Sometimes I say that there are “nice photos” and “good photos”. A nice photo is usually one which is technically good (focus, sharpness, composition, post processing etc.) and it’s pleasant to look at. Properties of good photos are much more difficult to nail down because they often break “rules” intentionally and they’re so varied… but they make you feel and/or think.
I remember that exact same verse! I had had multiple traumatic happenings in life and tried to study Bible to soothe my mind and find some answers. I read the whole thing and hoo boy was it eye-opening! I tried reading apologetics to allay my doubts but they seemed like dodging the questions and didn’t provide satisfying answers. Then I started reading stuff with historical critical approach and it started to make sense. I fell away from Christianity. Then I read other “holy” scriptures just make sure I wasn’t missing something and realized that they all had cool stories but that’s about it. So, I decided to rebuild my world view on something that wasn’t based on wishful thinking… and I’ve been a content atheist for 15 years.
I run Linux on all home computers, MacOS on work devices… if AMD’s 8x40 APU turns out about as good as it’s rumoured to be (efficiency-wise) I’ll probably try to get my company to get me a Framework laptop with that and then all will be well.
Anyway, I’m pretty sure Steam Deck is having an effect here. Not only do they seem to sell well on their own but people may get ideas when they see Linux-based device running games decently…
Back in the day Discord’s advantage was that it provided a way for people to set up a voice communication server with push-to-talk without any technical knowledge and for free. I don’t know how they’re ahead of competition now… I don’t know what their killer features are.
I use it occasionally but there are a few problems that always drive me away . 1) I have muted all the servers but I still get occasional sound notifications and just cannot find any source for them, might be a bug 2) there is no global notification history. To me that seems like a must-have feature and I don’t know how people stand to use discord without it 3) ui feels very clunky. To me it seems like I spend way too much time navigating through the ui and searching for things. For example, scrolling through the servers and trying to remember which icon was which. Anyway, I would be interested in hearing why people do use it besides everybody being there.
Yup, a lot of my time got wasted on YouTube… I watched “educational” and “interesting” videos but I have to say that many of the creators got caught into enshittification process too… I would do well with 95% reduction in watch time. However, if they start a real war against adblockers… 100% reduction will it be.
I think they were lamenting the fact that people don’t seem to recognize why capitalism’s inherent forces tend to cause enshittification of services. That it’s not just a bad CEO that causes this but the inevitable squeeze that will happens where user good-will is exchanged for money. This is why hopping from privately owned central service to another will not solve that problem… but decentralized services that are not owned by any single agent (and therefore can’t be bought, can’t be turned into value for investors) can resist it.
It’s good to see people here, good to see people protesting and taking control. So, I welcome you (if that amounts to anything :D) However, I wish people also take stock and ponder why social media service after another turns into crap… :)
Sounds like they’re not going away yet. But if youtube really manages to shut it down… that’s going to cure my youtube addiction.
Emacs (Doom), everything from small notes to big software projects.
I tried it… realized that the format pretty much precludes anything I’m interested in watching and that was it. Clearly I’m not in the target audience.
I used to have a sacred birman cat … now I commune with birds.
If you use Firefox, password manager stores its data encrypted (not in plain text). You can also turn on the master password requirement if you like.
I’m waiting for a few days of peace and quiet…
Run a Nextcloud instance on it.
Most of the time when I’m outside I’m wearing outdoorsy/hiking clothes. But then I’m usually just walking around in the nature talking to crows and taking photographs. So, I pick whatever suits the weather =)
Unhook, it removes suggestions, recommendations, video walls etc. from Youtube. This limits my youtube usage to what I actively search for… no endless scrolling/binging which is the root of unhappiness.
I’ve been running linux on Asus Zephyrus G14. It works great, battery life is okayish (like 4-6h).
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Cool, stop shipping the walled garden shit then.