Brand, thing, behavior, method, advice, mantra, etc.
I swear by Blackwing pencils.
Also, the ‘two minute rule’, which has really improved my life: “if it takes two minutes or less to do, just do it now; if it takes longer, schedule it.” I’ve got untreated attention issues and it’s very easy for me to notice something needing done, and overlook or procrastinate it because it seems inconvenient in the moment. Having a totally painless rule that forces me to acknowledge that thing I should pick up, that trash bag I should change, etc, or, to at least put on my calendar anything I mustn’t forget in the long run has been great for me.
Removed by mod
Slowly transitioning myself into more FOSS and self hosting. Linux is tough because I’m fairly dependent on software that, to the best of my knowledge, wouldn’t work on it. Dual booting doesn’t sound fun
I dual boot win10 and Garuda Arch(I use Arch BTW) and it’s pretty painless. Garuda is a gaming centric distro, it plays almost every game I throw at it with no fuss. The only reason I still use windows at all is because my music production programs refuse to run on Linux, regardless of what settings I use in wine or Proton.
I think music production software uses some system APIs that might not even be possible to replicate with Wine or Proton.
The water cooler. You?
I have a water cooler at home that does hot and cold water too. Best home purchase ever.
No no, you misunderstand me. I prefer to stand by the water cooler and swear. :)
Try leave everyone and everything better than you find it.
- Uniqlos, one of the best bang for buck clothing items and uses great-quality material.
- Buy the cheapest tool if you plan to use it for the first time. If it breaks and you still need it, buy the best you can afford.
Seconding Uniqlo - it’s also got the bonus of being sort of “effortlessly fashionable” (especially if you’re a woman) which is great if you’re the sort of person who gets super anxious over social interactions but at the same time have no sense of what looks good.
Style-wise, they look like the same generic clothes that you can get anywhere. If you don’t know what looks good, these aren’t going to help you.
For me Uniqlo has taken a turn for the worse. Clothing I bought from them years ago is still in great condition. Things I’ve bought in the last year are falling apart and feel cheaper.
Until recently I loved Uniqlo. The price has gone up, the quality has gone down. I wont be buying anything from Uniqlo in the near future.
Wonder if I would notice this the next time I look for one when I run the material through my fingers.
They’ve been failing the “crumple test” for a few years now. The fabric holds a ton of wrinkles after bunching it in your hand.
I buy the second cheapest. The cheapest is just so cheap.
I like the cut of your jib
I have got a laundry list of quotes made by me. Let me put up some:
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You have to dream even before you start doing something
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Overbearing parenting is child abuse
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Do you want a lovely, smart, well-achieved, conversationally witty wife or not? If yes, first of all, go work on yourself
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The world’s not a fair place. So what are you going to do about it?
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Everything is learnable
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uBlock Origin forever and always. I’ve recently reinstalled Windows within the last 30 days and thus have a fresh installation of my browser and uBlock Origin – I have already blocked 609,521 ads, wild.
https://ublockorigin.com/ (Platform links at the bottom)
600K in a month sounds about right. I have an install that’s above 13 million, which is a little over 1 year of daily usage.
I also insta-install it when I see an ad and then remove it if it’s not my device. The modern internet is shockingly bad without adblocking.
Amen. I occasionally use other people’s phones or laptops and browsing the internet without an adblocker is an abysmal experience. I was surprised to see how many ads YouTube is pushing now. It’s a shame they aren’t accepting any donations.
uBlock Origin forever and always.
Haha, most important program on my computer. My browser is a uBO support system.
I fucking love ublock origin. It really pains me that I cannot use it on my ipad.
Try using Safari and an extension called “AdGuard”
It’s not the exact same, but it’s better than nothing.
AdGuard works well. Can recommend.
Is Firefox not available for iPad? Cuz if it is you can install Ublock Origin on Firefox Mobile, too
Apple has some insane policy where every browser on their mobile devices (iPhone and iPad) must run Safari’s Webkit browser engine. So even though desktop and Android Firefox runs Quantum (including Mac OS), it’s actually running Safari Webkit on iOS devices. The Safari Webkit engine doesn’t have the option of running add-ons, much like your Safari browser.
