jbaber

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[–] jbaber 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Busuu looked promising.

[–] jbaber 17 points 3 weeks ago

Fastmail is really, really nice.

[–] jbaber 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

For my family member who moved out of country, signal's voice quality was not very good. WhatsApp's quality was better than a regular phone call, very impressive.

Also, outside the US WhatsApp is some kind of standard the way rich Americans think iMessage is. Companies will ask her to contact them on WhatsApp, so she'll have to have it regardless of your personal involvement.

There's also jitsi.

[–] jbaber 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It's great.

[–] jbaber 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I vaguely recall there being a stereo record needle explanation for this.

[–] jbaber 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] jbaber 5 points 1 year ago

sudo apt remove ratpoison

[–] jbaber 6 points 1 year ago

"Ubuntu" is Zulu for "can't install Debian".

[–] jbaber 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait, really? I've had it disabled for a while for other reasons. I'm safe from a Win11 forced upgrade?

[–] jbaber 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I discounted this theory the first time I heard it because it's too cool.

[–] jbaber 1 points 1 year ago

I love the weird fast-scrolling button in Hews.

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