I’ve been enjoying the launcher 10 launcher on my phone for more than two years now. Whenever I change my launcher, I keep going back to it. I find it to be so productive for my use. And the windows 10 live tiles ui is also great.

Yes, exactly.

Nowadays I’m using tubular which is newpipe with sponsor block and youtube dislike incorporated.

mastodon.social. Don’t know about censorship though.

I’ve had zero issues watching YouTube on Firefox with ublock origin. Not one warning received,no performance issues.

Absolutely. They’ll be the winners.

Truly dystopian

Voyager and TNG. Best shows for putting me into a good mood.

Very interesting. I prefer to actually own the books I buy, so I always remove DRM from the ebooks which I purchase. And Amazon is trying its best to make the process as difficult as possible. At least using Calibre, it can be done only on older kindle pc versions.

Ooh such a cutie pie

It’s UI is my favourite amongst the apps I’ve tried out

Mobile: (android) mull browser with ublock origin, adguard adblocker, privacy badger along with privacy settings on strict. Also, access youtube using the app tubular. PC: (windows) : Firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger.

Same. Didn’t even get any youtube pop-ups regarding adblocker detection. Also no slowing down observed (as was reported in some articles a while back).

Wow so there’s a Trek inspired Black Mirror episode? Will need to check it out.

Here’s the quote, slightly longer:

"THANK YOU, BOY, said the skull. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? ‘Uh,’ said Mort. ‘Mortimer . . . sir. They call me Mort.’ WHAT A COINCIDENCE, said the skull. HELP ME UP, PLEASE.”

Also it’s damn funny when Death is speaking with Mort’s father about taking him on as an apprentice. The whole exchange (just a few extracts) is hilarious:

“ I WAS OFFERING YOUR BOY A POSITION, said Death. I TRUST THAT MEETS WITH YOUR APPROVAL? ‘What was your job again?’ said Lezek, talking to a black-robed skeleton without showing even a flicker of surprise. I USHER SOULS INTO THE NEXT WORLD, said Death. ‘Ah,’ said Lezek, ‘of course, sorry, should have guessed from the clothes. Very necessary work, very steady. Established business?’ I HAVE BEEN GOING FOR SOME TIME, YES, said Death.”

“‘Where did you say your business was?’ said Lezek. ‘Is it far?’ NO FURTHER THAN THE THICKNESS OF A SHADOW, said Death. WHERE THE FIRST PRIMAL CALL WAS, THERE WAS I ALSO. WHERE MAN IS, THERE AM I. WHEN THE LAST LIFE CRAWLS UNDER FREEZING STARS, THERE WILL I BE.”

"‘He’s a good lad at heart,’ said Lezek. ‘A bit dreamy, that’s all. I suppose we were all young once.’ Death considered this. NO, he said, I DON’T THINK SO.”

Later, Death’s curry appreciation is also so funny:

"Death leaned over the saddle and looked down at the kingdoms of the world. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.”

"‘What’s a curry?’ The blue fires flared deep in the eyes of Death. HAVE YOU EVER BITTEN A RED-HOT ICE CUBE? ‘No, sir,’ said Mort. CURRY’S LIKE THAT.”

I would suggest The Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds. One of my favourite scifi series. Others include the Hyperion series and the Dune series. I would also like to mention a series which is not that well-known but I enjoyed it: the suneater series.

Definitely second The Revelation Space series. Also enjoyed “Inhibitor Phase” which came out recently.

Just watched the first episode yesterday. Really enjoyed it and look forward to watching the whole season.

I found that the best way to enjoy/find content on Mastodon is to follow hashtags. Think keywords of whatever you are interested to see in your feed and search different variations of those keywords. Browse those hashtags and follow them if the content seems interesting.

Oh she’s such a cutie!