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  1. Comment on Minimal image self-hosting in ~comp

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    @Durinthal, @hamstergeddon, @trim Mentions don't work in topics :( (Sorry if I'm pinging someone who has already seen this)

    @Durinthal, @hamstergeddon, @trim

    Mentions don't work in topics :(

    (Sorry if I'm pinging someone who has already seen this)

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Any good sites for e-book bundles besides Humble Bundle? in ~books

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    There are no better places to get ebooks than Anna's Archive or Z-Library. Read what you want, then if you want to, pay for a copy afterwards. Seriously, there's no reason to jump through all...

    There are no better places to get ebooks than Anna's Archive or Z-Library. Read what you want, then if you want to, pay for a copy afterwards.

    Seriously, there's no reason to jump through all these weird and cringe hoops like digital lending or DRM cracking just to be able to own a digital copy of a book. Just download the book from a shadow library and then, if you want:

    • Donate money directly to the author if possible
    • Or pay money for the book somewhere

    There's no reason to pay for an ebook before you read it. There's especially no reason to waste your time dealing with poor commercial services when shadow libraries are faster, easier, and free.

    See my other two comments on the topic for more:

    24 votes

  3. Comment on Massive winter storm expected to dump snow and ice across United States in ~enviro

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    psssst I think you posted the wrong link

    psssst I think you posted the wrong link

    1 vote

  8. Comment on US households using Ozempic spend less on groceries in ~health

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    Indeed. Excess fat intensifies feelings of hunger, reduces the amount of time it takes for hunger to manifest, and increases resistance to satiety. You eat more, more often, and are less satiated...

    It might be the case that obesity creates a lifelong problematic relationship with food in some people

    Indeed. Excess fat intensifies feelings of hunger, reduces the amount of time it takes for hunger to manifest, and increases resistance to satiety. You eat more, more often, and are less satiated afterwards when you are overweight.

    For some people, losing weight and returning to a healthy level of body fat does not reverse these effects. That is to say, for some formerly obese people, the effects on their hunger and satiety are permanent.

    12 votes

  9. Comment on I just noticed a slightly easier way to link tags in comments in ~tildes

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    # also only works for headings if there is a space between the # and the heading text: https://tildes.net/~test/1ppp/abbrightback#comment-h3d5 So, even at the beginning of a line, I think # would...

    # also only works for headings if there is a space between the # and the heading text:

    https://tildes.net/~test/1ppp/abbrightback#comment-h3d5

    So, even at the beginning of a line, I think # would work for tags actually.

    And for reference, I'm pretty sure this is where the "linkification" of these syntaxes starts:

    https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes/-/blob/ba25720681e6d0eadb9aa9a621be00103b5521ec/tildes/tildes/lib/markdown.py#L317

    7 votes

  10. Comment on abbrightback in ~test

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    #heading? #heading #nah nah

    #heading?
    #heading
    #nah

    nah

  11. Comment on I just noticed a slightly easier way to link tags in comments in ~tildes

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    Nice find! I think a dedicated syntax for linking tags is a good idea, but that's a good solution in the meantime # in &markdown is used for headings though: First level heading Second level...

    Nice find! I think a dedicated syntax for linking tags is a good idea, but that's a good solution in the meantime

    # in &markdown is used for headings though:

    First level heading

    Second level heading

    Third level heading

    Fourth level heading

    Fifth level heading
    Sixth level heading

    ####### It doesn't go past six :(

    So instead of #, what about & or %? Neither of those are used in markdown (including any of the non-standard, extended syntax supported by the markdown libraries Tildes uses, I think) and they're about as easy to type. Personally I prefer & because muh nerdy programmer references but whatever

    Also there are a few other ways to quickly link things, including:

    7 votes

  12. Comment on YouTube is awful. Please use YouTube, though. in ~tech

  13. Comment on How many trees are there in Skyrim? in ~games

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    I was way off, I only guessed: Don't be a coward, watch the video and make your own guess first 184,000

    I was way off, I only guessed:

    Don't be a coward, watch the video and make your own guess first 184,000
    12 votes

  15. Comment on Anyone else using the Zed editor? in ~comp

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    Especially for mouse input (but let's be honest, for every other type of binary up-down input too) the text editor should really let users specify if a keybind/shortcut responds to mouse-down or...

