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  1. Comment on The watchers: how OpenAI, the US government, and Persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds in ~tech

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    Is Discord still using Persona? I thought Persona was the company they were previously using that was breached, which prompted Discord to stop using them.

    Is Discord still using Persona? I thought Persona was the company they were previously using that was breached, which prompted Discord to stop using them.

  2. Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month in ~tech

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    Unfortunately they already rolled this out in some places and I was affected. There were a few image channels that were not necessarily for adults (Image channels with memes) that I wasn't able to...

    Unfortunately they already rolled this out in some places and I was affected. There were a few image channels that were not necessarily for adults (Image channels with memes) that I wasn't able to access anymore. Worst is that most people in them went ahead with the verification so the only option for me was to not see the content anymore or verify myself but I refuse to do so.

    11 votes

  3. Comment on What do dreams mean? in ~science

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    You may be interested in listening to/watching the podcast Inner Cosmos. The host is a neuroscientist and covers a wide range of topics, including dreaming. He did a 3 part series on just that,...

    You may be interested in listening to/watching the podcast Inner Cosmos. The host is a neuroscientist and covers a wide range of topics, including dreaming. He did a 3 part series on just that, starting with Why do we spend 1/3 of our lives asleep? (Sleeping & Dreaming Part 1).

    I don't remember if all your questions are answered there specifically, but it should at least give you some foundational knowledge to ask more specific questions.

  4. Comment on Steam Hardware: Launch timing and other FAQs in ~games

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    At this point buying a gaming PC is starting to feel like buying a house. You wait for a while for prices to decrease/stabilise just for a different component to become scarce and drive prices up....

    At this point buying a gaming PC is starting to feel like buying a house. You wait for a while for prices to decrease/stabilise just for a different component to become scarce and drive prices up. The only good time to buy seems to be in the past.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Alternative to Spotify? in ~music

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    My approach is to purchase albums through Bandcamp / Qobuz, use Picard for tagging/file structure, rsgain for volume normalisation and then stream using Gonic. For playback I use Supersonic on my...

    My approach is to purchase albums through Bandcamp / Qobuz, use Picard for tagging/file structure, rsgain for volume normalisation and then stream using Gonic. For playback I use Supersonic on my macOS device or Ultrasonic on my Android devices. It all works great!

    Up until recently I only purchased from Bandcamp and used other means to obtain music not available there. But I've been finding lately that a lot of artists are moving into Bandcamp, and if not there, it's usually available in Qobuz.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Youtube channel recommendations 2026 in ~tech

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    Solid recommendations, a couple of extra additions: DrBecky DeepSkyVideos

    Solid recommendations, a couple of extra additions:

    2 votes

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

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    I tried Lawnchair back then but I didn't like it. I ended up settling with Octopi launcher, took some adjusting but I'm fine with it now. The dev is really active and it receives constant updates....

    I tried Lawnchair back then but I didn't like it. I ended up settling with Octopi launcher, took some adjusting but I'm fine with it now. The dev is really active and it receives constant updates.
    To my knowledge, it also doesn't support importing the Nova configuration.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Revisiting Instagram, and promptly leaving it again in ~tech

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    I've been wondering if this is something I should do. I've never used social media apps for more than a few days at a time but I'm kind of drawn to Instagram, not because I want to post anything,...

    I've been wondering if this is something I should do. I've never used social media apps for more than a few days at a time but I'm kind of drawn to Instagram, not because I want to post anything, but because it is a way to follow both artists and attractive people. Most of the local artists that I'm interested in don't have much of a presence anywhere else.

    The two main things stopping me from taking the plunge are the fact that I don't want to see any ads, and I don't want to give my data to Facebook. I've been wondering if maybe there's a self hosted way to achieve what I want to achieve but my self hosted task backlog is so huge I probably won't get to it for a very long time.

  9. Comment on How do you keep your life organized? What tools & systems do you use? in ~talk

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    My set up is much simpler than this but I wanted to also mention Vikunja. Many months ago I looked into to do trackers and this one was my favourite. It's simple and effective.

    My set up is much simpler than this but I wanted to also mention Vikunja. Many months ago I looked into to do trackers and this one was my favourite. It's simple and effective.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech

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    Annoyingly and likely because of the new legislation, Discord is now enforcing ID verification if you want to access 18+ channels (I'm guessing this is only happening in Australia as well). This...

