Reject Convenience Forum

Introductions :: Re: I am a privacy guy who suffers from privacy paranoia :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-05-28T01:15:36+00:00

It can be hard to know when you're going too far with the techniques and systems you put in place to protect your privacy. One of the most important steps you can taken is to develop your threat model. Basically, you need to understand who are the threats to you, what are they threatening, and how likely is it that they will be successful in doing what they want to do. From there you can gauge what are reasonable sacrifices you can make, what absolutely needs to be protected, and what goes too far for you.

Privacy Guides as a good starting point for threat modeling: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics ... -modeling/

Introductions :: Re: I love the early Internet’s heritage :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-05-28T01:28:38+00:00

Thanks for joining this community! I love the vibe you bring by wanting to remain intentional with a time in the internet that was special and valid. I think one of the coolest things is that, despite some challenges, we can have spaces that work just like it used to in the 2000s.

It's interesting that, before, these spaces would have been safe harbors from the outside world for some. Today they are probably also safe harbors from the mainstream internet.

Introductions :: Privacy Guy who suffers from Privacy Paranoia returns. :: Author Privacy_guy79

2025-06-03T04:14:02+00:00

Hello, I am back. I have improved my security slightly. I have seen all mental outlaw and the hated one yt videos however, I am not able to go that far for OPSEC, I still need google for a few purposes. I have stopped using any big evil corp websites and apps. I currently use a nokia 130(the new hmd one).

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by Rain

2025-05-29T00:52:17+00:00

Rain here, I'm a recent STEM graduate slowly getting used to life after school. I've known about Reject Convenience for a while now and started lurking here after the recent data brokers video blew up. Having spent a decent amount of time in online privacy/security circles I feel like those often rely on overcomplicated technical solutions so I really appreciate the approach this community is building. Aside from that I'm a long time Linux user so I'm always willing to help with that, and I also like to try to reject convenience in other areas of my life like walking or biking wherever I can, making all sorts of food from scratch, and just keeping a simple life philosophy in general. It's good to meet you all ^^

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by fitsoab

2025-06-02T03:33:18+00:00

Hi! I'm Fifi! I'm a passionate artist and daydreamer and I'm very passionate about two things. I love everything about the art and fundamentals of video games, and I absolutely adore fish because I think they're cute. That is essentially the extent of my personality.
Really, I've always been huge on opening myself up to new topics of discussion, and Reject Everything really opened my eyes to tech privacy and the like. Plus, my cat likes this silly guy's voice, and comes into the room to sleep whenever I put a video on. I decided I'd come engage more directly in hopes of being a little more social, in ways I'm more comfortable with.
I'm a 3-year partner of someone with severe mental health issues, I love to draw, design, talk, write, and think, and I believe in you all.

I've been a very small and very unprofessional and admittedly very bad game designer for a while. It's not GOOD work, but it's fun, and I enjoy doing it, and I'm always improving. I also REALLY love horror and have always been super fascinated by its ins and outs. Even if I could never play scary games consistently.

If you're reading this... play The Upturned! It's good!

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by zirosi

2025-06-12T17:06:24+00:00

Hi! im zirosi, just a smol little guy who programs stuff and was watched one too many Reject Convenience videos and now I want to make a browser... *please help*

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by BellanaBanana

2025-06-22T08:50:59+00:00

It's been a long time since I seen this format in a website.
Anyway I'm Bella, I am Australian, I got a Patreon which I posted elsewhere on this site, and I like to boycott companies I don't like.
Chocolate industry, Coca Cola, and fast food places. They were my favourites, but the companies do stuff I don't like and I am uncomfortable with buying their products now.

Great way to save money during the cost of living crisis, and if you look for alternatives sometimes smaller businesses have better products.

Volunteering :: Re: Help for a Computer Fundemantals Course :: Reply by compromisedanon

2025-06-01T16:33:56+00:00

Speb's suggestion of making it fun is huge. Definitely make that a core aspect of the course given the age group.

I learned how to navigate the web and use the keyboard and mouse through web games. My elementary school basically just used Dance Mat Typing (https://www.dancemattypingguide.com/dan ... 1/stage-1/) to teach us how to type, and it worked really well.

TypeRacer (https://play.typeracer.com/) is another one I remember all the kids playing in middle school. It involves a competitive aspect, which is very good at engaging most kids.

File systems and using word processors and the like seem like they'd be harder to make fun. It depends on the framing - maybe you could have them write a short letter to their parents or whoever that has to include at least X images and be Y words long.

I'm thinking that incorporating the use of word processors and file systems the two could be useful. Like having them download and move a picture to a specific directory, and then using the word processor to insert that picture through that directory.

You could also think about using a presentation software instead of a word processor. Have everyone come up with 2 or 3 slides about anything that they'd like and go through the presentations really quickly, forcing them to learn how to use the presentation software to both create and present. Also shows them how technology is really used in future classes and the professional world as well. This seems harder to fit in a good time frame though.

Volunteering :: Re: Help for a Computer Fundemantals Course :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-01T20:00:07+00:00

These Idea's sound great, but I do see that fitting it all in one class would be a bit hard. Maybe I split them Up or make full Workshop.

Volunteering :: Re: Ham radio comms for remote 50k foot race :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-13T22:30:56+00:00

This is really awsome, I always had Intresst for Ham Radios. I recently started to get my Ham Radio Licence. I am in a different Juristiction (Germany) but we also have a Ham Radio Licence, so I started talking to my Uncle over in the US who is a Ham Radio Operator. I really find the Topic really fucking Cool.

Self Promotion :: Re: My photography :: Reply by Chrishusk

2025-05-28T02:45:08+00:00

These photo look really nice. Good job

Self Promotion :: boykisser.nl - My weblog :: Author loebas

2025-06-16T14:36:50+00:00

Well. I have a blog too where i blog about everything and other things.

I blog about happenings on the internet, happenings in fandoms. Everything.
You can find my blog over on https://boykisser.nl (yes, the meme)

I first started my blog when furry Soatok asked if there where any furryblogger out there, and he shared the fact there need to be more furries that have a weblog. I snagged the domainname boykisser.nl for quite cheap, and wanted to do something with it.
So thats how my weblog was born. It has already some posts on it.

But my weblog has more. I have a forum too. The internet needs more of those

At last i have a portal where i share links powered by shaarli.

So you can say i use my domain/webspace to my full potential.

If advertising a forum isnt allowed, feel free to edit/delete my post. The rules didnt say anything about it.

Self Promotion :: Re: boykisser.nl - My weblog :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-17T13:13:41+00:00

Looks Awesome, Can't wait to read it all. Also surprised you got the Domain, I would have thought it would already been taken. Also, how much did you pay? The standard Price or did you have to pay a Speciality Price?

Advertising your Forum is not at all against the rules (at least in my Interpretation). It's always fun to learn about new Forum's and Pages!

I also like the "Ad" on your Forum.

Self Promotion :: Re: boykisser.nl - My weblog :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-17T13:34:04+00:00

I bought the domain initially for less than a euro (with 5/6 euro for renewal).
I was surprised that the domain was still available at all.

Self Promotion :: Hey, check out my Patreon :: Author BellanaBanana

2025-06-22T08:42:58+00:00

patreon.com/BellanaBanana

In the meantime I am studying Animation and Game Design at Curtin University.
I'm Australian, and endlessly trying to find something that works.

Aside from that I boycott certain companies, people here might feel the same.

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by mimi

2025-06-17T04:03:10+00:00

heck yeaaa
I loved the birb/raven/crow OC and the pixel arts

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by foxx-doxx

2025-06-23T09:32:36+00:00

mimi wrote: Tue Jun 17, 2025 4:03 am heck yeaaa
I loved the birb/raven/crow OC and the pixel arts

Awww! She appreciates it.

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by Speb

2025-06-23T12:40:52+00:00

That'd be a really cool tattoo!

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-23T13:39:10+00:00

Thats some lovely drawings.
I really like it ^^

Phones :: Re: What phone are you using? :: Reply by loebas

2025-05-26T08:54:02+00:00

Crazyroostereye wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 7:51 pm I am currently running a Pixel 7 loaded with GrapheneOS and Pro launcher to simplify my Home Screen.

loebas wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2025 2:52 pm i want to go for a Fairphone 5 since these are highly repairable
I have seen the Fairphones around, my personal experience isn't that great. The Phones given they're Price class are usually just that much worse which is huge turndown, but I could be wrong nowadays my experience is from the Fairphone 3. Also, there were supply Issues with replacement parts when my Sister owned one.

Actually i dont need much smartphone wise. But i wanted to have a repairable phone, and a phone with a battery that is easly replacable, and isnt glued in with the worlds strongest glue.

I looked at a iPhone several times, but in the long run they dont seem a viable option for me.

Samsung is completly death for me, since their phone comes with a bucketload of bloatware.

For the fairphone, only time will tell. Will i have a phone for the coming 8 years, or will i throw it out the window.

Phones :: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Author Chrishusk

2025-05-31T00:25:12+00:00

Recently I have been really considering buying a dumb phone. I don't really like using my smartphone anymore for some reason however I'm not addicted to it. Nowadays I only really use it for calls, text, gps and tracking which at most gets around 30ish mins per day. But the thing is even though I don't like my phone that much and really like the idea of getting a dumb phone I'm not actually sure wither or not to do it.

Part of me feels like it's a bit too far since I don't waste my time on it and use it for many good things like metronome and tuning for my instruments, slack messaging, discord, and mp3 music. I found how to use my phone in a good way however in spite of that another part of me really really feels that I should switch to a dumbphone.

I want some opioions on this. (please ask any questions that could help you answer better)

Attachments

9vqcvm.jpg (97.79 KiB)

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by zonk

2025-05-31T02:38:21+00:00

It's a choice for sure. I've been using mine for 2 months now, and I have had some minor inconveniences but really I didn't feel it much. I was in much the same camp as you: smartphone was basically under control already but I wanted to switch for symbolic reasons.

The real nice thing for me is that now I have an excuse not to look things up when I'm out with people.

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-05-31T09:53:04+00:00

Consider keeping your current mobile phone for now, but making your next mobile a feature phone whenever it breaks beyond repair. Meanwhile, you can shift remaining smartphone uses onto other devices, eg a physical metronome and satellite navigator. This will make it easier to leave smartphones behind whenever the day should come.

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by zonk

2025-05-31T13:23:38+00:00

I should also say that the main reason I switched is because my phone was long out of software support, so I consider it a ticking time bomb from a security perspective. A great reason to switch to a dumb phone is to not have to worry about that. Regular calls and SMS are sent in the clear, so there's not really much to worry about revealing that you aren't already transmitting over the network.

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Chrishusk

2025-05-31T17:22:41+00:00

Maybe I can try to switch during the summer time since Iḿ at home most of the season and that will mean I won't use my phone much and so it will be easier to switch.

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-06-10T02:19:22+00:00

I feel like I use my smartphone to a similar degree as OP, and yet I go the other way. I see dumphones like the Light Phone 3 and think that it looks so cool. But then I think about everything I use my phone for that I wouldn't want to lose and it doesn't make sense. Even if I spend like 2 hours on my phone, it was intentional, so I don't worry about my phone use holding me back. Since it's so easy for me to use my phone for only 20-30 minutes a day, I just let myself enjoy having it.

One downside of switching a dumbphone, especially if you're fine with your current phone usage, is that price of the dumbphone. Depending on what you want to get, it can be pretty pricey, like $500 and up. There are cheaper phones too, so it just depends on what you're going for.

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-12T12:57:15+00:00

Where are feature phones that dear? In Germany, the Nokia 105 is only €20, while I could see many sound feature phones in the US for about $60. All are much cheaper than even the cheapest smartphones (€/$150), unless they are bundled with some telecom contract. The only feature phones I know to cost as much as you describe are satellite phones.

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Chrishusk

2025-06-13T04:23:21+00:00

After thinking it through some time I ended up deciding that I'm going order a Kyocera Dura XA Equip, a flip & feature phone for 125 usd. It has all the things I really wanted: 5mp camera, headphone jack, andriod asop so i can download apks.

I've already been using my current phone for about 3 or 4 years old and it's getting to the time of it's lifespan where repairs are going to be harder if not impossible to get for my speficic phone because of it's release date age. The phone served me well and it probably was going to start to have problems soon. Of course I will still keep it just in case I find that the dumbphone life isn't for me but I doubt that it's going to happen.
I will probably post about the Kyocera when I have used it for a couple of days.

