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paulthenerd

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The name is Paul, I live in #NorthernIreland with my partner and our cute British shorthair #Cat Truffles and ragdoll cat Gizmo. I like #Music, #Books, #VideoGames, #Food, #Tea and #Rum. These things will be the subject I toot most about.

Going to try and keep it positive and fairly wholesome.

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paulthenerd, to Eurovision
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So the Netherlands entry has been disqualified for threatening a crew member?

Guy sounds like a right Jeremy Clarkson type

paulthenerd, to Steamdeck
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If this works on I'll get it there. The lack of marketing is frustrating though which only feeds into my concern that Ninja Theory are in line to be shut down no matter what happens with the game

is only two weeks away, and fans feel Xbox should be making more noise

https://www.eurogamer.net/hellblade-2-is-only-two-weeks-away-and-fans-feel-xbox-should-be-making-more-noise

drinkswriter, to drinkstodon
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Rum maturation: who's doing it differently?

This could be what goes into the cask, something about the cask itself, perhaps even something about where/how the cask is kept as the rum matures.

@drinkstodon

paulthenerd,
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@drinkswriter @drinkstodon Two Shores rum. Distilled from sugar cane juice and aged in Panama then finished in Irish whiskey casks on the west coast of Ireland

albertcardona, to Trains
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In Europe, flying is cheaper than taking the train.

It's an embarrassment, and a major problem: we have to stop flying for silly short distances. Realise that the overheads of flying (reaching the airport, awaiting 2 hours, the flight, the unloading, reaching the destination) largely cancel out any time gains of flying. And the carbon costs are utterly untenable. Not to speak of the modern, dire conditions of the whole flying "experience".

Another embarrassment is that train connections can't be guaranteed when across countries or companies. They aren't even coordinated. As if those who commission and set the schedules didn't travel by train themselves, at least not internationally. In considering how tiny most European countries are, it's frankly bizarre.

There are so many destinations one could travel by train to, yet in practice, it's not sensible. A disgrace.

The upside is that it can be fixed.

paulthenerd,
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@albertcardona lets be real, all short haul flights should be banned

paulthenerd, to Spotify
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I honestly think #Spotify has missed the boat on this one. Those who care about #Lossless will already be on #AppleMusic #Deezer or #Tidal; and those who don't care won't pay the extra to get it. The fact the aforementioned three services all include lossless in their base subscriptions while it will be an extra tier on Spotify won't help matters. #Music #Streaming

If they'd gone lossless a year ago it might have mattered. Now, not so much

Spotify lossless audio said to be close to launch, with third branding

https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/03/spotify-lossless-audio/

paulthenerd,
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(and especially ) audio is all a placebo at best (and a marketing con at worst) anyway. The vast majority of people cannot tell the difference between a 320kbps mp3 and a 192KHz24bit file, and that only gets more true as we age. Lossless is useful for archival purposes; audio consumption not so much.

CindySue, to books
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More than a quarter of readers of YA are over the age of 28 research shows
Do you read YA?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/apr/30/more-than-a-quarter-of-readers-of-ya-are-over-the-age-of-28-research-shows

@bookstodon

paulthenerd,
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@CindySue @bookstodon I’m 41 and I unashamedly read YA fantasy quite often.

paulthenerd, to Jokes
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What do you call an apology written in dots and dashes?

Remorse code

paulthenerd, to books
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Are you like me and hate the idea to stopping a session in the middle of a chapter to the point you will make yourself late for things to finish it?

Or are you a monster who thinks nothing of finishing up in the middle of a page?

gimulnautti, to Youtube
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streamers have literally discovered the media equivalent of :

An influencer reading other people’s semi-funny tweets on repeat. Hundreds and hundreds. Endlessly.

It keeps giving you little hits of dopamine over and over, keeps you hooked, wastes your time & doesn’t get you anywhere even if you feel something like a real feeling.

I call these ”brain rot”. My kid agreees, and keeps watching.

The race to the bottom of the brain stem is painful to watch sometimes. 🙁

paulthenerd,
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@gimulnautti Could be worse, could be the "anti woke" grift. I think I rather watch someone reading tweets

paulthenerd, to random
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God I need

paulthenerd, to WFH
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Think a new is needed. My current one feels like it will collapse under my fat arse at any moment.

Recommendations on a fat arse compatible chair available in the UK/Ireland are welcome (no more than £400)

paulthenerd, to VideoGames
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Last year, FF XVI was a flop (according to "industry analysts"), now is "under performing" when compared with a game that released in the middle of a lockdown and before a cost of living crisis. Then there is the fact Remake released at the end of the PS4 lifecycle when the install base was at its peak, where Rebirth released in 2024 on PS5 only when the install base still hasn't caught up with the previous generation.

