myrmidex

@myrmidex@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Very cool! And also very handy. If you get tired of them, just reverse the current to some ocean wind turbines, and they’ll never make it back 😀

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course. He’s rumoured to have partaken in pedophilic sex parties in the 70s and 80s. But that was before he was king, so that doesn’t count (apparently…).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Hahaha yes I would be more supportive of a royal sailing family 😄

  What country is it that has these sailing royals?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Belgium :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In my country we have 2 kings, one of which complains he does not get enough money to fuel his yacht.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recs: Calendar and Contacts?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here, Baikal user for about a year, no hiccups so far, works great across my devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea I feel the same, especially after reading this article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Self-Host Weekly (9 May 2025)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone liking this new format?

  It seems to me I was more engaged and found more new cool stuff before the layout overhaul. Could just be me, or could be some slow weeks in the self-hosting world, hard to tell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were your go-to Games (or programs! We're all nerds here) from your childhood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what ChatGPT kept suggesting but no, doesn’t look like it at all. The graphics I remember hardly contained any greens. I can remember black backgrounds with harsh pink/purple borders and texts.

  Having gone through some of the football manager games of that period, it seems the one I had back in the day was rudimentary, even compared to its contemporaries. I now suppose it was some hobby project that was distributed in small circles, and somehow got into the hands of my Dad, who passed it along. That was the seed for my years-long addiction to Championship Manager :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am ready to become an absolute scumbag in Car Dealer Simulator⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Saved to the wishlist! I enjoyed Car Mechanic Simulator so this should be fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were your go-to Games (or programs! We're all nerds here) from your childhood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anstoss

  I don’t think so, that looks way too modern. I’m trying to find out the name but it’s hard with so little info :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What were your go-to Games (or programs! We're all nerds here) from your childhood⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Off the top of my head: Savage Empire, LHX Attack Chopper, Operation Wolf, Lemmings, some German football manager game (I forgot the name, just Zuruck and Weiter are etched into my brain), Supaplex, …

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft kills Windows Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Windows 11

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Top Donald Trump official tells Europe to choose between US or Chinese communications tech⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Vance talking sense, what a bizarre experience

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adobe Deletes Bluesky Posts After Furious Backlash⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just ahead of the curve there. Used Macromedia Dreamweaver at the time to start coding sites. By the time Adobe took it over, I had already progressed to writing HTML in NetBeans. I had it harder with Fireworks, that was brilliant for making visually stunning sites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Week in Self-Hosted (11 April 2025)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I went from Linkwarden to Readeck, I prefer the latter’s firefox extension. Haven’t tried karakeep yet, not sure if I will, still very content with Readeck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which non-US domain registrar to use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a bad idea! I usually let my money do the talking, and just move if a company doesn’t offer what I need. But I might make an exception in this case, thanks for the tip!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which non-US domain registrar to use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m on porkbun for some other domains, very happy with them. Except for them not offering .be domains… :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World Backup Day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I never knew we backed up this world. Can we revert to a snapshot from the nineties please?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which non-US domain registrar to use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow nice catch. I assumed they were local due to the low prices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which non-US domain registrar to use?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Keep an eye on the price. I recently switched my .be domains from Gandi to Dynadot. 36 vs 6.8 euros, I had no idea such a difference was possible. Fuck Gandi.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From RSS to Bookmark Manager – how would you integrate?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I use Readeck for. Offline snapshots of articles, with the bonus feature of public links to share with friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Least terrible domain registrars⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the tip, I’m getting pissed off at the Gandi .be prices as well, just ludicrous.