Attachments

duraxa-equip-3qtr-right-closed-carousel-v1-1920w-1010870846.jpg (31.9 KiB)

Phones :: Re: FOMO when switching to a dumb phone :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-05-28T01:59:07+00:00

One tip I can give for staying in touch with people is to consider what other apps they are likely to be using. For my threat model, I am ok with using WhatsApp because it's end-to-end encrypted and just a messenger with some light social features. Much better than the infinite scrolling, social media machines of Facebook and Instagram. While most of my friends do use IG, I knew they were also likely to have WhatsApp installed, so I started messaging them through there. Lo and behold they responded! Now almost all of my communication is happening through WhatsApp, a messenger that works much better for me (and for them, they just don't realize it yet, lol).

Maybe there is a platform or messenger that you can switch to for staying in touch that your friends are already using. That way you can at least put distance between you and the algorithm.

Phones :: Re: FOMO when switching to a dumb phone :: Reply by bubbafinches

2025-06-13T05:38:08+00:00

This is a really relatable problem, you are not alone!!

The transition to a dumb phone has bettered my life, but it didn't happen all at once. Despite some sacrifices, I would totally still recommend it. What's great about all this is it's about what works for *you*, and what changes you want to make for your life that work!

I started with a dumb phone (Nokia 2660 flip), but regularly would still carry my old iphone with me places if i thought that id need modern apps. The iphone had no cell service, so no data plans. I relied on random/public internet connections. this wasnt too bad, because i live in a metro area. it was a nice challenge though to try and rely on the iphone less, while still having it around and feeling that sort of 'security blanket' of those apps if it was needed. Usually some random business somewhere has public wifi. if not, it became easier to just shrug and say "whatevs, ill figure it out without it".

eventually after feeling well detached from the iphone, i got a 'dumbphone' that can still handle modern apps (Cat S22). using stuff like instagram is such a pain in the ass that ill do it if i have to, but it's not worth the Scroll. It's still really just a phone that does calls and texts, but I can still get into my banking app in a pinch, or it can run Google Maps.

In the end, I found that my true friends followed me off of social media, in the sense that they met me half-way and texted me or called me personally. Everyone else... well... I learned that we weren't as close as I thought we were, and that's okay. The social transition aspect of this was honestly really hard. However, those mild connections loosening up made room for deeper connections. the FOMO was there for awhile, but once i started really living *my* life, and not one based around social media, it seemed to matter a lot less. I still feel left out sometimes, but then I remember how much richer my life is. To me it sorta feels like the FOMO around your drinking buddies going out if you're sober. You gotta decide where the line is for yourself and decide what's best for you! And then you live it! Best of luck to you!

Phones :: Re: In Search of a Dumbphone :: Reply by bubbafinches

2025-06-13T05:15:55+00:00

Please report back!! I've been on a flip phone kick for a few years now, but sometimes there aren't many modern options out there for flippies, or the newer builds feel flimsy, so the "brick" design seems attractive because it seems like you could throw it around. ISO something "adventure ready"

I bought the Cat S22 for the robustness and like it very much for that, but its not perfect by any means so am open to options!

Phones :: Re: In Search of a Dumbphone :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-17T13:31:13+00:00

So yeah HMD, the ones I bought it from, cancelled my Order so it never arrived. So I had to use my Smartphone for my Holiday. But while on Holiday my Aunt told me that they get a lot of Phones, especially Flip Phones for Recycling, from her Work and she offered to bring me a selection. I picked one out, a Kyocera S2720 unlocked Verizon varient, While it is defiantly on the Cheap side and I haven't Daily driven it yet. I am going to try it out soon.

Phones :: Re: In Search of a Dumbphone :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-18T18:11:22+00:00

The Kyocera series are quite nice! During my undergrad and early postgrad years in the US, I used one, as I mention in my introduction. The size, durability and capacity to tether have made it the most powerful feature phone without any needless SNS integration or ability to download applications I have ever witnessed. I honestly preferred it over the Nokia 105 which I got on returning to this country, and hearing that Verizon’s Kyoceras can be made to work here is rather encouraging. I might look into unlocking my old US American mobile if I ever need one again.

Cool Websites :: Re: GUIdebook Gallery: a GUI anthology to 2006 :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-05-28T01:31:15+00:00

This website is wiiiiiiiild!

Cool Websites :: Just a QR Code :: Author Pearlple

2025-05-26T07:33:15+00:00

Through last week's end of week linkdump from Cory Doctorow I found this neat little site for generating QR codes that runs entirely in browser.

You could save it and run an offline copy, in your browser. No data collection and tracking, no ads, completely independent; Just a QR Code.

Cool Websites :: Re: Just a QR Code :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-05-28T02:02:12+00:00

Just piling on to share how dope this website is.

Cool Websites :: Re: My Wife's Art Website :: Reply by HexOverride

2025-05-29T05:34:56+00:00

O: so beautiful

Cool Websites :: Re: My Wife's Art Website :: Reply by foxx-doxx

2025-05-30T18:30:50+00:00

HexOverride wrote: Thu May 29, 2025 5:34 am O: so beautiful

Thank you!

Cool Websites :: My friend’s art pages :: Author Mæstro

2025-06-05T15:04:29+00:00

I mentioned a friend whom I call Kohai in my post about escaping Discord. After that, somebody on the Pale Moon forum asking about my profile picture and the recent post about someone’s wife’s art site, I would like to introduce his work here. Although it was before his time, my friend loves the early web and has designed his Tumblr page to work without JavaScript. He is also to thank for my profile picture. He also has a Neocities page which he would like to develop and is active on Newgrounds.

Cool Websites :: site for seeing the real size of countries relative to each other :: Author cl0ud

2025-06-21T09:48:02+00:00

[https://www.thetruesize.com]

I wonder if I'm doing the [url] thing correctly

If that doesn't work: maybe [this](https://www.thetruesize.com) will work.
Or is it like (this)[https://www.thetruesize.com]?

You can "spawn" countries in (they're color-coded) and you can drag them around to "unstretch" them cause cause on most maps countries closer to the poles look bigger cause you're displaying a sphere on a 2d space so there's inevitable distortion.
And yk, you compare countries' sizes with each other.

Cool Websites :: Re: site for seeing the real size of countries relative to each other :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-21T15:38:41+00:00

BBCode is not Reddit Markdown.
To use [url], write [url=http://www.example.com]text[/url], where ‘text’ stands for the words you would like to feature in the hyperlink: text.
Atlases often include diagrams like this, overlaying various important foreign countries, such as Japan or the USA, and also lakes over the country of origin. Because this is often overlooked, I will say in Mercator’s defence that it preserves all directions, which are the most important when navigating, intact.

Cool Websites :: Re: site for seeing the real size of countries relative to each other :: Reply by cl0ud

2025-06-22T21:58:52+00:00

I wasn't thinking Reddit but yeah, thought it was md.
So it's kinda like html. Thanks for the demonstration

Computers :: Re: Homeserver/homelab thread :: Reply by reclinarka

2025-05-26T23:15:46+00:00

I have two old PCs I use as Servers, one old amd fx-6350 system as a NAS and a not so old 5900x with an rtx 4090 and an rx 7900xtx as my allrounder.

The NAS is just truenas without any modifications and a couple of HDDs

The 5900x, 4090 & 7900xtx I use for hosting several things:
> jellyfin - foss plex equivalent
> firefly III - foss financial planner
> sillytavern - a roleplaying system for LLMs for me and my friends
> lm-studio - a server with JIT loading for LLMs
> convertx - a collection of filetype conversion tools
> rustdesk relay - an open source team viewer alternative
I am looking into running an immich instance but currently don't have much free drive space.

Also switching from Google Home to Home Assistant is something I really should do, I haven't looked into it much but depending on the hardware requirements for HA I might get a retired mini-itx PC from work to run it.

Computers :: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Author Chrishusk

2025-05-28T02:17:00+00:00

I've reduced my screen time on my phone to less than a hour however on my computer I noticed that my habits haven't changed too much. I still average 5 hours of screen time and most of it is not important/me wasting my time.
So far I have done these things: Set 1 hour timer on youtube and pc games, downloaded stayfree to track usage time.

What tips/advice can you guys offer that I can do thanks!

Computers :: Re: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-05-28T10:58:26+00:00

My trick has been focusing on my actual Time wasters on the PC first. Which was in my case YouTube. I started reducing my Watching habit, with tracking what I watch. But also disable YouTube on the browser, to solely rely on RSS and MPV/YT-DLP to watch my Videos. Which remove the Feed you can be caught in. After that, you could set a Timer, at least on Linux, to lock your Computer after a certain time. Acting as an annoyance as you have to unlock it every time.

Computers :: Re: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Reply by Mark

2025-05-31T17:34:42+00:00

Honestly, I just walk away. Take a nap, find something else to focus on. Really just being on the computer itself is not addicting, it's everything you can access through it. But, I find that if I stop using a site or service, I just end up replacing that time with something else. So instead, I walk away from the computer entirely. I'm still very bad at it, since it's most of my life and career, and how I interact with most people. But I can at least focus on what's important at home by walking away from it.

Also, leave your phone in another room too. Make it inconvenient to even touch.

Computers :: Re: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Reply by Chrishusk

2025-05-31T17:51:21+00:00

Mark wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 5:34 pm Honestly, I just walk away. Take a nap, find something else to focus on. Really just being on the computer itself is not addicting, it's everything you can access through it. But, I find that if I stop using a site or service, I just end up replacing that time with something else. So instead, I walk away from the computer entirely. I'm still very bad at it, since it's most of my life and career, and how I interact with most people. But I can at least focus on what's important at home by walking away from it.

Also, leave your phone in another room too. Make it inconvenient to even touch.

Good idea thanks!

Computers :: What are some cli tools YOU want :: Author zirosi

2025-06-17T22:48:19+00:00

For the unix users out there on this forum, what are some cli tools that you would like to see.

And yes, this is the computers forum. All I have to say to that is software is a part of computers!!!

Computers :: Re: What are some cli tools YOU want :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-18T03:52:01+00:00

The first cli applicarion i would recommend is bpytop. This application shows off the usage off all your resources.
It shows off your CPU usage, total, and individual cores.
It shows off your RAM usage, and your disk usage.
And the same data top shows.
And it runs all from the command line.

Its very lightweight, and it shows all this infornation on your terminal(emulator). It even works remotely through SSH.

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by JorjeeZeAlien

2025-05-26T20:42:14+00:00

I have been using Manjaro for a few days. I started my Linux adventures with Linux Mint, then I used straight up Arch after awhile, but then the drivers broke after an update and I moved back to Windows for a few weeks before ending up on Manjaro. People say bad things about Manjaro, but it has been great for me (plus I have not been able to get Endeavouros to work no matter what I did lol, its supposed to be the better alternative but its not better if I cant use it). It is just easier Arch, though people complain about the bloat, but you can configure whats installed after booting up for the first time so you only have the applications you want. Just use what works, tbh.

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Monoki

2025-05-28T23:15:40+00:00

rejectconvenience wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2024 9:28 am That's not true, I use pop_os, but what's your favorite distro?

I just installed Mint on an 10+ year old laptop of mine. Having fun with it so far even if the computer's slightly laggy from how old it is.

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-17T05:21:52+00:00

Want to come back to this saying i ditched Arch on all my spare devices, and settled with Linux Mint. Because it just works.

As i already posted in a other thread, i experienced some problems with EndeavourOS which where unfortunately dealbreakers for me. One the rolling release scheme, i dont have the time to constanly update my spare systems, and secondly my "iPad" would sometime lock up when woken up out of hibernation.

With linux mint i dont have the problems with it. (apart from some bluetooth probems on my Dell laptop)

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Rain

2025-06-17T21:49:29+00:00

I've been using Fedora Silverblue for about a year now and it suits my needs well enough. I chose Fedora mainly due to the semi-rolling release model (less prone to breakage than something like Arch, but it still gets frequent updates and a new GNOME version every six months), plus it's officially supported on my Framework laptop so it runs like a charm out of the box. The fact that it's an immutable distro also means I can easily roll back if an update happens to screw up my system. Most days I just want to get work done at my computer without having to worry about fixing my system so having that peace of mind is really appreciated.

I might check out NixOS eventually though if I ever feel like changing things up.

