Nyla Smokeyface @ Nyla_Smokeyface @beehaw.org

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The moment I read this comment is now my answer 😭😭😭

I was devastated to learn the creators intended it to be pronounced "jif" like the peanut butter brand

I haven't read a lot in my RSS feed in a bit but here are my favorites:

• Buried Treasure - Reviews of hidden indie gems
• Dhole Moments - Writings about information security, cryptography, software, and humanity.
• Tales of the Aggronaut - A personal blog from Belghast about gaming, specifically MMOs, but there's also a decent amount about his own personal life in the posts. That personal aspect of his blog appeals to me. He's also on the Fediverse, and helps operate the Mastodon instance gamepad.club! You can find him at @belghast@gamepad.club
• Web3 is Going Just Great - A blog by Molly White tracking examples of how "things in the blockchains/crypto/web3 technology space aren't actually going as well as its proponents might like you to believe." I'm also subscribed to Molly's reading list about blockchain stuff..
• Obsidian Roundup/Iceberg - A blog from Eleanor Konik about the Obsidian app. It's about updates, workflow guides, new plugins, advice from other members, themes, and ancillary tools. I also recommend checking out the other tabs on Konik's blog as she delves into history and world culture and even has fictional stories.
• MacStories - A blog about Apple tech and apps, including a lot of reviews which I really enjoy.
• The Digital Antiquarian - A blog about the history of computer entertainment, digital culture, and video games.
• AI Weirdness - Pretty self-explanatory. Highlights AI being weird.

This is a newsletter, but I also enjoy Garbage Day. I use Feedbin which allows me to have emails in my RSS feed.

Having federation between different platforms is a double edged sword because on one hand, I want to explore and experience the different platforms the Fediverse has to offer like Calckey/Firefish. On the other hand though, I feel like it wouldn't be worth it because everything—or at least most things—are federated, so how much new content would I be seeing? On top of that, if I wanted to post something I'd have to choose which account I would post it to because crossposting would effectively be double posting which isn't fun for anyone.

What terrible choices, out of curiosity?

I joined Raddle because I wanted to keep up with r/traa, r/egg_irl, and r/ennnnbbbyyyy 😭😭😭😭

Raddle and Tildes are open source

That's fair. I feel like bloat would be the wrong term to use in regards to a search engine though 😅

1. Data that absolutely must be backed up.
2. Data that would be nice to have backed up, but you can live without if the worst happens.

I’d then recommend setting up a solution that you can then immediately start using to store data that fits into the first category I’ve listed above. Once you have that in place, you can then, over time (because these things do take time), start shifting existing data that fits into Category 1, over to this new setup.

That is a really good way to break things down. My folders of modded games take quite a bit to backup. I can probably skip the files of the mods themselves for a while because while they'd be nice to have because it's a pain to redownload them, I can live with having to redownload them.

A more ideal setup, if you’re willing to get your hands dirty and deep-dive into the world of self-hosting, would be to save up for something like a Dell optiplex PC. Set this up at home with something like Nextcloud so that you can have your data sync between you Windows, Mac and Nextcloud server. And then, depending on the configurability of your home router, set up a Wireguard or OpenVPN server on the optiplex so you can VPN to your Nextcloud server from your laptop when you are away from home.

I'd like to explore self-hosting someday and I've heard good things about NextCloud, but doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose of having a cloud backup since I'd want it to be offsite?

Backblaze needs to see your computer once every 6 months, and any external hard drives you’re backing up every 30 days.

I have ADHD so this is the part that concerns me the most.

I'm also a bit worried about the time it'll take. Especially since I have quite a bit of stuff to back up and I don't want to have my computer and drives running for days, and I don't want to feel like I can't use my computer in that time period.

That's...really bad 😭 Even Mastodon allows you to search by hashtags (I know it supports full-text search but most instances turn that off because it's pricey)

His apology "for the pain his donation in support of prop 8 caused" was also kind of undercut by following up by calling criticism of his views as a "political litmus test".

He's shocked that his support of a political organization makes people think that he agrees with their movement and he gets criticized for holding those views?

Wait why would the search engine be the bloat part?

How do you know which language to use? And how do you know if you should stick to a language that you already know or if you should learn a new one?

Sorry if this is a dumb question I only just finished my first year of being a comp sci major

Threads had no discovery features?! Jesus Christ...

Fwiw this is about Brave Search, not the Brave Browser

I have one of those, except it can play other old retro games too!

Thank you!!!

I FUCKING LOVE THIS VIDEO. There I Ruined It is a treasure

I'd love to see a RemindMe bot for Lemmy!