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Comment on Introducing Surfboard for Tildes in ~tildes
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Comment on One Million Checkboxes - a silly little game where (un)checking a box (un)checks it for everyone in ~games
joshtransient LinkAnd now https://twomillioncheckboxes.com exists…And now https://twomillioncheckboxes.com exists…
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
joshtransient LinkAnybody watching The Sympathizer? North Vietnamese spy ends up in the US doing deep cover infiltration after Saigon falls in the 70s. And it's Park Chan-Wook (Snowpiercer, Oldboy) directing! The...Anybody watching The Sympathizer? North Vietnamese spy ends up in the US doing deep cover infiltration after Saigon falls in the 70s. And it's Park Chan-Wook (Snowpiercer, Oldboy) directing!
The cinematography is excellent – the camera feels nervous but not anxious, which reinforces its noir feel. Acting is great and often really funny (after episode 1). Robert Downey Jr shows up…several times. Not sure how else to say that without spoilers, but it's done in a fun way.
Shogun is still on my list, and I'm likely going to rewatch The Bear before season 3 drops on the 27th.
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Comment on Do you use an RSS reader? in ~tech
joshtransient Link ParentAdd one Feedly user. Migrated from Google Reader shortly after its death was announced, bought a lifetime license. Longest time I've gone without checking it is one week. Webcomics, tech and news,...Add one Feedly user. Migrated from Google Reader shortly after its death was announced, bought a lifetime license. Longest time I've gone without checking it is one week.
Webcomics, tech and news, feeds from work, travel deals, and because they drop news so rarely, (Hyper Light Drifter developer) Heart Machine's Tumblr.
I have filters set up to get rid of posts with topics I don't care about. I don't use any other Feedly feature like the AI stuff or save/read later after a third party Windows 8 app (shiver) wiped out 200 saves. Its greatest feature is RSS search. 99.9% of the time I don't need to go digging for the RSS URL, Feedly usually finds it just by site name, and provides multiple options where appropriate.
I audit feeds once a year and clean up any that are dead. I average 2-3 new feeds and one deleted feed annually.
Personal bias: I don't follow individuals on the internet – I follow topics and publishers. I understand Twxtter/Bsky/Mastodon, but it's never been for me.
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Comment on AMD officially confirms no more Windows 10 chipset driver and support for next gen Ryzen in ~tech
joshtransient Link Parentglad you called that out, as it definitely tripped me up. a lot of apt-get install scripts ask you to set a variable for current linux version and pull from the right repo. without knowing that...glad you called that out, as it definitely tripped me up. a lot of apt-get install scripts ask you to set a variable for current linux version and pull from the right repo. without knowing that Zorin OS is specifically using Ubuntu 22.04/jammy or any of that, half the bash scripts i ran to install packages from non-native repos didn't work because Zorin reported version 17.
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Comment on AMD officially confirms no more Windows 10 chipset driver and support for next gen Ryzen in ~tech
joshtransient Link Parentbig +1 for Zorin OS, especially if you're coming from Windows. i auditioned a bunch of distros over the weekend and landed there because you can make it operate like Win 10 immediately, down to...big +1 for Zorin OS, especially if you're coming from Windows. i auditioned a bunch of distros over the weekend and landed there because you can make it operate like Win 10 immediately, down to getting some real familiar taskbar right click items like the task manager and file explorer counterparts. i'm considering this a transitional period, but once i feel more comfortable with Linux in general, i want to switch my desktop environment to sway.
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
joshtransient LinkBeth Gibbons (Portishead) has a new album out. It's a lot more experimental and less dance-y than what you may know of Portishead, and it's lovely. "Reaching Out" is a standout for me.Beth Gibbons (Portishead) has a new album out. It's a lot more experimental and less dance-y than what you may know of Portishead, and it's lovely. "Reaching Out" is a standout for me.
