Eyedust

joined 6 months ago
[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Well, mom said I could be anything when I grew up...

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Check out Atuin. Its another must have for me. When you push up arrow, it shows your command history in a very pleasing list. You can even generate account keys to migrate your history between PCs, but I've never bothered with it. You can also search past commands on the history menu.

You don't need an account for it. That's only for the migration keys.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a damn good price, wow. I'm avoiding electric grinders atm, because I live in an apartment building and sound travels pretty loudly through it.

It's honestly the plastic waste that gets me in the end. There's been days I wake up late and wish I could make a coffee in under a minute, but have to go without my morning caffeine and it sucks. Even if it tasted awful, at least I'd have it.

May have to look into those bio-degradeable pods. I have a friend in England that told me about one (I can't remember the name of it), but the machine and the pods aren't available in the US.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

Ohhhh, no no. The raids and dungeons are challenging and ridiculously hard. I get what you're saying now. It hasn't been like that since I started up again, which was right when Gundabad released. It's very easy to solo, and now there's an NPC that lets you change world difficulty if you want to opt for it, making it so that the hardcore players and the casual players both get what they want.

I hear you. I haven't touched it in a while because I will literally lose months of my life to it. Its harder for me because its one of my gf's favorite games and when she plays I can't help but play.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I've learned to tolerate dripper coffee, but I'll never drink the swill that comes from single use cup coffee ever again. Tastes like licking a cigarette ash tray. However, I'm an Aeropress user and I receive judgement as much as I dish it out. Pour over is my next step, but I also want to get into using a moka pot.

I also wish I had a better grinder than a Hario Skerton Pro, but it really is the best for the budget if you avoid the generic soft aluminum grinders that break way too easily. I will say that the Skerton Pro is a workout when grinding to something like espresso or Aeropress fineness though, but the ceramic burr is decent so far.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I absolutely love LOTRO, too. I understand what you mean. The endgame content is pretty advanced, but I had this conversation with someone on Reddit years ago.

It doesn't have to be hard. There is so much content in LOTRO to last you years of playing new classes and enjoying the world. Throw out all of your max level up items, they're going to ruin the game for you. Just go out adventuring. I've had a good time during anniversary helping people through old dungeons (I hate you, Saruman).

The endgame is hard, because half the community beats endgame and complains that there's no content, and half the community just plays casually. They don't really have the power to keep pushing out quantity in content, so they have to make ridiculously hard and rewarding content to make up for it. It's really a lose-lose either way, and they chose to keep the community that has been faithful for years over trying to pull in new players.

It sucks, I agree, but I think I would have made the same choice. I still love playing and wandering around; leveling new classes, and you can now get new titles for playing new difficulty modes they made. You can change the world difficulty starting at level 10, I believe.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Damn, you beat me to it. Mushi Shi is an unfinished masterpiece and severely underrated. I had some I wanted to add to this list, but honestly some have blood and such which I don't know exactly what you'd want for an early teens daughter. I would have recommended Delicious in Dungeon, but there are some dismemberment scenes and it sort of downplays death, as you can and can't die in the dungeon. Lemme try to see what I can dig up from my history though.

