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Witch

@ Witch @beehaw.org

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  • Could you help me understand myself a bit better?

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  • Oh, sounds a little bit like me.

    I am genderqueer/nonbinary. Specifically, my gender identity tends to fluctuate between agender and female. I am "comfortable living life as a woman", but I often look at more androgynous folk and wonder: "Could that've been me, if I made a few different life choices?"

    I can't confirm what your identity is for sure. But I can say that there's at least one other big person (I'm rather overweight, which tends to affect my dysphoria because there's no hiding these curves 🤷) that experiences something similar, if you want to explore looking up nonbinary identity.

  • What is the most disturbing book you have ever read?

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  • The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. It wasn't scary per say but I had an interesting experience where I had a manic episode reading it, barely slept, and got absolutely obsessed with the idea of it as I read it.

    10/10 loved the immersion aspect.

  • /u/PaulLee420 BLACKOUT... anyone else?

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  • I've instinctively typed in "how do i do so-and-so reddit" in my search like a fool a few times, but I'm pretty sure I'm staying on Beehaw for now. It's nice. It's comfy. I've only seen both literal and figurative unwanted dicks like, one time. It be a winner in my books.

  • What's Lemmy reading?

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  • I mean you aren't wrong! Hahaa.

  • What's Lemmy reading?

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  • Just got a few books from my local library that I'm excited to start. I'm starting off with "Focused Forward: Navigating the Storms of Adult ADHD" by James M. Ochoa which I picked out because it was the smallest book in the ADHD category, ha.

    I also got a book on Linux/Unix, Diabetes, a workbook for Bipolar, a healthy snack book, and an organization book. Not too too sure if I'll be able to finish it all by the time they're due, but its a nice varied selection.

  • Any recommendations for low-end, Linux-friendly games to play?

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  • Ooh I didn't know there was a database for interactive fiction! Thank you!

  • Any recommendations for low-end, Linux-friendly games to play?

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  • Oh that sounds like a lot of fun! I didn't care too much for the building aspect of Minecraft, but I did enjoy the adventures.

  • Games that suprised you

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  • Genshin Impact.

    Listen. I understand that the entire thing was hyped up upon release. It was, after all, a gamechanger for mobile gacha games. We went from turn-based games to things like Honkai Star Rail and Tower of Fantasy and of course, Genshin Impact. Honkai Impact 3rd existed, but it wasn't quite the same as these ones.

    However. Despite the hype, there was a problem that made me reluctant to play it.

    I really suck at gacha games. Every gacha game before then I would drop within what, 6 days? I love the characters, love the story, hate the game.

    So imagine my surprise when I logged into my settings the other day and found out that oh, It's now been over 500 days logged, lmao. I've taken breaks from it once in a while, but I haven't quit it yet. What have I become?

  • Any recommendations for low-end, Linux-friendly games to play?

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  • Wait, what? Is that why everyone's recommending steam deck games? I assumed Steam Deck verified games required something like, an okay GPU. Its actually the voltage? That definitely makes my life easier, lmfao.

  • how’s your week going, Beehaw

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  • Pretty good!

    I dusted off my Beehaw account from when I left Twitter and I'm having lots of fun talking to you all in comparison to a lot of sites. I installed Linux and I'm enjoying playing with all the neat new software. Currently tinkering with templates in Zim Wiki while I wait for my potatoes to cook. I also got introduced to a few low-end games I never would've known about normally and I definitely plan on trying some out.

    I was wondering if the site was being buggy haha. Saw that my comments took a while to post and had to refresh.

  • What are some of your favorite Linux FOSS replacements for WIndows software?

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  • RE: Logseq---yes, that is the case when it comes to markdown syntax and linking files. They also have something neat involving citations and Zotero that I both don't understand and don't need as I'm...not in college or uni, haha! I kinda dislike the indexing and how it works too---right out of the bat it becomes rather disorganized if you try to set up your templates without understanding how it works. I'm not too too sure if I plan on keeping Logseq?

    Obsidian probably is the perfect fit, but Zim WIki isn't that bad either! I just figured out how to set up templates. After experimenting it seems the templates are made by creating a page, saving a copy, and then putting it in the template folder. You can then copy and paste the template over.

    It seems that it does in fact have a journal plugin but as I said, I'm not super invested in plugins due to the concerns about stability. However, the creator of the plugin seems to be Possibly the same person who created Zim Wiki, or at least, the person who uploads and does most of the core plugins. So they probably have an invested interest in keeping that plugin active.

    Regarding going back to Obsidian---I'm probably gonna do that eventually. I really like the aesthetic themes. But for now, I'm having a lot of fun tinkering with everything and seeing what works for me, haha! Thank you!