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Comment on Classic ’90s Halo precursor FPS launches on Steam for free in ~games
joshtransient LinkProject home page, with a lot of truly great scenarios and total conversions made by the community: https://alephone.lhowon.org/Project home page, with a lot of truly great scenarios and total conversions made by the community: https://alephone.lhowon.org/
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Comment on I just switched to an iPhone, what should I do to make the most of this change? in ~tech
joshtransient Link ParentTo mash up your suggestions: I've had a problem with reachability since I got on a home-button-less model…a lot of apps' bottom row of buttons react whenever I try to do it. So I bound 2x back tap...To mash up your suggestions: I've had a problem with reachability since I got on a home-button-less model…a lot of apps' bottom row of buttons react whenever I try to do it. So I bound 2x back tap to reachability, and my now thumb no longer has to carefully stretch to the bottom then all the way back to the top!
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
joshtransient Link ParentI would likely interrogate a person to death knowing they watched the Fallout show and never played the games or been aware of its existence. I could see someone who enjoys The Boys liking it....I would likely interrogate a person to death knowing they watched the Fallout show and never played the games or been aware of its existence. I could see someone who enjoys The Boys liking it.
Otherwise, it's right up there with TLOU in terms of vibe match. There's enough fun, new stuff for the game fans, not that the attention to detail isn't fun on its own. Several laugh-out-loud moments, too.
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Comment on ‘Heroes’ reboot in the works from series creator Tim Kring in ~tv
joshtransient Link ParentSee also: Dexter. I didn't bother with the reboot, especially after hearing there was yet another awful ending.See also: Dexter. I didn't bother with the reboot, especially after hearing there was yet another awful ending.
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Comment on AlbumLove (February 2024): 2005-2009 in ~music
joshtransient LinkDarkest Hour - Undoing Ruin As someone who leans on the hardcore/punk side of heavy music, this is my favorite metal album of all time. Most folks I've talked to are more interested in their...As someone who leans on the hardcore/punk side of heavy music, this is my favorite metal album of all time. Most folks I've talked to are more interested in their previous album (Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation), but each song on this one is considerably more memorable to me.
It's thrashy and heartfelt in a tight, well-mixed package that has great pacing and lots of variance on their sound. Bonus: the last minute on the album fades into the first minute perfectly, so leave it on repeat for full effect!
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Comment on The decline of username and password on the same page in ~tech
joshtransient Link ParentWe are in agreement. Guess I was hopeful that someone who had to implement this would provide some non-SSO reasons why to include results from said usability labs.We are in agreement. Guess I was hopeful that someone who had to implement this would provide some non-SSO reasons why to include results from said usability labs.
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Comment on The decline of username and password on the same page in ~tech
joshtransient Link ParentThat tracks. Microsoft trends are so bizarre…how many perfectly good desktop apps ruined their UI by replacing their menu bar with a ribbon?That tracks. Microsoft trends are so bizarre…how many perfectly good desktop apps ruined their UI by replacing their menu bar with a ribbon?
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The decline of username and password on the same page
Web devs: what's up with this trend? For enterprise apps, I get it…single sign-on needs to detect what your email domain is to send you to your identity provider. For consumers, I feel like it's...
Web devs: what's up with this trend? For enterprise apps, I get it…single sign-on needs to detect what your email domain is to send you to your identity provider. For consumers, I feel like it's gotta be one of these reasons:
- Users don't know about the tab key being able to move to other fields on a page
- Mobile users don't really have a tab key, despite there being "previous/next field" arrows on the stock iOS keyboard since its inception (Android users, help me out please)
- Users tend to hit Enter after typing in their username, leading to a form submission with a blank password
- Security, maybe? In the past I have sent a link and a password in separate emails or separate communication methods entirely. Are you hashing/salting these separately for better MITM mitigation?
Did your UX team make a decision? Are my password managers forever doomed to need a "keyboard combo" value for every entry from now on?
Non-devs: do you prefer one method over the other? If so, why?
Tildes maintainers: selfishly, thanks for keeping these together :)
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Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv
joshtransient Link ParentViewers were able to figure out whodunit via telegraphs in season 1. That was absolutely not the case for seasons 2 and 3, which were total ass-pulls because the show sacrificed the mystery...Viewers were able to figure out whodunit via telegraphs in season 1. That was absolutely not the case for seasons 2 and 3, which were total ass-pulls because the show sacrificed the mystery elements for character/story elements. The show has heart for days, though, and I hope it can re-capture the season 1 magic.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech
joshtransient LinkOn fresh installs, I delete the contacts app and manage contacts through Phone. Unless someone can point out functionality present in Contacts that Phone doesn't do, I will continue to do so. I...On fresh installs, I delete the contacts app and manage contacts through Phone. Unless someone can point out functionality present in Contacts that Phone doesn't do, I will continue to do so.
