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What podcasts have you been listening to the most during the year? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

The one podcast I listen to every week as it comes out is Lateral, a trivia show hosted by Tom Scott with rotating guests.

Other than that, I have a thing for casual and conversational history podcasts, including:

The Lesser Bonapartes (old but gold, the full backlog's only available on spotify under the title 'From the desk of Glen')
Dead Ideas
Some 'leader ranking' podcasts with the same formula: Rex Factor (British monarchs), Totalus Rankium (Roman Emperors and then American Presidents) and Pontifacts (Popes)

What podcasts have you been listening to the most during the year? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

Make sure to follow it up with Robin Pearson's History of Byzantium. He's still centuries away from done, but I like it even better than Mike Duncan's after it gets going.

Is there a community for instrument learners, particularly piano/keyboard? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago

You're welcome!! Hope it serves you and your cousin well :)

Is there a community for instrument learners, particularly piano/keyboard? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Carl Humpfries's Piano Handbook and Piano Improvisation Handbook are great, and cover enough for even an absolute beginner. I like noodling around with no previous musical knowledge, and they work very well for that. I think both include pretty decent sections on rhythms, and discuss pretty varied styles.

Problem with KDE+Nvidia+Proton in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've never had this as an issue with KDE. Do you have the command for prime render offloading on the Steam launch options? I usually launch my games through Lutris and it handles that pretty well.

Yet Another Distro Recommend request in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

I usually prefer having any side machines running something more stable than the main one, as I'm always bound to use and mantain them less often.

Good luck finding something more stable than Debian tho. Maybe something like LMDE, that just got a new version out and is looking great, or trying out an immutable distro.

Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Don't patents expire faster than copyright tho?

Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Here's the Oukitel OT5 with 12" 2K display and 11,000 mAh battery - GSMArena in c/android@lemdro.id

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

At $200, what's the catch?

What feature are you dying for to come to your DE - Linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The one the Gnome team is working on right now, as described here.

The basic premise of rearranging windows at an optimal size, without stretching them out to fill fractions of the screen, seems like the perfect medium between floating and tiling.

What feature are you dying for to come to your DE - Linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm not a Gnome user, but I'm geniunely hyped for the new tiling feature. If KDE doesn't get something similar soon I might change DE just for that.

More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit | CNN in c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

[–] sapo@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago

The Amazon is so close to the Equator that the seasons don't really affect the temperature that much. The main difference is that southern hemisphere winter is the dry season, hence the drought issues right now.

Not to downplay the role of climate change and deforestation, of course.