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darylsun

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I play with software and videogames. Sometimes I write things.

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👻 Customizing a Ghost(.org) theme, having trouble with fonts 🤦

Let me start off by saying that I barely know what I’m doing here: I’m taking over a web page from someone who can’t maintain it anymore. It’s currently using WordPress(.org), for, I guess, CMS, but after doing some research, I really liked the look of Ghost, and so I’m trying to recreate the current page there, though...

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For clarification, do you want to use Palatino, or Palatino Linotype? Because they’re two different fonts.

I suspect your website is falling back to the system version of Palatino because you haven’t declared where to find your font using @font-face. MDN Web Docs will be your friend.

Beehaw on Lemmy: The long-term conundrum of staying here

Yesterday, you probably saw this informal post by one of our head admins (Chris Remington). This post lamented some of the difficulties we’re running into with the site at this point, and what the future might hold for us. This is a more formal post about those difficulties and the way we currently see things....

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Personally, I wouldn’t mind if Beehaw changes forum software. I first came here to check out Lemmy on what looked like a safe instance, yes, but I stayed because I appreciated the calm community. I stopped participating when the Reddit migration happened, however, and Beehaw got more attention than before from other instances, and posters who don’t appreciate Beehaw’s policies. TBF however, recently I’ve gotten into more traditional forums, so perhaps I’m biased. But I believe that Beehaw is more than a Lemmy instance.

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Welcome to Beehaw!

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Live out your fantasy life.

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Ding, ding, ding! 🎉

Yes, I was thinking of The Sims.

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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but people on Mastodon can follow Lemmy communities and create or comment on posts. The reverse can't be said for Lemmy.

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I like being ace. It does suck that in my home country, most people think asexuality doesn't exist.

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Cozy endless games like Minecraft, Stardew Valley, or Sims 4, where I can just get lost in the gameplay and don't have to stress out over objectives or missions.

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A friend of mine asked me to take a Kinsey scale quiz for fun, and the result was that I was asexual. Then my friend said that didn't seem right, so I retook it and it said I was bisexual.

It ws only when I met my boyfriend and developed feelings for him that I figured out: A) I think people are sexy, regardless of gender (hence my initial confused identification as bisexual); and B) I don't need or want to have sexual intimacy with anyone, ever. Physical intimacy is fine, though.

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I would very much like to delete my Google Account, but alas, I have to use it for work and some Very Important accounts.

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Oh wow, I haven't heard about Sandboxie in a long while. I tried using it years ago, but I didn't understand the documentation and gave up. Maybe I should try it out again sometime.

I personally like flatpaks, but sometimes even with Flatseal it's hard to figure out which permissions are needed for things to work. (For example, I tried making flatpak Calibre open PDFs using another flatpak program, but I never got that working.)

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When I was still in school, I used to buy physical books and magazines from local bookstores.

Nowadays, I buy e-books, mostly from Humble Bundle.

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Zorin was my first distro, and I agree that it works great out of the box!

I switched to Linux Mint later, but I can't remember exactly why. Linux Mint is nice to use too.

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Lemmur's been abandoned, so as far as I know, Jerboa is the only option on Android right now 😢

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I've been wanting to try Ironsworn since it launched, but I always get distracted 😅

Any recommendations for a FOSS encrypted calendar that supports sync?

After a short realization of how disorganized I am, my girlfriend said "어 진짜 I can't. I can't do this". So at the risk of my 6 year relationship falling apart, does anyone know of a good calendar we can use together to plan out our days?...

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TL;DR: an app won't solve your problem, but learning to organize yourself will

At the risk of overstepping, I'll say this:

If you have a problem with organization (or lack thereof), a calendar app will only help you so far. You can still miss an appointment by swiping away a notification or neglecting to jot down the appointment in the first place. Software are just tools: they won't magically transform you and your habits.

(Disclaimer: I'm not a productivity expert or anything; I'm just applying what I've learned so far in life.)

First, think about your current internal system of keeping track of things. How is information getting lost? Why is it getting lost. From what I've read, disorganization is just a symptom of a deeper, underlying issue. In my case, I just didn't like thinking about things I didn't want to do or didn't consider important, so I didn't bother noting them down. So how did I remedy that? I have a notetaking app (Simple Notes or Markor) that's empty by default and placed in my phone favorites bar/dock. As soon as I need to jot down something, it goes there. Once I can take my time, I review what I've jotted down and decide my next steps. When the tasks are done, the app gets cleared.

Second, think about what has worked for you in the past. Are there things that you managed to remember, and what helped you remember them back then? Personally, I remember things when I see them often, so writing down tasks in my notetaking app already works. However, for things that have set or faraway schedules, they get moved to apps with persistent notifications (Tasks.org and Simple Calendar, synced with EteSync).

Third... rinse and repeat. You may find that your new system still has gaps. That's just part of learning how you best organize. Don't be afraid to experiment, but don't forget, and I cannot stress this enough, that SOFTWARE ARE JUST TOOLS. If an app doesn't work for you, then it just doesn't fit you, period. It's not a failing of the developer or you. Once you find an organization system works for you, you'll find that it's so natural that it's just second-nature. What apps to use will come after.

I'm sorry for the long comment and that this wasn't what was asked, but I felt that this needed to be said. I do hope it helps you in some way.

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Ace! I think people are hot, but I don't want to do the nasty with any of them.

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Ever since I took on a new role at work, I've been busy attending more meetings with Very Important People than before. For someone like me who prefers not have the attention of Very Important People, it's nerve-wracking.

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I'm from one of the many cities in Metro Manila, Philippines. Right now, it's very, very rainy.

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Hello, my name is Daryl Sun, but you can call me Daryl. I've been here on Beehaw for over a month, and usually I post links to news articles that I think everyone should know, or random articles I find that might be of interest to some people. I hang around tech-related communities most of the time, but I also like reading other people's stories. I also easily get distracted and focus on something else, so I'll probably go quiet every now and then.

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