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by PossiblyAxolotl

2025-06-18T00:00:26+00:00

Guess what?
I DO use Arch now!! (btw...)
I like it, genuinely been treating me much better than most Ubuntu-based ones have been imo. I wrote a lil blog post about Arch just now if you're curious but it's been pretty nice, and though I did have some problems with installing it's honestly been pretty fun and neat to use.

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-18T18:06:00+00:00

I have been using Linux Mint Debian Edition 4 since 2020. I am a layman (ie I have no programming background) who likes to adjust the settings in the control panel, but prefers to avoid the terminal if I can at all help it, and Mint is ideal for this. I favoured (and favour) the Debian over the Ubuntu edition for the usual wariness over Canonical. I removed Flatpak, for I prefer traditional package management. Since LMDE 4 has been end-of-life, I disabled Mint Report and switched to LTS and later ELTS security updates. I have not yet decided what to do in 2029. Now that I am using Pidgin instead of Gajim, I really just need to know that my Flash plug-in 34·0·0·137) will continue to work. Although my GPU is Radeon (viz AMD Trinity [Radeon HD 7640G]), and I have only heard about Glibc-Flash incompatibility on Nvidia systems, I am naturally wary.

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by zirosi

2025-06-19T02:00:31+00:00

I... do use arch btw >;3

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Monoki

2025-06-20T07:03:29+00:00

Monoki wrote: Wed May 28, 2025 11:15 pm
rejectconvenience wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2024 9:28 am That's not true, I use pop_os, but what's your favorite distro?
I just installed Mint on an 10+ year old laptop of mine. Having fun with it so far even if the computer's slightly laggy from how old it is.

Update to this: installed it on my main laptop now too. May install a lighter Linux OS on the old one and use that as a server? Renderfarm? Not sure exactly.

Gaming :: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Author fitsoab

2025-06-02T04:13:40+00:00

Hi! I've really had these two games on my mind a lot recently, but whenever I ask around about folks' opinions on the different galaxies and which ones are their favorites, I always get different results. This game has such a massive variety of different locations, and a lot of them are really, really good and memorable. Even with their flaws, these two games are really special and unique, even to this day. There really is a lot to talk about regarding them.
I want to know, for those who've played the game, which galaxies are your favorite? What do you like about them? Do you have a galaxy that's your favorite in terms of its overall gameplay, but a different favorite that you think is aesthetically much more unique or pleasing? Got a favorite between the amazing cast of bosses? Tell me something you love! I want to hear the opinions of other people! Give me your pure unfiltered thoughts and reasoning!

Gaming :: Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Reply by fitsoab

2025-06-02T16:08:27+00:00

I'll start: I absolutely love Melty Monster Galaxy, even if I only love the first star. I think that first star of the galaxy, The Magnificent Magma Sea, is my favorite lava level across Super Mario HISTORY. I love the volcano levels in NSMBDS and NSMBWii, don't get me wrong, but COME ON. Aesthetically AND gameplay-wise it's still my favorite star. I remember it vividly. Something about its music just gives it this atmosphere of beauty and power, and it compliments the spanning ocean of lava and hulking beasts so excellently. Unforgettable. Top tier galaxy.

Also my favorite boss is Kingfin. Because fish. I like fish.

Gaming :: Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Reply by Rain

2025-06-04T02:02:20+00:00

In Galaxy 1 specifically I absolutely love the atmosphere in Space Junk, it's just so soothing and space-y. I'd say it's probably the first thing that comes to mind when I think about this game. In terms of gameplay/artistic direction Buoy Base is also hard to beat, you can tell the developers put lots of effort into it. I haven't played Galaxy 2 since I was a kid so I wouldn't say I have a favorite but the game itself feels very nostalgic to me.

It's funny how I was recently watching jan misali's video about the Super Mario series before I came across this thread, you might be interested in that if you haven't seen it already.

Gaming :: Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Reply by two_dogs_in_love

2025-06-04T03:02:41+00:00

I just replayed Mario Galaxy one a couple months ago! I could never beat it when I was a kid because there was a scratch on the disc I had that made the game crash during the final cutscene after you beat Bowser. But this time I 100%'ed it (not to brag) and I'm planning on doing a Luigi run!

I remember liking the detail of how the game cycled through all the seasons of the honeyhive galaxy, revisiting it across multiple levels. But my favorite galaxies were the ones that were on the beach, like the Beach Bowl Galaxy and the Deep Dark Galaxy. I guess I liked the variety of environments and the chill beach vibes.

I haven't played Super Mario Galaxy 2 yet, but I just picked up a copy at a yard sale! I'm excited to get into that once I'm back in the Galaxy mood.

Gaming :: Deltarune's new chapters (spoilers) :: Author fitsoab

2025-06-09T22:38:24+00:00

Hey! Deltarune got its third and fourth chapters released! And, like usual, they're really good. I really loved them both. I want to know others' thoughts on the two chapters as well.
Did anyone else feel like Chapter 3's storytelling was a little bit rough around the edges, compared to chapters 2 and 4? I honestly felt like it was a little weak in its story structuring, almost like it felt a small bit rushed, but obviously I can't speak for certain on that. Besides, it was still GOOD. Tenna is hilarious. The humor in these two chapters is top-tier, and it's been a LONG time since I laughed this hard at a game. It's just that, to me, Chapter 3 tends to have some moments that come out of nowhere--like, is Susie not going to question why and how a dark fountain opened up in Kris' HOUSE? I feel like that'd raise concerns. And Ralsei kind of pulls the huge explanation moment a bit too early in my opinion, almost out of nowhere. I honestly feel like it might be the weakest chapter overall, even if it is still an 8/10 to me.
Chapter 4 on the other hand is brilliant. Amazingly done. Paced, structured, written brilliantly, and the new TP mechanics were great and made these unique boss fights REALLY interesting in ways I didn't expect. The climax battle against the Titan was incredible, too, it's unexpected but in a great way! Also, great music, just like always.

What do you think?

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by fitsoab

2025-06-04T03:16:07+00:00

I'm super conflicted about the Switch 2, and it seems like a lot of people are. I think we all see the two biggest pros and cons, to some capacity, right? On one hand, it looks like the next generation of Nintendo titles are going to be absolutely stellar. Brimming with personality and inventive design the likes of which we may not have seen since GALAXY, and yet... 450 dollars for a console with 70-80 dollar games. I really cannot afford to miss out on this generation of games, but I also can't afford to not miss out on it too. It's a real twist, especially for people like me who don't make that kind of money to just up and dispense for something like that. What if it breaks? I'll just be stuck forking over another 400 dollars for a new one? But... If I don't, I will never get to see Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, and both of them look downright magical. It doesn't seem like they're backing down from the price either, so things are going to be difficult for a while. Here's hopes for some kind of miracle. I'm extremely divided on it, and I don't even want anything else right now. Tough.

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by rejectconvenience

2025-06-05T22:39:29+00:00

I know this is probably an unpopular take, but the reason I don't want one is that it's too big. I normally use the Switch in handheld mode, and it's the perfect size for me. I really wish they'd put Wind Waker on the Switch 1 or even Switch OLED, I'd love to experience that game again, but I'm not willing to sacrifice the size of the console for that. There's other stuff mentioned here that I agree with, but if I'm being honest, the actual thing holding me back is the physical size.

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-06-10T02:35:59+00:00

I'm happy that the new Switch is out for the folks who want it, but personally I feel like it's not different enough from the first Switch to justify getting it. It's just a slightly better Switch. But my current Switch still works and I haven't 100%ed all of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe courses yet so I don't think I need to upgrade for a while.

But it could also be a lifestyle thing. I'm in a stage of life where it's hard for me to game a lot, so games and consoles last longer for me. Unless it's something that gives me a different way of playing games, like a VR headset or a Steam Deck, I don't see a reason to buy new consoles when my current consoles work perfectly fine and have good games out. I will probably treat it like a PC upgrade - it will take years and years and in the end something has to break.

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-12T13:51:18+00:00

It is hard for me to comment much about video games, for I play them so seldom. (World of Goo is the youngest game in my collection if I do not count visual novels.) Citric, your attitude towards consoles appears healthy. There is no reason to adopt something new when what we have already got suffices. It is one of the many reasons I keep this old computer, and this mood underlies many of my choices in declining to purchase things.

Gaming :: Game development on simple programs :: Author fitsoab

2025-06-12T22:34:20+00:00

For around three years (2021-2024) I made games on Scratch, and honestly, it was a lot of fun. I think Scratch is a great example of a website/program that's super easy to learn, even without guidance, while still being super flexible, especially when you open up the possibilities of modifications and extensions, which do it a lot of favors, but I won't get into that, haha

Now that I've started getting back into it and experimenting a little, it's made me curious about external programs, even ones that are extremely simple in nature and not easy to experiment with. Anyone here messed around with these as well? Got any examples you want to share? If so, what have you tried doing with it? If not, what programs or points of discussion intrigue you? Know of any especially impressive works made in simple, easy-to-use development programs? I'm really curious to reach out here a little.

Gaming :: Re: Game development on simple programs :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-14T12:52:35+00:00

I remember playing with Scratch a decade before you. Even back then, there existed Stencyl, which Kongregate introduced to me. It is virtually the same as Scratch, but targets adults without any programming background instead of being a didactic aid for children. Another utility for non-programmers which has existed for over twenty years is Game Maker, which was used to develop classics like Hyper Princess Pitch.

Gaming :: Re: Game development on simple programs :: Reply by cl0ud

2025-06-22T22:07:28+00:00

This brings me back a little. A couple years back there was this really simplistic game maker program for android that I used, before knowing a lick of programming. It was called Sketch Nation: Create.
It was very limited. You had certain game "presets", like you could make a platformer, a bullet hell style thing, a match-3 game etc. I think there were eight-or-so presets total.
Either way it was pretty cool. You made your own assets, customized the objectives and so on. People made some cool little games with their own little stories and objectives.

I looked into it a year or two ago and, iirc, it's not on the android store anymore but the apk can be found on sketchy apk hosting websites.
It's not very good. WAY more limiting that something even as simple as Scratch, but I'd probably recommend Sketch Nation to a complete beginner before having them try Scratch.

Sorry if this was a bit off-topic haha.

Gaming :: Anyone here into Kenshi? :: Author cl0ud

2025-06-21T11:40:01+00:00

I discovered Kenshi idk how many months ago and have fallen in love with it.

Currently doing a run that has been solo until very recently when I got 2 other dudes in my squad. My main guy is a martial arts powerhouse that takes many enemies out with ease and he's run around the entire map basically so he's also fast as fuck lol

Gaming :: Re: Anyone here into Kenshi? :: Reply by fitsoab

2025-06-22T02:56:03+00:00

I haven't heard of this game before but looking it up it really intrigues me. Seems like it takes after those kinds of immersive sim titles. I'm actually really interested in this, I think I'm gonna have to check it out... I love how dirty it looks, haha

Gaming :: Re: Anyone here into Kenshi? :: Reply by Linkard

2025-06-22T09:19:44+00:00

I LOVE Kenshi. Started playing it years ago (2018-2019).

Fun fact : for a while, I believe it was the largest static video game map ever, meaning it was the largest map in a game that didn't have aspect of it that was randomly generated (like for Daggerfall). The entire surface area is about the size of Basse-Terre Island (which is insanely big for a video game map).

I personally never messed with the base building mechanic (never liked that kind of stuff), but I also know that there's a lot to that. The game is just so good at letting you mess, which always leads to memorable scenarios and stories. I'm very likely to play Kenshi 2 when it comes out.

Gaming :: Re: Anyone here into Kenshi? :: Reply by cl0ud

2025-06-22T22:16:05+00:00

Yeah, Kenshi is great

Also I found this amazing kenshi wallpaper, on wallhaven, made by someone going by "agnafrei" (or just posted by agnafrei but made by someone else, idk hopefully I'm crediting the artist)

I wish there were more Kenshi wallpapers the game is so beautiful I wanna have a piece of it on my screen at all times

Music Players :: Re: I Love minidisc! :: Reply by Ray Karr

2025-05-28T11:45:15+00:00

Oh nice! I didn't even know about this format!
You mentioned they haven't been officially in production since 2013. Are there people who make/rewrite their own?

Music Players :: Re: I Love minidisc! :: Reply by VashtheIntellect

2025-05-29T17:18:36+00:00

Ray Karr wrote: Wed May 28, 2025 11:45 am Are there people who make/rewrite their own?