Let's be honest, there are indie companies who would jump at the chance to make Rebirth numbers. Yeah these "industry analysts" can suck the big one.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is "underperforming", says industry analyst

https://www.eurogamer.net/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-is-underperforming-says-industry-analyst

paulthenerd, to internet
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I think should die and should come back

paulthenerd, to eink
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I absolutely love that #Kobo is coming to market with colour #EInk before #Kindle. #Books #Bookstodon

Kobo announces its first color e-readers

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24124411/kobo-libra-colour-clara-colour-e-reader-kindle-e-ink

paulthenerd, to VideoGames
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Nope. Unless budgets come down $70 prices are here to stay

$70 Games Are Just a Phase, Believes Saber Interactive CEO

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2024/04/usd70-games-are-just-a-phase-believes-saber-interactive-ceo

kaveinthran, to books

What are some of legal non-drm ways to own and ? I know of and . Are there any other services?

paulthenerd,
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@kaveinthran Smashwords is DRM free I think. And a lot of ebooks sold by Kobo are DRM free (it is also displayed on the store page whether it has DRM or not). I also like Storybundle for DRM free ebooks.

ppatel, to VisionPro
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Porn for Apple Vision pro is here.

How Amateur Performers Are Making Porn in the Apple Vision Pro

https://www.404media.co/apple-vision-pro-porn/

paulthenerd,
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@ppatel be honest, who didn’t see this coming?

shawnhooper, to music
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My new IEMs just came in. Picked up a pair of KZ ZS10 Pro X.

So... fedi-hivemind, what's your go to headphone test song?

paulthenerd,
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@shawnhooper Peter Gabriel -Sledgehammer is a good one

RickiTarr, to random
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I've been getting old my whole life.

paulthenerd,
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@RickiTarr I was born an old fart

tosbourn, to NorthernIreland
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Absolute scum.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson quits after sex offence charges https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68686691

BBC fail to mention that it involves a child.

#DUP #NorthernIreland

paulthenerd,
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@tosbourn Innocent until proven guilty.

It would be irresponsible journalism to publish details of an ongoing investigation.

RickiTarr, to random
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Alright y'all, whenever I see something funny, I save it to show you all, but then I forget, so now I have a small backlog. So, here's a couple of things to give you a chuckle, and feel free to share a couple of your own if you have them!

Why would a rich famous guy marry a 34 year old woman? If you started immediately you MIGHT be able to have two kids. And she’s publicly had sex with a ton of guys. Despite her wealth she’s very low quality for any successful male. Just seems weird and almost like he’s a L= Why would a successful man want a middle aged woman who’s always on tour? Is it...could it be...because he’s gay? Underneath all that nonsense is a lovely picture of Taylor Swift mentioning that she's 34
There's two kids in the pool with their mother one is being held up by the mother and it says Horny, the other is next to them struggling to swim and it says Hungry, underneath that is a skeleton under water that says Happy
ra Tech > News Tech VIRTUAL LOVE Al girlfriend earns $30,000 a month from ‘lonely men’ and received *20 marriage proposals’ despite not being real Charlotte Edwards, Assistant Technology and Science Editor Published: 16:51 ET, Jan 18 2024 | Updated: 824 ET, Jan 19 2024 There is a picture of a blonde white fake looking woman who looks just a little too perfect

paulthenerd,
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@RickiTarr I always kinda liked Taylor Swift's music. Seeing how many minds of insecure little men she occupies rent free has turned me into a full on swiftie

paulthenerd, to foss
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game got an update. I had fun the time I played it with friends

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/free-and-open-source-action-adventure-rpg-veloren-update-016-out-now/

paulthenerd, to telegram
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Yeah, business practices are getting dodgy as hell. I'm glad now that I deleted my account a while back. They want to use your phone as a relay to send 2FA codes via SMS which isn't good no matter which side you're on

You may be offered a free premium Telegram subscription – but please don’t accept

https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/26/free-premium-telegram-subscription/

paulthenerd, to chrome
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I think it’s a bit weird to be drawing comparisons between and . Safari doesn’t and likely will never have the web browser market share and thus complete dominance that IE had. Its market share is tiny in comparison. A better comparison would be the browser and the engine itself built on (yes it’s important to include the engine too) and you’ll see that Google’s dominance is more far reaching than Safari on iOS and is probably on the same level as IE back in the day at this point.

The “browser choice” warriors love to focus on iOS and ignore the bigger issue of the dominance of the engine in the wider web browser market. All it’s doing is handing the keys of the web over to Google.

Use Safari or .

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