ProfessorYakkington

joined 4 years ago
 

New seiko gmt. My first gmt. I mixed it up with a camo band which I am really enjoying so far.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Once I had to use the internet without and ad blocker ( shiver ). It was horrible. I still have nightmares.

Joking aside. I couldn’t believe how crammed full and chaotic sites were without an ad blocker. I have no evidence to support this other than my experience but I think , for me , ad blockers are good for my mental health. Being constantly exposed to all those messages trying to exploit insecurities can’t be good for people.

Anyways ad blockers are the best.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

This seems very obvious to me , not that it isn’t worth highlighting. Particularly in a world with open models and weights , which we should desperately want. The don’t worry water marks will be a thing just seems like an attempt have some response that dampers concerns. I don’t imagine most people working in the AI space actually think this would work. I could be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah I 100% understand and to a large extent agree with this. I think money should be involved , creators should get paid. I don’t think peertube has become “the answer” yet and there is some combination of market level event and technology/feature set that needs to be in place to create enough moment for people to move off YouTube. It will happen eventually ( I think ) but what exist today isn’t enough of a pull to overcome the momentum YouTube has but that doesn’t mean that “we” should give up.

[–] [email protected] 162 points 3 months ago (38 children)

As much as I like the privacy frontends I think 'we' have to move to alternative platforms sooner than later and pull the bandaid vs. continuing to indirectly be dependent on google as the base platform.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah it is great -- their sales are pretty good but they kind of hide it but I often pick up a bunch of books from there and then host them on my home server so my family can read the books I bought. Also good to support your local book shop if you can , in my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

https://libro.fm/ you can buy audiobooks through independent book store and they are drm free. It’s great. If you want more of an eye patch solution. You could rip audio from YouTube. There tends to be a lot of books uploaded there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I really wanted this game to be amazing but I’ve heard very mixed things to not good things. Perhaps I will give it a go after the update.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Sinn

Nice, I was familiar with Sinn but actually didn't realize that Sinn was German ; learn something new every day : )

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Nomos Glashuette

Nice! these are cool. I like the Metro , a little bit 'funkier' than my normal selection but maybe that is a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

these are very cool , the single hand is a really interesting design choice. I've seen a few of these but couldn't recall the brand name. Thanks!

 

I am interested in getting a German watch. I like the idea of having a few different nice watches from all over the world. I've been looking at some of the Form Cs and Chronoscopes from junghans but would love to hear if anyone has recommendations or opinions!?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I've used StandardNotes for years. They are great, very privacy friendly and lots of good features. I've also used Obsidian like others have mentioned but I didn't use 95% of the features on either standard notes or Obsidian -- now days I just use a general markdown files and store them in a git repo -- low complexity and I like the simplicity of it. 100% recommend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Much bling! So shinny and chrome. I am in the market for something blue. I agree with you and others, the strap looks clean.

 

This has been my grail watch for a while now and I had a reason to celebrate recently so picked it up. I am absolutely in love with it so far.

 

New to me watch. Love it so far. Super easy to read and clean.

 

Recently picked this up. Really liking it so far.

 

I always struggle with what sources I should be reading for news (particularly political news). I don't want to read only sources that I agree with, but I also struggle finding news sources that aren't sensationalist and put forward varied view points. Here are a few of the places I frequent (criticism of these sources or other recommendations are welcome.) I don't think my political news sources are well varied so any recommendations there would be great as well.

  • hackernews
  • arstechnica
  • the economist
  • axios
  • MIT News
  • Wired
 

From 'May Our Chambers Be Full,' a collaboration between Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou. I find the pure energy and power of Thou mixed with the hauntingly beautiful voice of Emma Ruth Rundle to be absolutely amazing.

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