I'm trying to use this whole reddit madness to quit using the internet for anything that isn't intentional. The fact that I'm here writing a comment shows that it's not going perfectly, but so far reducing the time I spend scrolling or watching YouTube has definitely improved my headspace.

The simple act of not using my phone or any other screen until I get out of home in the morning makes me so much more energetic and my mind more clear.

It's a fucking addiction and most of us have it without realizing. The horrible part is that quitting cuts you out of so much stuff, but it really is worth it.

I don't quite get how a "collective art piece" could get "hijacked". If it can be hijacked than it's only collective and collaborative for the ones that Reddit likes.

Of course this is the only way they could present it, but as far as I'm concerned the cool thing about r/place, in principle, is that you can see the chaos of the world, with opposite views, opinions, goals, tastes, interests sharing the same space, the same place, and interacting with each other.

I'd much rather see swastikas alongside sickles and hammers, stickmen being murdered alongside unicorns, dirty jokes alongside the Mona Lisa, than this corporate PR stunt.

I think it also shows that the protests have been somehow successful. Sure, Reddit won't fail, but if they decided to do another r/Place it's only because they know how loved it is by the community and hope to make people forget about the disaster.

Damn I didn't know about it and now I want it!

May I ask how old you are?

Ma anche perché è probabilmente dove girano più soldi in Italia tra i settori colpiti dalla pirateria, e se non erro la legge è firmata da niente popò di meno che Claudio Lotito. Non sarei sorpreso se poi si soffermassero più sul calcio che i film

Yup! If I'm driving and want to change station or volume I need to be able to know what I'm doing without watching, and it already feels distracting and dangerous enough to me. With a touch screen I can't feel the buttons or knobs and I must look at the screen to do anything.

I never had a car with a touchscreen (my current car doesn't even have an AUX or USB port) so I don't know if it's already like this, but probably an hybrid between the two would be ideal. You get a touchscreen to thinker with it and create presets or whatever when you're not moving, and buttons to change song/station/preset/volume/whatever when driving

AI powered brain-chips is a concept that terrifies me but also fascinates me because it would avoid this kind of useless bullshit.

Imagine having a very advanced AI in your brain that knows you really well (because well, it's in your brain). You could have concepts and information explained in the most effective way for you, or (and this really is scary) directly written in your brain so that you suddenly just know something. Your colleagues would just have to think the information that you need to receive, and then their chip and your chip would communicate so that the message gets "translated" to your own "thought language".

I think that's the future we will face if we don't wipe ourselves out of existence first. The "cool" thing is it would be an actual evolutionary leap that would make us something we can't really grasp at the moment.

The scary thing is it would of course be a shit sold by corporations to transmit ads directly to your brain or some shit

AI powered brain-chips is a concept that terrifies me but also fascinates me because it would avoid this kind of useless bullshit.

Imagine having a very advanced AI in your brain that knows you really well (because well, it's in your brain). You could have concepts and information explained in the most effective way for you, or (and this really is scary) directly written in your brain so that you suddenly just know something. Your colleagues would just have to think the information that you need to receive, and then their chip and your chip would communicate so that the message gets "translated" to your own "thought language".

I think that's the future we will face if we don't wipe ourselves out of existence first. The "cool" thing is it would be an actual evolutionary leap that would make us something we can't really grasp at the moment.

The scary thing is it would of course be a shit sold by corporations to transmit ads directly to your brain or some shit

AI powered brain-chips is a concept that terrifies me but also fascinates me because it would avoid this kind of useless bullshit.

Imagine having a very advanced AI in your brain that knows you really well (because well, it's in your brain). You could have concepts and information explained in the most effective way for you, or (and this really is scary) directly written in your brain so that you suddenly just know something. Your colleagues would just have to think the information that you need to receive, and then their chip and your chip would communicate so that the message gets "translated" to your own "thought language".

I think that's the future we will face if we don't wipe ourselves out of existence first. The "cool" thing is it would be an actual evolutionary leap that would make us something we can't really grasp at the moment.

The scary thing is it would of course be a shit sold by corporations to transmit ads directly to your brain or some shit

I didn't know soulseek and downloaded music for the first time in ages, tried listening to some FLACs of songs I only ever streamed and damn now I think I understand audiophiles

It's an old (early-internet?) joke iirc. And yes, I think that's the answer

I read a lot of people claiming that waterproofing technology has come to a point where this isn't too much of an issue, but that's as far as my knowledge goes

I think I only saw a trailer when it was announced. It looked kina horrible to be honest, but after reading this I'm imagining it like one of those games that are kind of bad by usual standards and that you can't really recommend to anyone like you would recommend any other game, but that is just so unique and special in its own way that it sticks with you. Something like Pathologic maybe, but without the depression

I'm lazy, so I was hoping to find some comics-specific tool that searches the web for the right filenames.

