metasaval

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Comment · 10 months ago

Hey! I guess I'll get some conversation started, this interests me too and I've been doing the same the last few years. I added a page to my site [0] to keep updated with all the tech I use so I'll do some copy-pasting of some standouts. Note that I use Linux and Android, no Apple products here.

- EndeavourOS - easy to install arch-based linux distro

- KDE - desktop environment

- Framework 13 - repairable laptop

- Pixel 9 Pro Fold - my fancy phone cause I like reading books with pictures

- Firefox - web browser (but shoutout to zen browser)

- Kagi - search engine

- BitWarden - password manager

- Dark Reader - dark mode for any site

- Indie Wiki - redirects to non-fandom wikis (cause fandom is cancer)

- AppFlowy - workspace tool (eg. open source notion)

- Notesnook - encrypted note-taking app

- GitLab - open source code hosting platform

- SourceGit - my git gui of choice - Godot - game engine

- Zed - rust-based code editor

- Claude Code - anthropic's ai coding assistant

- REAPER - daw of choice

- OBS Studio - streaming and recording

- Astro - the static site generator that built my site

- Cloudflare Pages - site hosting

- Ghost - used when a family or friend needs a simple site or blog

I tried to use Thunderbird as my email client but I kept defaulting to webmail, but that seems like a good option as you're looking for an email client.

[0] https://suarez.fm/tech/

Edited to fix formatting.

Comment · 1 year ago

Every time a new iPhone comes up people on hacker news pine for a new mini, which I understand. But everytime someone has to bring back up that the 12 and 13 minis were the worst selling sku two gens in a row, with at one point the 13 mini only attributing to 3% of 13 sales [1].

I'm sorry, but the market has spoken. And there's Android phones in that form factor if you really want it.

[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopula...

Comment · 1 year ago

I'm no Google apologist (I use ecosia personally), but did you try using searching in quotes? That should force the search to only find specifically your query directly as spelled. Just curious if you did try it and there was still that "fuzziness."

Comment · 2 years ago

I've kept TB Beta installed but still go back to FairEmail. But I'm not an email power user, I really only stick to it because the widgets are better. No dark mode for the K9/TB widget is a dealbreaker. And even then FairEmail goes beyond that in allowing transparent widgets.

Will keep checking back in over time.

Comment · 2 years ago

In this case I had completely missed the bad smell, so I appreciate the comment cause it prompted me to look up the whole situation. yikes. I was already planning on moving to another fork soon since I wasn't using most of floorp's power features, so this just expedited that.

Also from your language it sounds like you're a Waterfox dev? If so thanks for all your hard work on open source software! I haven't tried waterfox in years, I will definitely give it a go after uninstalling floorp.

Comment · 2 years ago

also just realized that waterfox does have an android version [1], if you want you use the same fork on desktop and android

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.waterfox.a...

Comment · 2 years ago

FYI, you can use a desktop fork and mobile Firefox with Firefox sync.

source: I do that with floorp and Firefox for android.

Comment · 3 years ago

nobody pays for premium so ads get worse.

Comment · 3 years ago

Ignore the dissenters, I agree. people will pay $15 for Netflix and use it once a month but won't pay $11 for YouTube that they use every day. the insistence that YouTube should be a service that just houses all of our videos for free in perpetuaty never made sense to me.

Comment · 4 years ago

I sorely wish this was the case. I have a W11 install now but always have an extra SSD for a Linux install (right now EndeavourOS with Cinnamon), but there's little things that keep me away from using it fulltime. The majority of them are gaming related, but there are other reasons. Last hiccup I encountered was trying to watch something with a friend over Discord, only to find out audio sharing is nonexistent. There seemed to be a way to pipe all audio through Pipewire mic input and have it work that way, but then I'd lose the noise threshold functionality. Ended up just booting into Windows anyway.

I'm really hoping with SteamOS, the Steam Deck, and the Linus daily challenge videos, the Linux desktop can get more love, but it's just not there for the majority of people yet.

Comment · 4 years ago

I'm on W11 as well and enjoy it over W10 for a variety of reasons (mostly gaming and HDR related), but instead of adding to that noise I just wanted to point out that this change is in Windows 10 as well. From the link, last sentence in the second paragraph:

"As it turns out, Microsoft slipped the update into the final patch Tuesday of 2021 for both Windows 10 and Windows 11."

Comment · 5 years ago

The first thing I did when I got my ATV4K was change the TV button to go to the home screen instead of the TV app and have not used the app for anything. A far cry from ads being on the home screen itself.

Comment · 6 years ago

It's a basic one, but learning an instrument! Namely, the drums. I've tried guitar and bass before, but neither stuck. I'd been thinking of getting a e-drum kit for a while now, and the quarantine gave me a good excuse. I'm loving it so far, just playing along to songs I like, but since I'm self-learning I can already tell my technique and drum kit setup is off. I keep having to adjust the drums, the snare especially, and haven't found the optimal position for everything yet. But it's grabbed me more than any instrument before, and I'm having a blast.

The kit I got for those curious: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Alesis/Nitro-Mesh-8-Piece-Elect...

Throne: https://www.guitarcenter.com/ROC-N-SOC/Nitro-Throne-Tan-1500...

Comment · 6 years ago

FYI, Credit Karma has their own tax filing tool [0], which I'm using this year after using TT the last two years, and I find it more understandable for my simple returns.

Honestly, what I'm worried about is that CK's tool disappears.

[0] tax.creditkarma.com

Comment · 7 years ago

I also use Google Fi, albeit the $10/gb plan, so my monthly bill is usually around $50-$60. The real reason I stick with it, even though I could get slightly cheaper plans elsewhere, is for international travel. I don't even travel internationally often at all, and I don't consider myself a foodie or world traveller or anything like that. But work is sending me to Taiwan in a couple weeks and it's nice knowing that I'll be able to land and have the same data and text rates as back home. Same for when I went on a cruise to Mexico with my family earlier this year. We landed, Google Fi sent me a text saying "give us a sec." And then a few minutes later I was online, without me having to do anything. Most cellular companies make you pay out the ass in international roaming costs, or if you have an unlocked phone you can get a local sim. The closest company to match this policy is T-Mobile, but their international data is capped at 256kbps unless you pay more.