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RDaneel0livaw··on Proton Meet isn't what they told you it was
What the hell kind of horrible website did I just click on. That may perhaps be the single worst format of any web page I have EVER visited in my entire life. Wow.
RDaneel0livaw··on Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
I keep hoping and wishing for a daily drivable linux phone that's compatible with all the us networks to come along. I'll keep hoping and wishing. Someday I hope we will get there!
RDaneel0livaw··on Bookfinder: Find any book at the best price
Hmmmm. I tried Fulgrim (book 5 Horus heresy) and got prices WAYYYYYY higher than what I paid on eBay like two weeks ago. So………..
RDaneel0livaw··on The elegance of movement in Silksong
I'll echo how good V Rising is. I don't even like this entire genre (base building grindy survival), but I had a blast in this game. I eventually gave up when managing my castle became too much of an annoying chore (omg I have to tear everything down and rebuild it all AGAIN because now I don't have enough space in the required room to place this new crafting bench or whatever ... OMG PLEASE NO) but the world exploration and combat and bosses was always super fun. I also loved how they allowed the player to scale the difficulty however they wanted. I wound up turning my game into "baby" mode by cranking the boss difficulty down just because I didn't want to keep replaying the bosses in my limited time. Had a blast!
RDaneel0livaw··on Taco Bell AI Drive-Thru
For me the appeal of drive through is 100% solely just that I get to listen to my own podcasts or music. I don’t carry headphones with me outside of the house so if I get to keep my podcasts going - that’s good enough reason for me.
RDaneel0livaw··on Ergonomic keyboarding with the Svalboard: a half-year retrospective
I have loved split ergo boards since childhood. Several years ago I found the sp111 board and truly think this is my endgame. I am right handed, so a southpaw numpad just makes SO much sense to me. Plus I use it for gaming so it's like a built in gaming macropad.

I also have a kinesis advantage 2 with some insanely nice switches, but never use it just because of the learning curve.

RDaneel0livaw··on US Streetlights Are Turning Purple
one of the biggest roads in my town has these purple lights at night, and it's very off-putting honestly. Makes it kind of hard to see things properly. I specifically avoid this road at night now because of it.
RDaneel0livaw··on Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety
Right now I’m playing Sail Forth and it hits that stress reducer for me. It does have combat but totally optional and the exploration and fishing and discovery is so relaxing.
RDaneel0livaw··on Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety
Absolutely love A Short Hike. Perfect to relax in bed or on the couch on the Deck and just relax. I have fallen asleep playing it multiple times. Just wandering and soaring and climbing.
RDaneel0livaw··on Age Verification Laws: A Backdoor to Surveillance
I live in a state where they have banned all porn sites entirely. If I try to go to pornhub there's a statement from the company saying I can't access it at all. Period. It's beyond absurd into the realm of comedy levels of incompetence from the gov.
RDaneel0livaw··on Apple's Software Quality Crisis
Just curious, what do you think Aurora itself does better than regular fedora kde?
RDaneel0livaw··on Open AI in Trouble
IF this is the beginning of the bubble bursting, I welcome it with open arms. Burn baby burn.
RDaneel0livaw··on The Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a disaster
Wait what, you don't know that you should purchase the brand new Xbox Series XA, and not the Xbox One 720 S ...?

But seriously, I do think it's still one of the most hilariously stupid product names EVER in the history of products, to name the third thing in a series "xbox one". They'll have that idiocy forever bahahahahahah!!!!

RDaneel0livaw··on Show HN: MusicAny – I Build an AI Music Generator with Music Genre Knowledge
1- typed a prompt 2- error, AFTER creating prompt, must log in 3- only option is google

I have no google account. This tool is thus impossible to use.

RDaneel0livaw··on Doom 2 got a Mod, featuring 2 chapters, 36 new tracks and 20 hours of gameplay
“You can download this Doom 3 Mod from this link.”

It’s even worse when they use language like this. So this is a mod for the 2004 game or what?