I remember there being something like that for games on the Wii homebrew channel when I was a kid. You would select it from the menu and it would look online for the right name and cover

I live in Italy and don't really give much attention to latin poo songs, but it sure feels like it.

I have to say though that those are probably the ones that get here. I don't think that in Latin America there's no poo music for the rest of the year.

EDIT: obviously pop, not poo. I'm leaving the typo because it's funny. EDIT 2: GODDAMMIT I wrote poo TWO TIMES? What's wrong with my fingers?

Sì io ho vent'anni e ho visto gente fumare abitualmente le sigarette elettroniche usa e getta senza aver mai toccato tabacco in vita propria.

se vuoi un livello di qualità costruttiva decente devi prendere quelle per lo svapo professionali in acciaio inox

Neanche troppo, dai. Io la mia l'ho pagata una sessantina di euro ed è un compromesso perfetto tra il non avere il Millennium Falcon in tasca e il non fumare da un bastoncino che fa meno vapore dell'acqua sui fornelli.

Poi, facendo un discorso più generale sulle sigarette elettroniche, credo che l'approccio migliore sia di essere cauti e considerarle alla stregua del tabacco: le ricerche dicono tutto e il contrario di tutto, e in più se non sei del campo (come me e la maggior parte dell'utenza) non solo è difficile capire materialmente cosa dicono, ma è di fatto impossibile distinguere una ricerca autorevole da una che non lo è (oltre al classico metodo del "è citata da tutti, quindi cazzate non dirà", ma anche lì hai sempre il rischio di essere finito in una bolla di ricerche che si citano a vicenda), e con un argomento così sensibile è difficile anche affidarsi alla divulgazione.

Nella mia esperienza aneddotica posso dire che se mi capita di fumare un paio di sigarette (che se c'è di mezzo l'alcol è praticamente inevitabile) per le seguenti 24 ore o più ho il fiato corto, tensione al collo e un generale senso di stanchezza e malessere, stando attaccato alla sigaretta elettronica decisamente più di quanto dovrei invece nulla di tutto ciò. C'è da dire anche che la nicotina non è di per sé il problema (e anzi, ha proprietà quasi benefiche in alcuni ambiti) quanto piuttosto tutti i prodotti della combustione. Il punto è capire quanto dannose siano (perché di certo bene non fanno) le sostanze prodotte dalle sigarette elettroniche. Io nel mio piccolo ho smesso di usare gli aromi, perché da quel che so sono l'unico elemento variabile dei liquidi e ogni produttore fa un po' quello che vuole (in più uccidono le resistenze nella metà del tempo e, onestamente, se per anni non solo ho sopportato ma ho addirittura apprezzato il sapore di carta e tabacco bruciati non vedo la necessità di inalare "mix biscotto alla vaniglia e bubblegum tropicale" o cazzate simili, che sono solo un modo per fare fumare i minorenni imho)

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, and I hated it.

It takes a very cool premise, then fills it with incongruences and predictable twists that you understand chapters ahead of the protagonist. Then it all ends up being (SPOILERS AHEAD) a "humans used to literally talk to nature, modern society bad" mumbojumbo with some kind of unexplained multiverse in it.

What's the best thing that can happen to a singer?

Having a name that sounds good

La "comodità" è di non dover stare dietro a resistenze che si bruciano, vetrini che si rompono e liquidi che finiscono. Da ex fumatore incallito di tabacco e attuale fumatore di sigaretta elettronica classica, oltre che uno spreco inenarrabile mi sembra anche una cosa assolutamente inutile e fine a sé stessa: paghi sta cosa tipo 8 euro per una sigaretta elettronica con nicotina bassissima che se sei un fumatore dopo una giornata devi buttarla. Ho l'impressione che il loro mercato non siano neanche gli ex fumatori, ma chi il tabacco non l'ha neanche mai toccato

Thanks for the suggestion!