  • Kimi ni Todoke - It is romance, but its so fluffy and goes lightly into what bullying can do to people as well as showing that people are not always who they seem on the outside. Touches on judging others, but remains extremely lighthearted.
  • Saiki K - One of the few anime that has made me legitimately laugh. It's nonsensical and good for most ages. I'm usually a romance buff, but this one drew me in when I curiously watched the first episode.
  • Spice and Wolf - I watched the original and started the remake. I think either should be fine. Great adventure story with a bit of romance.
  • Ballroom Youkoso - So this will fall a bit into the unhealthy relationships. I can't remember if there was any nudity, but it does stem from the viewpoint of a hormonal teenage boy. However, the art of the dancing is absolutely stunning. Just beware the necks. Iirc, there are crazy long necks in this one, lol.
  • Yuri on Ice - Similar to Ballroom Youkoso, but has a bit of an unhealthy relationship as a side story, iirc. I haven't seen it all, just a bit of it and can't remember much. I really enjoyed the skating scenes, which are very similar to the dancing scenes in Ballroom. It is a boys' love, but that's not the main point of the anime.
  • Spy x Family - Haven't seen it all, but what I have seen is great and seems good for younger generations.
  • Arakawa Under the Bridge - Okay, this may be a bit much at times, but damn if its not hilarious and mysterious. There is some non-showy nudity, I think, but its more like bathing and such, nothing extreme.
  • Dr. Stone - This should be all around a good pick for multiple ages. Apocalyptic scenario with reinventing the wheel as the theme.
  • Cells at Work! - Another one I've seen little of, but it was pretty good and teaches a fair bit about the internal human anatomy.
  • Silver Spoon - Anime based around farming. It's a happy little anime with a bit of serious undertones for the background of the characters. Made by the creator of Full Metal Alchemist. I would also recommend FMA, but there may be some parts of that anime that could be a bit scary for younger teens.
  • Komi Can't Communicate - Another good romance base. It starts around misunderstandings and the fear of speaking in public, but devolves later into just a regular slapstick romcom. However, that's mostly in the manga where it goes far beyond the anime.
  • My Hero Academia - I did get into this for a bit, but it sorta fell off my radar for no particular reason.
  • Frieren: Journey's End - Have not watched all of this, but the first 3 episodes were amazing and the story is endearing as well as very emotional. A great adventure with a touch of tragedy, but it seems well recommended for all ages.

I have many more, but I have watched a disgusting amount of anime and can't remember everything. I've been watching anime and reading manga since 2006, lol. Please, anyone correct me on any of these. My memory is hazy, especially when it comes to older anime I watched a long time ago.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Just thinking of commands I need to learn, and I think chroot is up there. Iirc, you can recover from some extremely bad system states with an ISO and chroot.

I understand the basics of what it does from it's description, I just haven't really dived deep enough to feel comfortable with it.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Prompt wizard. Nice work.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I still love Lord of the Rings Online. It still has enough people to feel alive, to the point where they even upgraded their servers recently, and still keeps that old school feel. You can even earn LOTRO points through hunting monsters and quests, so if you put the work in you don't even need to buy anything.

Do I miss the days before MTX? Yeah, but I feel like they are fairly less greedy about it than other games. Fairly. There's still the VIP subscription while double-dipping into MTX that rubs me the wrong way a bit, but they still actively try to listen to the players. I'll be sad when its gone...

Its mostly much older generations that play, though, but that really cuts down on a lot of the toxicity. I've had so many polite conversations in world chat with programmers and sysadmins offering advice. One of the most helpful players I met was a 72 year old vietnam veteran. He helped me get started and gave me a ton of gear just for having a nice talk with him.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

I came here to quote this. Its like they know we have a detestable, rotten president and are insecure about it or something.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

I won't be able to ever shake off Harry Potter. I don't think of points and views, I just love the idea of another world to go learn magic away from tech and such. I don't read or listen to it for the political points, or whatever other trash she's hidden in there. I read it as a form of escapism.

That said, I absolutely hate Rowling. Its to the point that I'm embarrassed that I still like HP. I hate the stupid shit that pukes out her mouth and I hate that she's taken a whole fanbase down with her. I feel like, for just liking Harry Potter, I'm labeled a patriarchal fascist and that's not my stance at all. I was an innocent kid who fell in love and still uses the books as a safe place to this very day, because I took refuge in them when my mother was at her most abusive (physically and mentally).

When I was very young, I would daydream about being taken away from her to another world to just dive into magic. She would lie to my therapists and tell them I had mental issues and a vivid imagination. That it was all in my head that she abused me. No one believed me when I cried for help. I was tested for autism. I was diagnosed with severe ADHD. There was one time in elementary school where they tried to take my video game magazine from me in class and I was hysterical, screaming that the demons in my head were going to get me. They blamed the magazine material (Mortal Kombat with Baraka on the front cover, I actually still have it). I was treated as though I was crazy.

It was pure, mind-altering hell. She won every court case over my father on the mere fact that she was my mother. She tried to have me put on numerous drugs as a kid, but my father refused and they needed both parent's consent. So that's why I'm irrationally addicted to the books. I'm not so vulnerable as to have my moral views swayed by a fictional story. However, Rowling will never get another cent from me if I can help it. My audiobooks are already pirated as is. I just wish I could be more honest about loving the books without having to tell this story and not be regarded as a piece of shit for liking them.

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