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  1. What are your favorite casual puzzle games?

    ~games Ask (recommendations)
    Hi! I'm looking for some fun and interesting casual puzzle games. Some of my favorites, in no particular order, are: Sudoku Nonogram - like the recent Every 5x5 Nonogram or Picross. Tetris -...

    Hi! I'm looking for some fun and interesting casual puzzle games. Some of my favorites, in no particular order, are:

    18 votes

  2. Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech

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    A few of my favorites for MacOS, run this on terminal: # hold ctrl+cmd to click drag windows defaults write -g NSWindowShouldDragOnGesture -bool true # Finder: Sort folders on top defaults write...

    A few of my favorites for MacOS, run this on terminal:

    # hold ctrl+cmd to click drag windows
defaults write -g NSWindowShouldDragOnGesture -bool true

# Finder: Sort folders on top
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXSortFoldersFirst -bool true

# Allow focusing all fields with Tab
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleKeyboardUIMode -int 2

# Dock: No delay and faster animation
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-delay -float 0
defaults write com.apple.dock autohide-time-modifier -float 0.15

# Accessibility ctrl+scroll to zoom
# ctrl = 1, option = 2, cmd = 4
defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewScrollWheelToggle -bool true
defaults write com.apple.universalaccess closeViewZoomModifier -int 1

    Then killall Dock; killall Finder or restart to be sure.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~music

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    If music is her thing, not the record player, you may consider getting her a Yoto Mini. You can buy cards with kids songs, learning content and even stories. You can also buy blank cards and add...

    If music is her thing, not the record player, you may consider getting her a Yoto Mini. You can buy cards with kids songs, learning content and even stories. You can also buy blank cards and add songs to it or ask grandparents to record a bedtime story themselves, it's a pretty cool device.

  4. Comment on I am new to Mac OS, give me your favorite or preferred settings/ tools! in ~tech

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    Sorry, I forgot to mention RunCat as another great alternative. That's what I've been using over the past weeks. Just because it's fun :shrug:

    Sorry, I forgot to mention RunCat as another great alternative. That's what I've been using over the past weeks. Just because it's fun :shrug:

    2 votes

  5. Comment on I am new to Mac OS, give me your favorite or preferred settings/ tools! in ~tech

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    Some good alternatives to the paid ones are Stats instead of iStat Menus and gdu instead of DaisyDisk. If you don't like the terminal, try OmniDiskSweeper instead. All can be installed with Homebrew.

    Some good alternatives to the paid ones are Stats instead of iStat Menus and gdu instead of DaisyDisk. If you don't like the terminal, try OmniDiskSweeper instead. All can be installed with Homebrew.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on What are your AI-generated guilty pleasures? in ~tech

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    I'm sorry to hear that. Reading it now, looks like I was being sarcastic, but I do feel guilty for that and other reasons when I use AI :/

    I'm sorry to hear that. Reading it now, looks like I was being sarcastic, but I do feel guilty for that and other reasons when I use AI :/

  7. What are your AI-generated guilty pleasures?

    ~tech Ask (survey)
    Most people here dislike AI, more specifically LLM generated content, for reasons such as environmental impact, stealing people's work, etc. Despite that, is there anything that you enjoy? I've...

    Most people here dislike AI, more specifically LLM generated content, for reasons such as environmental impact, stealing people's work, etc. Despite that, is there anything that you enjoy?

    I've been listening to this artist's music for a while. It's mostly video game music "re-imagined by AI" into City Pop and other styles. Artist says they use AI to generate samples, then do the rest of the work like any producer would. I have no idea if it's true or not, but I gotta admit that most of it is really good.

    Today I also watched some "AI ASMR" videos out of curiosity. It's stupid, I know. But watching a knife cut glass can be so damn satisfying. I'm sorry, planet.

    45 votes

  8. Comment on What media have you found that teaches something in a fun or unique way? in ~life

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    Since you mentioned the work out manga, there's also this one called Stretch, it's slice-of-life story with some stretching tips you can apply to yourself. XKCD books are pretty good, like "Thing...
    3 votes

  9. Comment on What media have you found that teaches something in a fun or unique way? in ~life

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    Back then, Bezos had $185 Billion and it was shocking. He now has $201 Billion and Musk $386 Billion !!! That's the $185 Billion Bezos had PLUS $201 Billion he now has. This is absolutely insane.

    Back then, Bezos had $185 Billion and it was shocking. He now has $201 Billion and Musk $386 Billion !!! That's the $185 Billion Bezos had PLUS $201 Billion he now has. This is absolutely insane.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding in ~tech

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    That's true, but https://ladybird.org/ is kind of proving that you don't need to support 100% of everything to have something usable. So my hope is that if a project like this can exist, maybe...

