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Riley

@ koncertejo @lemmy.ml

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3 yr. ago

  • What do you collect?

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  • Music. I've got an extensive collection of vinyl records, and a smaller collection of CDs, tapes, and MiniDiscs.

  • Be honest: Do you still use mainstream social media?

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  • I use Facebook only for Marketplace, because it has completely replaced Craigslist in my area. I sell custom-built Game Boys.I check Reddit for news and hyper-specific hobbies that don't really have a place on Lemmy, but I don't have an account.I use YouTube often, but lately I've completely blocked shorts and I've started downloading all the videos I'm watching to my hard drive so I can stream them through Jellyfin instead.

  • I used to love computing as a hobby, but now it feels like it's a source of evil in the world, how have you dealt with this?

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  • No you're absolutely correct. I've found it harder to have faith in other people as much as I did when I was a little younger, because of the state of the world and the lack of movement on the part of people around me. I think part of the struggle I'm having is that computers aren't a hobby one engages with in a vacuum. If someone was really into knitting and all of the sudden half the knitting community got into fascism for some reason, that person could reasonably go on knitting in the comfort of their own home without feeling like it is in any way contributing to or condoning those fascist knitters. But with computers, half the hobby is the joy of networking! Of these shared spaces created by tying computers together in new and interesting ways. Which unfortunately have now created a wicked gestalt surveillance apparatus. Hell is other people and their computers?

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    I used to love computing as a hobby, but now it feels like it's a source of evil in the world, how have you dealt with this?

  • What's an interesting etymology for a common term?

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  • Goodbye is a contraction of God be with ye

  • What's an interesting etymology for a common term?

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  • Vi lernas Esperanton! Kiel vi faris?

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used

    web.archive.org /web/20260313193957/https://www.theverge.com/tech/894752/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

  • (Roughly) how old are you and how did you come to be on Lemmy?

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  • I'm 26, used Reddit for a long time, but the primary way I came to find out about Lemmy was because I was already on Mastodon and a fediverse enthusiast. I was here before the API scandal.

  • Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops

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  • The issue I had with my previous Lenovo Thinkpad wasn't that it wasn't repairable when it broke, it was. The issue was that the cost of just replacing the keyboard was prohibitively high. Higher than the cost of a new laptop. So it became e-waste.

  • Valve is about to win the console generation

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  • The Switch 2 having already outsold the Steam Deck at a 5:1 ratio shows that, as awesome as the hardware that Valve makes is, they simply aren't pushing it in a way that will capture the mainstream. They can certainly "win" the console generation by making a device that is better than the PS5, but they have 10+ years of work ahead of them if they want to win any console generation in terms of units sold.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    Default Settings Are Eating The World

    audiovalentine.com /2025/09/default-settings-are-eating-the-world/

  • Been seeing a lot of posts about replacing Spotify and such, so I wrote up a guide on how I did just that

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  • is Lemmy the most popular 'Reddit Alternative'?

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  • Touching grass probably has us beat

  • If you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now - Ars Technica

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  • I'm really keen on one of these displays eventually, as I can set aside the issues with refresh rate and colour accuracy, but the price needs to drop way down. It needs to be competitive with regular LCD monitors.

    I look at terminals all day for work, this would make it so much more comfortable.

  • "I'm socially liberal but fiscally conservative" - What do you think when you hear that?

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  • A walking example of privilege

  • What unethical experiment do you think would be interesting to conduct?

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  • Making a lot of clones of myself, raising them all differently, and seeing how many of them turn out in the same way as me.

  • Bigscreen Announces the Beyond 2 VR Headset

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  • Definitely does a lot more than the Vision Pro does though, waaay more useful.

  • Bigscreen Announces the Beyond 2 VR Headset

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  • I think you can order prescription lenses with it. Maybe with the halo strap it might accommodate glasses nicely.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    Bigscreen Announces the Beyond 2 VR Headset

  • It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed

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  • Needed to ditch the original strap and put the Bobo M3 strap on it, but once that was done it was the first time I was able to use VR with no weight on my cheekbones. Wildly changed how I felt about it as it was suddenly so comfortable I could use it for hours without discomfort.

  • It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed

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  • I personally feel like the Quest 3 is the most comfortable headset I've ever owned (previously owned the CV1 and the Quest 1) and that for me trumps all of its issues with the lens/display setup.

    I am desperate for Valve to succeed and really shake up the market but I think they'll continue to make headsets that cost over $1K and just aren't palatable to a wider audience. Hopefully Deckard is at the very least good enough to justify that price. I certainly have more faith in them after loving the Steam Deck.

  • It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed

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  • I posted the article mostly for discussion, I personally have had a great time play AC: Nexus VR lately. But it does feel like the market is in a bit of a weird place right now as Meta/Apple are both pushing AR and non-gaming use cases, when the only thing these headsets have really been shown to be superior at is playing games.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed

    www.howtogeek.com /it-might-be-time-to-admit-the-great-vr-experiment-has-failed/

  • Bluesky does federation-washing

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  • Canadian $

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    PixelFed has increased the Fediverse's monthly active users by over 40% in the last few weeks, how do we feel?

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in 'Vast Surveillance' of Users

    gizmodo.com /ftc-says-social-media-platforms-engage-in-vast-surveillance-of-users-2000500840
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves: Cohost and the Fate of Centralized Platforms

    audiovalentine.com /2024/09/the-beatings-will-continue-until-morale-improves/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    What do you think the fediverse/threadiverse will look like in five years?

  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    cohost to shut down at end of 2024

    cohost.org /staff/post/7611443-cohost-to-shut-down
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    What's your least favourite thing about your smartphone

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    Riley @lemmy.ml

    What's your favourite game made for a handheld console?