I use spotlight to search contacts by name. You can even do this from the lock screen without swiping up to go home.
That style of search is pretty intelligent and Siri will even occasionally (5-10% of the time) suggest someone I actually want to text or call next.
My current native Apple native app peeve is Music on iPad. Swiping from the left edge of the screen should (IMO) always take you to the previous page. In Music, it opens the sidebar. Sigh.
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Comment on The old games that still hold up incredibly well in ~games
joshtransient Link ParentStill the only JRPG I truly enjoy, for all the reasons you mentioned. Especially the music! For anyone wanting to check it out, I consider the DS remaster to be the definitive version, but the...Still the only JRPG I truly enjoy, for all the reasons you mentioned. Especially the music!
For anyone wanting to check it out, I consider the DS remaster to be the definitive version, but the mobile versions are decent (the hi-res text matched with lo-res graphics weirds me out). Can't speak for the PC version.
The new content in the remasters is…okay, save for the new "true final form final boss" which makes a connection to Chrono Cross, which just got a remaster for the Switch.
CC is not really a sequel or even a spiritual successor but expands on several themes from CT. There are several "choices matter" points that wildly change your party's trajectory and available characters you can recruit – all of which have unique responses to events with incredibly well-translated dialogue. There's a wild magic system that uses no MP while still offering summons and even traps so you can steal enemies' spells. There's a post-battle "use remaining spells, consumables, or both to heal your party?" screen.
There's also an insane way to complete it "correctly" which is really hard to suss out without help from the internet. The story is more navel-gazey and much harder to follow than CT. The map feels really limited in comparison to CT after being able to navigate between multiple different time periods, and the "travel" in CC can make things a little confusing since it's more or less the same world map.
Don't know if Squeenix is listening when people spend money on the Chrono games, but it sure would be nice if we got a third entry in the series.
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Comment on PowersHell and graph - setting SharePoint folder permissions help in ~comp
joshtransient Link ParentThere does now also exist a CLI for Graph package, which may be slightly more favorable if PWSH isn't your primary skillset. Fair warning, it's fresh out of the oven, and has less documentation...There does now also exist a CLI for Graph package, which may be slightly more favorable if PWSH isn't your primary skillset. Fair warning, it's fresh out of the oven, and has less documentation out there than the PWSH modules.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/cli/installation
You are spot on about the autogenerated commands, save for the Swagger part. MSFT just had to be different, and the metadata for Graph API is in some god-forsaken XML format that can't be interpreted by OpenAPI or Swagger consumers. So they developed something called AutoREST to do the translation since by the time the Graph PG got around to writing modules, it was five years after v1 was released, and they sure as shit couldn't tell humans to document the thousands of endpoints available.
<< rant energy incoming, not directed at anyone in the comments, only at MSFT for putting software with 1998-era limitations in the fucking cloud >>
Trying to do complicated folder structures in SPO with sharing links…let me tell you, someone pulled that dumb shit with a massive doc library I work with that should generally be open access to all. But since sharing links don't actually grant permissions to a user until the user clicks the link, there's no easy way to traverse the library's folder structure unless I surface each of those links separately and click each one. It's a truly horrible experience.What is even horrible-r is setting up your libraries with deeply nested folder structures, each permissioned in their own special way. The only place inheritance should be broken in SPO is at the library level. Then, sharing links for scenarios where "oh dang, this one person needs read or write access to just this one file or folder and they aren't a member of one of the SharePoint groups on the site." There are too many ways to fuck up permissions in SharePoint already.
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Comment on What 2023 Black Friday deals are you looking into? in ~talk
joshtransient LinkBackbone's controllers for phones are $70, down from $100. https://playbackbone.com/Backbone's controllers for phones are $70, down from $100.
Your app has been instrumental in changing my habits to interact with less toxic, more conversational networks. Thank you for keeping a great experience on an awesome platform alive and well.