[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

Is that an OCaml reference/joke?

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

I'm reading "So You Want to Be a Game Master" by Justin Alexander and "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson.

I also have "Needful Things" by Stephen King and "The Great Hunt" (The Wheel of Time book 2) by Robert Jordan sitting at roughly 50%, but they currently are in pause; unfortunately reading more than 2 books simultaneously is difficult if you also have to work.

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

They revoked the "English only" rule in August. Source.

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Hi, I purchased the ads-free version of Boost for Lemmy on my smartphone through the "Remove ads" button. However on a different device (tablet) I still see the "remove ads" button (while on the phone it is now correctly not shown) in the left sidebar. Does it take some time for the new setting to be detected? I've already tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app and deleting all the data after forcefully closing the app, but the button is still there.

To be honest, I'm not seeing ads right now, so maybe it's just a UI problem? I will post updates here in case I see ads even after purchasing the ads free version.

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I agree, I've always used sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade and flatpak update on Pop OS and never used the pop shop.

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

There's also another similar list written by Umberto Eco about the so called "Ur Fascism" ("perpetual fascism"); he basically identifies fascist-like characteristics which can be found even in governments that do not adhere to the old concept of "traditional" old-style fascism (which in Italy is forbidden by law).

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

Needless to say that his words sounded very topical during the last italian elections, dominated by the party "Brothers of Italy"; luckily this party has become more "moderate" after winning the elections, even though some aspects can still be "problematic".

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I'm using PocketCasts and I paid a one-time fee before it became subscription based (but there's still a free tier), in order to be able to listen to podcast using the web app on PC. Thus I now have lifetime premium access.

I'm very satisfied with their service, I did not find any problems with both the Android app and the web app, moreover it has almost every feature I need, except voice to text conversion in order to be able to share slices of audio in text format (but there are dedicated apps for that).

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I'm currently reading Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, which is the first book of the Expanse series. I haven't watched the TV series, since I wanted to dive into the books without previous knowledge.

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Aren't voice and video calls (basically VoIP) what Turn (coturn) is supposed to support?

https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/v1.41/turn-howto.html

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

My first Internet connection was based on GPRS and I remember images taking ages to load and loading in chunks. Moreover the connection kept interfering with the surround audio system and sometimes I would hear noises similar to the dial up modems.

I also remember the first times I tried using eMule (is it still up and running?): I was searching for the video song "Elevation" by U2 but I was unaware of rule 34; you can imagine what I actually downloaded.

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

I'm using Tusky, I switched to it some months ago from the official Mastodon app; but I don't remember exactly the missing feature that forced me to switch ahahah

Anyway I am really liking Tusky, it looks modern, clean, fast and personally I did not find any relevant bugs in it.

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I just started this series this year by picking up Going Postal, which I finished something like a month ago. I liked it a lot and as my "gateway drug" into the Discworld, I think I will always have good memories of it.

[-] DarthVi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Pop_OS on both laptop and desktop, since it has integrated nvidia graphic drivers and handles them without too much hassle. Before switching to Pop_OS I used to use Fedora for many years.

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