RDaneel0livaw··on iPhone Mirroring at work may expose employees’ personal information
This is true for me. I have a personal desktop, but for mobility (laptop) my work issued MacBook M1 Pro is the only thing I have. There's no reason at all to purchase a personal laptop since my company is fully remote and they purchased the laptop from apple and had it directly sent to me, and have never required me to install any kind of monitoring software or control software on it at all.
RDaneel0livaw··on Mozilla removes ad-tracking code from Firefox
or LibreWolf? I wonder which is better for the "normal" person who just wants a more privacy first ff?
RDaneel0livaw··on Microsoft Remote Desktop will be renamed to Windows App
I will NEVER understand how the name xbox one could have ever come to exist. Simply unfathomable.
RDaneel0livaw··on AnandTech Farewell
Completely agree. I am listening to some chill music and wanting to catch up on some hardware reviews, so I want to read a nice article. If I accidentally click on something that takes me to a god awful yt video, it completely disrupts my focus and irritates the hell out me. I instantly close the tab and never go back to whatever source pointed me there. I absolutely loathe yt video content of stuff that should obviously be text but isn't. Gaming content has gone this way a lot sadly.
RDaneel0livaw··on Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to more users (2022)
For a long while, google drive on the web would simply refuse to do anything unless you had 3rd party cookies enabled. I'm sure on purpose.
RDaneel0livaw··on COSMIC Alpha Released
I heard that too and am very excited for this! When I build my new machine with a new rdna4 machine, this'll be the distro/de I'll use at first bootup.
RDaneel0livaw··on How de-Googled is Lineage OS?
I would absolutely LOVE to have a linux smartphone, but as far as I'm aware, there really isn't one that can be used as a competent daily driver. Has that changed recently? For me, a competent daily driver is a device that can last all day on a single charge, do gps mapping, reliably make and receive calls/texts, and install a handful of apps such as Signal and a banking app.
RDaneel0livaw··on Examining the Nintendo Switch (Tegra X1) Video Engine
Man I used to absolutely love that device, until as you said Google killed it to death in terms of usability. Everything google touches these days just turns to garbage.
RDaneel0livaw··on Proton launches its own version of Google Docs
Completely agree. I love Proton, been a paying customer for many years now. I do use the Proton Drive app all the time, and occasionally the vpn when I'm at an airport or hotel.

But I refuse to use their Pass app, and I similarly will refuse to use this new docs app. I use Standard Notes for all my notes (funny enough they joined with Proton this year lol) and Bitwarden for passwords. And then I just let Apple sync all my contacts, and for calendar it's kind of required that I use the ios calendars for family member sharing reasons.

RDaneel0livaw··on Fisker Went Bankrupt. What Do Its EV Owners Do Next?
The fact that it can even be called that, or worse even "full self driving" is absolutely bonkers to me.
RDaneel0livaw··on Fisker Went Bankrupt. What Do Its EV Owners Do Next?
Absolutely 100% what I was thinking hahahah. Also that article also states something about the resale value going down..... ummmm .... going down? How is that possible? I would assume the current resale value is $0. Who on earth would buy a used ev from a company that doesn't even exist anymore?
RDaneel0livaw··on The Google Pay app is dead
Zelle is so useless. I really wish it would just go away!
RDaneel0livaw··on The Google Pay app is dead
It says JP Morgan Chase is on the list of providers, but in my online chase.com dashboard, I have zero reference to this service, nor can I find any way to use it.

All I see is the ancient dinosaur bill pay service, the ancient dinosaur wire service, the hideously expensive ach service, and then zelle. Some places accept zelle, some don't. Some people accept zelle, some don't. Which makes it impossible to use.

All those services suck. So what that means in real life, is just that everyone uses venmo and nothing else. Which I dislike greatly, but am forced to use.

I REALLY wish I could use this FedNow service, but I simply can't figure out HOW to do so.

RDaneel0livaw··on 00Key a 75% Keyboard
you're correct there about the southpaws. I wish they would break in! I have two SP111's and they are truly my endgame boards. Had them for years and haven't once had a desire to go look for anything different. Truly perfect for exactly what I want. I feel like a lot of other people as well would love it, if only they could try it. But .... this was a VERY expensive board, and was only available in a limited time group buy. I have no idea if it's even available for purchase right now.
RDaneel0livaw··on Equinox.space
Same here! My mouse arm is getting a workout lifting and recentering 5 times per turn lol.
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