  • Saffic, a home for Sapphic Fiction, aka Femslash, or WLW Fanfiction

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  • Hi! I'm getting a 404 Community Not Found error?

  • What are some of your favorite Linux FOSS replacements for WIndows software?

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  • My use of Obsidian was primarily note-taking on topics relating to Mental Health, Physical Health, Productivity, Art, so forth. I would create templates dedicated to book reviews and video notes, and I had a morning routine in my daily notes. My morning routine was primarily a few tasks, checking off some habits, and the concept of Morning Pages by Julia Cameron where you just ramble on like a madman until you're done thinking that morning.

    It was----still is great. However, I found that I tended to use plugins a bit too often! And I didn't really like relying on it too much, if that makes any sense? Like, what if this ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL PLUGIN TO MY WORKFLOW decides "yeah I can't update anymore" and its just poof, gone.

    So I am trying out different software.

    A few days ago I switched to Logseq. It has a cool-looking citation method, however I think my use-case will most likely be journaling due to the infinite scroll function of the journal entries. I don't really like the idea of making one long note in the Journal and then having to scroll past it to get to my previous day's note. However, an infinite scroll is absolutely excellent for a morning routine template where you can scroll down and see all your mood tracking and habits. Similarly, the whiteboard function will be great to use for goal-setting. I previously used the Canva function in Obsidian for that at one point!

    As for my note-taking, I'm now switching to Zim Wiki. I am a little unsure how to incorporate templates, but I'm sure I'll figure it out...however, I really like the simplistic look to it. It doesn't have a graph as far as I can tell, but I can create topics, subfolders, and subpages. There's a word editor at the top which I previously had to use a plugin in Obsidian for.

    Finally, am I enjoying the switch? Actually, yes! I think Obsidian is great for an all-in-one program, but I just didn't like the fact that a lot of its functionality for me relied on plugins. Zim wiki + Logseq seem to be a good combination for me so far.

  • What are some of your favorite Linux FOSS replacements for WIndows software?

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  • Hahaha. Ha. God, I hate Outlook.

    Can I ask what exactly ffmpeg does? I'm actually very, very new to video creation as a whole. I'm one of those folks that last touched a video creator back in the days of Windows Movie Maker. It seems to be a command line script, but is there any GUI for it?

    I wanted a software that lets me write text on a blank paper, and Libre Office does that. Therefore, it's already a solid replacement. 10/10.

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  • Interesting, I didn't know about Dendron!

    I'm actually switching from Logseq to Zim Wiki (might take a peek Dendron, though!) because I found out something about logseq I Don't quite like: each journal entry seems to be part of an infinite scroll. So you'd have day 1 of using it, then at the top would be day 2, and then it'd become day 3...

    I did however like the fact that it has flashcard capabilities and whiteboard capabilities without having to install plugins. I think Logseq might be best used for a daily journal that you can scroll through from present day to past day. It also apparently has good citation features but I didn't get to explore it very well.

  • Twitch stream live right now of Subreddits going dark

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  • 2102/6001 so far.

    RIP /r/IllegallySmolCats.

  • Any recommendations for low-end, Linux-friendly games to play?

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  • Alright so I was a little confused on OpenMW but it appears that it is, in fact, complete enough to play? Nice. I now finally have an excuse to play.

    I completely forgot about Daggerfall existing. I'm just reading through the wikipedia article. "Daggerfall consists of 15,000 cities, towns, villages, and dungeons for the character to explore." I am intimidated, yet intrigued.

  • What’s everyone playing this weekend?

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  • Just got introduced to Battle of Wesnoth today by a fellow user.

    It's like a harder Fire Emblem. I am infuriated. I love it.

  • Elon Musk Says Twitter Is Going To Get Rid Of The Block Feature, Enabling Greater Harassment

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  • I wonder where the fandoms and the artist communities are going to go now that they just opened the floodgates for the massive amount of harassment those communities tend to deal with.

    I presume some are going to return to Tumblr, but hopefully they make the switch to Mastodon.

  • What are some of your favorite Linux FOSS replacements for WIndows software?

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  • Surprisingly, I installed Calibre on Linux and for some reason it just looks...better on Linux? Not sure if its because it opened up in default dark mode or what, but it doesn't look as ugly when I'm using it on Pop_OS. Feels at home, really.

    I will say its definitely a beast. I've used it a few times but I never really went in depth with it's features. I'm definitely liking the bulk tag editing, the shop search (I've been looking for a way to search DRM-free books and it has it!), and the default tags. The last one is mainly because I think getting a tag called "mentally ill women" for The Yellow Wallpaper is a little funny.