    The economics for developing another browser engine don't pencil out. There are many web APIs to implement in order for an alternative to be minimally functional in displaying modern web content.

    That's true, but https://ladybird.org/ is kind of proving that you don't need to support 100% of everything to have something usable. So my hope is that if a project like this can exist, maybe Mozilla also can? With user support instead of the mistake they made of relying on Google so much and all other bad decisions their leadership make.

    9 votes

  11. Comment on Weapons | Teaser in ~movies

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    Oh wow, this gave me goosebumps! Great teaser, don't show much, but crazy how they can freak you out just by having kids running with arms open instead of normal or walking weird as they usually do.

    Oh wow, this gave me goosebumps! Great teaser, don't show much, but crazy how they can freak you out just by having kids running with arms open instead of normal or walking weird as they usually do.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Bluesky’s quest to build nontoxic social media in ~tech

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    IMHO, Mastodon was designed to solve many of these concerns. There's no "chaotic, always moving newsfeed", likes don't mater, you can't quote someone else's post, etc. There's also a fork called...

    IMHO, Mastodon was designed to solve many of these concerns. There's no "chaotic, always moving newsfeed", likes don't mater, you can't quote someone else's post, etc. There's also a fork called hometown that allows longer posts if that's your thing.

    For me, the main issue is having a single place where everyone is there and we expect that they'll all behave. I don't think anyone figured out yet a way of moderating at this scale.

    The coolest part of Mastodon for me is that it feels like a small community where you can get to know each other, like Tildes, but you can still talk to the outside World. Assuming you find a cool community and don't just join the official one.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk

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    Yeah, but I mean, it's a combination of things. I got myself an expensive laser printer and all. Still, from time to time I can't connect to it over WiFi and have to restart and pray for the...

    Yeah, but I mean, it's a combination of things. I got myself an expensive laser printer and all. Still, from time to time I can't connect to it over WiFi and have to restart and pray for the Printing Gods. Even the super expensive ones $10k+ you find at the office have this kind of problems we thought would be solved at this point.

  14. Comment on The Tiny Soapbox: a platform for small, low-stakes rants in ~talk

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    It's 2025, why can't we have printers that work well?

    It's 2025, why can't we have printers that work well?

    10 votes

  15. Comment on Megathread: April Fools' Day 2025 on the internet in ~talk

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    Flightradar24 is having fake Concorde flights. We had AFR9999 earlier today, Paris to New York in 3:50 hours, now BAW9999 is "flying". Check their home for the XYZ9999 flights if you miss this one.

    Flightradar24 is having fake Concorde flights. We had AFR9999 earlier today, Paris to New York in 3:50 hours, now BAW9999 is "flying". Check their home for the XYZ9999 flights if you miss this one.

    20 votes

  16. Comment on Post something from your notes app in ~talk

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    Searched my #quotes tag and found this scene I saved from the cartoon Mike, Lu & Og, always relevant:

    Searched my #quotes tag and found this scene I saved from the cartoon Mike, Lu & Og, always relevant:

    In a democracy, everybody gets an equal voice, even if nobody ever listens. And if you have a lot of money, you get an even more equal voice, 'cause you can buy airtime. Of course, nobody watches; they're too busy watching game shows. But if they did, they'd see a bunch of candidates who all look alike making promises they can't possibly keep. Not that it matters, since most people don't vote anyway, because they live in a free country and they don't have to. And that, my friends, is a democracy.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Our interfaces have lost their senses in ~tech

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    I scrolled the whole post thinking "please let it not be AI", sad reality we're living. Anyway, I'm not very good detecting this but I think I found proof that it's AI. Look at the "guesture while...

    I scrolled the whole post thinking "please let it not be AI", sad reality we're living. Anyway, I'm not very good detecting this but I think I found proof that it's AI. Look at the "guesture while talking" girl, she has 6 fingers. Congrats to the artists AI stole to learn how to create this, beautiful post nonetheless :/

    edit: not judging Amelia BTW, big fan of her work.

    3 votes

  18. Comment on A Tildes post inspired me to create a collaborative art project in ~arts

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    Nice, it's working really well! Thanks

    Nice, it's working really well! Thanks

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Looking for lighthearted action anime in ~anime

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    Yeah, the action part will come a bit later. But it'll never be too intense, whole season is very slow paced.

    Yeah, the action part will come a bit later. But it'll never be too intense, whole season is very slow paced.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Looking for lighthearted action anime in ~anime

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    Frieren! I usually don't like this kind of medieval fantasy, but Frieren is such a great anime it doesn't even mater. It's a lot about people and relationships, slow paced, some conflicts but...

    Frieren! I usually don't like this kind of medieval fantasy, but Frieren is such a great anime it doesn't even mater. It's a lot about people and relationships, slow paced, some conflicts but never too stressful. Can't recommend it enough.

    14 votes