The vast majority of discs in circulation are read-write discs, so I'd say that most discs are one's written by individuals! Honestly the read-only discs are so stupid rare I might never collect one. There's a Jamiroquai album thats like $300 on discogs

Music Players :: my iPod broken :( :: Author zirosi

2025-06-13T02:35:28+00:00

So, A bit ago I got an iPod Mini 2nd gen, the "easiest iPod to mod..." no, no it was not.

So, when I got it I just went straight into action. I don't remember what I did but all I know is that afterwards is that I did put in the microdrive to SD to microSD adapters in without a partition (idk something online said u had to do that) and now the screen is always blank even when its plugged in which it used to have a battery on the screen.

Now recently I watched a couple Reject Convenience videos and now I want to listen to stuff on my iPod. So if anyone can help, please do.

Music Players :: Re: my iPod broken :( :: Reply by bubbafinches

2025-06-13T05:11:10+00:00

might be a stupid question, but did you try reverting the hardware to its original state? Or at least, taking out what you added in (the adapters and such). Might be worth seeing if you can get it back to where it was and start from sorta-scratch. I dont have experience with the Gen 2 Mini but did successfully mod my classic 5th gen (switched to flash storage) and restored the apple software on my nano 2nd gen.

I remember also when I changed the storage, I had to go on a mini side quest to restore the ipod to factory software before i could even start downloading any music or Rockbox. Things appeared very broken until I got it to restore through an older version of iTunes. Took some troubleshooting but got rockbox/functioning software for both my Nano 2nd Gen and the classic 5th gen.

I think I remember also that when I switched storage on the Classic and plugged it into my computer w/ iTunes, iTunes automatically detected the software as "broken" or whatever and offered to restore it. From there I just had to make sure that I had a version of iTunes that worked with the generation iPod i had. So maybe install itunes and see what happens when you plug it in?

Hope any of this experience helps!!! Good luck!!

Music Players :: Re: my iPod broken :( :: Reply by zirosi

2025-06-14T02:28:11+00:00

bubbafinches wrote: Fri Jun 13, 2025 5:11 am might be a stupid question, but did you try reverting the hardware to its original state? Or at least, taking out what you added in (the adapters and such). Might be worth seeing if you can get it back to where it was and start from sorta-scratch. I dont have experience with the Gen 2 Mini but did successfully mod my classic 5th gen (switched to flash storage) and restored the apple software on my nano 2nd gen.

I remember also when I changed the storage, I had to go on a mini side quest to restore the ipod to factory software before i could even start downloading any music or Rockbox. Things appeared very broken until I got it to restore through an older version of iTunes. Took some troubleshooting but got rockbox/functioning software for both my Nano 2nd Gen and the classic 5th gen.

I think I remember also that when I switched storage on the Classic and plugged it into my computer w/ iTunes, iTunes automatically detected the software as "broken" or whatever and offered to restore it. From there I just had to make sure that I had a version of iTunes that worked with the generation iPod i had. So maybe install itunes and see what happens when you plug it in?

Hope any of this experience helps!!! Good luck!!

That is not a stupid question, and I have in fact tried to today but the original minidrive is corrupted. Also I've just been messing around with Itunes on windows, custom hard-drive, and other stuff like that but as of right now it almost only works when plugged in and it has the file error screen

Music Players :: Re: my iPod broken :( :: Reply by bubbafinches

2025-06-14T22:52:13+00:00

zirosi wrote: Sat Jun 14, 2025 2:28 am
That is not a stupid question, and I have in fact tried to today but the original minidrive is corrupted. Also I've just been messing around with Itunes on windows, custom hard-drive, and other stuff like that but as of right now it almost only works when plugged in and it has the file error screen

well hey, it seems like maybe there was an improvement? in your first post you mentioned that it only showed a blank screen, but now its showing a file error screen? on the bright side the different error screens might lead us/you further into the fixing direction! this stuff can be super frustrating so i am cheering you on lol

Music Players :: FiiO Echo Mini :: Author PossiblyAxolotl

2025-06-16T21:26:42+00:00

I've been wanting to get a dedicated mp3 player of sorts for a while. I was gonna repair my iPod but it genuinely would cost so much with each upgrade and shipping to Canada that it didn't seem financially viable. I also really don't want one of those Android ones that's basically just a phone with an SD card slot and bigger audio jacks cause I want a dedicated music device that just plays the mp3s I give it. No more than that. I just recently found out about the FiiO Echo Mini which I ordered today and am super excited to try out when it arrives. It costed me $60 CAD with the nice welcome discount AliExpress gave me (yes FiiO officially sells their products on AliExpress) which is significantly cheaper than the literal hundreds of dollars it would cost to add some features to an iPod like bluetooth + new battery + upgraded storage. Thoughts on this lil thing? I'm pretty hopeful for it when it arrives, I've heard good things about FiiO overall. Some of the main criticism I've heard is just that you can't use Apple Music and other streaming with it but I never expected that. I've been building up a bit of a Bandcamp library and even have some CDs now. I'll be back here once it arrives to give a little update on it :)

Music Players :: Re: FiiO Echo Mini :: Reply by zirosi

2025-06-17T16:25:09+00:00

PossiblyAxolotl wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:26 pm I've been wanting to get a dedicated mp3 player of sorts for a while. I was gonna repair my iPod but it genuinely would cost so much with each upgrade and shipping to Canada that it didn't seem financially viable. I also really don't want one of those Android ones that's basically just a phone with an SD card slot and bigger audio jacks cause I want a dedicated music device that just plays the mp3s I give it. No more than that. I just recently found out about the FiiO Echo Mini which I ordered today and am super excited to try out when it arrives. It costed me $60 CAD with the nice welcome discount AliExpress gave me (yes FiiO officially sells their products on AliExpress) which is significantly cheaper than the literal hundreds of dollars it would cost to add some features to an iPod like bluetooth + new battery + upgraded storage. Thoughts on this lil thing? I'm pretty hopeful for it when it arrives, I've heard good things about FiiO overall. Some of the main criticism I've heard is just that you can't use Apple Music and other streaming with it but I never expected that. I've been building up a bit of a Bandcamp library and even have some CDs now. I'll be back here once it arrives to give a little update on it

That seems to me like a modern iPod (almost) and I have been looking for how to fix my iPod and it has been like 6+ months I've been trying to fix it, but at this point I was just looking for inexpensive music players. So, I will check that out. Hope you enjoy it

Online Privacy :: Re: Switzerland abolishing anonymity online :: Reply by TrekkerV

2025-05-26T18:03:07+00:00

Yeah I saw that come in my feed a few days ago. Very concerning.

There seems there is a big push in Western Europe against encrypted data services and anonymity at large on the web. Notably against the Signal app and VPNs, but it's far from the only targets.

This is ironic coming from Switzerland's government though.
Switzerland as a country is reputed to not give information easily for... yknow, obvious reasons (banks/finances/tax avoidance *cough*).

Plan failed for now, but apparently it's not completely abandoned yet - they want to have revisions, not toss it in the bin. Let's see if these revisions can be altered enough to make the intent of surveillance really fail.

Online Privacy :: Re: Browser comparison :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-05-28T01:48:01+00:00

For the browser choice discussion, you can always use multiple browsers! Sometimes it makes sense to compartmentalize where you have a main browser, maybe another browser for work or a side project, a third browser for sessions where you don't want to keep history, and even a fourth like Tor Browser for when you want the most security. And you can achieve something similar with different browser profiles and such. Not to mention the mix of browsers and engines you can use on mobile if you're using a smartphone.

I use Vivaldi for my personal computer, Firefox on my gaming computer, Edge for work, Brave for mobile (Android), and Vivaldi for reading also on Android. By compartmentalizing my data I make sure that there's only so much being stored and potentially leaked from any given browser. Not to mention the things that are deleted regularly by using a browser that automatically deletes local browsing data.

Online Privacy :: Re: Browser comparison :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-05-30T14:11:28+00:00

Keeping a secondary browser is common in the Pale Moon community. LibreOffice requires one of Firefox, Chrome, Konqueror or Epiphany as a dependency. I have the last of these installed, but would prefer Konqueror if I knew more about its ability to block adverts. I also keep a three-year-old version of Ungoogled Chromium installed as another backup browser. While I have meant to swap Basilisk for it, I have not yet bothered to do so.

Online Privacy :: Re: A really big list of privacy policies I want to read on stream :: Reply by Praxeria

2025-05-31T15:13:09+00:00

Ubisoft or any video game companys they can destoryed a game an example would be "the crew" where even the singleplayer wasn't even safe

Online Privacy :: How to leave Discord behind? :: Author Mæstro

2025-06-05T14:27:13+00:00

For years, I have found myself unhappily bound to Discord. I began to use it in 2017, when I first began to care about privacy matters, as a far superior alternative to Skype and the old IM services which were shutting down then. Discord’s privacy policy at the present time remains tolerable, but I have always felt wary about it and, in any case, running the site in my browser heats my processor about 10°. (The ‘desktop version’ is intolerable for forcing automatic updates.) When I heard the rumours in March 2021 about Microsoft acquiring Discord, I abandoned my Discord account and was able to persuade most of my friends to keep in touch with me using XMPP. There have, unfortunately, been two problems with this.

The first of these, in chronological order, is that one of my friends, whom I know as ‘Soupy’, did not go along with me. I met Soupy through Discord in 2018. Although Soupy owns a laptop for a few purposes, he exclusively uses his iPhone for talking with friends, which makes him unique among people I know and makes it impossible for me to test IM applications for iOS in advance, for none of my other friends own an iPhone. To keep in touch with him, I created a new Discord account for the sole purpose of talking with him. We spoke, and speak, daily.

Years ago, when speaking with him about this, he had given a few reasons why he would not switch when I presented him with an XMPP client. The first is that, at the time, he had exhausted his iPhone’s storage and could not download any more applications, leaving him with only Skype and Discord for IM. (I do not know what he has done since Skype shut down.) The other, which he maintained even after getting a new iPhone, is that I tended to approach him about it feeling rather flustered. It is true that I suffer anxiety attacks rather more than average, and Soupy would often mistake my legitimate interests for another fleeting panic attack and refuse to make such dramatic changes in ways that could encourage my frenzy. I have not approached him more recently about this to learn whether his attitudes have changed.

The second problem has somewhat softened the first problem’s sting. In late April, all my XMPP clients (except Conversejs, which works in my backup browser but is awkward and unsuitable) suddenly failed. I have discussed this a bit more here, but it suffices to note that my technical attempts to diagnose the problem have been exhausted and I now consider XMPP unfit for purpose. By this time, only one friend who accompanied me to XMPP in 2021 remained. (The friendship with another grew weaker over the years due to changing interests and values, while a third ended quite dramatically in January after what could have been anything from his joining a sect to discovering hard drugs. The details are murky, but irrelevant.) This remaining, loyal friend, whom I will presently introduce elsewhere on this board, received the contact information for that Discord account I have been using all along to talk with Soupy. I am confident that ‘Kohai’, as I have nicknamed this friend for his relative youth, will accompany me whenever I can find a good Discord alternative. However, I have reconnected with some more Discord friends from before 2021, who had been unable for their own technical reasons to go along to XMPP, over the last year. I know less about their technical situations, but they have shown at least some openness to Discord alternatives if they can work. It remains for me to find one.

At this time, my best guess for a suitable alternative would be IRC in some form or other, but I am still too ignorant on key details for me to be able ot present this with confidence. I knew it existed as a child, but took the internet safety rule ‘don’t talk to strangers online’ too literally because autism and never used it. I know little about how Discord works on mobile, but I would need to know Soupy would be notified if I send him a message at any random time in the same way he would be on Discord. Moreover, my friends and I often send messages to one another when the other is asleep, for us to see in the morning. It is impossible for me to leave my computer on overnight, and none of us are technically experienced enough to be able to set up a bouncer on our own. (Even as I write this, I am only vaguely aware of what a bouncer is or does.) I could only find for the iPhone one apparently adequate IRC client, it costs money and I have no way to verify it would really work as a drop-in Discord replacement before introducing it to Soupy. Moreover, advice in how to discuss this so it might fare better than my past attempts would surely help me. This community seems the best place to ask for where to look for such a thing. I have wanted to break this last shackle to the IT mainstream for a very long time, but I need to know this so I can do so without losing my friends.

