Like the other replier and GP, my Linux and Mac desktops run for months at a time without a restart. I only restart when there's a software update that demands it. I don't have much experience with modern Windows, but I expect that's the norm from a modern OS.
If you're running into runaway resource issues like this then you may want to spend a few minutes hunting them down and maybe replace the programs responsible. Daily restarts shouldn't be necessary.
Apple may not be as flashy as other companies in adopting artificial intelligence features. Still, the already has a lot of smarts scattered throughout iOS.
I use RSS very selectively, though. General news sites are too much of a firehose: instead of RSS I just picked a few favorite sources and check them occasionally – usually once in the morning/evening. I also read The Economist's briefs (requires a sub) to catch up on stuff I missed.
I like the mini but this table highlights its major disadvantage. I still find its battery ample for a typical day, there's just not a lot of headroom for degradation.
I use offline maps a lot. The article mentions a major reason: traveling, especially abroad, with limited or no data. It also comes in handy when we drop out of cell service, which happens more often than I'd expect outside of major cities in the US. My favorite app for those use cases is Organic Maps, which lets me download maps by city, state, or country.
I use offline maps for hiking too, but it's such a different use case that I find I want an entirely different map type and UI – one that focuses less on roads and directions and instead surfaces tools for route-planning and managing tracks and waypoint markers. Gaia's long been my favorite app for that.
Apple earlier today released new Rapid Security Response updates for iOS 16.5.1, iPadOS 16.5.1, and macOS Ventura 13.4.1 users, but Apple has pulled...
This later article makes it sound like the issue was with websites using UA sniffing:
For instance, after applying the RSR updates on an iOS device, the new user agent containing an "(a)" string is "Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 16_5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.5.2 (a) Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1," which prevents websites from detecting it as a valid version of Safari, thus displaying browser not supported error messages.
I hope Apple's use of the Rapid Security Response system here was mostly an infrastructure test. I would be miffed to learn that a patch for some zero day was fumbled because Facebook didn't get the decades-old memo not to use UA sniffing for feature detection.
@kylewritescode I still use it, but no longer feel like I can depend on it. I've added Arq for off-site backups to B2, but it may replace my TM backups too: https://www.arqbackup.com
Why do you find that such an important factor? Is it just about the principle of having a choice, or is there a particular third party app store you consider essential?
Yeah, it's been hard getting any otaku fandoms going in the Fediverse, and Holo's an especially fragmented one.
@AlbertScoot just an idea but it might help to add some tags to this magazine so we start pulling in microblog posts. I bet there are people occasionally posting things to places like urusai.social and sakurajima.moe who'd love to join us here if they knew about it. (Ahem: may have to wait until the server situation calms down a bit, though! 😆)
The way Lemmy works right now is you search a community in your instance for it to then get shown, so you need to first discover that community from elsewhere. With that in mind, what are some growing communities that you discovered that could get some more love?
I recently used linked thinking in Obsidian to do some critical meme analysis for therapy. It was a good exercise in creating index notes, e.g. a meme crossing over Marvel and The Good Place wouldn't fit in a folder for either one.
I have a PARA structure in DEVONthink, though it's mostly "Resources" for interesting web articles.
It's getting hard to find old articles in search engines (even DDG), so if I see something interesting then I add it to Pocket. DEVONthink then reads my pocket RSS feed and stores a PDF version which goes into its full text index so I can find it again later.
I have a lot of papers and manuals and things in there too – anything I think might want to find later.
For me it's been communities like /r/buildapc, /r/buildapcforme, /r/buildapcsales, /r/gamedeals, and /r/consoledeals have been useful throughout the years.
I tried posting a new (…ish – I'm not exactly up to date on JRPG news!) link, so we'll see if that helps. 🤞
Would be good to have a clearer idea how to cross-polinate new communities across the fediverse, though. Especially for niche groups it's going to be hard to find each other otherwise.
Although plant milks have been consumed for centuries in various cultures, their popularity has skyrocketed over the past decade. People choose plant milk over dairy milk for a variety of reasons.
I hope I didn't mislead you here, but I've never actually tried making it myself! We always buy it from a shop. This is the one we usually get, but I think that particular brand is only available in America.
That's pretty interesting, though – do you usually make your own plant-based milks? Is that your preference or is it hard to find them in shops where you live?
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense and some of it resonates with me too – the Tetra Pak problem especially. We don't go through nearly as much milk but it still bothers me that recycling is such a dubious prospect for those cartons.
The "meet watchOS 10" developer video (intended for developers) shows some of the new screens in motion. The new home screen (2:03) looks like it addresses my problems with the honeycomb view, which has always felt fiddly and unpredictable to me. Looking forward to trying that.
I hope app complications are still around, but I can see widgets replacing some of them for me, especially if widgets refresh data more often or whenever they come into view. The weather complication for example always seems to be out of date, to the point where I no longer really trust it and mostly use it as a shortcut into the app.
My pick for this category is another collab: at this point it's practically become a meme among music blogs, but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWc4wMyL1oI, specifically for what happens once Prince takes the stage at ~3:30 and turns it into something unforgettable. (That guitar is not weeping gently!)
I've not had this issue myself. I'm using Firefox on desktop and Mobile Safari on iOS, and I've remained logged in to kbin.social for a few days now. Maybe it's an overzealous cookie blocker or something in your browser?
I often think about stellar albums. The ones where they're really isn't a skip-able track. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, Collective Soul Collective Soul (blue album), Bush 16 Stone, and Green Day Dookie. What are some of your perfect albums?
It's odd but Kid A didn't click with me until after I'd heard Amnesiac. I think the follow-up album might've worked as a kind of gateway into a more electronic sound.
