This is a shot in the dark, but I'd like to revisit my favourite book series as an audiobook. Issue is, I don't like the way the official audiobook is read.
@janl The reason I wanna listen to it is.. I want to continue the series. I can't remember all of the details because there's so many books at this point.
I also re-read it in 2022. I thought an audiobook would offer another, new-ish experience but alas..
@Radgryd long shot: depending on what it is about the reading voice, maybe some creative audio processing can paper things over (unlikely tho). Or maybe some AI this hint emerges ๐
I love the fact that there's actual conversation here, favourites feel like caring, and I have the feeling people actually get the chance to read along.
It's still pretty surreal that we got a new car just in time. ๐ฅน I wasn't on Fedi yet when our Polo got rear-ended in 2022, which I could still drive until the end of last year, but wasn't worth repairing.
Then, by chance, my dad got to know a guy who has a private car workshop and he'd just bought a 7-year-old car off of a widow who didn't need it anymore.
We lost Silver, John Silver, but now we have The Captain. ๐ฅน
I'm really hoping to get some of you interested in what we're doing over at @saveandraid! ๐
It's a yearly multi-streamer event where we choose a (retro) game, play through the franchise together by handing over our save files & try to make you laugh with our incentives & milestones to raise money for #SuicidePrevention through the nonprofit organisation SAVE.
I'm part of the organising team, responsible for social media& we have a fancy website: https://saveandraid.org thanks to @teklynk! ๐ฅฐ
@saveandraid We started with DOOM in 2021, played Legend of Grimrock in 2022, continued with Fallout in 2023 and for 2024 the community voted to beat #HalfLife together! ๐คฉ
As every year, I'm super excited for the weekend in February. This year we're going to be live even longer than we were in previous years. :catPOWER:
Get ready for some fun for a good cause! โค๏ธ Mental health is important. Talking about it, raising awareness and supporting each other is the goal. #SaveAndRaid
Changing my profile picture for now because I might have used the other one for work as well. On the off chance that someone uses reverse image search ...
Also, this one is more recent. Old one was from April 2022. This one's from August 2023. ๐ถ๏ธ
@twilliability A friend of mine searched for my former profile picture a while back and found my X profile and a reply of mine to someone here on tchncs.de. :tinking:
I also used it to find artwork by an artist just a few months ago and it worked quite well. :thaenkin:
Could someone recommend a working and well-maintained #kbin or #mbin instance to me? I deleted my Lemmy account because of reasons and I thought kbin looked pretty nice, so I signed up to kbin.cafe only to realise that the last few federated posts are from 2+ weeks ago, lol.
Update: We both have #COVID. Test is positive now, FOUR days after my throat started hurting and I tested every single day.
My dad sent a picture of his positive test in the family group chat, so I tested again.
Yesterday I had my worst day (so far) with a bad headache. I didn't check for a fever.
The only time we were around people together was on the 26th. I wish people took more direct responsibility and continued testing before a family event.
I need to catch up on #SlowHorses because the 3rd season just came out and I have to say it again: Gary Oldman is just fucking fantastic in this role, like it was made for him. It's a joy watching him perform.
Holy fucking shit. Every once in a while it just hits me how damn lucky I am to have so many loving people around me. You make my life. Thank you so much for making me smile and laugh. Thank you for making me better. ๐
Snuggle up to your loved ones, celebrate your very own lived experience of relationship anarchy, share your thoughts and ideas, challenge people's opinion on monogamy.