TL;DR: I need a drop-in substitute for Discord which will work both for me running Debian 10 and my friend who only uses an iPhone. XMPP seemed the best choice for years, but has lately disqualified itself. IRC is the current best candidate, but I need more information before I could actually try it. I also need a way to discuss this with him without appearing to be in one of my (relatively common) panic attacks as I have seemed when trying years ago.

Online Privacy :: Re: How to leave Discord behind? :: Reply by zonk

2025-06-05T14:36:07+00:00

Is there a reason you can't use Signal? That's probably the lowest-friction option. I have been searching for a better option but haven't really found one so far.

I will say as an active IRC user that IRC is probably unfit for your purposes. It is really not designed for asynchronous communication like you want. As a compromise, you could use IRC for when you are both online to chat and use good old email for sending messages when the other is offline.

Online Privacy :: Re: How to leave Discord behind? :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-05T14:48:44+00:00

zonk wrote: Thu Jun 05, 2025 2:36 pm Is there a reason you can't use Signal? That's probably the lowest-friction option. I have been searching for a better option but haven't really so far.

As I have declared in my introduction, I do not own a smartphone, or even a mobile phone at all now. Hence, creating an account is impossible for me (even if an existing account can be used without one) unless there is some way, unknown to me, to do so without one. Signal and Telegram had both caught my attention early on, but this unhappy fact has turned me away from both.
Because this forum does not support [hr], [br], [line] or anything like it, this self-referential line of text will break the original message from this addendum instead. Good on you for reading it!
I was reminded today of Wire, which apparently supports iOS and is reliable enough for our government to use, but does not require a mobile to register. I remember testing it once on my own years ago and encountering some forgotten problem quickly, but this was long enough ago that I think I should consider it afresh. Is anybody here familiar with it (or some other alternative)? It seems promising also, but I would need to know more about it before going ahead.

Online Privacy :: Re: How to leave Discord behind? :: Reply by BlueChinchompa

2025-06-08T20:11:08+00:00

I would recommend giving revolt (most discord like) or Matrix a shot. They both offer desktop and mobile clients without a phone number. You can also self host them (Matrix is better for self hosting since its federated with other instances)

https://revolt.chat/
https://matrix.org/

Online Privacy :: Re: How to leave Discord behind? :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-12T12:52:31+00:00

I recall hearing sometimes before about Matrix, but until today, I had lingered under the false impression that it was only possible to run self-hosted instances, which I lack the capacity to do for several reasons. Out of everything considered so far, I think Matrix would likely serve best. Would you be able to recommend (for Soupy) an iOS client and (for me) a client that looks more like it belongs in the 2000s than today? The master list offers three mature iOS clients for him, but Nheko, in its own words, ‘feels more like a mainstream chat app (Element, Telegram etc) and less like an IRC client’, whereas I definitively want something that feels like an IRC client. (CLI interfaces are rather alien to me.)

Online Privacy :: Persuading a friend to use Jabber :: Author Mæstro

2025-06-14T11:38:55+00:00

This is a sequel to my earlier one about leaving Discord; a large change in my conditions which solves one of my original problems justifies a new post after my understanding of netiquette. I am happy to report that I have got my XMPP account working again, simply by using Pidgin instead of Gajim or Psi, and learnt that ChatSecure is recommended as an iOS client. (I would be grateful if any iPhone users here could tell me in more detail about how smoothly it works.) Hence, my remaining problem is now rather social than technical. How can I convince my iPhone-using friend, who is apathetic about privacy matters, to download ChatSecure, create a Jabber account and use it to communicate with me instead of Discord? He is busy this weekend, and I happened to suffer one of my worse panic attacks after being bullied online yesterday, so I realise that I should wait at least a few days. When and how do I go about this?

I should also mention that I also preside over another chatroom for friends with five other users, three of whom are active, which, for simplicity, I did not discuss in the original. All are Windows users, but only one was able to figure out how to use Gajim. Advice on how to ease a transition of that group chat onto Jabber would also be welcome, but I realise progress is incremental.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-15T21:13:00+00:00

I hate Cloudflare with a passion. It imposes the requirement for many sites to enable JavaScript and cookies, which I always disable by default and the site proper does not actually require, and thereby turns me away. (If I wish to access the site’s text, I will use the Internet Archive instead. I have only excepted two sites from this policy, one of which actually needed cookies anyway.) For some months earlier this year, the Cloudflare turnstile failed in Pale Moon, which was a headache for everyone involved, and leaves me little confidence in Cloudflare’s other services. The only nice thing I can say about it is that it is not Recaptcha.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-17T13:23:30+00:00

Well it's a Cloud based Analytics Platform, I am always a bit skeptical of them. The Insight they Provide is valuable to the Website owner but can also vary easily breach the Terms of Privacy first Design. Especially if they share Visitor Data between Customers. Which can be used to create a big inferred Data Network about everyone who has Visited your site.

Cloudflare, as Maestro mentioned already, has many Issues. While my experience with their Services isn't Bad. I have a heard a lot of Horror Story's with Customer Support and Marketing Departments. So I be careful to use them.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-21T15:55:28+00:00

As an alternative, I think the best examples of captchas for ensuring all and only natural persons may access the site are those which appear on DuckDuckGo and Xcancel when JavaScript and cookies are disabled. The first requires selecting three pictures of ducks from a grid of nine, as in the picture. The other resembles a traditional site captcha in reading numbers from an image, where the numbers are a one-time password generated by means unknown to me. The only fault in them which I could imagine is that I do not know how they would treat the blind. Many sites have also lately implemented Anubis. While it still requires scripts and cookies, it is, at least, far less intrusive than Cloudflare.

Attachments

Unbenannt.png (242.3 KiB)

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-21T20:47:46+00:00

Mæstro wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 3:55 pm As an alternative, I think the best examples of captchas for ensuring all and only natural persons may access the site are those which appear on DuckDuckGo and Xcancel when JavaScript and cookies are disabled. The first requires selecting three pictures of ducks from a grid of nine. (I will update this post with an example when the site next demands it.) The other resembles a traditional site captcha in reading numbers from an image, where the numbers are a one-time password generated by means unknown to me. The only fault in them which I could imagine is that I do not know how they would treat the blind. Many sites have also lately implemented Anubis. While it still requires scripts and cookies, it is, at least, far less intrusive than Cloudflare.

Anubis isnt really a Captcha System, it only makes it harder and therefor more expensive to visit your Website. Harder meaning in Resources not in actual effort on the User Side. It's more there to prevent continues Scrapes of your pages. By making the Computer that is scrapping you do some hard Math.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-22T14:14:10+00:00

Because I disable cookies by default, I can attest that Anubis denies rejected users access and is therefore a proper captcha, even if it requires no user input. It does not merely punish scrapers the way that an email server punishes spammers by tolling the client’s processor whenever a message is sent.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-22T21:23:11+00:00

Mæstro wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 2:14 pm Because I disable cookies by default, I can attest that Anubis denies rejected users access and is therefore a proper captcha, even if it requires no user input. It does not merely punish scrapers the way that an email server punishes spammers by tolling the client’s processor whenever a message is sent.

Cookies don't determine if smth is a Captcha. Anubis blocks Connections that couldn't execute the Proof of Work or which don't have Cookie Capabilities. Regardless of it being a Bot or a Human. But that doesn't make it a Captcha. That is only a Feature Requirement. A Captcha does require a form of Human Interaction, like a Text you have to type in or as simple as Clicking a Check Mark. The goal of a Captcha is to determine if smth is a Bot and, if set to do so, block it.
At least in my Interpretation of what a Captcha is.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-23T10:21:56+00:00

Crazyroostereye wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:23 pm Cookies don't determine if smth is a Captcha.

Verb sap. The full argument is as follows: Anubis blocks traffic to those whom it denies, its behaviour towards cookieless browsers serving as evidence of this.

Different sources give slightly different definitions on whether human interaction is necessary, or are vague enough that it is unclear whether a user or his computer must complete the challenge. (My usual dictionary, Collins, defines ‘captcha’ narrowly enough to exclude this site’s registration form’s.) The word’s coiners define it as ‘a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot.’ Anubis’ hashing tests do this. In my case, activating cookies is a manual process, so it is a captcha in your sense also.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-23T11:23:43+00:00

You make a Good Point.

But In the Definition of Collins and the word's coiners its goal is to determine if a Connection is from a Human or a Bot. Anubis doesn't, nor it tries to determine if a Connection is Human or Bot. It just sets a Requirement your Browser has to meet and requires you to do a Calculation.

Mæstro wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 10:21 am ‘a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot.’

This is also not the case with the Proof or Work test that Anubis Presents, as Computers are the only ones that can preform the Calculations in a timely manner.
The way Anubis works is by making Hard to Compute calculation that the Computer has to preform, which its intent is to increase the Computing bill of Bot Networks that access the Website frequently.

Online Privacy :: Re: Cloudflare Web Analytics :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-23T15:23:10+00:00

Now, this is more interesting than bickering over the real definition of captcha.
For my part, I would define captcha as software intended to filter online requests so only those by natural persons succeed.

Crazyroostereye wrote: Mon Jun 23, 2025 11:23 am Anubis doesn't [determine if a Connection is from a Human or a Bot], nor it tries to determine if a Connection is Human or Bot.

I think this is false, for Anubis itself and its official documentation state otherwise. Anubis’ official instance introduces itself to users as ‘making sure you’re not a bot’, as shown in the attached screenshot. The readme describes Anubis as a firewall and an alternative to Cloudflare, an unambiguous captcha (where ticking a box is the challenge), which is why I had brought it up in the first place. The developer’s explanation states that Anubis is intended to block scrapers, although it does so by testing features.

]Computers are the only ones that can preform the Calculations in a timely manner.

This is literally true, and when I spoke of vagueness in my post, this is what I had in mind. Anubis says on the official instance if cookies are blocked that it ‘requires cookies [for] making sure you are a valid client’. ‘Client’ can refer just as well to the end user himself or the computer which he uses to access the server. The user, not the computer, is reading the message, but Anubis tests the computer itself. None of the definitions I have found are pedantic enough to bother splitting this hair, so neither do I.

The way Anubis works is by making Hard to Compute calculation that the Computer has to preform, which its intent is to increase the Computing bill of Bot Networks that access the Website frequently.

It is true, from the the developer’s comments, that Anubis uses the same technology, that also in Hashcash, which is used (among other things) for punishing spambots, but from the above documentation, Anubis infers from the results whether to deny bot networks access. The readme also mentions that legitimate web crawlers will fail to index sites wielding Anubis, which would not happen if it only tolled the user’s processor like some antispam measures.

Attachments

Unbenannt.png (104.42 KiB)

Other Tech :: Being kind and patient online :: Author Mæstro

2025-06-12T13:18:01+00:00

My friend (below) and I (above wrote: ‘Nobody has ever taught me how to disagree with people, especially acquaintances or near-strangers, online.’
‘Now that I think of it, I don't think it's taught at all.’

I have often found myself in unwanted debates with wrong people on the internet. I do not seek them out, and have been better at avoiding them since the beginning of this year, but I can sleepwalk into them rather easily. The closest advice I have ever actually heard about this is the canonical: ‘don’t feed the trolls’, but this does not address cases where one is dealing with people one sees often enough in the same chatroom to know they are not trolls, but honest dissidents. Disputed themes can involve matters of fact, where I expect us to disagree over method also. Nobody changes his mind after quarrelling with an online stranger for a while, so I never expect or even try to persuade; it feels more like being called to testify.

A New Zealander site for youth offers the most comprehensive advice I have been able to find, but even it only says ‘[s]ometimes it's best to ignore people who are wrong on the internet’ and ‘[n]ot everyone is open to having their mistakes corrected. That's OK!’ I do not know how to ignore someone wrong online, and slang expressions like ‘OK’ always confuse me, for I do not know how to translate them into intelligible, formal English. Neither instruction gives me clear, concrete steps of what to do. A friend once suggested ‘disengage’, but that still does not tell me how, that is, what to do. I need positive directions: ‘do nothing’ and ‘do not do xyz’ do not suffice for me, while ‘leave the discussion and do some other activity’ gives anyone the power to force me out of a conversation by saying something false. What should I do when somebody, either in reply to me or otherwise, expresses some innocent falsehood in a chatroom where I am present, so I can avoid falling, again and again, into this pit?

