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  • I wouldn't mind paying for streaming services IF and ONLY IF they had everything day one just like Spotify works with music. I fucking hate paying for Netflix just to realize I can't watch something new as it's Paramount+ exclusive, and P+ doesn't even let me register in my country. Always sailing for anything video related.

  • So sweet
  • I have several counter-arguments to your statement.

    Firstly, I do not know who is calling me. We here don't share phone numbers with people unless it's a delivery service or family, and generally we use messengers like Telegram, where sharing phone number is not necessary at all, and most of the time people here don't share it. When someone is calling me, 99% of the time it's a scam call, useless advertisement, or some automated bs.

    Secondly, I do not respect someone taking my own time when another person feels like it. There is a reason for planning meetings at work ahead of time so that you can adjust your schedule accordingly. And phone calls ignore anything you have planned and can throw you out of your schedule for a minute or 30 minutes, you never know. I also consider texts much easier to understand if it's worth reacting right now or later. If I have a notification, I can know if I should react to it now or if I can postpone it for later. Most of the time calls aren't an emergency.

    Thirdly, texts allow discussions to be asynchronous, meaning if I receive a question, I can think about an answer and search for something before spitting out my response. This is usually much more productive than sitting on a line and thinking about something in real time.

    Texts also give you an option to attach additional context. No more "I'll send you a link", "I'll show you a pic" or "I'll check it after the call".

    It's not about hating calls or whatever. It's more about the fact that texts are much more flexible and productive.

  • (Easy) ways to help struggling open source projects
  • Sometimes an open source project is too niche for anyone to take notice. I myself am developing a networking reliability layer ported from C to modern C++ and I've yet to see a person use it except yours truly. Sad truth.

  • Discord to start showing ads in the coming week after resisting for almost a decade
  • This. Open source apps are generally awful at presenting themselves to a broader audience.

    Even for me, who's technical enough, an app being FOSS is not enough to even bother checking out. Yes, I've said it. Sorry, tinfoils, but I do put features above else. And, want it or not, general public does the same: if the featureset is not clear enough at first glance, and an app doesn't explicitly provide clarity on what it does and how it is better than competition, most people aren't even checking it out.

  • Meet my pet tarantula. His name is Carl.
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    Not that he's a fan of moving at all but after a long transportation he decided to go for a walk.

    Called him Carl cause his colors reminded me of GTA San Andreas, lol.

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    New and shiny Tag Hauer Carrera Chronograph

    39mm, also known as Glassbox Reverse Panda. Gorgeous watch!

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    What do you miss from the old internet?
  • Widespreadness of local provider networks even if you have not paid for the internet access. You could literally download and watch movies, play games and etc by just using DC++ for local provider network file sharing, servers of which they freaking hosted by themselves.

  • ImKcpp - C++20 header-only implementation of KCP protocol
    github.com GitHub - Gallardo994/imkcpp at dev

    C++20 header-only implementation of KCP protocol with improvements ontop - GitHub - Gallardo994/imkcpp at dev

    GitHub - Gallardo994/imkcpp at dev

    KCP is an algorithmic transport protocol which provides reliability and sequencing for unreliable channels like UDP. By algorithmic it means it doesn't care about sockets, and even clock has to be provided externally.

    It uses fast acknowledgements and has basic congestion+flow control, has an overhead of 24 bytes per packet/ack, but survives bad network conditions much better than TCP and doesn't require retransmitting all packets after the lost one, making it viable for realtime games.

    Original code is written in C and hasn't been updated for a while so I decided to bring my own spin. Also fixed several bugs in the meantime.

    This is my personal project which is currently in active development, but it has passed internal tests in our team and is considered semi-ready for production use. Basic tests for sanity checks are included.

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    Happy new owner of Breitling Superocean Heritage II 42

    The second watch in my collection. And the strap is just awesome!

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    Raymond Weil Freelancer Diver

    My first post in this community! Hope more people join in.

    I've been owning this watch for about a year or a year and a half, still looking brand new! The only thing I'd want is a bidirectional bezel instead of unidirectional, but that's just a nitpick.

    It survived seawater, several sauna visits and accidental door knob hits. Trying to be as gentle with it as I can, but sometimes I just keep forgetting to take it off, and looks like it can handle people like me.

    Big question to everyone: how do you clean your watch? I use warm water + soap but that doesn't feel too effective, especially in-between the strap joints.

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