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

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    Glad to hear you're enjoying the book! :)

    Glad to hear you're enjoying the book! :)

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Where is everyone hosting their email these days? in ~tech

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    Same here. As paying iCloud+ user I have the ability to use a custom domain for my email, which was the main selling point that made me switch from Gmail. I have no reason to look into other paid...

    Same here. As paying iCloud+ user I have the ability to use a custom domain for my email, which was the main selling point that made me switch from Gmail. I have no reason to look into other paid email providers, since everything works well and I can use whichever client I like.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Where do you stand on climate change? in ~talk

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    *anthropogenic

    anthropomorphic

    *anthropogenic

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Where do you stand on climate change? in ~talk

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    My view is pretty simple: do not mess with complex systems. Regardless of your opinion about climate change (though I think denialists to be pretty darn delusional at this point) we can all agree...

    My view is pretty simple: do not mess with complex systems. Regardless of your opinion about climate change (though I think denialists to be pretty darn delusional at this point) we can all agree that the wisest course of action here is to listen to the scientists, assume climate change to be anthropogenic, and start making drastic changes to the way we relate to nature.

    18 votes

  5. Comment on There’s a new Studio Ghibli Miyazaki film coming out this week, and it’s intentionally launching with zero trailers/screencap in ~movies

  7. Comment on What is your favorite internet radio station? in ~music

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    Flabbergasted to see no mention of NTS. I listened to a ton of web radios over the years but none come even remotely close to it. They have a proper schedule packed full of shows, 24/7, featuring...

    Flabbergasted to see no mention of NTS. I listened to a ton of web radios over the years but none come even remotely close to it. They have a proper schedule packed full of shows, 24/7, featuring artists and selectors from all over the world, early bird/breakfast shows, featured mixes/editorial picks, “infinite mixtapes” sorted by genre, a proper iOS/Android app, and a vibrant community on Discord. I basically stopped listening to music in any other way since I found out about it about 5 years ago.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on Books with WTF premises in ~books

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    A classic of Russian literature and one of my favorite books ever — “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov. Partly set in 1930 Moscow, where the Devil and his entourage (featuring a black,...

    A classic of Russian literature and one of my favorite books ever — “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov. Partly set in 1930 Moscow, where the Devil and his entourage (featuring a black, vodka-drinking, chess-playing, talking black cat) disrupt society, and partly in ancient Jerusalem, portraying Pontius Pilate and the crucifixion of Jesus. It’s the quintessential WTF book, and a timeless literary masterpiece.

    10 votes

  9. Comment on Bad Space Comics — The Suit in ~comics

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    Haunting. Didn’t know the comic, thanks for sharing!

    Haunting. Didn’t know the comic, thanks for sharing!

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Are there any plans to publish an official API? in ~tildes

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    API calls are orders of magnitude more efficient than parsing HTML.

    API calls are orders of magnitude more efficient than parsing HTML.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on This feels dumb to ask, but how do you get your news? in ~news

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    Yep, that was exactly the problem for me on the occasions where I voluntarily stopped reading news in the past. Friends, family or coworkers would discuss some major recent event I heard...

    If there’s something important I’ll probably hear it from friends, family or coworkers.

    Yep, that was exactly the problem for me on the occasions where I voluntarily stopped reading news in the past. Friends, family or coworkers would discuss some major recent event I heard absolutely nothing about, and had to either fake knowledge or appear completely clueless and unconcerned with the state of the world. Not an image of me that I like to project to others.

    13 votes

  12. Comment on What's your favorite read of 2023 so far? in ~books

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    Mine's is definitely The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch. Always loved bleak detective murder stories, always loved nerdy sci-fi, and this book is an improbable though pretty much perfect blend of...

    Mine's is definitely The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch. Always loved bleak detective murder stories, always loved nerdy sci-fi, and this book is an improbable though pretty much perfect blend of the two. And I really dig Sweterlitsch's understated writing style, reminded me a bit of Cormac McCarthy.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on What are your favorite breakup albums? in ~music

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    Sorry for the late answer. It's been a minute and I forgot what I did exactly — I probably just searched "breakup" here on tildes as I was going through some shit a couple of months ago.

    Sorry for the late answer. It's been a minute and I forgot what I did exactly — I probably just searched "breakup" here on tildes as I was going through some shit a couple of months ago.

    7 votes

  14. Comment on What are your favorite breakup albums? in ~music

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  16. Comment on Six truths about video game stories in ~games

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    That must make me an outlier then, because I play videogames to experience stories and I care a lot about good storytelling in videogames. That said it is true that most videogame storytelling is...

    Gamers don't generally care about your game's story. They want the adrenaline spikes of shooty-bang-bang, or the sweet dopamine hits from filling up status bars.

    That must make me an outlier then, because I play videogames to experience stories and I care a lot about good storytelling in videogames. That said it is true that most videogame storytelling is lousy at best...

    2 votes

  17. Current affairs TV shows worth watching?

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    Is there a show focused on current affairs that you would feel like recommending? I'm looking for reportages, in-depth interviews, and high-quality commentary, maybe not overly US-focused, the...

    Is there a show focused on current affairs that you would feel like recommending? I'm looking for reportages, in-depth interviews, and high-quality commentary, maybe not overly US-focused, the more international the better. The only one I know is VICE News, which leaves a bit to be desired sometimes. Grateful for any recommendation!

    8 votes

  18. Comment on Does reformatting an ext4 partition fix bad sectors, and what are they anyway? in ~comp

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    I second that. I would back up all the data (actually, you should already have backups ready to go at a moment notice) and swap the drive asap.

    I second that. I would back up all the data (actually, you should already have backups ready to go at a moment notice) and swap the drive asap.

    4 votes

  19. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I was finally able to play Black Mesa after finding out about GeForce Now, which allows me to play it on my old-ish MacBook. As a huge fan of the original Half-Life game (1997), it's needless to...

    I was finally able to play Black Mesa after finding out about GeForce Now, which allows me to play it on my old-ish MacBook. As a huge fan of the original Half-Life game (1997), it's needless to say that I'm loving it.

    On a side note, GeForce Now has been the finding of the year for me. As an Apple user with no interest in spending big bucks on a Windows gaming machine, or on a console/TV setup, I had pretty much given up on gaming and just played the few titles available for Mac once in a while as they came out (like Firewatch or Inside). With GeForce Now I'm able to play a lot of titles available only for Windows at maximum graphic settings, and don't even have to download GB after GB on my meager 120 GB SSD to install things locally. I just buy it on Steam and press play in GeForce Now, and off I go. I'm honestly still stoked by the possibilities this has opened up for me. Had no idea cloud gaming was this advanced!

    4 votes