Feel a little violated? I would feel that way, too. It’s just one of the many fabulous ways Apple decides which angles of freedom you’re allowed to have. If you don’t want this, vote with your wallet on your next device. Money is the only motivating factor for Apple, it seems like.
Yeah i might buy an android tablet if my ipad breaks.
I wonder how browsers like Orion work on IOS. You can install FF extensions like uBO and Privacy Badger on Orion.
Thank you so much for bringing Orion to my attention! I have installed a few Firefox extensions to test it out. 👌
Oh wow I had no idea! That’s crazy! If only our legislators could recognize monopolies in tech like that. The inability to install your own desired browser without Apple seems like they have a monopoly on iOS browsers…
While I agree that forcing an engine is really terrible, as a browser dev you do get the ability to do things with the web view. So in theory your browser could support addons. I think. Also isn’t the EU kinda talking about this? Or am I misremembering
Make sure you use it with Firefox. It works better.
Plus it’s good to support the only other major browser rendering engine maker that isn’t Google or Apple. Especially important with Google trying to shove “web DRM” down our troats recently.
Your two minute rule is a lot like my rule where if I think of something I just do it now, or never do it at all! I don’t quantify the time it takes which can be problematic but it helps still.
I swear by Mitsubishi 9850 HB pencils. They are incredible.
I’m a pretentious black wing purist but I love writing the cold too much to resist a good recommendation. Might have to order a pack!
I write sheet music, doodle and diary a TON and I’ve been through the gauntlet of pencils. They are the absolute best I’ve ever tried
Brew your own coffee. I used to drink instant coffee (think nescafe but with lots of sugar) or just buy from coffesshops. Now I just buy the beans I love, grind some and make it the way I want (how strong or milky etc). I no longer have acid reflux from goddamn instant coffee powder and stay fit since I don’t put any sugar in it. Also saves some money from buying in coffeeshop everyday.
I have a buddy that puts hundreds of dollars into the fanciest coffee machines he can buy. He buys bags of beans from all over the world.
I have a $20 grinder, a $11 coffee pot from Kroger purchased in 2013, and while I do buy nice bags of coffee several times a a year, my typical bag is store brand who bean for $7 and I’ll splurge on a nice $15 bag from time to time.
I can’t tell the difference in taste when I am at his place. However, instant coffee is disgusting and I cannot sip it without a shit load of creamer to dilute the awfulness.
Respect is given
Disrespect is earned
I need people to adopt this mindset NOW. Everybody has inherent respect that I give them on the basis of simply existing, but one major fuck up, and I throw it all away.
“Respect is earned” - dickhead who expects to be respected by everyone else by default
I got a lifetime ban from Reddit for an answer like that
“Fuckin’ earn my respect then, jackass”
I think that most of the people that say “respect is earned” just think of what respect means. Respect can either mean treating someone as your equal or treating someone as your superior.
I kind of think of it as politeness and humanity are given first, and then respect (or disrespect) is then earned.
Similar idea, but like you said it depends how you define respect.
I think being polite is one way to show respect to other people, but there are many others.
I agreed, it could be considered that. You can also be polite to people that you don’t respect. It’s semantics or personal context at some point.
The philosophy of Bill S Preston, Esquire, and Ted “Theodore” Logan:
“Be excellent to each other”
It’s really not that difficult to do the right thing, be an upstanding citizen, and contribute to a decent society.
Party on, dude
party on @dirigibleprotein and @Aurenkin!
Invest in anything that comes between you and the ground; shoes, mattress, and tires.
You beat me to it by a minute or two!
Don’t forget office chairs if you have a desk job!
and lover!
Nice
The journey is the destination.
I have a problem with rushing through things. This has helped me slow down and appreciate what I’m doing. I’m not doing something so I can enjoy it after it’s done, I’m doing it to enjoy what I’m doing.
Any wisdom to share about how to be successful slowing down in this way? I’m a major rusher through. I even got a tattoo to remind me to slow down. But I often forget.
You got a “Leeroy Jenkins” tattoo?
It’s not easy.