Since you look much more knowledgeable than me, could you help me understand how to navigate the overwhelming amount of different versions for every piece of music? For now I'm completely ignoring who's playing and conducting and sometimes I timidly try to listen to another version, usually just to come back to the comfort of the first version I listened

I recently started listening to classical and boy does it require a completely different listening approach! I'm listening almost exclusively to Mahler's No.5 since my attention fades away after the first movement and I need lots of listening to know what's actually going on

I live at the top of a hill and keep thinking "oh it'll take no time if I shield surf my way down"

La loro strategia è quella dell'Embrace, extend, and extinguish (EEE).

È essenzialmente un cavallo di troia per uccidere la concorrenza mentre è ancora in fasce. Bisognerebbe non solo evitare questo Threads come la peste, ma anche sabotarlo attivamente nel nostro piccolo scoraggiando la gente dallo scaricarlo.

Chiaramente non si può vincere una guerra contro un gigante e il corporate web è una realtà che non farà che rafforzarsi in futuro, ma l'obbiettivo è quello di preservare e fare crescere spazi come questo per garantire a chiunque lo voglia un internet diverso

I'm using Top 6 Hours since I'm trying to not use my phone that much, and when it gets boring I switch to Hot or New.

Sorting by New is particularly refreshing since the communitoes are smaller and it doesn't feel as a depressing ocean of posts no one will interact with.

I already commented on your older post so I'll just copy-paste what I wrote:

Let me tell you, if your interests keep changing and you’re easily bored, you’ll get bored of every new hobby you find. Thing is, boredom is inevitable even when we do things that are pleasurable, so you might as well find something you actually like and “elevate” yourself in some way (be it physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, you name it).

I’m a psychology student and I love what I study. Is is fun? No. Do I get bored often? Hell yeah. But god I love doing it, because at the end of the day I feel enriched and with a new perspective on the world. Every single time I decide to persevere through difficult or boring material instead of booting up a game or watching YouTube I feel so much more myself.

And mind you, I’m terrible at this. I struggle so much to keep myself from getting into the hyperstimulation rabbit-hole, and I often spend whole afternoons jumping from one thing to the other (not necessarly games/social media, often I keep jumping between books and articles and projects every 10 minutes without ever finishing anything), but it’s a process.

That said, I would suggest someting like music production. You can get as wild as you want with technicalities but it’s also creative. I recently discovered Pure Data and it scratched that itch of both doing something creative and learning something technical.

Whatever you choose, embrace the boredom! It’s part of everyone, it’s part of life. The hardest thing is getting started (e.g. I stayed up late to work on a new hobby and the next day I have no desire to get back to it, but as soon as I start doing it again for as long as ten minutes I’m absorbed again), often you’ll fail but it’s not a race. You could also get back to an hobby you started a while back but approach it from a different perspective (for me Pure Data did it with music production and coding), so that you’re not overwhelmed but don’t have that feeling of “already seen” neither.

On a side note, mandatory “are you seeking professional help” question. If you’re not, start doing it. If you already are, good job! It can feel slow at times, maybe you keep talking about the same thing (or change topic everytime) and feel like you’re not making progress, but it will yield its result in the long run!

Good luck with everything man! I know you’ll get something out of this situation :)

Loved this post, and I agree on everything. I don't really have anything to say, I'm just commenting to up this post hoping more people will comment :)

Sono un ingorantone eh, ma a quel punto non basta che una banca decida di abbassarle drasticamente per ottenere praticamente un monopolio?

Non so di cosa parli. Sono di Roma, e qui gli arcieri tirano le pietre

While I agree, I'd also like to point out that learning on YouTube, while an absolutely viable option, strenghtens different learning mechanisms than written sources. Also, using YouTube exposes you to what the platform wants you to do - that is, consume as much content as possible without necessarily getting anything out of it, which might get in the way of actually learning.

The main risk of, let's call it "Social media learning" is that it very easily (very very easily) turns into entertainment, which is the opposite of actually studying.

My spanish ain't that good but I agree with what you said. I just don't get why answer in spanish to a question written in english?

Let me tell you, if your interests keep changing and you're easily bored, you'll get bored of every new hobby you find. Thing is, boredom is inevitable even when we do things that are pleasurable, so you might as well find something you actually like and "elevate" yourself in some way (be it physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, you name it).

I'm a psychology student and I love what I study. Is is fun? No. Do I get bored often? Hell yeah. But god I love doing it, because at the end of the day I feel enriched and with a new perspective on the world. Every single time I decide to persevere through difficult or boring material instead of booting up a game or watching YouTube I feel so much more myself.