I listened through Amnesiac maybe half a dozen times before I was curious and tried Kid A again, and it was like I was hearing a completely different album. It's funny to have my opinion of an album change so much by listening to something else entirely.
I need to give We Will Always Love You another listen or two. I became fixated on Running Red Lights and it eclipsed the entire rest of the album for me.
Since I Left You is finally starting to feel its age, but it might belong on a list like this too simply for the way it flows together.
As you may have heard, Reddit’s decided to pull a Twitter and start charging an extortionate amount of money for access to their previously-free API, in order to drive third-party clients like Apollo and RIF into extinction. Under Reddit’s proposed pricing, …
It applies to both for now. I opened a thread about this yesterday and as Kichae said, it's something the dev is experimenting with and is open to discussing. They also helpfully shared a roundup of links to past discussions on this topic.
For now I've created a separate Fediverse account for my Kbin activity (this one!) which seems to be what most people are doing on Lemmy anyway, but I agree it'll be nice to change Kbin's behavior so it's a less jarring experience for followers on other Fediverse apps.
The first time I stumbled into superbad.com and it clicked with me immediately like art sometimes does. Total recognition in an ineffable language. It's my first memory of a distinctly internet culture.
alt.fan.pratchett and specifically the sprawling, unending hedgehog song that exhausted every rhyme there is to be made about bestiality. (That man really earned his knighthood.)
The Star Wars Cantina. I hadn't even seen all the Star Wars films, but I somehow fell into this clunky HTML chat room, and managed to role-play along just well enough to feel part of a community.
Finding music. Discovering bands on mp3.com when that was a thing. Typing odd combinations of words into Napster to discover songs and artists I'd never have been exposed to otherwise and still love today. Buying digital albums for the first time and feeling something so personal and special about not having to go to a store and rely on what they have in stock or order from a website to have shipped in several weeks. Reading eMusic editorials and putting my credits to obscure reissues and international releases I couldn't possibly have found out about any other way. (Now it feels like every service wants me to listen to music that sounds like music I've already listened to. Bandcamp's editorials are my last oasis.)
Reddit refugee myself. I've not seen anyone mention Kbin there yet (it was someone on a lemmy instance that suggested it to me) so I'm not sure it'll experience the same influx.
Windows PCs can't sleep properly, and Microsoft wants it that way (www.spacebar.news)
Apple is using machine learning everywhere in iOS (appleinsider.com)
Apple may not be as flashy as other companies in adopting artificial intelligence features. Still, the already has a lot of smarts scattered throughout iOS.
Favorite Scifi Food?
My favorites include:...
iPhone battery capacities compared: all iPhones battery life in mAh and Wh (www.macworld.com)
Every iPhone's battery capacity listed in milliamp hours (mAh) and watt hours (Wh)
Apple introduces offline Maps—but how does it compare with Google Maps? (arstechnica.com)
Comparing offline modes between Apple Maps and Google Maps is a tight contest.
Apple Pulls iOS 16.5.1 and macOS 13.4.1 Rapid Security Response Updates Due to Safari Bug (www.macrumors.com)
Apple earlier today released new Rapid Security Response updates for iOS 16.5.1, iPadOS 16.5.1, and macOS Ventura 13.4.1 users, but Apple has pulled...
Japan to open up Apple and Google app stores to competition (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Japan is joining the EU in requiring mobile platforms open up for third party software, and allow third party payment processing....
Where’s the iOS beta 17 discussion happening?
I’m used to a large number of posts regarding iOS beta testing at this point in the year after WWDC....
This Week in hololive June 4 – June 10, 2023 (thisweekinhololive.wordpress.com)
Kaela introduces Ckia, Watame's birthday, Nene's new outfit, and new original music…
What are some great communities to follow that are not on lemmy.ml or beehaw
The way Lemmy works right now is you search a community in your instance for it to then get shown, so you need to first discover that community from elsewhere. With that in mind, what are some growing communities that you discovered that could get some more love?
What are folks using PKMS for?
I recently used linked thinking in Obsidian to do some critical meme analysis for therapy. It was a good exercise in creating index notes, e.g. a meme crossing over Marvel and The Good Place wouldn't fit in a folder for either one.
What are some communities that aren't here yet that you hope to see in the future?
For me it's been communities like /r/buildapc, /r/buildapcforme, /r/buildapcsales, /r/gamedeals, and /r/consoledeals have been useful throughout the years.
The 10 best plant-based milks (proveg.com)
Although plant milks have been consumed for centuries in various cultures, their popularity has skyrocketed over the past decade. People choose plant milk over dairy milk for a variety of reasons.
WWDC 2023: watchOS 10’s redesign (sixcolors.com)
Though all of Apple’s operating systems got attention during this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, watchOS 10 got perhaps the biggest overhaul…
Great performances of music that you usually don't listen to (yt.floss.media)
Linkin Park - Crawling (Live with Chris Cornell)...
kbin.social for newbies (lemmy.ml)
Just don't ask me if there is an app yet
perfect/near perfect albums
I often think about stellar albums. The ones where they're really isn't a skip-able track. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, Collective Soul Collective Soul (blue album), Bush 16 Stone, and Green Day Dookie. What are some of your perfect albums?
On Reddit and it’s federated rivals, Lemmy and kbin (www.jayeless.net)
As you may have heard, Reddit’s decided to pull a Twitter and start charging an extortionate amount of money for access to their previously-free API, in order to drive third-party clients like Apollo and RIF into extinction. Under Reddit’s proposed pricing, …
What's your favorite Web 1.0 memory?
Prior to the internet condensing into just 5 or so websites, what do you remember fondling about being online?...
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/kbin Issues (codeberg.org)
Popular Reddit App Apollo Would Need to Pay $20 Million Per Year Under New API Pricing (forums.macrumors.com)
Are Lemmy and Kbin ready?...