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Each time I wonder if moving out of the UK was the right choice it gets justified whenever I look over in its general direction.

Hands down the best emulator I've ever used. Ever since they added GBA link compatibility I've been amazed at the passion and dedication poured into Dolphin.

Making good things doesn't, and shouldn't, make anyone immune to criticism.

I'm fairly sure you can just open up any image (not sure if there's a limit on size or complexity) on a Mac and use the select all shortcut to grab all the text to use for whatever you'd like.

Maybe I don't want to watch a bunch of people die

> The ROMA press release today goes on to note, "A Web3-friendly platform with NFT creation and publication plus integrated MetaMask-style wallet, ROMA will create an even more integrated experience with future AR glasses and AI speakers operating entirely on RISC-V software and powered by RISC-V hardware."

I could feel my face contorting the further I got through that statement.

I actually experienced the complete opposite. When I was sedentary and overweight sex was probably the number one thing on my mind most of the time. After I fixed my diet, lost the weight and started a regular exercise regime my libido dropped like crazy. These days I generally don't think about sex at all.

Did you not read the subject matter the article talks about within the first few paragraphs?

Got a chuckle out of the author thinking this was some kind of cardinal sin.

The only person "at fault" here is his friend for telling him what interview question he received and I'd expect companies know this happens, which is one of the benefits of having further interview stages in the first place.

My main issue with multi-monitor is getting it to actually work with two monitors and the Mac closed. Every morning before I start work I'm faffing around with USB-C cables, plugging them in and out constantly until the Mac just decides that it will work now.

Hopefully a new Deus Ex game might be a possibility again.

Can anyone who has extensively tried out most of the available distros for PinePhone comment on how close any of them are to a "daily driver" state?

I suspect they're all still far from it but it'd be interesting to know which are worth keeping an eye on.

Not sure where you mean by "western world" but public transport and cycling are very popular and normal options where I live.

> When checking references for a job applicant, employers may be reluctant or prohibited from saying anything negative, so leave or send a message that says, “Get back to me if you highly recommend this applicant as super great.” If they don’t reply take that as a negative.

And what about the referees who either don't care and never reply or send canned responses to everything?

Likewise. Didn't realise how vital it was to my workflow until I switched.

No plans on joining any social media platform and don't forsee that changing.

So many creative and interesting games and animations were hosted on sites like this and Newgrounds. I spent so much time on these sites growing up that they shaped my interests, hobbies and gave me a sense of community. It's sad to see these parts of the internet slowly disappear and I'm glad Newgrounds is still able to harbor a niche community for now.

I used Headspace's mindful meditation for a few weeks to attempt to manage some work related stress in an old job. It did help me a little bit initially but it wasn't helping with the root cause of the problem (that the job sucked and I should look for another one).

I know people who have really benefited from mindful meditation as a means to manage stress though so I don't doubt it does help some people. Possibly better for the types of stress and anxiety that builds up over time from a mixture of sources than solely from one obvious cause like in my case.

I use it to get a more informed idea of products I'm thinking about buying. For example if I'm looking up a specific pair of headphones I'll usually read around on there to see what people think of them.

Windows 10 is quite tolerable for me as a gaming machine. Although, Proton is fantastic there's still a few things that "just work" on Windows in terms of gaming so I like to keep an install around.

>This lets me pick the distro that’s closest to my needs and customize anything I want to change. I’ve been using Xubuntu for years and it suits me - but there are hundreds of Linux Distro’s to choose from.

That's really what it comes down to for me, it's simply how ugly I think the interface is in terms of visuals and usability. It's difficult to describe but navigating the OS feels so painful and easy to get lost in. I'm sure it's mainly to do with me lacking familiarity with it but I've never felt that way on my Mac that I use for work.

Linux is a far cry from having the perfect window manager UX but it does have plenty of options so it's easy to find something that clicks.

I found yabai to be a little buggy when I moved over to an M1 Mac from an Intel one. Haven't tried it for a few months now so maybe it's time to hop back in. It's an amazing piece of software if you're used to some of the TWMs available on Linux, it made the transition into MacOS much more manageable.

Is this somehow based on the original Vanced app (which wasn't open source afaik?) or are they essentially beginning from scratch?

For sending SMS using Android I heavily recommend QKSMS over the Google/Android defaults.(https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms)

I'm sure there are other OSS alternatives but this one just works for me.

Must be bugged, seems like none of these cats like me back ;)

Excited to try this out. Still missing a few crucial features for me to fully adopt it as a daily driver but the speed of this project has been incredibly impressive. Can't wait to see how it looks 1 or 2 years down the line.

Forced ads on mobile is just an experience I'd rather not deal with. If I didn't have them blocked on my main machine I could at least tab out and do something else in the meantime. Via mobile you can't really do that and it was enough to make me think twice about even bothering to use the official app before I got Vanced.

Welp. Using the official Youtube app is a miserable experience. Guess it's time to check out NewPipe again.

I really like Godot and I've been working on a small 3D game project using it. I'm not biased towards any game engine but whenever I attempted to learn Unity I'd find something that put me off which demotivated me. The UI, for example, is a huge turn off, I think it's straight up ugly and a poor user experience. The engine also doesn't get the best support on Linux (at least it didn't when I tried it last).

So while I find Godot a little more constrained than Unity I much prefer it. The UI is better (although I wouldn't call it perfect by any means) and it's very easy to work with on a small project with it. Once I got familiar with the key concepts of the engine like Scenes I didn't find myself reaching for documentation or tutorials as much compared to Unity.

That said, the community for Unity is massive in comparison. If you have a very specific problem or want to implement something niche into your game you'll find a Unity example for it much more often than in Godot.

I make sure everything I was directly responsible for is in the hands of someone else, whether that be writing documentation or just letting them know casually. I cleanup any messy code I would consider myself responsible for and that I know probably won't get looked at - mostly for my own sanity's sake.

Once those things are done I largely get by doing smaller tasks and helping out where I can rather than directly involving myself in anything. Nobody has really seemed to mind.

Funnily enough, the last two days at my previous job involved HR and IT slowly revoking my access to most of the systems and groups we used at work (email, repositories, etc), to the surprise of my manager who said I could just kick back and relax until my last day.

Likewise. Although I've had it since I was very young and grew accustomed to it. I wasn't even aware that hearing "nothing" was a thing until I mentioned the constant ringing to my parents one day.

If it does begin to annoy me I listen to something calming like ocean waves or raindrops falling (on relatively low volume). It does wonders, especially if I notice it while trying to sleep.