Other Tech :: Re: Being kind and patient online :: Reply by zonk

2025-06-12T14:12:10+00:00

The first step is intellectual honesty: don't be so sure that the other person is wrong. You can be mistaken, too. Starting from that perspective should disarm your immediate emotional reaction to someone stating something you don't think is true. You should orient yourself with the goal that everyone in the conversation approaches the truth, even if that means you're the one who's mistaken.

That said, I disagree with the perspective of that article that it's "OK" for people to not be open to receiving corrections. If you state a position in public (especially a matter of fact), you should be open to challenge, or else you are wilfully ignorant, which is dangerous to society.

I think the best way to respond to people with whom you disagree is by asking honest and genuine questions. Probe their knowledge by trying to get to the bottom of why they believe what they said. Your goal should be to understand the other person's perspective out of genuine curiosity, and you should be open to the possibility that they have good reasons for their belief. This practice is called street epistemology, and it usually comes up around the topic of religion, but I have applied it with respect to politics as well.

It may also help you to ask yourself what you hope to gain by arguing with someone on the internet. Do a simple cost/benefit analysis to decide if it's worth your time.

I don't think there's any silver bullet for this problem. People are going to be wrong on the internet, and if you can't bring yourself to ignore it, then you're going to get swept up in arguments with them. I think the best you can do is try to at least make it as productive as possible.

Other Tech :: Re: Being kind and patient online :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-12T15:52:44+00:00

I now find myself in the ironic position where I disagree with many (not all) points you raise in your post. Perhaps I might, with any luck, achieve some insight into how to go about my original problem trying to frame a polite response to it.

zonk wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 2:12 pm …don't be so sure that the other person is wrong. You can be mistaken, too… everyone in the conversation approaches the truth, even if that means you're the one who's mistaken… you should be open to the possibility that they have good reasons for their belief.

My disputes often sprout from philosophical themes. For example, having been the only idealist in a room full of materialists has sometimes indirectly led to conflict, naturally about indirectly related matters, notably when they presume materialist principles in other statements which I then have reason to reject. My reasons are a priori and a casual conversation cannot overturn them. With most people, I cannot expect even meaningfully to discuss the underlying cleft, although I know full well it is there. (If I want to weigh the merits of rival ontologies, I would rather read an academic philosopher than some random layman with an internet connexion.) The discussion must therefore remain superficial, which I think engenders much of the problem I face, although I think it would be at least as bad if we proceeded to quarrel over metaphysics or whatever else.

I think the best way to respond to people with whom you disagree is by asking honest and genuine questions. Probe their knowledge by trying to get to the bottom of why they believe what they said. Your goal should be to understand the other person's perspective out of genuine curiosity…

Oddly enough, this is what I tended to do until this year: seeking to understand them on their own terms. This approach went far worse for everybody involved.

This practice is called street epistemology, and it usually comes up around the topic of religion, but I have applied it with respect to politics as well.

I recognise, and have indeed read in full, the book you have most likely got in mind. A street epistemologist is as insufferable as his evangelical equivalent, the presuppositionalist. Both promote only the kind of religious intolerance that I wish to flee. I do not want to be a gadfly.

…ask yourself what you hope to gain by arguing with someone on the internet. Do a simple cost/benefit analysis to decide if it's worth your time… I think the best you can do is try to at least make it as productive as possible.

I never hope to gain anything. The profit motive itself is absent in me. Words like productive and useful ring in my ear like mean and base. I think I could ignore things if only I knew how. This social skill, for somebody for whom this is not obvious or easy, is perhaps complex like learning to play an instrument, but I believe it can be taught.

I paused often when writing this. Writing on a bulletin board, where the pressure to reply in real time disappears, has felt less distressing than something like this would have been if I were in a chat room and therefore pressured to answer comments as they arrive. I also find myself revising, even cutting some segments after posting to avoid my phrasing seeming too barbed. The quick pace of a live chat might be the biggest problem.
Like before, I am using this sham break. Perhaps I should just use an em dash in future instead.
As a precaution, I have edited my Discord profile, where these unsought quarrels tend to occur, to include the statement:

I wrote:Volatile: please do not reply if we disagree about something, to avoid quarrels.

Moderators where I belong have also told me they will quench such sparking conversations before they burst into flame, but admit they cannot always be present. I also wish to avoid the threat of charges of hypocrisy if somebody else says something disagreeable. This remedy is incomplete, and I am open to further suggestions on how to prevent online strife.

Other Tech :: Re: RSS Readers? :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-03T11:41:15+00:00

Even in childhood, I thought to myself that RSS feeds looked like sad, drained versions of the sites from which they derived. I just check manually the sites I like according to their release schedules: Fanbox daily, Xkcd every few days &c.

Other Tech :: Re: RSS Readers? :: Reply by addy

2025-06-03T16:58:37+00:00

I've gone with NewsBlur; works well enough for my needs, seems to have some pretty good features and can be self-hosted <3

Other Tech :: Re: RSS Readers? :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-17T05:02:19+00:00

I use feeder for android on my shoephone. Its available in the f-droid store.
Its a very simple, and non intrusive. I havent used it in a while, but now i'm started to using it again.

Oh yeah its open-source as well, you can find the source code over here: https://github.com/spacecowboy/Feeder

Other Tech :: Re: I'm considering renting a server :: Reply by Davidmenk321

2025-06-23T08:17:24+00:00

Haha, been there! I started with Raspberry Pis too—felt like I was running NASA on a toaster . If you're serious about hosting stuff like Nextcloud, Minecraft, or your own mini-Twitter, you’ll want something beefier. I stumbled on HostNoc(server provider) while hunting for the best server deals, and honestly, for the price, it felt like I was robbing them (legally, of course). Way better than selling a kidney to afford some other hosts. Definitely worth a look before you marry Hetzner !

Other Tech :: Re: I'm considering renting a server :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-23T13:44:13+00:00

I used my raspberry pi for my nextcloud too.

I'm in the progress of migrating everything from YunoHost to HestiaCP. Currently i moved from a 120GB SSD to a 2TB HDD i had lying around. But as you have guessed, it doesnt really work out yet. SO i ordered a external NVMe SSD for it (Samsung T7, 2TB). Hope that will up the performance.

But anyway. I dont like YunoHost. It worked fine for my nextcloud, but thats it. I tried hosting my website on it, but its very restricted in what you can do. (no custom robots.txt, 404 pages etc. Unless you change the whole server configuration) This is the reason i migrated to HestiaCP.

Tech News :: Decline in Invidious ‘related videos’ :: Author Mæstro

2025-06-12T16:34:21+00:00

NB: I am posting this under ‘tech news’, for this is a recent development online I have observed myself. As far as I know, nobody has yet reported on it.

Many others here surely use Invidious, a proxy for YouTube. Until recently, it tended to produce related videos which, like YouTube in the 2000s, were actually related to the reel being shown, making it easy to browse. Within the last fortnight, I have begun to witness a worrying lapse. Mingled among the relevant films are what are, presumably, popular or trending results on YouTube as a whole. Sometimes, these default recommendations are offensive: a professor discussing ‘shocking truths’, or rather the same trite, hateful anti-Moslem rhetoric we have all had the misfortune to hear once before, came up at one point. Most times, the popular films are simply clutter. Invidious itself is surely innocent. I know Invidious has been struggling lately against YouTube’s hostility, and I assume that this debasement is upstream.

I have observed this mostly in Nadeko’s instance, simply because this is the one I happen to use the most, but it appears to affect other instances also. An anime clip on YewTube gives, as ‘related videos’, in the order in which they appear, a massacre in Austria (four times), Peppa Pig (twice), German as well as Austrian and (more often) US politics, the war in the Ukraine (twice), Digital Circus, an aeroplane crash and only one other link about anime. Has anybody else noticed similar trends on other Invidious instances lately, or even better, heard an explanation for it?

Tech News :: Re: Decline in Invidious ‘related videos’ :: Reply by Rain

2025-06-13T00:19:48+00:00

I use Invidious every now and then and I've noticed this too. I mostly use the yewtu.be instance, which is hosted in Germany, and most of the related videos I've seen recently were news/politics videos in German (I can't tell exactly what they were about though since I don't speak German). My guess was that something changed on the YouTube side and that it was just showing me popular videos from whichever country the instance happened to be hosted in. I don't remember coming across any hateful content like what you're describing though, that's definitely worrying.

Tech News :: Re: Decline in Invidious ‘related videos’ :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-13T13:13:39+00:00

Happily, Invidious settings allow one to block related videos. I did not know this until today, and would otherwise have used µBlock to achieve the same. If Invidious resumes suggesting actually related film in future, please let me know, but I can, at least, shut out the nonsense meanwhile.

Art :: Re: My Wife's Art :: Reply by foxx-doxx

2025-05-30T18:38:15+00:00

DedRoll wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 2:12 pm Oooh that's lovely!

The birb is up to some mischief again

Only the most mischievous of birbs would find their way here.

Art :: Re: My Wife's Art :: Reply by foxx-doxx

2025-05-30T18:42:35+00:00

Offline wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 7:15 pmCute!

Art :: Some silly creature designs :: Author fitsoab

2025-06-16T23:55:04+00:00

Been having a game idea in the works recently, and I've been mapping it out before I actually start. It's about inanimate object-based creatures, themed around collecting them and such. Here's three I like, named Carghost, Aeghiss, and Tyrantula (that name's my favorite).

Carghost.png

Aeghiss.png

Tyrantula.png

Let me know if you have ideas/criticisms of the designs! I'd love to improve them all further.

Attachments

Aeghiss.png (142.33 KiB)

Carghost.png (120.64 KiB)

Tyrantula.png (100.1 KiB)

Art :: Re: Some silly creature designs :: Reply by DedRoll

2025-06-19T22:54:49+00:00

Cool idea!

I have this idea of stapler creature because it already look menacing lol

Art :: Re: Some silly creature designs :: Reply by fitsoab

2025-06-19T23:32:11+00:00

DedRoll wrote: Thu Jun 19, 2025 10:54 pm Cool idea!

I have this idea of stapler creature because it already look menacing lol

Oh you are so right. That HAS to be in it. I can't not.

Art :: Re: Some silly creature designs :: Reply by SapphireFire

2025-06-21T17:55:38+00:00

I love the color choices you've made here. Very vibrant with lots of contrast!

Art :: Re: Some silly creature designs :: Reply by Speb

2025-06-23T12:35:37+00:00

Big fan of the second two, better designs than most recent Pokémon

Books :: Re: Favourite quirky "feature" in a book? :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-05T13:47:42+00:00

In my early childhood, I recall owning a series of four books: introducing the earth’s interior, the regions of the ocean, the human body and the solar system. In the books’ centres, there were overlapping cutaways which would be lifted off with each page. This included the book’s cover, which might have been covered in protective, clear plastic. Hence, the geology book would depict all the earth’s layers, its first page would concern the crust and show the same as the cover, but the next page would discuss the upper mantle and the crust imagery would have been lifted away and so on. I know that the volumes on the earth, sea and space were also compiled without this fun feature into an ordinary, much smaller book, but I had the giant, fun volumes first.

Movies and TV :: Re: Physical Media :: Reply by JorjeeZeAlien

2025-05-26T21:44:18+00:00

I love DVDs. Whenever I go grocery shopping, I stop by the $5 movie bins at Walmart and dig for movies. You can find some real gold in there, old and new. It's a shame really, I feel like I bought a lot of movies from there that have no right to be only $5, like recent movies and collectors editions/bundles. But I guess no one really buys them anymore so they gotta be cheap. Good for me at least! But also: books

Movies and TV :: Re: Physical Media :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-05-30T11:55:33+00:00

In my earliest childhood, my nursery kept an array of educational VHS tapes. I never listened to music much as a child unless on the air, so I always associated CD with computer games. After seeing a USB drive capable of running several portable applications in late 2007 or early 2008, I believed that USB drives would someday replace CD for distributing games, rather like cartridges compatible with desktops. I was bitterly disappointed when Civ V released a few years later with a dummy disc biddng the user install Steam.

The user above me named books, and these are what I have always preferred the most from my infancy until now. My earliest memories are of when I was aged three: at this time, I was dumb, but literate. I regard the written word as more natural for me than the spoken. My personal library comprises hundreds of books, mostly non-fiction, acquired over the years from universities and libraries clearing their inventories and leaving literal boxloads of old books free for the taking, ‘book cells’ (common in Germany), antiquarians and second-hand shops, with a few new purchases here and there.

