I used to use Standard Notes for a while (didn’t self-host the server) but for various reasons switched over to Joplin, syncing the data between devices with Syncthing.

The Bluesky user experience is lightyears ahead of Mastodon.

I feel like Facebook is much worse for that, but I haven’t touched Facebook in many years so I couldn’t tell you why I feel that way.

Wait what, Syncthing is dead? But it’s what I use!

I’ll keep running W10 on my current machine, but when I build the next one I’m very seriously considering going Linux. My only concern is that many of the software I use regularly don’t have Linux versions.

It’s good for when you want to keep up with what people or organizations you’re interested in are up to. Artists, authors, game developers, etc.

It sucks for any kind of in-depth content or conversation, including politics.

Yeah, I’m very confused by the “8 pets are allowed” and “4 pets are allowed”, it reads to me like “You can have 8 pets as long as you have at most 4 pets” which obviously makes no sense.

Initialisms are a type of acronym. All initialisms are acronyms but not all acronyms are initialisms.

What fell off was a plug filling in an optional emergency exit location. It was a regular row of seats because the plane didn’t have the optional emergency exit installed (it is only required for high density passenger cabin configurations).

Japan has various earthquake notification systems. Tweets are just one more way to get the information to the people on a platform they use.

Short blast: BANG!

Long blast: BAAAAAANG!

Hope that helps

Like the old joke goes, “when I’m watching anime and my mom walks in, I alt tab to porn because it’s easier to explain”

It's not the exact same thing, but I've definitely been drawn out of what I'm watching because of compression artifacts.

The only Google feature I haven’t found a passable alternative for is location history.

I’ve been waiting for this!