I tried flying away from a planet in my ship and when I turn around I’m still sitting at the planet.
    inventory management hell.
    every generic NPC says the same thing

    https://youtu.be/ZbLQuXxvBGI?si=g40pPLVRKNoLu6g2

    13 votes
  11. Comment on Looking for a good note-taking app in ~tech

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    I went through hundreds of note taking apps and the best one I found was Nimbus Notes. https://nimbusweb.me/features/

    I went through hundreds of note taking apps and the best one I found was Nimbus Notes.
    https://nimbusweb.me/features/

    1 vote
  12. Comment on Firefox outperforms Chrome in speed for the first time according to a Speedometer assessment in ~tech

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    Firefox betrayed us all too many times to try and be like chrome and destroyed its entire extension community. I will never use Firefox as my main browser again I am currently waiting for ladybird.

    Firefox betrayed us all too many times to try and be like chrome and destroyed its entire extension community. I will never use Firefox as my main browser again I am currently waiting for ladybird.

    6 votes
  13. Comment on When reading historical books, how do you keep track of timelines? in ~books

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    I have to make it relatable to my life. I take my age for example 50 and divide that into 100 years. So 100 years would be two of my life times. I do that because the way history is measured is...

    I have to make it relatable to my life.

    I take my age for example 50 and divide that into 100 years. So 100 years would be two of my life times. I do that because the way history is measured is 100 year chunks. Then I can go backwards in history and I have an understanding of how long ago it was.

    The 1600s would be around 8 and half of my lifetimes.

    2 votes
  14. Comment on Looking for your best men’s pants/trousers recommendations! in ~life.style

  15. Comment on What game is your current addiction? in ~games

  16. Comment on What game is your current addiction? in ~games

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    Been playing Project Gorgon MMORPG. Made by some of the people who made Asheron's Call https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLr0egVu2AM - introduction to the game...

    Been playing Project Gorgon MMORPG.

    Made by some of the people who made Asheron's Call

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLr0egVu2AM - introduction to the game

    https://wiki.projectgorgon.com/wiki/Main_Page - All the detailed info about the game

    https://projectgorgon.com - The main page

    Dev Blog - https://forum.projectgorgon.com/showthread.php?3169-Dev-Blog-July-12-2023

    You can get the demo for free off Steam and it only costs $10 For the full game.

    The game is fantastic. Great lore and story.
    It is a skill based game with skill levels and really fun discovering skills.
    No death penalty.
    You can swap between classes whenever you want.
    Lots of interesting and easy to figure out puzzles.
    People are super friendly and helpful.

    Been having a blast.

    6 votes
  17. Comment on The case against open-world games - Grand Theft Auto set the standard, and video games have been worse off ever since in ~games

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    The problem I see is the massive amount of content you need in a real MMO. There really needs to be procedural programming like No Man's Sky (the most impressive procedural coding) that implements...

    The problem I see is the massive amount of content you need in a real MMO. There really needs to be procedural programming like No Man's Sky (the most impressive procedural coding) that implements large scale cultures of creatures. This has been done in small ways with town changes with guildwars 2, ESO and others, but not to the scale to really make an MMO feel alive. Without that feature, you have to create a ton of ongoing content by hand. Since that content is static the users will eventually get bored.

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  19. Comment on What's something you wish made a comeback? in ~talk

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    I want the C64 back and thankfully it is coming back with the Mega 65 https://mega65.org

    I want the C64 back and thankfully it is coming back with the Mega 65
    https://mega65.org

    2 votes
  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    I would say $72.3 billion in revenue from the app store in 2020 is a cash cow.

    Most of their "services" revenue is just Google paying them to make Google the default search engine on Safari. It's far from a "cash cow." Apple realizes that the App Store being safe is why people are willing to spend money in it.

    I would say $72.3 billion in revenue from the app store in 2020 is a cash cow.

    6 votes