    Annoyingly and likely because of the new legislation, Discord is now enforcing ID verification if you want to access 18+ channels (I'm guessing this is only happening in Australia as well). This is not me advocating for children having access to adult content, this is me complaining that I want to keep access to those channels and don't want to give Discord my personal information, especially since that time one of their third parties leaked a bunch of government IDs.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Elite Dangerous discussion in ~games

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    My experience is very similar, got into it a few years ago and had lots of fun, but at some point the game became way too grindy for me. At that point I decided to venture into the unknown and...

    My experience is very similar, got into it a few years ago and had lots of fun, but at some point the game became way too grindy for me. At that point I decided to venture into the unknown and start exploring which was fun for a bit, except for the fact that there was not much of a reward to doing that (Systems looked pretty much the same) other than having your name as the first to be there.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on Suggestions for uses of old computer hardware? in ~comp

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    Other commenters have pointed out, NAS is a good option. I was in a similar position to you a few years ago and didn't see much value in one but gave it a go anyway. I have just upgraded from that...

    Other commenters have pointed out, NAS is a good option. I was in a similar position to you a few years ago and didn't see much value in one but gave it a go anyway. I have just upgraded from that old set up and have a pretty beefy one that I use for heaps of stuff.

    The other suggestion I would make is to put Proxmox on it. With it you can run heaps of virtual machines, so the focus is less on storage and more on functionality. There's already been mentions of running pihole, I had been running that for a while but I'm in the middle of migrating to Adguard which I would recommend instead. You could also run something like Tailscale as your own VPN.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Looking for a non-smart watch recommendation in ~tech

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    I got a Withings Scantwatch Nova and I'm really happy with it. I don't use any of the smart watch stuff (Or the step counter), I just wanted a watch that I didn't need to adjust the time on, and...

    I got a Withings Scantwatch Nova and I'm really happy with it. I don't use any of the smart watch stuff (Or the step counter), I just wanted a watch that I didn't need to adjust the time on, and that looked good. I would recommend it for your use case.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Idle complaints of indebtedness and isolation in ~talk

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    I have no great contributions here, I just wanted to say that I can relate to those feelings. I was in a similar position in life previously (I even lost weight just because I was looking to save...

    I have no great contributions here, I just wanted to say that I can relate to those feelings. I was in a similar position in life previously (I even lost weight just because I was looking to save money splitting meals) and it especially sucks when there's a perfect storm of shitty things piling on top of each other. During that time, the one thing I felt I could focus on was exercising and so I did. I hated it but it was less bad than everything else I was dealing with and pretty much free (I started buying equipment eventually but at first I made it work with nothing). I'm glad I did that, now that I'm a better place, I'm also much healthier than I would have been had I not taken care of myself.

    6 votes

  17. Comment on DeckFilter: A Steam library companion app in ~games

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    Thanks for the reply! Sounds like it might do what I need so I'll check it out. My main use case was putting games back to replay later. Useful for games like Halo where they all just appear as...

    Thanks for the reply! Sounds like it might do what I need so I'll check it out. My main use case was putting games back to replay later. Useful for games like Halo where they all just appear as one game but each title is an individual DLC. Or when I start a game and decide to stop but play it again later, like when I've been playing too many of the same genre in a row.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on DeckFilter: A Steam library companion app in ~games

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    Thanks for sharing this! For the random game selection, are you able to specify all your unplayed games and some played games? I wrote a shitty web app years ago to do this for me and it's in...

    Thanks for sharing this! For the random game selection, are you able to specify all your unplayed games and some played games? I wrote a shitty web app years ago to do this for me and it's in disrepair, but nothing I've looked at offers the functionality I want to build the set of games I want to pick from.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Ten years since my last PC build - Help me spec a quiet mATX rig in ~tech

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    I've been using https://www.logicalincrements.com/ for many years and recommend it whenever someone is looking to build a new PC. I'm not sure I can answer any of your questions confidently, but...

    I've been using https://www.logicalincrements.com/ for many years and recommend it whenever someone is looking to build a new PC. I'm not sure I can answer any of your questions confidently, but hopefully this helps set you on the right track.

    5 votes