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  1. Comment on Recommendations for e-ink tablets? in ~tech

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    Haven't had any issues, lasts a pretty long time for me. But again, maybe enabling internet and sync would change that.

    Haven't had any issues, lasts a pretty long time for me. But again, maybe enabling internet and sync would change that.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Recommendations for e-ink tablets? in ~tech

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    I have a Supernote Manta and it works great for note taking. I don't connect it to the internet for security reasons though, so I dont know how it is in that regard, but it supports sideloading...

    I have a Supernote Manta and it works great for note taking. I don't connect it to the internet for security reasons though, so I dont know how it is in that regard, but it supports sideloading any Android apks so should be fine in theory.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on freemediaheckyeah - The largest collection of free stuff on the internet in ~tech

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    I really love this site. It started off as a list of piracy websites, but is now a list of great free high-quality tools or resources for almost any purpose. Nowadays when I need to find a new...

    I really love this site. It started off as a list of piracy websites, but is now a list of great free high-quality tools or resources for almost any purpose. Nowadays when I need to find a new website to do something, I directly search for it on FMHY instead of using a normal search engine. Gives much better results, especially the starred ones.

    14 votes

  5. Comment on Have you tried Pewdiepies' self-hosted AI workspace, Odysseus? in ~tech

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    The description is somewhat outdated, over the past year he mostly made tech-related videos and family vlogs (although he recently said that he wants his son to have a normal childhood so he will...

    The description is somewhat outdated, over the past year he mostly made tech-related videos and family vlogs (although he recently said that he wants his son to have a normal childhood so he will stop making the family vlogs now)

    10 votes

  6. Comment on Alternatives to a straw hat in ~life.style

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    Is your issue with straw hats the shape or the material? If it's the material, there are plenty of fabric hats in the same shape. If it's the shape, maybe bucket hats? However! A shade does not...

    Is your issue with straw hats the shape or the material? If it's the material, there are plenty of fabric hats in the same shape. If it's the shape, maybe bucket hats?

    However! A shade does not fully protect you from UV radiation. It's still recommended to apply sunscreen when the UV index is high, even when wearing a hat that casts shade onto your face. Yes, you have to replenish it, but it takes like 5 seconds to apply to your face.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on Denmark wants to test whether weight-loss drugs can help get more people into work, adding a new economic dimension to the debate over obesity treatments in ~health

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    I don't know what your ideal society is like, but even in a perfectly fair moneyless utopia medicine requires resources to develop and produce, and those resources are finite. You have to...

    capitalism is to blame for a lot of things

    I don't know what your ideal society is like, but even in a perfectly fair moneyless utopia medicine requires resources to develop and produce, and those resources are finite. You have to distribute them somehow. No matter how much you hate utilitarian calculus or believe people shouldn't be treated as numbers, spending the finite resources on something that would save a lot of people and earn the resources back, instead of on something extremely expensive that would only save one person, is the easiest way to do that distribution.

    Of course, this is not to say that medical funding is distributed perfectly. Neglected Tropical Diseases affect a ton of people, and yet they are, well, neglected, because the countries with the resources to treat them don't see much to gain from it. That is a problem. But automatically assuming something is unethical just because it's based on financial calculations is, in my opinion, a pretty populist and unreasonable take.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Elixir v1.20 released: now a gradually typed language in ~comp

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    Elixir is such a pleasant language to write in. I highly recommend everyone try using it for their next pet project. Phoenix LiveView is also amazing, although the model is pretty different from...

    Elixir is such a pleasant language to write in. I highly recommend everyone try using it for their next pet project. Phoenix LiveView is also amazing, although the model is pretty different from traditional frontend frameworks and takes a while to get used to. Really excited about the type system, that is one of the main things I've been missing in the language.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on What internet discussion sites remain? in ~tech

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    Webrings are fun! We made our own one with a few friends and it even got somewhat popular in the Russians-speaking tech space, though it's mostly personal homepages

    Webrings are fun! We made our own one with a few friends and it even got somewhat popular in the Russians-speaking tech space, though it's mostly personal homepages

    4 votes

  10. Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance

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    To be fair, while that is of benefit to those companies due to the huge amount of people buying those index funds, their actual share in the funds would be pretty small because the fund...

    To be fair, while that is of benefit to those companies due to the huge amount of people buying those index funds, their actual share in the funds would be pretty small because the fund composition is only based on free floating (publicly available) shares. So I wouldn't worry about it much as an investor.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Who’s buying SpaceX and Anthropic? in ~finance

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    SpaceX have forced NASDAQ to change their own rules to include SpaceX in market indices as soon as possible and automatically make everyone who holds a NASDAQ index fund buy their stock, something...

    SpaceX have forced NASDAQ to change their own rules to include SpaceX in market indices as soon as possible and automatically make everyone who holds a NASDAQ index fund buy their stock, something that has previously required a 6 month track record in the market.

