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Comment on Wireless earphones: a belated review in ~tech
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Comment on Flux Pavillion & Doctor P - I Can't Stop (Flux's Version) (2025) in ~music
granfdad Link ParentI must say that now is a prime time to get back into the scene, it's matured well beyond the homogeneity from it's peak popularity and sparseness is coming more into fashion as of late. The sound...a mismatch of various screechy sounds plastered onto bass that is so loud you can’t hear the vocals
I must say that now is a prime time to get back into the scene, it's matured well beyond the homogeneity from it's peak popularity and sparseness is coming more into fashion as of late. The sound is undeniably changed from the influence of Skrillex and the like, but it's come a long way.
Infekt - Allure
Claybrook - Conflict
SVDDEN DEATH & Marshmello - Vortexblade
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Comment on Flux Pavillion & Doctor P - I Can't Stop (Flux's Version) (2025) in ~music
granfdad Link ParentI find the original to have slightly more energy compared to this recreation on account of the less detail and different master, but you can tell that the remake has been made with much more skill.I find the original to have slightly more energy compared to this recreation on account of the less detail and different master, but you can tell that the remake has been made with much more skill.
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Comment on CGA-2025-09 🕹️🚂 INSERT CARTRIDGE 🟢 The Last Express in ~games
granfdad LinkBought it on steam, excited to join the CGA! Will be playing on my laptop running bazzite, so stay tuned for any linux issues.Bought it on steam, excited to join the CGA! Will be playing on my laptop running bazzite, so stay tuned for any linux issues.
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Comment on Spotify is adding direct messaging to their music streaming app in ~tech
granfdad Link ParentI'm gonna lean on the side of Hanlon's razor for this, there's already plenty of explicit music and podcasts that they could use to justify the age verification. This is just a dumb feature.I'm gonna lean on the side of Hanlon's razor for this, there's already plenty of explicit music and podcasts that they could use to justify the age verification. This is just a dumb feature.
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Comment on Karen Gillan joins the new ‘Highlander’ and has the best reaction to the news in ~movies
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Comment on Karen Gillan joins the new ‘Highlander’ and has the best reaction to the news in ~movies
granfdad LinkThe original movie is bad: bad script, bad acting, bad concept. If the remake isn’t equally as bad, I will be very disappointed.The original movie is bad: bad script, bad acting, bad concept.
If the remake isn’t equally as bad, I will be very disappointed.
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Comment on Special announcement about “Hollow Knight: Silksong” soon in ~games
granfdad Link ParentACMI (the museum mentioned) usually has the full version of the game available but with no instructions on how to play, and it's also in a pretty crowded walking area to encourage people to move...ACMI (the museum mentioned) usually has the full version of the game available but with no instructions on how to play, and it's also in a pretty crowded walking area to encourage people to move from game to game.
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Comment on Do you share your location with your friends? in ~tech
granfdad LinkI'm 20, so on the other side of the 'generational divide' that people are mentioning, my answer is a horrified "hell no!". However that's not the case with a lot of my peers, it was definitely...I'm 20, so on the other side of the 'generational divide' that people are mentioning, my answer is a horrified "hell no!". However that's not the case with a lot of my peers, it was definitely more of a thing when I was in high school and I've since deleted most of my social media so I don't engage with it much. In my experience, the friend-to-friend location sharing is done through snapchats "snapmap" feature, which shows you where people are when they open the app (it's not live unless the app is open, but it shows how long ago the location was updated).
...it was a way of keeping up with one another and seeing what people are up to.
This is the advertised purpose of the feature, but it actually functions as a FOMO machine. It lets you see who is hanging out without you, so you can imagine what kinds of things you're missing out on. If you post a story, it will show up on the map as well for added envy generation. I'm certain this is all intended behavior, because it was the only way I saw it get used outside of seeing how far away someone is when they're late. I knew of multiple occasions when someone would show up to a party uninvited because they saw a bunch of people in the same spot. It's straight-up evil, and one of the reasons I think snapchat has to be the first social media to go.
They also said that not sharing your location can be seen kind of negatively -- as being aloof or closed off.
This is only kind of true in my experience; if you usually have it on then hiding it from a specific person is a slight against them, but if you just turn it off for everybody then no-one really cares. Not everybody I knew had snapchat, so you couldn't fault them for that either. As far as I recall, you could only use the map if you were broadcasting your location, so you could be insulated (or excluded depending on how you interpret it) from everything if you wanted to be. I had a jail-broken phone for the time I was using snapchat, so I had my location set to the middle of the ocean as a sort of middle-ground.
