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sapo

@ sapo @beehaw.org

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  • Any recommendations for audio dramas?

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  • Ensable readings of audiobooks are great when done well. My favorite is a recording of the His Dark Materials series narrated by the author and with different voice actors for all characters.

    For something a bit more classic (and free), I also really enjoyed the Librivox Dramatic reading of Dracula, though some readers come off better than others.

    In both cases, the books really lend themselves to the format: in His Dark Materials, there's near constant dialogue since every character has a companion spirit to chat with, and Dracula is written as a series of letters and journals so each chapter follows a different character's perspective and style.

  • What online games can be played by 2 users?

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  • I second the recommendation of Go. I'm very much a beginner, but the subtlety and variety of every game kind of ruined chess for me.

    Some more recommendations of learning or beginner resources:

    Go Magic has a lot of really in depth video and interactive tutorials. There's a paid plan, but the beginner and early intermediate courses are free and way more thorough than anything else online right now.

    The Conquest of Go is a great little game on steam that has its own tutorials and a campaign mode with scaling difficulty. It's my favorite way to play against bots, but you can also connect your OGS account and play online through there.

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  • For Android users and FOSS enthusiasts, AntennaPod is pretty great.

  • What is your favorite LIVE album?

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  • Paris by Supertramp. The performances, recording quality and song selection are all top notch.

  • Actual Hidden Gems on Steam

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  • Shout out to Fishery (309 reviews). It's pretty niche as an aquarium simulator, but very relaxing and well made.

    Also, Ozymandias (770 reviews) is a great strategy game that manages to squeeze the feeling of a full game of civilization into less than one hour.

    If you're interested in classic board games, The Conquest of Go (397 reviews) is a great entry point into Go, with nice tutorial features and a campaign mode that scales difficulty as you win games.

  • Personal Cloudless Location Tracking App? (Hero's Path)

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  • OsmAnd has a recording feature. I've used it for brief periods over hikes and such, but I'm not sure how functional it would be as a running all the time thing.

  • VT4J23 - Day 24 - A song, album, or artist with a number in it

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  • I have free money expiring, please recommend me something to buy for this much or less.

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  • Stardew Valley is great even if it's out of date (though I'm not a huge fan of the interface on mobile)

    Minecraft is also great on Android these days

  • rule

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  • I am Spain

  • Fedora or Mint in 2023...or whatever

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  • +1 for Fedora. It's very stable even with very fresh packages, I've been on the same installation for years without a hitch.

    I still recommend Mint for absolute beginners tho.

  • Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

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  • same as it ever was

  • Fedora Kinoite – The KDE Plasma desktop, in an immutable fashion (based on rpm-ostree)

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  • Looks great! I'm currently on standard Fedora KDE, but will probably switch to this next time I reinstall.

  • What do you use to track your reading?

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  • If you really wanted to track books you don't have digitally, I guess you could use a dummy file (even a blank txt could work) and use Calibre itself to add all the metadata. It's far from ideal, though.

  • What do you use to track your reading?

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  • You can do it pretty easily in Calibre with custom columns for reading status, rating, etc. For Kobo users, the KoboTouchExtended plugin syncs reading status automatically (I'm sure there's some equivalent for other ereader brands).

  • I crave mental lint. What are some interesting facts that the hivemind (you) have stored away?

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  • How weird that the BBC never seems to have a republican around when talking about the monarchy.

  • Sol Reader is a VR headset exclusively for reading books

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  • I don't think it's a bad idea in principle, but what got me suspicious is that I couldn't find the resolution anywhere on their page. From the only picture of the screen I found, it looks painfully low res:

  • how’s your week going, Beehaw

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  • Not my essay! It's just the best summary I've seen so far. My garden is still under construction, but I might share it here when it's done.

    Edit: if you're interested in the specifics of how to make one easily, I'm using Obsidian, a great free notetaking app with a paid Publish feature (there's a student discount on Publish too, so that's a plus). There are some guides on making one there, like this one.

  • What's the best Linux alternative to Windows for gaming

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  • If trying them all sounds like fun, go ahead! I personally love downloading a bunch of isos and poking around the live usb (pre installation) version of different distros every once in a while.

    Though honestly, if you just want to get started you can probably do anything you want on any distro. Distro choice seems to matter less and less these days.

  • How many of you guys are here and on tumblr?

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  • I find the Tumblr migration kinda funny. Tumblr has already had many of the changes we hate seeing on Reddit right now. Lemmy and co are still small, but have a way stronger foundation and more room to grow.