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I figured this may lead to an interesting discussion in the comments.

How has your use of Technology changed in the past year? I'll start.


  • Due to the rise of streaming services and Sony/discovery removing content from libraries, I downloaded all my iTunes purchases onto a 2TB SSD (which I'll soon need to get another).

  • Like many, I've stopped using Reddit outside of Google search.

  • I've reduced my subscriptions to just two. (Apple One and Google One)

  • I've purchased DVDs/Blu rays of my favorite uncensored shows (Family Guy and American Dad) and ripped them and watch them through Cloud storage (Google Drive via Infuse for Apple platforms, and Kodi for Windows)(I've also purchased MakeMKV just because it is so damn useful)

  • I've used Google App Scripts to bypass some Gmail limitations to make filters that I otherwise couldn't. For instance, in Outlook.com, you can block email addresses and domains before you have ever gotten an email from them. In Gmail, you can't. The best you can do is create a filter that deletes them. In my case, I've created a Google App Script that runs every hour and looks for (@.mil) domain emails and marks them as spam. (I am in college, and I fucking hate that they give my email to recruiters.)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I tried something like that once. I was going to write about a weird nightmare I had. Ended up creating a “short” horror story that I write on days I'm feeling a little more angry — you can read that as violent if you want — and down. It isn't done yet, that's the reasons for the quotes, but I hope to get to the end sometime.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's cool. And if it continues to be useful / enjoyable to you, then you don't necessarily need to "end" it ever, unless you really want to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For sure! But i feel I'll probably make many short stories instead of just stretching one out. As an aspiring author i guess I'll use this as a kind of practice

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ah yeah that makes sense. I'm an eternal hobbyist with different creative things (art, games, stories, etc), so I get the challenge of just finishing something.

PS feel free to send me what you've got if you want a totally impartial "beta reader" or whatever that's called