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theskyisfalling

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  • What app/program do you browse through Lemmy with?

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  • Was using connect for nearly two years but more and more issues are being introduced and old ones not solved despite a few updates this last month. So currently I have moved over to Voyager, I prefer the way connect is laid out etc but Voyager actually works and as a bonus I can moderate from it.

  • ‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners

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  • Do NOT give these fucking cunts any fucking money. I was a backer for this phone on indiegogo.

    They are liars when they eventually did communicate any updates during the project. They produced around 2000 units, most of which were sent to people who backed the project years after the first backers on indiegogo because they backed on a different platform.

    Ultimately they just shut down the kickstarter giving no actual details. They stole thousands of peoples money through that. They made a product with the money people contributed to back the project and then just shuttered the project so they wouldn't need to deliver a device to these backers.

    I didn't realise they were now trying to sell them again but the units that did get shipped were massively out of date and barely worked as it is.

    If you want a keyboard on a phone Unihertz are about your only option right now.

    Fuck planet computers, thieving fucking cunts

  • Tokyo Xtreme Racer Early Access Review: We Are So Back

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  • This looks interesting and I am looking forward to a release as I will not participate in that "early access" bullshit.

    I have been following Night Runners the last year or so and I really enjoyed the releases of that I have played, not sure if I should maybe just wait for that.

    Tokyo Extreme looks like it will be a lot more polished (obviously) but from what I've seen so far Night Runners levels of customisation are better.

  • What's up, selfhosters? - Sunday thread

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  • This year has been my first foray into self hosting in general. I have been doing a lot of learning and have a long way to go but have got to the point where I have proxmox running with a few VMs running an arr stack, a jellyfin server and a Plex server.

    I'm just super happy to get everything running and now need to fine tune stuff. Currently trying to figure out why the Plex server is down half the time externally.

    I'm having a lot of fun!

  • What do you enjoy sharing with others, or providing guidance about (besides the fediverse)?

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  • Oh yeh I 100% know it is beneficial and like you I have staved off issues my family seem to all suffer with by strengthening and generally staying fit. However the last couple of years I have broken each foot (1 running and the other kick boxing) and coming into my third year of different shoulder problems.

    I'm seeing a physio and sorting it all out but in my 20s and early 30s I was either lucky or just didn't seem to get injured. Now it looks like it will be a regular occurrence and it is super demotivating. I will however, not give up, every time an injury stops me from doing one thing I'll pick up another in the meantime!

  • What is your favorite app for Lemmy? Include Platform.

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  • I used connect for nearly 2 years, I like the way it looks and operated and was fairly happy, however after an update this week that introduced a shit load more bugs and didn't really fix any of the outstanding ones I finally got sick of it.

    So this week I have been using Voyager all week, think I'm gonna jump around a few different ones and try and find a new place to stay.

  • What do you enjoy sharing with others, or providing guidance about (besides the fediverse)?

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  • I wish it really were that simple. Maybe you are still young but as middle age rolls around so do the stupid fucking injuries that appear from no where xD

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    Enough is enough, how do I filter out the Trump/musk shit?

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  • In settings on Voyager you have a blocks and filters section. In there you have filter keywords. You can try filtering different keywords to try and trim the idiocy from /all. It is fucking tiring.

  • PayPal owns brands like Venmo, Honey and is heavily integrated into eBay - if you're looking to stop giving your money to bad companies, take a second to search their subsidiary brands as well.

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  • "Heavily integrated into eBay" except it isnt any more.

    Firstly the article is a year and a half old but although you can still use PayPal on eBay to say it is heavily integrated is bullshit. EBay started moving away from PayPal years ago and at this point have integrated their own systems linking to your bank account to take the place of what they used to use PayPal for.

  • Is there a PC program that will generate visuals from the mic?

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  • Touchdesigner as someone else mentioned will require a lot of work on your end but you can make pretty much anything you could think of really.

    You could also try Synesthesia or there is a free visualiser on steam. If you want to go more down the VDJ route there are more specific programs that can do that but that can also be done from within touch designer. Resolume is one of the most popular ones and this guy is great to watch to get started.

  • Is there a PC program that will generate visuals from the mic?

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  • Oh boy is that an extremely powerful and versatile rabbit hole!

  • Is there a Lemmy community for all time classic YouTube videos?

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  • Looking for a good VPN for 2025, any recommendations?

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  • AirVPN is great and has port forwarding.

  • Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote

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  • I think it is you who needs to learn that in the UK we also use English and it is spelt learnt. Gilipolla

  • Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote

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  • I have heard of Chicken Little, is it an animated film or something? Anyway no, it is from the intro of Power Stone on the Dreamcast.

  • Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote

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  • Easy or not that doesnt excuse Duolingos lack of explanation of any rules or concepts present within the language you choose to learn.

  • Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote

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  • I am admittedly salty about my own experience with it which definitely skews me towards the negative view of it, I just dont like to see people jumping on that app and thinking that that alone will see them through learning a language.

    I do see your points of using it as a supplement to learning through other methods but also due to the fact that it taught me a few different things that were flat out wrong I just think that there are better supplementary learning resources.

    Also personally I really struggle with languages and wasting so much time on that app really destroyed my motivation for learning the language in general and as such my initial momentum has gone and I haven't really progressed at all recently. Engagement is important like you say and I dont think the streaks are a bad idea but the way they implement them is insidious in that it is all tailored to keep you in app and hopefully paying them IMO.

    My initial message was more in disgust of the app as a whole, I wouldn't go as far as to say I expressed hate otherwise I'd have used much stronger language but again everyone's opinion on that line will be different. I just dont think it is good at all and if I can dissuade people from using it then I will. Maybe I should have put the alternatives I mentioned in the first comment to balance out the message but it is too late now :D

  • Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote

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  • I kind of see what you mean but for me I really liked it as I am not very good at languages at all, maths and science makes more sense to my brain.

    I appreciated that they went through and made links with the English language based on the common root that they shared be it Latin or whatever. For me this helped me a lot to understand what was going on in the background of the language and how I could relate it to what I already know.

    Everyone learns differently and so will find different methods effecrive. Duolingo was a lot better when it first came about but now it is all about getting people trapped in a loop of feeling like they are learning something when they aren't so they can maintain subscribers.

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