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Pons_Aelius, (edited ) in What is the last m̶e̶ Book you have read?

Last one I finished was Look to Windward by Iain Banks.

Yes, I enjoyed it. I read it every 18 months or so. It is my favourite Banks novel.

Currently reading:

Fiction: The galaxy and the ground within by Becky Chambers.

Non Fiction: Twelve Caesars, Images of power from the ancient to the modern by Mary Beard

First read of both novel and author for both fiction and nonfiction.

Nemo,

Wow, I’m also reading Banks and Chambers right now. I just finished Record of a Spaceborn Few and The State of the Art.

AmidFuror, in What's your favorite ship (fictional couple that is not canon, not boat)?

Peanut butter and chocolate

starbreaker, in Barbarians of the fediverse, how about y'all move on from massive axes?
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How about a M61A1 Vulcan 20mm rotary cannon?

starbreaker, in How often do you read fiction and how do you manage to do it?
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I keep part of my TBR pile in the crapper and a read a few pages every time I use the toilet.

starbreaker, in Wich B&W movie has surprisingly not aged ?
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Seven Samurai still holds up. Also, the original Godzilla.

Onii-Chan, in You just woke up and it’s actually July 14, 2013. What do you do?
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Legitimately invest a shitload into Bitcoin before cashing out at the top of the last bull market we just had (waiting a good number of years until then just having fun being young.) I'd then buy a plot of land in the middle of nowhere, set it up to be completely off-grid (as much as can be done, anyway), and then live happily in peaceful isolation while the world burns itself to the fucking ground and I hopefully die before I hit 60.

Unfortunately I didn't do any of that in 2013, so I'm still working on step one here in 2023... whatever the hell the right move is in 2023.

Nepenthe, in You just woke up and it’s actually July 14, 2013. What do you do?
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Same course it took the first time, only sped up by three years:

• Confront my "fiancee" about what the fuck his problem is, and make clear that if the relationship keeps going like this, there's no point in keeping it.

He won't care any more than he did the first time around. He was too pigheaded for that and he never believed I'd actually do it. But I would have given him an overt shot.

• A bit more mindful of the bc, perhaps.

• Take an ex-friend up on their romantic offer much more quickly. I wasn't ready to jump back in at the time, but in my head I would now have been single for years.

He'd probably have the same reaction to this that he had last time — evaporating from my life completely — but I figure I might as well while we're still talking and I'm not going to lose anything I haven't already lost.

• Consider transportational/long-distance options in regards to the same college as before, as I am magically aware of one single existing career option that I'm actually passionate about instead of just performing for sustenance. Don't drop out this time.

Also fight tooth and nail to take A/P like the requirements suggest is necessary. There is a fuck up either in their system or in the counselor's brain.

• Call my dad/accept one of his calls.

He has an impossibly hard time not being abusive at pure random, and I don't think there was ever any choice I could make that he wouldn't find fault with. Telling him all the above may make him proud but probably not. But he kills himself next year and he turns out to be the parent that loved me.

• Persuade him about/do not dawdle on what little he leaves you in the will he never signs.

• Put your inheritance in the stock market where it belongs, not in "good people" who "really need the help" so they aren't "legit starving bro" like you're starving. Two legs bad.

• Cry substantially and more than once. The best baby kitty you will ever meet is at the helpless mercy of someone you don't want to share a state with, much less "date" in order to care for her.

What do we do. She has no one else, so now she has no one. Do we have an obligation to pretend, in the hopes of taking the cat when we leave?

HubertManne, in You just woke up and it’s actually July 14, 2013. What do you do?
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put a bet on the cubs for 2016

btaf45, in You just woke up and it’s actually July 14, 2013. What do you do?

Save the country. I can't say how.

rhythmisaprancer, in Is there an Android app existing that lets you both browse Kbin and browse whatever link posted in Kbin inside the same Kbin browser app?
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I didn't know there were any apps for kbin, but using a browser to begin with, it seems pretty seamless. The link opens, then I hit back and I am back at the thread.

I did see after looking aroind that Artemis has an app, is that what you are using?

Damaskox,
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I don't have a kbin app installed at the moment.
I have something for Lemmy though

rhythmisaprancer,
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What browser are you using? I am using a Firefox fork and it basically does what you want, I don't need to specifically close the tab.

Damaskox,
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I have Vivaldi on my phone

rhythmisaprancer,
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Mull doesn't open the link in a new tab for me if you are interested in trying a different browser. Or you could try Artemis but I have no experience with that.

Damaskox,
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Artemis is also a browser?

rhythmisaprancer,
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So far as I know, Artemis is an app for kbin. I don't k ow how it handles links tho. It may open them in the app (which I believe is what you want) or it may open them in a browser (which sounds like what you are experiencing now).

What are you using to browse kbin that opens these tabs? Vivaldi?

Damaskox, (edited )
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I haven't used kbin on my phone yet.
Only on the computer.

Just downloaded the app.
It seems that kbin is locked within. Google said something about open beta incoming.
So I cannot test the browser thing yet.

rhythmisaprancer,
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Wait, you said you don't have an app installed, and now you do? You also alluded to using your phone, my bad for not being more direct.

I still think you're better off using a browser, whether you are on mobile or computer. I'm also sorry to see nobody else chiming on since I am really out of my league here in no-app, never have used reddit land haha.

Damaskox,
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Yeah I didn't have any kbin apps in the beginning of these conversations.
I tested Artemis out at your third reply 🙂

rhythmisaprancer,
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Ya sorry, I was starting to get on over my head enough that I don't think I was keeping track of what you were saying AND what I was saying so got confused there.

So Artemis works on a computer? I didn't know that! I use Firefox on computer and Mull on mobile and haven't experienced the "symptoms" you were bringing up but also may not have as nice of an interface.

What was the open beta thing you found?

snownyte, in Is Kbin trying to be a one-stop shop for the Fediverse?
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This is like asking if whether or not KBin or Lemmy will be on the same levels as Reddit/Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp/Twitter within a year.

The answer is no, not yet, it'll take time and it'll have to be one thing at a time.

glittalogik, in What's something that sounds made up, but is completely true?
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TonyHawksPoTater, in Wich B&W movie has surprisingly not aged ?
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I came into this thread to say 12 Angry Men, but because OP already named it I'll say A Face in the Crowd. It stars Andy Griffith as an egomanic drunk who finds fame as a radio star and later TV personality, and uses it to leverage the public opinion to the point where he himself is meeting with high level government officials. It's a chilling chronicle of one man's descent into madness and eventual self-destruction by his own doing, all for a taste of fame and power. Lonesome Rhodes is a near opposite character to that of Sherriff Andy Taylor; this movie really opened my eyes to Andy Griffith's incredible range.

bradboimler, in What is your favorite websites ?
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solowolf, in What's the most cynical profession ever ?

This might be broad the sciences like biology or physics but for context I have a few friends who is a science teacher and a physics job. Unsure what the other guy really does. All they talk about is how the other is better. That everyone else job is a lower class then them. I do computer science they say it isn't a science but always ask for computer support.

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