This an impossible choice, so I’ll take two: Ernie & Bert :)

I use Jami and Session. Interested to check out SimpleX Chat though.

It certainly is!

Celery makes all soups taste pro 👌

I’m afraid I can’t offer any recommendations but I just wanted to say how beautiful it is to think of you keeping track of each others heartbeats while you’re apart. That’s love

If you subscribe to hashtags for your interests from a Pixelfed account I’m sure you will find artists and art that you like. There are some wonderful artists on the Fediverse and it’s how I find most of the artists and art that I like these days.

Some that I particularly like right now:

• @rmiddleton.art@pixelfed.art - abstract expressionism

• @humanum@mastodon.art - digital watercolour ‘bio-fantasy’

• @atomicker@mstdn.ca - 1900s Japanese Shin-hanga prints from various artists

I sometimes see artists offering prints but I’m sure most artists would be approachable about making them for you if you’d like to buy one.

Thanks for being a moderator :)

This is a good one

Unless the people around you were also doing the same then I think you would still be exposed to polluted views and knowledge.

Do you find that Writefreely federates well? I’ve tried hosting it a couple of times but my accounts weren’t discoverable on many other Fediverse instances. I never got to the bottom of why. I really like it though and would love for it to work out.

For the price of a cheap VPS and a couple of hours setup you could run YUNOhost, which comes with email set up out of the box. It integrates perfectly with Thunderbird on desktop and android and you can install other cool stuff on it as well.

Installation is a bit more involved than signing up with a commercial email provider but I thought I’d mention it. I had no previous experience of server admin and was able to get it set up and my server is still going strong after nearly three years.

Check out Cherrytree. I use it for keeping track of literally everything in my life. It’s hierarchical and searchable and you can insert files as well as hyperlink to external files, URLS and other nodes internally. You can export the database in various formats and there is also the option to have it encrypted. You can theme it in the preferences to make it look nicer too (the default is a bit retro-looking). It’s free and open source and AFAIK you can open your database in other applications, so you’re not locked into it.

If you want to sync it across devices just use Syncthing or whatever file sync app you’re selfhosting.

I highly recommend it! Probably the most important application I have on my computer.

I don’t have any experience with bipolar but I just wanted to say how great it is to see all of this support and reassurance in the comments. This is the internet at its best.

Tomato and dry roasted peanuts 🤌

I never realised how few countries there are in Asia.

I was just borrowing it when I made the rip and was also using a borrowed drive to read it, so I’d rather try and fix the files I currently have. I tried ripping it more than once when I had it, so I just settled for what I got - only getting around to fixing it now!

I copied it using a borrowed external optical drive.

I’m not sure how to tell if I have all the data but the size of the directory contents is around 3.5 gigabytes which seems appropriate for length of video (1h45m).

Will try your suggestion in mpv 👍

If he keeps paying creditors back with interest then he will be regarded as a big walking cash machine.

People with an appetite for maintaining large long-term debt are ideal customers for them.

That’s good to know.

All of my own drives are encrypted except for a USB stick that I use for transferring files to a windows machine.

Hi America, the people around the world living through famines, wars and genocides would like to have a quiet word with you.