Now that everyone I know is out of highschool, there's not really any location-sharing going on (at least in my circles). It's considered slightly childish to be still using snapchat in 2025, so I think that everyone is over those features. As for family tracking through life360, I knew multiple people who had it enabled but always thought it was creepy. My family considered it a long time ago, but I refused to turn it on and after some yelling my parents realised it was a bad idea.
It is utterly insane that people have forgotten all the internet safety basics. I'm still scared to give out my instagram (that I don't use) to people that meet in real life!
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Comment on Repairing an LG OLED TV and alternative courses of action in ~tech
granfdad LinkAnd the results are in... anyone who guessed the PSU was correct! LG technician came and swapped it out today, free of charge (go consumer protections!), it works like normal now.And the results are in... anyone who guessed the PSU was correct! LG technician came and swapped it out today, free of charge (go consumer protections!), it works like normal now.
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Comment on Sheogorath - Zoom (2018) in ~music
granfdad LinkA very popular meme amongst Elder Scrolls fans, thought I'd put this here for anyone that's been playing the Oblivion Remaster. Personal top track is SAUCE ft. The Gourmet, with XEDILIAN a close...In the earliest of days, in a time when the world was still raw, Sheogorath decided to walk amongst the mortals. He donned his guise of Gentleman With a Cane, and moved from place to place without being recognized. After eleven days and eleven nights, Sheogorath decided that life among mortals was even more boring than his otherworldly existence.
"What can I do to make their lives more interesting?" he said to himself. At that same moment, a young woman nearby commented wistfully to herself, "The sounds of the birds are so beautiful."
Sheogorath silently agreed with her. Mortals could not make the beautiful and inspired calls of birds. Their voices were wretched and mundane. He could not change the nature of mortals, for that was the purview of other Daedric Princes. However, he could give them tools to make beautiful sounds.
Sheogorath took hold of the petulant woman and ripped her asunder. From her tendons he made lutes. From her skull and arm bones he made a drum. From her bones he made flutes. He presented these gifts to the mortals, and thus Music was born.
A very popular meme amongst Elder Scrolls fans, thought I'd put this here for anyone that's been playing the Oblivion Remaster. Personal top track is SAUCE ft. The Gourmet, with XEDILIAN a close second.
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Sheogorath - Zoom (2018)
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Comment on Xbox Series X and S: Microsoft has reportedly sold less than 30 million consoles this generation in ~games
granfdad LinkI know exactly one person with a PS5, and exactly zero people with an xbox. All my friends bought PCs for the first time during 2020 lockdowns, and nobody I know has bought a console since. I...I know exactly one person with a PS5, and exactly zero people with an xbox. All my friends bought PCs for the first time during 2020 lockdowns, and nobody I know has bought a console since. I think that consoles just don't have the appeal that they did, since everything else is slowly but surely catching up.
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Comment on The web could be so much more beautiful in ~tech
granfdad LinkWill have to fall into the "hard disagree" camp on this one, I'm a certified Left Alignment Lover. Consistency is key for readability, and justification can result in pretty huge changes in word...Will have to fall into the "hard disagree" camp on this one, I'm a certified Left Alignment Lover.
Consistency is key for readability, and justification can result in pretty huge changes in word spacing across lines. Even with hyphenation there's still some amount of inconsistency, along with the added inconsistency of words being severed and separated. Especially with mobile interfaces where line width already nears it's lower limit, a person with poor eyesight increasing the zoom on some text could find themselves getting half-words every few lines.
That said, if you want a Tildes-specific tip, change
line-height: 1.5toline-height: 0.to tighten up the leading, it looks much better in my opinion (though, if you use Tildes' default zoom on desktop you might find it too dense). -
Comment on The web could be so much more beautiful in ~tech
granfdad Link ParentThat is awesome! A properly set, left-aligned paragraph beats justification almost every time, so I'm glad to see a nice implementation of that.That is awesome! A properly set, left-aligned paragraph beats justification almost every time, so I'm glad to see a nice implementation of that.
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Comment on What is your personal online "tech stack"? How do you like it? in ~tech
granfdad LinkDomain Cloudflare. They do a lot of bad things, but they're as cheap as it gets. I also use Cloudflare pages for a very simple static site. Email PurelyMail. I've have had no complaints for the...Domain
Cloudflare. They do a lot of bad things, but they're as cheap as it gets. I also use Cloudflare pages for a very simple static site.
