RSS is awesome lmao. If I remember correctly you can plug certain feeds from both bluesky and mastodon into RSS which is such a win.

I've been frustrated that you can't turn stuff like a discord announcement feed, for example, into an RSS feed, as I deleted discord off everything recently but ...

Full disclosure: This comes from the standpoint of not completely getting rid of social media but have gotten rid of the vast majority - no neoTwitter, no Facebook, etc. Instagram is barely holding out (only because girlfriend has chosen it to be the meme place, but soon it'll be replaced I imagine ...

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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 ...

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?

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 ...

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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.

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?

I'm still bummed Project Ara went nowhere.