When I feel myself rushing I try to think about why I’m in a rush and what I’ll actually gain. Like maybe rushing through a task will let me play a video game or something, but what does that do? Let’s me relax? Why not relax now and try to enjoy what I’m doing, or at least avoid having to do it twice.
Life Before Death, Radiant
Strength Before Weakness
Comparison is the thief of happiness.
I’ve found that by just focusing on what I have/can do and being content, I am generally very happy.
I agree completely. The original quote is, “Comparison is the thief of joy." ~ Theodore Roosevelt
Zoflora cleaning products. All the ones like Fabulosa etc are just poor imitations. Zoflora have the best scents and cleaning power.
That, and a scrub daddy with the power paste. I can clean anything with those products.
Jailbreaking my iPhone because stock iOS is boring and there are so many QOL features I’m used to, I can’t imagine using iOS without them
I can’t imagine using iOS…
Damn. I left ios after iPhone 4 or 5, one of the reasons was that jail breaking was becoming nearly impossible and Android felt kind of like it was already jailbroken. I assumed it was a dead art by now. Is it still easy to do or a constant game of complex catchup?
Not as easy as it once was. Security was beefed up with every iteration after iOS 10, in the hardware (post-iPhone X) and the software. 10 was the last good time of jailbreaking ease, where a jailbreak.me type of exploit was released. It’s pure luck now. Most talented developers have either left the scene due to ungrateful people, sadly, or joined Apple’s Bounty program. You can’t tell what version a brand-new boxed iPhone is on because Apple obfuscated the serial numbers. iOS 15 introduced SSV (Sealed System Volume) meaning no touching root, forcing a halt which was eventually solved with “rootless” jailbreaks. They made it harder to downgrade to a jailbreakable version due to SEP (Secure Enclave Processor), and Blobs are useless now because of cryptex1, introduced in iOS 16. This means no downgrades to unsigned firmwares at all except within patch versions (like 16.3 and 16.3.1). iOS 17 could be even worse, time will tell.
What are some of your favourites?
Activator - I use this to automatically enable LPM when a charger is connected or when I leave my house, holding Vol Up for Next Song/Vol Down for Prev. Song, Hold Vol Up & Down to Pause, Hold top-right of Status Bar for a custom App Drawer from any App
CCSupport - I mainly use this for putting something that should already be in the Control Center toggles, a damn location button!!
AppStore++ - Let’s you downgrade any app to any version you wish & block app updates
BetterCCXI - Make the CC Music Module display the Now Playing song/video Album Cover/Art without holding it down
ChromaHomebarX - Customize homebar color to your liking or do a RGB animation at what ever speed you prefer
Facebook/Messenger/Instagram/Twitter No Ads - Self Explanatory, and allows downloading pics/videos
DLEasy - Downloading of pics/video from even more apps
EvilScheme - A more powerful Default Apps picker
MYbloXX - A more powerful Ad Blocker than any App Store equivalent bc Apple doesn’t allow hosts file editing on stock iOS
Rose - Haptic Feedback on not just Keyboard, but almost anywhere of your choosing. For example, when I change songs or the volume I get haptic feedback.
Shortmoji - Replace prediction bar with sliding emoji drawer or Cut/Copy/Paste/etc functions or add either between the Emoji & Dictation buttons. Can even customize keyboard color or make it an animated RGB keyboard
This is just a few I can remember off the top, but there’s a whole lot more. A lot of iOS “features” originate in the Jailbreak scene. Screen recording functionality/code was in iOS 8 by Apple, but wasn’t introduced/enabled until iOS 11. JB Tweaks to do that existed before then.
Wow, thank you for the comprehensive reply! I think you can do the Low Power Mode automation with Shortcuts, but none of the rest.
The holding vol up/down is cool, as are the no ads apps.
You’ve given me something to ponder, maybe on an old phone. Cheers!
I feel like jailbreaking is often a real chore. The ongoing game of cat and mouse, you know. Is it easy enough to do these days, and do untethered? I haven’t really taken great advantage of jailbreaking since like, iPhone 4. But your comment makes it sound like a practical necessity!