Movies and TV :: Re: A Minecraft Movie (spoilers!!) :: Reply by Chrishusk

2025-05-31T00:41:20+00:00

I actually really enjoyed the movie however I was watching it with the mindset that this is going to be a stupidly dumb movie. Even thought I liked it I honestly cant argue against the idea that this movie does not have a good story. Honestly a 7/10 movie

Movies and TV :: Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08) :: Author Mæstro

2025-06-22T14:30:52+00:00

After seeing somebody named ‘Sapphire Fire’ here, I knew I was not the only enthusiast on this board. I watched the series as a child when it was first airing. At first, I was too young to recognise that the series was ongoing and therefore supposed that, when gur Rnegu Xvatqbz sryy at the end of Book Two, that was simply the end; this misconception was put to rest when I followed Book Three as it released, day by day. I recall obtaining many of the trading cards which had been released for it (but not the mat or anything else needed actually to play), the PSP game, three of the worldbuilding books and even a plush Appa which, I think, is somewhere in my closet to this day. I never knew about the comics as a child and lost interest in Korra while the first series was airing, but I had stayed in the cinema far longer than I should have in the vain hope that the film would improve. I watched the original series again a year ago, renewing my interest in it. I have not written fanfiction or anything like this, but I have speculated privately about subjects like how substances like wood ought to be interpreted through the four elements, leading me to read a fair deal from academic and primary sources on the history of chemistry. I have also been able to enjoy private discussions with friends who were either too old or young to watch when the series was new. How have you enjoyed the crown jewel of US American animation over the years?

Movies and TV :: Re: Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08) :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-22T17:55:45+00:00

It was also broadcasted on Dutch television, with dutch localization.
I watched the series on Nickelodeon, well actually my younger sister did.
I loved the show too.

Movies and TV :: Re: Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08) :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-22T21:37:11+00:00

Similar here to, I watched it on German TV with localization which probably broke a couple of the Jokes. I do rewatch the show every now and then in English or German depending on how I feel like. I think the last time was in 2023. I also watched Korra all the way through when it was airing, but I do agree It didn't hock me as much as the Original Series did. But I didn't find it bad, just not as good as the Original.

There wasn't a Store, at least I didn't see one, that carried Avatar Merchandise back then so I never got some. Up until now I didn't even know they had Trading cards. But yeah its one of my all-time Favourite TV shows.

Movies and TV :: Re: Avatar: The Legend of Aang (2005–08) :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-23T15:46:57+00:00

My father went on business trips to the USA often when I was a child, affording me access to much of the early merchandise which has been forgotten or neglected in later years. I do not think any jokes break when we recall the characters diagenetically speak Chinese with one another: any puns in the German or English versions are interpolations.

Music :: Re: What album is on repeat for you? :: Reply by Chrishusk

2025-05-31T00:44:47+00:00

I have a couple of ones that I listen to multiple times per week
Alexander Lasrenko's (the guy who made the Disney channel theme) Albums: Noir and Orchestra Groves.
There's this really good big band jazz album called "Music of Pat Metheny & Lyles Mays" which I would highly recommend hearing. If you want you can just listen to Third Circle and Mineuno since those are the best songs.

Music :: Re: EDM and its many variants :: Reply by CitricScion

2025-05-28T01:52:55+00:00

I forget how I got exposed to EDM, but I think it was through Aphex Twin. The video I saw mentioned something about how he used a chair squeaking on the floor as an instrument, and I thought that was dope. From there I've come across Boards of Canada and Squarepusher. I like them, but I also get the feeling these are well known artists in this space.

Music :: Re: EDM and its many variants :: Reply by Asaklair

2025-05-28T22:18:23+00:00

CitricScion wrote: Wed May 28, 2025 1:52 am I forget how I got exposed to EDM, but I think it was through Aphex Twin. The video I saw mentioned something about how he used a chair squeaking on the floor as an instrument, and I thought that was dope. From there I've come across Boards of Canada and Squarepusher. I like them, but I also get the feeling these are well known artists in this space.

Those are all fantastic choices though! Boards of Canada has a special place in my heart. Aphex has this whole album that is pretty unique on how he uses acoustic sounds https://youtu.be/xIzrGPfIUo0

Music :: Re: EDM and its many variants :: Reply by December_W_Wolf

2025-05-29T07:09:13+00:00

I went through a Geometry Dash phase when I was maybe 10-12. I think you know where this is going coughcough F-777 coughcough

Music :: Re: EDM and its many variants :: Reply by Rain

2025-05-30T18:18:56+00:00

The Minecraft soundtracks, oddly enough. I was never a huge Minecraft player or anything, I was initially into Boards of Canada and eventually discovered C418 since they both have a similar ambient-ish vibe. Volume Beta is still one of my favorite albums to this day.

Music :: Re: EDM and its many variants :: Reply by Asaklair

2025-05-31T14:14:09+00:00

Rain wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 6:18 pm The Minecraft soundtracks, oddly enough. I was never a huge Minecraft player or anything, I was initially into Boards of Canada and eventually discovered C418 since they both have a similar ambient-ish vibe. Volume Beta is still one of my favorite albums to this day.

C418 recently made the music for the game Wanderstop, https://youtu.be/zKBgeJziLsU
Still has that ambient charm! VA-11 Hall-A has some amazing songs as well so it is dope seeing your profile picture, hopefully they make N1RV Ann-A in the next few years

Music :: Re: EDM and its many variants :: Reply by Rain

2025-05-31T18:25:57+00:00

Asaklair wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 2:14 pm
Rain wrote: Fri May 30, 2025 6:18 pm The Minecraft soundtracks, oddly enough. I was never a huge Minecraft player or anything, I was initially into Boards of Canada and eventually discovered C418 since they both have a similar ambient-ish vibe. Volume Beta is still one of my favorite albums to this day.
C418 recently made the music for the game Wanderstop, https://youtu.be/zKBgeJziLsU
Still has that ambient charm! VA-11 Hall-A has some amazing songs as well so it is dope seeing your profile picture, hopefully they make N1RV Ann-A in the next few years

Absolutely. I hope so too, I love this game to bits.

Animals :: Frog :: Author fitsoab

2025-06-09T22:26:39+00:00

This unbelievable creature plagues my household with an attitude most foul.

felix1.jpg

felix2.jpg

Attachments

felix1.jpg (2454.94 KiB)

felix2.jpg (1200.58 KiB)

Gardening :: Re: Plant Request! :: Reply by VulpesFox

2025-06-02T19:55:28+00:00

Stealing this info for my garden in the next year or two! Right now I'm in an apartment, so alas, no garden to be had, but any houses around here are under pretty heavy foliage.

Good News :: Re: Helped my fiancée make her first website! :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-16T15:04:20+00:00

I've been browseing to her website, and have to say it looks so great. With diary and everything.

Journaling :: Re: Favorite Pens :: Reply by zirosi

2025-06-16T00:00:26+00:00

Currently my favourite pen, I don't use them that often, is the Pilot G-2 07 black gel pen.

Disclaimer, that is one of the only pens I have tried... I do not like ball point pens though

Other :: Re: Coffee Megathread :: Reply by loebas

2025-05-26T13:46:15+00:00

I drink filtercoffee i put into reusable nespressocups. Nothing really fancy.
And i drink regular filtercoffee at work.

In the future i might consider buying a machine that brews coffee straight from beans

Other :: Re: Coffee Megathread :: Reply by Ray Karr

2025-05-27T12:54:05+00:00

I've been a lifelong coffee hater. I never really liked the flavour or smell of it. Buuuuut, that started to change when I moved out with my partner, who's a coffee freak (in a good way!)
I still don't like the flavour of most coffees, but I think of them every time I smell it. I can actually tell the difference between different kinds of coffees now, and there's even some I like!

I like espresso tonic, and very sweet mocaccino, particularly with almond milk, double particularly when they make it for me lol

Other :: Re: Battle/Patch Jackets :: Reply by Ray Karr

2025-05-27T17:10:28+00:00

New patches! Surprise, it's all ska!

I've wanted patches of these bands for a while now, but since the bands themselves don't seem to make or sell them, I had them made for me. Picked them up on Saturday at a furry hangout, and sewed them on yesterday!

20250527_103442.jpg

The first new one is Los Intocables, one of the many many mid and late '80s Argentine ska bands. Bands like this one were all over the place at the time, but this one has a chaotic energy to their first (and best) two albums I absolutely adore. I had to move the Sumo patch to the other side of the zipper, cus I think the colours look better like this.

The next patch below it is Ska-P, a legendary ska-punk (no way!) band from Spain. I struggled to pick a song to represent them because they're extremely varied and it's all bangers all the way down; their worst songs are still pretty alright. In my humble opinion, everything they made in the early and mid '00s is pure gold. They're very energetic, and very political.

Finally, the patch to its left is WDK, another ska-punk band, this time back in Argentina. I saw these guys live in January! Their best stuff is in their 2002 album Argh!, and their 2008 album Pirata?

Sewing the patches on the pockets was pretty tough, it took me pretty much all day lol

Attachments

20250527_103442.jpg (5225.5 KiB)

Other :: Ihop or Dennyś :: Author Chrishusk

2025-05-31T17:16:13+00:00

Very important question that must be answered

Other :: Re: Ihop or Dennyś :: Reply by Mark

2025-05-31T17:31:01+00:00

Perkins

Other :: Re: Ihop or Dennyś :: Reply by zonk

2025-06-01T02:43:22+00:00

waffle house

Other :: Re: Ihop or Dennyś :: Reply by December_W_Wolf

2025-06-01T10:11:15+00:00

Greggs

Other :: Re: Ihop or Dennyś :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

2025-06-01T20:01:13+00:00

Dont have either, I would say Vinzenzmurr.

Other :: Convenience Rejection Absurd Bingo 🦀 :: Author addy

2025-06-03T16:54:44+00:00

I was watching the stream and decided to create a 5x5 stream bingo (the middle spot is "free") for the inconvenienced. Here's a link to the PDF with 42 variants (uploaded to Proton Drive, allows preview) and here are the 24 prompts (?) in no particular order if you don't like random links:

Something doesn't work on stream
Have you ever experienced Deja Vu?
"This is not the worst privacy policy I've read"
Mentioning tea
*evil laughter*
LOVE examples in privacy policies
3 blues on the Privacy Visualizer
1 red on the Privacy Visualizer
Stream longer than 3 hours
"You guys are funny!"
"Ayy!"
Sharing a great video on stream
*investigate*
Reoccuring difficulties reading a word
Mentioning the greatness of CCPA
Break time!
Channel name joke
Mentioning the greatness of GDPR
1 yellow on the Privacy Visualizer
angwy >:(
*glimmering eyes*
Pokebugs.com
Discussion about Pokemon
Laugh counter over 10

Feel free to propose changes and whatnot <3

Other :: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Author Mark

2025-05-31T16:07:24+00:00

Welcome all! No action is required on your part to enjoy convenience.

CURRENT TOPIC: What are some conveniences you refuse to break away from as there is no convenient alternative?

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Mark

2025-05-31T16:35:43+00:00

Mark wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 4:07 pm CURRENT TOPIC: What are some conveniences you refuse to break away from as there is no convenient alternative?

I'll start. For me, a big one is Spotify. I know @rejectconvenience is a big physical media and MP3 enjoyer, but I am big on the convenience of Spotify.

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Rain

2025-05-31T18:31:25+00:00

Discord, specifically for low-latency live streaming. I still haven't found any good alternatives that let me stream my desktop audio and video in real time on Linux.

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Mark

2025-05-31T18:47:55+00:00

Rain wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 6:31 pm Discord, specifically for low-latency live streaming. I still haven't found any good alternatives that let me stream my desktop audio and video in real time on Linux.

What's your usecase? Just being able to stream things to friends? Tabletop gaming?

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Rain

2025-06-01T00:10:08+00:00

Mark wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 6:47 pm
Rain wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 6:31 pm Discord, specifically for low-latency live streaming. I still haven't found any good alternatives that let me stream my desktop audio and video in real time on Linux.
What's your usecase? Just being able to stream things to friends? Tabletop gaming?

Mostly streaming video games with friends. We usually talk over Signal but the screen share was choppy and the audio didn't seem to come through, same thing with other video conferencing software we tried (Jitsi, Matrix). We also considered PeerTube for general live streaming but the latency isn't ideal for games where you need to react quickly.