    Especially for mouse input (but let's be honest, for every other type of binary up-down input too) the text editor should really let users specify if a keybind/shortcut responds to mouse-down or mouse-up.

    Adherence to web standards isn't a good reason to deny users the ability to configure their text editor to work for them.

    6 votes

  16. Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech

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    Please link me directly to these rants you write of, because I can't find them. I looked at the article you linked in your comment above, and I looked at the pages it links to, and in none of...

    they've never of them have gone on explicitly racist/far-right rants about myths like white genocide like Kling has

    Please link me directly to these rants you write of, because I can't find them.

    I looked at the article you linked in your comment above, and I looked at the pages it links to, and in none of those various links did I actually find Kling himself "ranting about white genocide".

    Instead, the tweets of Kling's that I found being criticized, I would describe them as belonging to a thread of "criticism against DEI due to perceiving it as reverse discrimination" (or something along those lines).

    It's important to be accurate when levying these kinds of criticisms against someone. Inaccuracy makes such criticisms easier to dismiss.

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech

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    And "trust" is mentioned 9 times (10 if you count "antitrust"). I don't think word-counts are the best way to determine the main theme of an article.

    And "trust" is mentioned 9 times (10 if you count "antitrust"). I don't think word-counts are the best way to determine the main theme of an article.

    16 votes

  18. Comment on Statement from Mozilla's new CEO in ~tech

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    I removed Firefox To Evolve Into A "Modern AI Browser" from the title for two reasons: Especially coming from Phoronix, the inclusion of that quote in the title felt like ragebait It isn't the...

    I removed Firefox To Evolve Into A "Modern AI Browser" from the title for two reasons:

    1. Especially coming from Phoronix, the inclusion of that quote in the title felt like ragebait
    2. It isn't the main point or theme of the CEO's statement, so focusing on it in the title adds undue weight

    I would much rather people read the entire article from Mozilla and then write a comment, rather than first (or just) read "Firefox to evolve into a modern AI browser" and write a reaction to that.

    I have since changed the link from the Phoronix article to the actual source from Mozilla, and updated the title again to something neutral.

    30 votes

  19. Comment on Proposed amendments to Denmark's laws on copyright and broadcasting would see VPNs limited for common uses under changes to combat access to illegal streaming services in ~tech

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    I want everyone who reads this sentence to note: This is how authoritarians operate. They take an otherwise perfectly normal and benign desire, then use an endless barrage of rhetoric to twist the...
    • Exemplary

    Wanting internet anonymity is an extreme view that has dire complications for society at large.

    I want everyone who reads this sentence to note:

    This is how authoritarians operate. They take an otherwise perfectly normal and benign desire, then use an endless barrage of rhetoric to twist the perception of that desire into an "extreme view".

    Do not be fooled by these creepy arguments that the government must be able to track you online in order to combat <insert bad guys here>. It isn't true. It might make the jobs of investigators more difficult if <bad guys> are able to use technology like VPNs, but the liberties and right to privacy and anonymity of society as a whole should not be sacrificed at the alter of making investigators' jobs easier. It isn't worth it. The potential downsides for society are immeasurable.

    "The government must know what you do online" is an insane thing to believe in. It's authoritarian, it's creepy, and it is not in the interest of the average person.

    59 votes

  20. Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech

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    Do me a favor, make yourself a reminder, and ask me in five years how my experience with "backing up my data" is going (or however else you want to describe it). I look forward to demonstrating...

    Do me a favor, make yourself a reminder, and ask me in five years how my experience with "backing up my data" is going (or however else you want to describe it). I look forward to demonstrating that all the problems you've had are in fact not universal.

    4 votes