Tangent5280

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Alright boys, I've been converted to the light side and have installed F-Droid. Now what?

Basically title. I waited on installing F droid for a long time because my phone threw many scary warnings when I tried a long time ago. But now I have it, and I got some fossify apps, but since there is no “Editor’s Picks” on F- droid I dont really know where to go from here....

Tangent5280,

I read a lot, and currently I read with calibre on my pc since I can highlight and export them directly so I can include them in my notes. I’d like it if I could run the calibre server and be able to higlight on my phone, and sync it over to my pc automatically.

Tangent5280,

How does OpenNoteScanner compare to the Microsoft Lens app?

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How well would you say Libera Reader works? Do you have experience using it?

Tangent5280,

Oh wait so its going to be lesser hassle the sooner I move to Obtainium?

Tangent5280,

Wish they would atleast allow payments in crypto.

Privacy Concerns on Lemmy: A Call for More User Control (github.com)

I’ve been grappling with a concern that I believe many of us share: the lack of privacy controls on Lemmy. As it stands, our profiles are public, and all our posts and comments are visible to anyone who cares to look. I don’t even care about privacy all that much, but this level of transparency feels to me akin to sharing my...

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But why? Is there a compromise taken on privacy in favour of visibility and mass adoption of whatever fediverse client they’re using? I don’t understand this, especially since I also find the strongest advocates for privacy right here.

Tangent5280,

Thank you. The genre isn’t really my cup of tea ,but I’m sure someone will find this useful.

Tangent5280,

yeah this is what i thought too. proliferation of small files.

Tangent5280,

Which song? I cant think of any song of theirs which is helpful for sleep.

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None of the cleanup in your brain that takes place when you actually sleep is going to happen either, so you’d wake without getting any of the benefits of rest too, right?

Tangent5280,

I think it can’t work without the “things Im touching are exempt” rule.

Tangent5280,

Would it really be time consuming? Depends on the ruleset of thw world I suppose. Do you age in this time frozen state?

Tangent5280,

I don’t understand how that would make it longer

Tangent5280,

Oh yeah, that will do it. I wonder if a G-shock would fare better. Casio is making smartwatches now, though Im not sure if they’re from the G-Shock line. Maybe those would fare better.

Tangent5280,

My god, somebody should stop this Michael asshole.

Tangent5280,

I don’t understand what you’re trying to say - yes, you’re right, but it sounds like you’re trying to say that the kites on ships is not a good idea.

Tangent5280,

The tunneling issue makes sense. The wall will be much more stable because of the greater base area, and the sappers will need to dig a much bigger cavity under the wall for all the additional material to fall into - if the holes too small the wall might not collapse well enough for the ground forces to have a good opening to assault.

The second point is less convincing though. Forts and castle walls had mitigation for that extra issue - machicolations are an example. Often, arrows wouldn’t be used for killing the people right at the base of the wall, instead rocks or hot sand would be used to fuck up their day. These also took out armored units - rocks just, well, crushed them, and hot sand got in the gaps and visors and burned the shit out of them. They could also often not get rid of it without taking off the armor, so they just burned till the sand cooled down.

Also arrows were a manufactured commodity. Rocks were just taken from the land, or could be waste from quarries etc, and sand is rough, coarse, and everywhere.

Tangent5280,

But there the walls were still vertical to the ground yeah?

Tangent5280,

So it’s not walls then I suppose. Just the slopes of a flat topped pyramid like thing. I mean, it still provided a height advantage, but it feels like they have lesser cover from arrows than they would have if it was like a conventional wall.

Tangent5280,

That’s actually very interesting. Thanks for the link. Apparently there might even be greek influences in the polishing materials.

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