C++ Software Engineer Big interest in OpenSource communities for years now. 20+ years linux user. But a newbies in fediverse, had heard about it before but needed the help of twitter (for mastodon) and reddit changes to give a real try. Also a fan of Stephen King books. Was [email protected]
Indeed just issuing a warning at connection or so “keep in mind to drive safely and keep an eye on the road” would be more appropriate IMHO. There is the same kind of restrictions with Waze, you cannot access the keyboard when driving and are forced to use the speech recognition which is often difficult (especially in foreign countries where street names are in foreign language).
Reading Ball Lightning, by Cixin Liu. For now, I find it a bit less good than the Remembrance of the Earth’s past trilogy I read before.
Just finished Death’s End, by Cixin Liu which is the last volume of Remembrance of Earth’s past trilogy (better known from the title of the first book The three body problem). I enjoyed very much the 3 novels, great Sci-fi and I also learned many things about Chinese culture through translator notes. (note: I’ve not seen the Netflix show before reading it, because I hate watching movies about novels I have not read, it block too much the mental image I do reading the book, therefore limiting the amazement of reading).
Next, I decided not to read the fan fiction sequel but rather what is presented as a prequel: Ball Lightning, by Cixin Liu.
So simple, no images, no videos, no bullshit this just works… Now mainly out of habits and because I have some friends on it… Also some nostalgia about the time internet was more than http and so on
Using a self-hosted thelounge too and, as alternative if my home connection drop or so, I have irssi in termux.
Of course, it’s the best proto for chat, I use it actively everyday since 1997.
No, I always prefer reading novels before any movie/show because otherwise it disturbs the way I imagine the characters.
Just finished The dark forest, by Cixin Liu. As far as I read this sci-fi trilogy, I think I enjoy it very much. Now starting the last novel in the series, Death’s End, by Cixin Liu.
As of now, I backup stuff (mainly pictures) from my phone to a linux file server using rsync in termux (launched through the tasker plugin and automate). I search a replacement to get rid of the automate application that I need only for that, is not Foss and require to run in background in order to use it. Do you think Syncthing can deserve my use case ? Of course I can RTFM but…
The Three-Body Problem, by Cixin Liu
Not sure, people outside IT world, at least in my country, still speak about the “Microsoft crash” and don’t know at all about Crowdstrike. Now that make me think that MS will probably try to sue them for the “ravages” to their corporate image.
About 1/3 in The three-body problem, by Cixin Liu. Enjoying it so far, the only drawback is that I’m a bit lost between characters names but that’s not so rare for me. I think I’ll read the trilogy this summer.
I take note of The Passage for future, as an amateur of S. King stuff I might enjoy it, thanks.
My son read miss peregrine and liked it very much. He just started the sequel. Hope you enjoy it as much as him.
Just finished Behind her eyes, by Sarah Pinborough. Found it very nice, a good page turner. The ending was unexpected.
I don’t know yet what will be next (probably I’ll find in this conversation or another from this community as almost always).
Oh yeah, yet another site to ruin my productivity. Very nice.
If it doesn’t exist, just create one ;)
I use SimpleHttp server but it’s not open source and available only on play store. I use this to download epub from my e-reader after having downloaded them on my phone. Now I will look into foss solutions proposed in this Post, through termux or other apps, thanks.
Edit: indeed with termux + caddy + termux widget it’s just perfect
I finished Ball Lightning, by Cixin Liu. Enjoyed it but since I read the Three Body problem trilogy just before, my expectations were too high, because this one is less thrilling.
I started and read one third of Accelerando by Charles Stross but I stopped there because I was lost and not appreciating that much. Might reread it when I have more time, I think the issue is that the story is kind of difficult to follow and since I had to split in short and time apart reading sessions, I was not able to follow it.
Now, I started The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, not very long into it but I think it will please me.