And mind you, I'm terrible at this. I struggle so much to keep myself from getting into the hyperstimulation rabbit-hole, and I often spend whole afternoons jumping from one thing to the other (not necessarly games/social media, often I keep jumping between books and articles and projects every 10 minutes without ever finishing anything), but it's a process.

That said, I would suggest someting like music production. You can get as wild as you want with technicalities but it's also creative. I recently discovered Pure Data and it scratched that itch of both doing something creative and learning something technical.

Whatever you choose, embrace the boredom! It's part of everyone, it's part of life. The hardest thing is getting started (e.g. I stayed up late to work on a new hobby and the next day I have no desire to get back to it, but as soon as I start doing it again for as long as ten minutes I'm absorbed again), often you'll fail but it's not a race. You could also get back to an hobby you started a while back but approach it from a different perspective (for me Pure Data did it with music production and coding), so that you're not overwhelmed but don't have that feeling of "already seen" neither.

On a side note, mandatory "are you seeking professional help" question. If you're not, start doing it. If you already are, good job! It can feel slow at times, maybe you keep talking about the same thing (or change topic everytime) and feel like you're not making progress, but it will yield its result in the long run!

Good luck with everything man! I know you'll get something out of this situation :)

As of now, 2 years would be enough. I would have enough money to get out of my parents house without them giving me money for a year so that I could study without working before I (hopefully) get my scholarship next year.

Sì continuo a ragionare come se a Roma non ci tornassi più, ma sicuramente scenderò a Natale se non prima, e c'è sempre l'opzione di farsi spedire le cose, motivo per cui voglio fare una sorta di inventario delle cose che lascio qui di modo che se serve qualcosa so in che scatola si trova.

L'idea di portare almeno 7 di tutto non è male, magari mi oriento più verso le 10 unità, almeno per magliette/camicie, per evitare di trovarmi in merda se esplode la lavatrice o mi macchio irrimediabilmente qualcosa.

Di console per fortuna ho solo la Switch (per un attimo ho pensato di portare la 360 ma è durata una frazione di secondo) ma il PC è un desktop con un vecchio stereo ingombrante al posto delle casse. Probabilmente mi servirà un viaggio solo per quello, e per le casse stavo pensando di prendere delle Logitec o simili una volta su così non mi impazzisco con quei tre mattoni di cui è composto lo stereo.

Mi resta il dubbio se portare o meno la sedia (che è parecchio comoda), ma anche quella è un'ammazzata non da poco e probabilmente rimanderò.

Grazie degli spunti!

Cazzarola volevo scriverla io nel post ma mi sono scordato

Wish the big three would come together for some type of preservation goal at the very least.

It's sad, but I doubt this will happen if it isn't profitable in some ways. We need an external organization to do this, as it happens with the preservation of every other media (at least I think)

Motorola Moto G8 Power Lite. It was €130, good battery, no bloatware, does all the things I need from a smartphone even if the touchscreen is starting to freak out from time to time. Probably need to change the display but I'm broke atm

Sounds good! I'm going to listen it on the way to work tomorrow morning!

No man please blame me, I gotta stop this vicious cycle of not being able to enjoy things I'm curious about

Yeah man, we Italians are unbearable when someone from other countries DARES to even THINK about modifying the holy recipe. And I kind of get it. I, too, cringe when I see people putting ketchup on their pasta or shit like that, but I eat sushi with Philadelphia cream cheese in it so what right do I have to criticize ketchup on some pasta or pineapple on a pizza (which is actually freaking good when done well)?

At the end of the day, the cool thing about cousine is how it changes and evolves around the world and through the years. Jesus, most of the recipes we consider "traditional" didn't even exist one or two centuries ago (some of which were invented, at least in part, by american soldiers in italy during WW2, and generally come from external influences).

We Italians are a bunch of snobby conservatives when it comes to eating. Well, we are a bunch of conservatives when it comes to anything, but that's another story.

P.S. This whole concept of topping and sauce is completely alien to me, here we have "white" (with no sauce) and "red" (with tomato sauce) pizzas, and put a bunch of stuff on it

Jesus fucking Christ, I'm Italian and when I was in Korea we tried a couple of pizzas (it's always fun to see how foreign countries make it) and they were all so damn sweet. Turns out they put sweet potatoes everywhere.

Potatoes and octopus doesn't sound bad tho! I'm not sure I've ever seen it but I sure would try it (if they're well cooked that is)

EDIT: typo