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@ Uebercomplicated @lemmy.ml

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Linux nerd. Music lover. Specialty coffee obsessed. The list goes on; stop using so many gosh darn periods!

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    Shut up and get in the meat grinder

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  • You realize the image doesn't prove anything?

  • ‘If I switch it off, my girlfriend might think I’m cheating’: inside the rise of couples location sharing

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  • I've actually done a little to combat this, in my personal life (apart from ordinary privacy stuff like librewolf und Linux). I got so sick of the majority of my friends expecting me to reply to every text message within 30 minutes, and then getting extremely offended when I didn't (simply because I don't look at my phone that often), that I turned off read-receipts on all my messaging apps, and set my notifications to only arrive in groups at specific times of day.

    Then I made a habit of not answering unimportant messages for a few days, until I got the reputation that I pretty much don't use my phone (I also don't use conventional social media, and none of my friends even know I'm in lemmy). This worked like a charm! My social life much, much less stressful.

    I've broken the absurd contract that so many people seem to think they have a right to. My time is now my own. I can highly recommend this system! Of course, I can't do it for work-related stuff, but it still really has reduced my stress by a lot.

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  • I'm traveling right now, but will get back to you on my playlist generator.

    I hadn't thought of syncing music libraries! You are indeed right, MPD does not have that, and it would be a hassle to set up. One point to apple...

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  • MPD works pretty well for the music thing, and, I don't know if this is would be an option for you, but I programmed my own smart-paylist-generator in rust as a hobby project to get control of my 500Gb (around 10,000 100% legally acquired tracks cough, cough) library. The additional control over the algo meant I got something that works waaaay better than pretty much anything else I've tried (including Spotify suggestions, etc. — the only thing I still use is Bandcamp for new artist suggestions); if you have the time, I highly recommend a homemade solution like that. It is a lot of work though.

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    How many of you use Lemmy and ONLY use Lemmy vs Reddit?

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  • Literally the only social media I use (apart from signal, if that counts).

  • VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website.

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  • Lol, there's even a warning. The first one I saw was fucking hilarious, thanks for the recommendation!

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  • Don't forget to sand

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  • "Masturbating Formula with Vitamin M"

    See, the version without Vitamin M is less effective...

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  • Emotio

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  • The power cable of my nightmares... Everytime I feel like they want you to brake it, just so you need to buy a new one

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  • I was short on time but wanted to recommend a book that drastically changed my life and improved my mental health. I have no moral issues recommending it; one can always look up a summary, or easily read it free of cost using shadow libraries (not that I recommend that).

    However, I will humor you, and include a short summary here:

    • better memory for stories
    • better ability to think three dimensionally
    • better ability to think dynamically (changing or uncertain variables)
    • and some others I can't remember off the top of my head.

    Hope this helps.

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  • A note in left-handedness:

    In primary school, I first learned to write with a pencil and then with a fountainpen, as you describe (I grew up in Europe). This has made no difference to my experience with writing whatsoever, because our

    <insert strong swear word>

    language/cursive/alphabet is designed for right-handed people. I could talk for hours on the subject, but it would involve much swearing — I will spare you the pain. Just know that we should be writing top-to-bottom instead of left to write, and should re-design our alphabet, cursive, fountain pen nibs, and how we teach lefties to write.

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  • Absolutely! In fact, I'd argue that this is true for many conditions that we treat as disabilities, like dyslexia (which is rarely disabling) and the aforementioned autism. Both of these conditions have disadvantages and advantages. The situation is not black and white; simply because society was designed one way, does not mean that everyone who does not perfectly fit in is disabled or has a illness.

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  • I recently got a tip from a friend, that drawing just the shadow a nose creates (so kinda a skewed pear-like shape) looks much better than the sharp lines people usually use for noses.

  • What app is so useful, you can’t believe it’s free?

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  • Also shout-out to airwindows. Absolutely fantastic plugin collection, and entirely free!!!!

    Edit: also, while I'm at it, Orca is a great, though very weird, sequencer.

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  • I almost disagree with this.

    IMO Reaper is fantastic and simply a better drop-in replacement for audacity. Audacity—despite the wonderful name, second only to Alacritty (maybe the greatest program name ever)—is wildly difficult to use, buggy as all hell, and insanely inefficient. Reaper, on the other hand, works for simple things and for complex synthesizer and wacky editing stuff perfectly. I still remember how surprised and bemused I was that the Electro-Akustik department in the Akademie der Künste in Berlin uses basically-free Reaper for their recording needs.

    The only argument for audacity is the slightly faster start-up time, and the absence of a "buy-me" pop-up (if you haven't purchased one of the very affordable licenses). Seriously though, since I discovered Reaper I've basically used it for everything not related to work et al. Fantastic software.

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  • Audacity is decent, but Reaper is sooooooooooooooooooooooo much better. Sooooooooooooooooooooooo much. And it's basically free (presuming you're not a business).