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  1. Comment on What is your top, unknown, non fiction recommendation ? in ~books

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    Here are some of my top picks — not quite unknown, but rather underappreciated(?): The rebel: an essay on man in revolt - Albert Camus Development as Freedom - Amartya Sen A new green history of...

    Here are some of my top picks — not quite unknown, but rather underappreciated(?):

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech

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    I've found Bibsonomy a great social bookmarking site, especially suited to academic and scientific research, although I use it more generally. It is free to use.

    I've found Bibsonomy a great social bookmarking site, especially suited to academic and scientific research, although I use it more generally. It is free to use.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I've just finished Yanis Varoufakis' novel Another Now, in which he constructs a parallel world to elucidate what he imagines as a possible socioeconomic system more closely aligned with his...

    I've just finished Yanis Varoufakis' novel Another Now, in which he constructs a parallel world to elucidate what he imagines as a possible socioeconomic system more closely aligned with his democratic socialist values.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: adopt a baby elephant in ~enviro

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    It was great. We saw about a dozen young orphan elephants being fed at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust conservatory. They were separated from the visitors behind a rope but we got a chance to pet...

    It was great. We saw about a dozen young orphan elephants being fed at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust conservatory. They were separated from the visitors behind a rope but we got a chance to pet some who came near and feel their thick skin and sparse bristly hair.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: adopt a baby elephant in ~enviro

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    I'll be visiting early next week while on an extended trip to Kenya! :-)

    I'll be visiting early next week while on an extended trip to Kenya! :-)

    3 votes

  6. Comment on YouTube without a working ad blocker in ~tech

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    Take a look at Invidious, which is an ad-blocking proxy server for YouTube content. There are multiple instances, which are sometimes temporarily blocked but there's a nice Firefox add-on for it...

    Take a look at Invidious, which is an ad-blocking proxy server for YouTube content. There are multiple instances, which are sometimes temporarily blocked but there's a nice Firefox add-on for it called Invidition that allows you to easily enable/disable the proxy and select the proxy instance.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on What’s your method for archiving bookmarked/liked social media posts? in ~comp

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    I use Bibsonomy, "the blue social bookmark and publication sharing system."

    I use Bibsonomy, "the blue social bookmark and publication sharing system."

    Using BibSonomy you can easily create collections of bookmark and publication posts. Just insert bookmarks and publications. You can do this even faster with our BibSonomy browser add-ons or bookmarklets.

    In addition, you can also use ISBN, ISSN, DOI, or barcodes to have the insert publication form filled up automatically for you. Use tags to organize the posts in your collection. If you choose them carefully, tags are a very powerful instrument.

  8. Comment on Looking to "compile" some of my phone's videos into an .iso to send to family; I use Linux in ~tech

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    You should be able to just mount a USB drive and copy the videos to it directly, just as with any other mounted filesystem.

    You should be able to just mount a USB drive and copy the videos to it directly, just as with any other mounted filesystem.

    10 votes

  9. Comment on Email provider recommendations? (Privacy-focused, paid-for) in ~tech

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    I also managed my own self-hosted email server for many years until it just wore me down so I understand where you're coming from. For the past several years, I've been happy with Zoho's premium...

    I also managed my own self-hosted email server for many years until it just wore me down so I understand where you're coming from. For the past several years, I've been happy with Zoho's premium email service at USD $4/mo.

    Zoho also offers a full online office suite but I'm not interested in that. Still, the email service does include calendar and contacts. It also allows for domain mapping, extensive filtering, and S/MIME.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on Any offline bookmark managers (or similar software) you'd recommend? (simple and open source preferred!) in ~tech

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    What's most useful to me is the editable metadata, such as a link description and, especially, tagging. Tags can also be hierarchically organized and are rendered in a tag cloud. I don't...

    What's most useful to me is the editable metadata, such as a link description and, especially, tagging. Tags can also be hierarchically organized and are rendered in a tag cloud. I don't personally care so much about the social aspect or the privacy settings, although I know these are important for others.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Any offline bookmark managers (or similar software) you'd recommend? (simple and open source preferred!) in ~tech

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    I use Bibsonomy, "the blue social bookmark and publication sharing system", which I found after repeated searches for an alternative tagged bookmark manager following the demise of delicio.us...

    I use Bibsonomy, "the blue social bookmark and publication sharing system", which I found after repeated searches for an alternative tagged bookmark manager following the demise of delicio.us several years ago.

    BibSonomy helps you to organize your scientific work. Use BibSonomy to collect publications and bookmarks, to collaborate with your colleagues, and to discover interesting researches for your daily work.

    It has browser extensions for buttons to easily add and manage bookmarks for web pages.

    BibSonomy is offered by the KDE group of the University of Kassel, the DMIR group of the University of Würzburg, and the L3S Research Center, Germany. Its open source repository is at bibsonomy.bitbucket.io.

  12. Comment on What webhost and software do you use for your personal website? in ~tech

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    I've been using Zola on GitLab Pages with its CI/CD runner for a couple of years now. Having retired from software development, I no longer needed my Linode VPS where I had hosted a WP instance...

    I've been using Zola on GitLab Pages with its CI/CD runner for a couple of years now. Having retired from software development, I no longer needed my Linode VPS where I had hosted a WP instance for several years. I love the simplicity of a static site generator.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Aspartame may be declared a possible carcinogen by IARC in ~food

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    I used to drink up to 6 litres per day but I'm now down to about 1 litre per week. ;-)

    I used to drink up to 6 litres per day but I'm now down to about 1 litre per week. ;-)

    1 vote

  14. Comment on Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, World Health Organization's cancer research agency to say - sources in ~health

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  16. Comment on I want to learn programming in ~comp

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    As others have said, programming is a large field. You might consider narrowing your choices by leveraging your biotech experience with a career in applied data science, for which you will need to...

    As others have said, programming is a large field. You might consider narrowing your choices by leveraging your biotech experience with a career in applied data science, for which you will need to learn programming and/or AI technologies. The following is an introductory article:

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Why has Hilma af Klint, an overlooked pioneer been paired with Piet Mondrian, a jazz-mad Dutchman rebelling against his dad's religion? The answer lies in the spirit world in ~arts

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    Hilma (2022) is a good film by Lasse Hallström about Klimt's life.

    Hilma (2022) is a good film by Lasse Hallström about Klimt's life.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on A Dutch researcher named Frank Hoogerbeets had predicted the Turkey earthquake two days before it had happened in ~enviro

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    Rebecca Watson (AKA Skepchick) posted about this today: NO ONE Can Predict Earthquakes!

    Rebecca Watson (AKA Skepchick) posted about this today:

    3 votes

  19. Comment on King Charles III's new cypher is a design classic in ~design

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    I love how the TTC logo is excoriated. :-) The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is renowned for its terrible design. I once took a tour of subway stations with Joe Clark, a vocal critic of TTC...

    I love how the TTC logo is excoriated. :-) The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is renowned for its terrible design. I once took a tour of subway stations with Joe Clark, a vocal critic of TTC signage and typography, about which he has produced a number of reports and presentations.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on QAnon protesters attempted to arrest Peterborough police officers over Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Peterborough's Mayor tweets a message to them: 'F--- off, you f---wads' in ~news

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    Here's another article, from the Peterborough Examiner, a video tweeted by witness lawyer/activist Caryma Sa'd, and another video documenting and ridiculing the whole affair.

    Here's another article, from the Peterborough Examiner, a video tweeted by witness lawyer/activist Caryma Sa'd, and another video documenting and ridiculing the whole affair.

    5 votes