    Elon Musk has merged X into xAI to inflate the numbers, and then did that again by merging xAI into SpaceX to pretend like the company is not losing tremendous amounts of money. Now xAI is a tumor on the company that bleeds away all of their profits.

    Despite this, their long-term strategy is entirely AI buzzwords. And ambitious promises that are unlikely to be delivered on (it is Elon Musk, after all). The estimated evaluation is based entirely on those vague promises, giving it an even higher P/E (~1000x) than that of Tesla, a famously inflated meme stock.

    Also, this part is very speculative, but the board of Tesla promised Elon Musk a trillion dollars if he manages to get Tesla to above $8.5 trillion market cap. I've seen theories that he plans to merge SpaceX into Tesla after the IPO to reach that target and get the money. Again, this part is pure speculation, but given his previous pattern of merging companies to make the numbers look better, I wouldn't be surprised at this point.

    16 votes

  12. Comment on What are people's experiences with using Kagi? in ~tech

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    "I looked it up" works for me

    I still have to tell people “I googled this and that”

    "I looked it up" works for me

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Website is unhappy in ~tildes

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    Glad I'm not the only one whose procrastination routine consists of repeatedly opening and closing 3 websites for an hour

    Glad I'm not the only one whose procrastination routine consists of repeatedly opening and closing 3 websites for an hour

    11 votes

  14. Comment on The one-and-done pen? in ~hobbies

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    I have 3 fountain pens I carry in my backpack at all times and I don't think I've ever had a leak, so I don't think it's a very common issue (there's of course always a chance, but I've also had...

    I have 3 fountain pens I carry in my backpack at all times and I don't think I've ever had a leak, so I don't think it's a very common issue (there's of course always a chance, but I've also had that happen to me with ballpoint pens, so it's not a unique risk).

    It really depends on the specific pen and ink though. And also what you do with it—some people do an "eyedropper conversion" to fit more ink into a pen that otherwise only supports small cartridges, and that of course comes at a cost

    2 votes

  15. Comment on The one-and-done pen? in ~hobbies

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    Are you looking for ballpoint pens specifically, or are fountain pens also an option? There are many fountain pens which can be refilled from a bottle of ink and don't need any proprietary...

    Are you looking for ballpoint pens specifically, or are fountain pens also an option? There are many fountain pens which can be refilled from a bottle of ink and don't need any proprietary cartriges. I personally love my TWSBI Eco creme rose gold, but I feel like anything over $20-30 would last a long time, so it mostly comes down to aesthetic preference.

    19 votes

  16. Comment on Invite for friends in ~tildes

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    Ah, I see, I assumed everyone had 10 by default and Deimos was just doing refills.

    Ah, I see, I assumed everyone had 10 by default and Deimos was just doing refills.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on Invite for friends in ~tildes

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    True, but keep in mind the Tildes self-promotion policy: https://docs.tildes.net/policies/code-of-conduct If you want to invite your friend, you can generate an invite here. But if the only reason...

    That said, I understand your concern about my account history, but everyone started from zero. Or not?

    True, but keep in mind the Tildes self-promotion policy:

    If you have your own site/project/channel/etc. that you'd like to share on Tildes, that's generally fine (in moderation), but it shouldn't be the primary reason that you post on the site. Tildes is a community, not a free advertising platform. Sharing your own content is welcome as long as you're involved in the community, but don't just treat Tildes as a source of an audience

    https://docs.tildes.net/policies/code-of-conduct

    If you want to invite your friend, you can generate an invite here. But if the only reason they want to join is to promote their own website, they probably shouldn't.

    8 votes

  18. Comment on Actually useful MCPs in ~comp

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    By the way, note that most of the times you don't need an MCP at all, and the LLMs generally perform better when just given access to a command line script and a skill to run it. In fact, OpenClaw...

    By the way, note that most of the times you don't need an MCP at all, and the LLMs generally perform better when just given access to a command line script and a skill to run it. In fact, OpenClaw actually does that, it just uses a wrapper that automatically converts MCPs to standalone command line tools.

    Here's the post from the developer of the Pi agent, which is also what OpenClaw is based on, specifically using the example of Playwright:

    https://mariozechner.at/posts/2025-11-02-what-if-you-dont-need-mcp/

    6 votes

  19. Comment on Actually useful MCPs in ~comp

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    Would also recommend Liftosaur, it has a custom scripting language for workouts so you can really customize your routine however you like. It's also open source! (though nor easily selfhostable afaik)

    Would also recommend Liftosaur, it has a custom scripting language for workouts so you can really customize your routine however you like. It's also open source! (though nor easily selfhostable afaik)

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Everything in ~science

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    The actual list of everything is Wikidata

    The actual list of everything is Wikidata

    2 votes