Samskara
@Samskara@sh.itjust.works
- Submitted 4 days ago to startrek@startrek.website | 13 comments
- Comment on Where do we go from here? 1 week ago:
There’s also Deezer, SoundCloud, and others.
The reason why I stay with Spotify is sharing playlists with friends and Spotify connect supported by my HDMI receiver.
- Comment on People espousing that unions don't work should have a look at police unions. 1 week ago:
This is how immigration is used to divide the workers.
- Comment on The upgrade argument for desktops doesn't stand up anymore 1 week ago:
It’s been like that that since I can remember. Upgrading can extend the lifespan by a few years, but often it’s a good idea to replace the whole system.
It depends on a lot of factors of course. If you buy a midrange machine now, you can upgrade it in five years to a high end machine from today, then five years ago.
Rarely do you get to take advantage of technology shifts like hard drives to SSD. A couple of years ago, adding more RAM and an SSD made machines usable, that had these bottlenecks. Still the best thing you can do to an old laptop or desktop.
Over the last decade performance hasn’t improved that much for most typical use cases. An i7 from ten years ago with 16 GB RAM and a 1 TB SSD, and a NVIDIA GTX 1080 is still a decent computer today.
What makes PCs great is that you’re more flexible regarding how you configure your machine. Adding more storage, more ports, extension cards, optical drives inside your machine etc. is just nice.
With a laptop you end up with crappy hubs and lots of cables.
- Comment on Where do we go from here? 1 week ago:
There are few drop in replacements. Some you might have to replace with several apps or change the way you do certain tasks.
Instagram, X, LinkedIn, and Facebook are hard to replace. Their value comes mainly from the network of the people on there.
You might be able to move communication in a friend group to a Signal group chat.
Pixelfed and Mastodon can replace them partially as well. It really depends on the audience though. If you want to connect with tech folk, mastodon can be great, if you want fashionistas, less so.
Anything using lots of video uses lots of expensive bandwidth, so the free replacements usually suffer in this category. There’s no good endless scrolling reels replacement available at the moment.
PeerTube exists for video, but it’s pretty bare bones and lacks the huge community YouTube has.
Amazon does a million things from shopping, video streaming, backend services. There are alternatives to all of these.
Media subscription services for music and video don’t have good replacements. You can go with piracy and host your own Netflix using jellyfin. Spotify is from Sweden, IIRC.
Google Drive, Dropbox, and other file hosting on the cloud have lots of alternatives, that will lack one feature or another. OpenCloud and NextCloud are the biggest names, but any hoster that gives you WebDAV can replace it partially. It also depends on your use case: cloud backup, sharing files, accessing files across devices, working on the same file, etc.
- Comment on How to study nature 2 weeks ago:
Me while on a stroll outside with magic mushrooms.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Mobile penis inspection
- Comment on Being afraid of vaccines is literally childish behavior. 1 month ago:
There are risks involved with vaccines. These are usually low and can be mitigated or decreased severely. E.g. don’t run a marathon the same day you get a COVID-19 shot.
- Comment on Do rich people in landlocked countries have yachts? 1 month ago:
Many yacht owners rent them out while they’re not using them as well.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Handschuhe ist korrekt. Perfekte Rechtschreibung. Gratuliere.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
German Word for mittens is Fäustlinge, literally fistlings.
- Submitted 1 month ago to 3dprinting@lemmy.world | 13 comments
- Comment on overstimulate yourself 1 month ago:
Also do at least two psychoactive substances.
- Comment on Word. 1 month ago:
Not that I know.
Depending on your exact needs a more specialized tool like SmartSheets or AirTable (browser based, subscription) can be good. WPS office is a little better than Calc in some ways, but no full replacement for Excel.
- Comment on Word. 1 month ago:
LibreOffice Writer has eaten comments on documents several times for me. Word handles comments much better.
- Comment on Word. 1 month ago:
Exactly. Excel is the workhorse. The combo between Exchange and Outlook is the other major major strength of MS Office.
- Comment on Word. 1 month ago:
Microsoft products can be quite good, but you’re right that they are severely hampered by boneheaded decisions.
Microsoft Office is still very good overall. Definitely one of Microsoft’s better products. The ribbon UI was revolutionary and is still great.
The Mac version of Microsoft Office is also a good example of how good and bad versions alternate. Office for Mac 98 was terrible. Office for Mac 2004 was great and and in many ways better than the windows version. 2008 dropped support for Visual Basic. 2011 reintroduced it. Microsoft’s email client for the Mac changed between Outlook, Entourage, then Outlook again with various changes and supporting different features.
My favorite versions of Microsoft operating systems are: DOS 5, Windows 3.1, NT 4, 98, XP, 7, 10, Phone 8.
I’m still mad Microsoft canceled their fantastic flight simulator.
- Comment on Word. 1 month ago:
It still exists.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Use frogfind.de to search using old browsers.
- Comment on Ms Rachel forced to hire security over Zionist threats 2 months ago:
Here’s the argument made against Ms. Rachel. stopantisemitism.org/as-week/ms-rachel/
- Comment on Notepad++ updater installed malware 2 months ago:
Private key probably. Only the public key is not enough to sign the package.
- Comment on Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. 2 months ago:
YouTube Video on this topic with some more details. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uzqOWFlJOA
- Comment on Transliterated country names into Chinese Language use pre-existing characters that already has its own meaning, therefore native Chinese speakers have a subconcious impression based on country names. 2 months ago:
There are Mercator projection maps with the Americas in the center and Japan on the left edge of the map.
Most maps, regardless of projection used, cut the world through the pacific because there’s barely any land. World maps centering the Americas cut through Central Asia, making them less practical for many applications.
All map projections try to flatten a curved surface. That only works with cuts and distortions. They are all trade-offs between conserving area, angles, shapes, distances. It’s impossible to to all of that.
- Comment on Why do .ml users get a bad rep? 2 months ago:
The instance matters if you post about anything political. If your instance admins don’t like your posts, they will delete your account. Mods and admins of other instances can only ban you.
- Comment on 6🤷♀️7 2 months ago:
😭 absurdist humor is ruining Lemmy.
- Comment on Nuremberg (2025 film) includes a film shown to the court about concentration camps, including executed and tortured prisoners. Where do I find that footage? 2 months ago:
- Comment on There should be a browser extension like the old Cloud to Butt that replaces "AI" with something funny. 2 months ago:
You should try vibecoding it.
- Comment on Heavy is the head that wears the frown 2 months ago:
Happiness comes from inside of you.
- Comment on Valve confirm the Steam Machine will be priced like a PC with similar specs, rather than a console 2 months ago:
Valve is insanely profitable and makes money with every game sold on Steam. Selling the Steam Cube at cost would make financial sense for them over the long run.
- Comment on Best meal ever 2 months ago:
It’s smörebröd in Swedish, I think.