gusgalarnyk

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[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Do you think it's better to block someone or add a note to them so you can still engage with their content? I've gotten into the habit of blocking people and I'm not sold on it being the best approach.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I appreciate these comments saying the tech hasn't degraded and it's been standstill, or that it was never great in the first place, all of which is true but I would like to interject my own Model 3 experience. When we first bought the Tesla in 2019 the self driving functionality on the highway felt safe and functional in nominal conditions. When we sold the Tesla 2 years ago (2022) the self driving felt noticably more finicky. It struggled to switch lanes, recognize when lanes started and ended, and had noticably more issues with maintaining proper speed and distance with other cars.

It probably wasn't significantly more dangerous, but it felt like it was. What was a feature we used for the first year or two without much complaint turned into something we never used and our driving time when down in that third year not up so it wasn't exposure time I don't think.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's worth it. I'm almost two years in Germany. Wouldn't move back for a million dollars (although at 3 I could be bought). Work on the local language, volunteer or other community involvement activities, treat it like the new home it is. We're fortunate to be able to move to a new country, try to be a part of improving it and earning your spot there. I'm even more fortunate to be white, male, straight etc - assuming you're at least some of those things, do your best to counter the anti-immigration fear mongering that comes out of the political right. It effects you now, but more importantly it's ramping up and it'll effect people less fortunate far worse.

Hope you love it and welcome to Europe.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Damn, I moved out of the country in 2023. SMH

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I never finished it because the alien would teleport too much. I need to install the larger leash mod and give it another go. It's also sooo long for such a tense game. I loved everything about it and I'm upset I haven't finished it lol.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ergodox EZ has my whole hearted recommendation. Their keyboards are amazing and the only thing better for ergonomics would be a more custom curved piece.

They're a good company, I would recommend anyone checking them out.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I've read it, I read the discussion around it, idk man. One guy's thoughts on a company and it's founder isn't enough to move me off of something without better proof, better alternatives, and worse crimes than maybe having a bad long term vision.

Hopefully every company outgrows it's founder and becomes a system. We'll have to see, right now I'm satisfied and that gets me off Google and signals to others I'm willing to pay.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ya, for an alpha game with unfinished assets and lacking polish - it's stupid good. I've been out of the mobs scene for like a year or two and haven't had a shooter register for a while, so maybe I'm starved, but this thing keeps me coming back every night.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I recommend Kagi, I've been using it for about six months now and results - especially small web results like blogs - are so much better. I also have a pretty good time image searching compared to when I was on Google.

Yes it's paid, but that to me is the price of resisting enshittification. Find a company that isn't a publicly traded for-profit world-burner and pay them for their service. Is the idea of paying for email and search an alien concept to me? Yes. But I'm either paying Google whatever €120 a year in eyeballs on ads and an increasingly worse experience, or I'm paying €80 a year and getting a markedly better experience.

Now it's up to Kagi and Proton to not turn into shitty companies while other competitors catch up and we have a thriving ecosystem again.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago

It's amazing what insulation and proper sound proofing can do. Never lived in thicker walls than here in Germany. Other than the blasted church bells, it'd be hard to convince me I was living next to people if the windows were opaque.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Kagi seems to surface great independent content and I've been loving it.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's saying what you're attributing to "a specific lack of willpower" now has scientific backing that disagrees. Your take is old school and misinformed if the current science is correct. I personally haven't done research on the subject or read many studies but Adam Ragusea, a YouTube food science journalist covers this concept in one of his vids and several podcasts surrounding food science and (in my case) the drugs coming down the pipeline to regulate body weight touch on the research as well.

 

At Gencon it's very obvious where people are playing games after the convention and obvious where to go to meet more people.

I'm here at Essen Spiel for the first time and I have no idea where those kind of pick up hotel games would be taking place.

Does anyone have any advice? Is there an app or website I'm not aware of? Is going to random, nearby hotel lobbies my best bet?

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