Email
PurelyMail. I've have had no complaints for the few years I've been paying. However, the company just changed hands, and it's still just one person running the thing, so I'm always on the lookout for alternatives.
Passwords
BitWarden. Easy and free, no complaints at all.
2FA
Ente Auth. Free and seemingly secure. I could switch to a Yubikey or something, but it works for me for now.
Backup
Backblaze. I can't speak to their service since I've never actually needed it. I back up my Macbook, which has backups of my phone. I don't care about any of my other data.
Cloud Storage & Sync
Nothing. I haven't had the need yet (everything I do fits on my Macbook so far) and I really dislike the idea of cloud storage from a privacy and reliability standpoint.
Search
Kagi. 100% reccomend for the site ranking system alone.
Film & TV
Stremio, plus one very specific addon and it's requisite service. Highly recommended.
Music
iTunes, synced to my iPod. This is technically the "music" app, but I don't pay for Apple music. I buy music on Bandcamp, Beatport or iTunes (in that order).
Minecraft
Pebblehost. This is so I can play my singleplayer world on my steam deck and laptop with no issues, but also because I lost my last world when I reset my computer and forgot to back it up. It's running 1.4.7 because it's resource efficient and I'm running the cheapest tier with servers in my country.
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Comment on Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis. The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream." in ~enviro
granfdad Link ParentI've slowly developed the opposite opinion on these existential issues: I think that humanity has snowballed too far, and we're just too damn good at building things to let environmental factors...one of the reasons humanity won't make it
I've slowly developed the opposite opinion on these existential issues: I think that humanity has snowballed too far, and we're just too damn good at building things to let environmental factors drive us to extinction. I don't even believe that wide-scale nuclear war would do it, the only thing that could wipe us out for sure would be some unstoppable cosmic event. Sure, we've gotta go at some point, but I've slowly been feeling less and less like this is the 'end of the world' and more like we're hitting 'dark ages 2.0'.
It's kind of a comforting thought... if you don't think about it too hard.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival - Final day scheduled for July 17th in ~games
granfdad Link ParentI didn't, joined too late to make any meaningful progress in the world, but this is pulling double duty of a reminder for me to jump on the early-game next season, so thanks!I didn't, joined too late to make any meaningful progress in the world, but this is pulling double duty of a reminder for me to jump on the early-game next season, so thanks!
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Comment on Tildes now supports Unicode 16.0 emoji in ~tildes
granfdad Link Parentpurple splat emoji... can't wait to see what unique meaning it takes on...purple splat emoji... can't wait to see what unique meaning it takes on...
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Comment on Repairing an LG OLED TV and alternative courses of action in ~tech
granfdad (edited )Link ParentCloudflare, 1.1.1.1 According to the FAQ, catbox was somehow involved in the Christchurch shooting (presumably by hosting something from the shooter), so it may be scrubbed from a lot of DNSs....Cloudflare, 1.1.1.1
According to the FAQ, catbox was somehow involved in the Christchurch shooting (presumably by hosting something from the shooter), so it may be scrubbed from a lot of DNSs. Never had an issue with it and it's the only site I know of that does direct linking to images, so I still use it.
EDIT: it's not loading for me anymore... it may be down.
I've done the opposite, going from wireless for the last 5+ years to wired this year. My wireless experience was (suspiciously) amazing, spending $80 on a pair of JAM Live Loud earbuds for about a year until they had charging issues, then spending another $100 on some Sony WF-C500s which are seemingly indestructible, with an infinite battery life that never degraded in the 4 years I was using them (which is the complete opposite of what reviews say, and the general wisdom around TWS, so I guess I just got a standout unit).
This year I picked up an iPod in an attempt to get away from music streaming and my smartphone, so I needed some wired earbuds to go with them. After doing some research, I spent $40 on a pair of Tanchjim One earbuds. It is truly insane how much better the sound quality is on these inexpensive wired earbuds compared to my TWS that were nearly double the price. It's not quite night-and-day, but I instantly noticed more detail in my music upon the first listen. It's slightly annoying having a cable that can get caught, but it's a minor gripe (and the cables can be replaced on this model so even if something breaks, it's a temporary and inexpensive setback).
I think the main thing that made this switch so easy was the fact that I do not use noise-cancelling. I'm super sensitive to the "pressure" feeling that noise cancelling generates, so I prefer to rely on the physical noise isolation and just deal with the degraded listening experience. If I'm commuting I'm not going to be actively listening to my music, so it's not a big deal.