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Mark

2025-06-01T17:56:17+00:00

Rain wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:10 am
Mark wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 6:47 pm
Rain wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 6:31 pm Discord, specifically for low-latency live streaming. I still haven't found any good alternatives that let me stream my desktop audio and video in real time on Linux.
What's your usecase? Just being able to stream things to friends? Tabletop gaming?
Mostly streaming video games with friends. We usually talk over Signal but the screen share was choppy and the audio didn't seem to come through, same thing with other video conferencing software we tried (Jitsi, Matrix). We also considered PeerTube for general live streaming but the latency isn't ideal for games where you need to react quickly.

Yeah one of the problems with streaming is that there's a lot of secret sauces that go into it, from encoding/decoding, choosing the right bitrates, and often in the case of Discord and other big names like Twitch in particular, you'll have transcoding which takes the stream and re-encodes it into more efficient and low-latency stream options (that's why you can choose what quality to watch when you watch a stream). When you go direct from A to C without taking a stop in the middle, the software basically has to trust that you are able to send that signal fast enough and without performance issues, and that the person receiving it can also handle receiving what you're sending. Then, if you're sending that to more than one person, you're having to take quite a performance hit to transmit that data that many times over, which is also what having infrastructure in the middle handles. It's also why streaming is actually stupid expensive (Twitch which is owned by Amazon, uses Amazon infrastructure like IVS to do it. You can actually see what it would cost if you did that yourself https://ivs.rocks/calculator ). All of that said, you have to find the right alternative that fits your needs, and that is pretty hard to do, particularly for free. Discord is an odd one out because it lets you do it for free. There might be some lower-cost options that might work but most lower-cost options aren't made for low-latency/high bit-rate that gaming typically needs to look "good" (Zoom for example probably won't do great).

You might give Teamspeak's streaming a shot, though it requires to use their servers I think, I haven't tried it at all, but it could be low-cost enough. I also don't know if Steam's own streaming works for that. But hopefully that gives some context on how annoying it is to find an alternative for streaming.

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Rain

2025-06-02T00:18:28+00:00

Mark wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 5:56 pm
Rain wrote: Sun Jun 01, 2025 12:10 am
Mark wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 6:47 pm

What's your usecase? Just being able to stream things to friends? Tabletop gaming?
Mostly streaming video games with friends. We usually talk over Signal but the screen share was choppy and the audio didn't seem to come through, same thing with other video conferencing software we tried (Jitsi, Matrix). We also considered PeerTube for general live streaming but the latency isn't ideal for games where you need to react quickly.
Yeah one of the problems with streaming is that there's a lot of secret sauces that go into it, from encoding/decoding, choosing the right bitrates, and often in the case of Discord and other big names like Twitch in particular, you'll have transcoding which takes the stream and re-encodes it into more efficient and low-latency stream options (that's why you can choose what quality to watch when you watch a stream). When you go direct from A to C without taking a stop in the middle, the software basically has to trust that you are able to send that signal fast enough and without performance issues, and that the person receiving it can also handle receiving what you're sending. Then, if you're sending that to more than one person, you're having to take quite a performance hit to transmit that data that many times over, which is also what having infrastructure in the middle handles. It's also why streaming is actually stupid expensive (Twitch which is owned by Amazon, uses Amazon infrastructure like IVS to do it. You can actually see what it would cost if you did that yourself https://ivs.rocks/calculator ). All of that said, you have to find the right alternative that fits your needs, and that is pretty hard to do, particularly for free. Discord is an odd one out because it lets you do it for free. There might be some lower-cost options that might work but most lower-cost options aren't made for low-latency/high bit-rate that gaming typically needs to look "good" (Zoom for example probably won't do great).

You might give Teamspeak's streaming a shot, though it requires to use their servers I think, I haven't tried it at all, but it could be low-cost enough. I also don't know if Steam's own streaming works for that. But hopefully that gives some context on how annoying it is to find an alternative for streaming.

Wow, I didn't know that at all. Thanks for the info! We've considered TeamSpeak but haven't gotten around to it yet, I'll make sure to check it out.

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Offline

2025-06-04T23:50:32+00:00

YouTube. It helps me get though the long work days by having not just podcasts but tons and tons of videos I can just leave on in the background and listen to. There's just tons of videos and playlists on that site that I'm not sure what could ever replace it honestly. My addiction to it outside of work is pretty manageable with the extensions I've installed so replacing it in the first place isn't all that big of a deal anyway.

Discord is another that I kind of wish I could replace but all my friends are there and I doubt I could get all of them to switch messaging apps

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by Speb

2025-06-05T16:58:08+00:00

YouTube, although I used Revanced, too much great content.
Discord, there are not a whole lot of BBS websites out there that I know of and finding a good ones are hard, and trusting so many of them with my data is a big ask, also all my friends use discord and its the only way I communicate with some of them.
Snapchat, yeah I'm a huge zoomer but my partner and all my friends used it growing up in school and they won't switch to anything else.
Spotify, I really hate this company, so predatory and anti-consumer, not to mention they shouldnt exist as they started out by hosting pirated music and not paying artists, so I get a cracked version with no ads, but all my music is on there, and it is built quite well. If I care about an artist, I purchase physical copies and official merch.
Netflix for now, again its to convenient for my girlfriend so until I get a self hosted solution up and running, which should be soon, its a necessary evil to rent my shows and have them pulled from underneath me (now i have to binge watch overlord before it disappears)
Samsung and Android, there is no point replacing my phone yet, it'll just create e-waste, so when it dies I'll get a nothing and support my fellow europoors and get a nothing, or a second hand pixel with a different OS.
Windows, I play too many video games with friends to worry about anti-cheat and if my account will be banned for running Linux, although I do run Linux on my laptop.

One Convenience I have never really had was Amazon, always hated them for as long as I've had my own money to spend, I ordered the odd book or charger off of their over the years if somebody I knew had prime and thats about it.

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by VulpesFox

2025-06-05T20:03:28+00:00

I got a lot I haven't rejected yet, but the biggest one is definitely YouTube. I watch enough there to justify premium, and while i'm more intentional about my time... I'm not quite there lol

Other :: Re: 🦀Convenience Thread🦀 :: Reply by rejectconvenience

2025-06-05T22:32:49+00:00

That I refuse to give up? Hmm... I mean YouTube, but it's also my job now, so it makes sense... hmm... I mean anything surrounding the YouTube channel, like Patreon, Discord, etc., those are all sort of conveniences that I benefit from. This is a good question, though!

Oh, you know what, Sponsor Block and ublock are things I refuse to give up. Those make a huge difference for me. I also hate to admit it, but I do find myself falling back to Final Cut for editing. It's just a lot easier, and I mean I bought it 12 years ago for like $200, which seems like a solid deal given how much usage I've gotten out of it. macOS makes me a n g e r y sometimes, but it's just faster than Blender (for cutting things down for the projector content). Blender doesn't properly allocate the CPU for exporting edits on any computer, so yeah.

Other :: Re: test :: Reply by Alexandr08

2025-06-08T23:47:49+00:00

t e s t

Other :: Re: test :: Reply by Mark

2025-06-09T05:00:48+00:00

test

Other :: Re: test :: Reply by Mæstro

2025-06-12T19:56:46+00:00

ʇsǝʇ

Other :: Re: test :: Reply by Rain

2025-06-17T21:28:50+00:00

test

Other :: Re: test :: Reply by loebas

2025-06-18T05:20:22+00:00

I see exactly what video that is

Feedback :: More formatting options :: Author Mæstro

2025-06-14T15:52:41+00:00

I am also an active user on the Pale Moon forum, which likewise uses BBCode. That board’s formatting options include striking text, inserting horizontal rules and more. At times, I have found myself unable to use here a formatting option I would use there and trying to substitute it. I strongly recommend we adopt more of these.

Reject Convenience Forum

Other Videos :: Re: James Lee switch to Linux :: Reply by Chrishusk

Other Videos :: Re: James Lee switch to Linux :: Reply by Mæstro

Other Videos :: All of Mental Outlaw's Stuff :: Author compromisedanon

Other Videos :: Re: All of Mental Outlaw's Stuff :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

Other Videos :: Re: All of Mental Outlaw's Stuff :: Reply by Offline

Other Videos :: It sucks to see my favorite youtuber suffer :( :: Author Destroyanad

Other Videos :: Re: It sucks to see my favorite youtuber suffer :( :: Reply by Chrishusk

Other Videos :: Re: It sucks to see my favorite youtuber suffer :( :: Reply by Destroyanad

Other Videos :: The Dream of the Internet :: Author Mæstro

Other Videos :: Re: PeePeePie Use Linuk? :: Reply by loebas

Other Videos :: Re: PeePeePie Use Linuk? :: Reply by Speb

Introductions :: Re: I am a privacy guy who suffers from privacy paranoia :: Reply by CitricScion

Introductions :: Re: I love the early Internet’s heritage :: Reply by CitricScion

Introductions :: Privacy Guy who suffers from Privacy Paranoia returns. :: Author Privacy_guy79

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by Rain

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by fitsoab

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by zirosi

Introductions :: Re: Introduce yourself! :: Reply by BellanaBanana

Volunteering :: Re: Help for a Computer Fundemantals Course :: Reply by compromisedanon

Volunteering :: Re: Help for a Computer Fundemantals Course :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

Volunteering :: Re: Ham radio comms for remote 50k foot race :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

Self Promotion :: Re: My photography :: Reply by Chrishusk

Self Promotion :: boykisser.nl - My weblog :: Author loebas

Self Promotion :: Re: boykisser.nl - My weblog :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

Self Promotion :: Re: boykisser.nl - My weblog :: Reply by loebas

Self Promotion :: Hey, check out my Patreon :: Author BellanaBanana

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by mimi

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by foxx-doxx

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by Speb

Self Promotion :: Re: Wifey Art :: Reply by loebas

Phones :: Re: What phone are you using? :: Reply by loebas

Phones :: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Author Chrishusk

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by zonk

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Mæstro

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by zonk

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Chrishusk

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by CitricScion

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Mæstro

Phones :: Re: Not sure if I should switch to a dumbphone :: Reply by Chrishusk

Phones :: Re: FOMO when switching to a dumb phone :: Reply by CitricScion

Phones :: Re: FOMO when switching to a dumb phone :: Reply by bubbafinches

Phones :: Re: In Search of a Dumbphone :: Reply by bubbafinches

Phones :: Re: In Search of a Dumbphone :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

Phones :: Re: In Search of a Dumbphone :: Reply by Mæstro

Cool Websites :: Re: GUIdebook Gallery: a GUI anthology to 2006 :: Reply by CitricScion

Cool Websites :: Just a QR Code :: Author Pearlple

Cool Websites :: Re: Just a QR Code :: Reply by CitricScion

Cool Websites :: Re: My Wife's Art Website :: Reply by HexOverride

Cool Websites :: Re: My Wife's Art Website :: Reply by foxx-doxx

Cool Websites :: My friend’s art pages :: Author Mæstro

Cool Websites :: site for seeing the real size of countries relative to each other :: Author cl0ud

Cool Websites :: Re: site for seeing the real size of countries relative to each other :: Reply by Mæstro

Cool Websites :: Re: site for seeing the real size of countries relative to each other :: Reply by cl0ud

Computers :: Re: Homeserver/homelab thread :: Reply by reclinarka

Computers :: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Author Chrishusk

Computers :: Re: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Reply by Crazyroostereye

Computers :: Re: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Reply by Mark

Computers :: Re: How do reduce time spent on my computer :: Reply by Chrishusk

Computers :: What are some cli tools YOU want :: Author zirosi

Computers :: Re: What are some cli tools YOU want :: Reply by loebas

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by JorjeeZeAlien

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Monoki

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by loebas

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Rain

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by PossiblyAxolotl

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Mæstro

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by zirosi

Computers :: Re: I use arch, btw :: Reply by Monoki

Gaming :: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Author fitsoab

Gaming :: Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Reply by fitsoab

Gaming :: Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Reply by Rain

Gaming :: Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 :: Reply by two_dogs_in_love

Gaming :: Deltarune's new chapters (spoilers) :: Author fitsoab

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by fitsoab

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by rejectconvenience

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by CitricScion

Gaming :: Re: Nintendo Switch 2 :: Reply by Mæstro

Gaming :: Game development on simple programs :: Author fitsoab

Gaming :: Re: Game development on simple programs :: Reply by Mæstro