Programs and Equipment I Use
After many requests, here are the programs I use for everything. I’m only putting here programs I consider tried and true and have used for a while.
I’m about getting things done quickly and having as little space between my thoughts and actions on the computer.
I like having vim-like bindings and prefer running programs in the terminal for simplicity’s sake. That said, I’m very much against the cringey meme that things … ⌘ Read more
Reviews of All Linux Distros (That Matter)
Firstly, once you reach basic competency in Linux, different distributions don’t matter. A lot of newbies analyze distros based on what they look like when you install them, often not realizing that it’s a pretty simple affair not just to change superficial things like your theme and setup, but entire desktop environments. Basically all distro reviews online are wastes of time for people who know what they’re doing. When I came to YouTube, all … ⌘ Read more
Why It’s Bad to Have High GDP
To put it in other words…The common way of looking at Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is that it’s a metric of economic success: more GDP is more wealth.Wealth is good. “Poverty” (meaning low per capita GDP) is bad.Nowadays, pretty much everyone talks about “economics” like this as if this truism was scribbled on the back walls of the cosmos.
This is just looking at one side of the ledger in a kind of global double-entry accounting book.A logically equivale … ⌘ Read more
I like and use the Brave Browser.It’s a free and open source browser with features like:
- Ad-blocking by default.
- Tracker-blocking by default.
- Anti-fingerprinting mechanisms to prevent you from being monitored.
- Built-in Tor windows.
- Run by a based Christian and not furry leftists.
As far as I’m concerned, Brave is indisputably the best general-purpose browser out there.There are other okay brows … ⌘ Read more
my brain really likes accumulation.
twt is better because I can pronounce it like twit, which sounds a bit like “twat”, which is an insult and therefore better.
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Think of it like buying a signed print of a photo, instead of the photo itself, but the “signature” is an entry in a database and that’s all you get. Still dumb.
so much is different now, i feel like i’m in a completely different place then when i was writing here last
I wouldn’t have bought this mouse if it wasn’t on the shelf at Micro Center. I’ve always thought it was a meme, but I like it a lot.
2-bit audio gives you DC. I like having DC.
@niplav@niplav.github.io “adrationalism” is probably better. “irrationalism” sounds like a pie-appreciation club for math nerds.
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. The Last Message Sent on AIM
and as he drifted off, the seconds stopped coming in regularly, became like raindrops, a distant storm of time against the inside of the clock’s face, but the room itself stayed untouched, dark, warm
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@(frogorbits.com) “@niplav Seems like most of the (radical) life extension people are interested in adding years to their lives, but agnostic about adding life to their years. “Be old longer” doesn’t appeal to a lot of people.” -> I disagree, the people who i know that are interested in life extension look to me more engaged in life than the ones who are not (though that hinges on definitions of ”adding life to their years”). i agree that “adding life to your years” is underappreciated, though.
@niplav@niplav.github.io Seems like most of the (radical) life extension people are interested in adding years to their lives, but agnostic about adding life to their years. “Be old longer” doesn’t appeal to a lot of people.
Banks are like mobile phone operators: they’d rather nobody has anything good than they and their competitors share something good. Why is there no “pay me directly” standard? – Terence Eden’s Blog
Twtxt is distributed like in the old school unix2unix copy days
I am very excited about this, and it seems like something the twtxt crowd might enjoy: https://anewsession.com/
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I don’t think the pod would have to be large. Even on tilde.club and the like, with a few dozen active users, it adds to the fun.
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I like finger, but outside of a shared system, the complete lack of discoverability is pretty fatal.