There is a recent thread discussing Evernote alternatives at https://beehaw.org/post/986939
Personally I exported my notes from Evernote, imported them to Joplin, and setup Syncthing to handle synchronization of note content between my devices. Not exactly a trivial setup but not difficult either. Also fully open source and much more secure.
Stray. There were lots of times I'd perch up high and look around at everything going on below.
Link to your URL on your home instance, e.g. https://mastodon.something/@myname
There is some more Tensor G3 info here: https://blog.google/products/pixel/google-tensor-g3-pixel-8/
Biggest takeaway from that is that the Pixel 8/8 Pro will once again have secure Face Unlock that's been missing since the 4/4XL.
I ordered an 8 Pro to upgrade from my 4XL, along with some Pixel Buds Pro. I already had a Pixel Watch last year and it still works great, so now I can pass that old one on to someone else.
I can see someone being undewhelmed if they already had a 6 or 7, but for those of us coming from farther back it's still quite an upgrade, and unlike other OEMs, it's still the whole Pixel software experience.
With 7 full years of OS updates, too, maybe I can keep this one going even longer. My 4XL is still decent, the battery is starting to show its age but otherwise it runs well, just no more updates.
Except if there is the possibility of it happening without their knowledge/consent, the other person could use even the name for further social engineering. It's better to not give out any information automatically. Granted the user has to approve a Name Drop share but the screen does display the user's contact info that would be shared either way, so if the phone is visible to the person trying to obtain the info, they'd still be able to see it even if the target doesn't approve the share.
It is a bit overhyped since it's not like someone shady can go around sniffing everyone's contacts automatically, but it's still worth tuning off for anyone who is privacy or security conscious.
Happy to see it return. I would have really missed secure face unlock going from a 4XL to 8 Pro. Though I doubt the 8 Pro will work in complete darkness like the 4XL could.
I don't understand the recent trends of ditching the upper camera bezel and doing questionable things like cutouts, islands, etc. that disturb the dimensions of the screen in odd ways. Did people really dislike having a dedicated area just for the camera and other sensors? I'd rather have a complete uninterrupted screen and upper bezel.
I got tired of maintaining WordPress and PHP and so on for mine when I rarely use it, so I moved it all to Jekyll and I've been very happy with it. Jekyll is a static site generator, so I write content in Markdown and then generate the site and deploy it by copying it to the server. It's all static content so not only is it super fast, it's a lot less to worry about, security-wise.
After Evernote announced the price hike a month or so ago I started researching alternatives. I looked into a bunch of different apps/services but decided I did not want to get locked into another proprietary system subject to enshittification. So my main criteria were:
Both Joplin and Logseq fit the criteria and were good in my testing when combined with Syncthing to copy files around securely. There are a ton of other options out there but they didn't fit one or more of my wants.
Joplin is a VERY easy transition from Evernote. It can import notes exported from Evernote, has a similar interface, and doesn't take much getting used to.
Logseq is interesting but it's going to take time to get used to its workflow since it's so different. I watched a couple hours worth of videos on its use and it that style may just not be for me.
I went with Syncthing because that means the notes never leave my devices, so there is no need to depend on a server or worry about the security/integrity of the note content. The downside is that syncing outside the house isn't so simple, though it can be nudged to work over a VPN. Not for everyone.
After spending a week or so being happy with Joplin+Syncthing I canceled my Evernote subscription and went back to the free tier, but honestly I haven't even opened it since doing that. I haven't needed anything in it that I couldn't do in Joplin.
They still have a free tier but it's locked way down (2 devices only, and accessing the web site counts as a different "device" from each system).
I like them both for different reasons and in different ways. In BOTW I liked the champions better, felt more of a connection to them. Also Revali's Gale was the best. In TOTK, I am really loving the device building and fusing in general. I miss some of the weapons from BOTW but it's great being able to fuse different objects for different effects.
You can cheese both in various ways if you want (Revali's Gale, or a Hover Bike, can get you pretty much anywhere).
TOTK seems to have a lot more stuff around everywhere, on the ground, in the depths, and the sky. It's even more fun to explore than it was in BOTW in some cases. Also Tears of the Kingdom / Tiers of the Kingdom is a great pun/double meaning.
Also the froggy suit finally lets you climb wet surfaces (and ice) without slipping.
I don't like the grinding materials to upgrade armor in either one, though. So TOTK wins because I'm a cheating cheater who refuses to update the game so I can keep duping materials as I don't have months to spend hunting down and killing monsters.
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I wouldn't pick it over Fira Code but it has a bit of whimsy to it that reminds me of Comic Mono.
Inertia was carrying me as well. First it was $35 for premium, then $70 for several years, and then last month they announced it was going up to $130 and that's when I bailed.
At $70 it wasn't too bad and I stayed the last year or so also because they actually published a native Linux app that worked on par with the Windows and macOS app. I won't say it worked great because since they moved it all to Electron or whatever it's been slow/clunky all around. But at least it was available and consistent.
Exactly my thoughts. I see people making such a fuss over the colors offered for the phone itself, too. I don't really care about the color as long as it works well, it's going in a case anyhow.
Hopefully they do a PC port of this one, too, eventually. The first game (and Miles Morales) worked great on Steam Deck.
I remember back when this was going around as cokegift.exe in the 90s.
I hope so! Allegedly they have made it easier to swap out the battery on the 8/8 Pro as well but I'll believe it when I see it. Google said in the keynote that they are partnering with ifixit for replacement parts and so on. You can already get parts from ifixit for older pixels but the process is rather complex.
From what I've seen the preorders should open up on October 4th at some point during or just after the Google event which starts at 10AM Eastern time.
Came here to say SteamOS as well. I am surprised more people aren't saying it. But the thing is, the Steam Deck works so well I have to wonder how many people don't know/care the OS it runs, or maybe they have forgotten it's running Linux, or maybe they know but don't consider themselves "Linux Gamers" just because they are using it.
Sort of like how people playing on a Switch or PS3/4/Vita are technically FreeBSD gamers deep down.
You can export notebooks directly from Evernote, and then some apps can import them from there. I know Joplin can but there are some others as well.
If that is the case then it's better but I'd still shut it off and err on the side of caution. The Apple demo video does not mention needing Air Drop enabled, only that both users need to be signed into iCloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZL5D1k-4aI
I thought you could but apparently not, unless I'm not seeing it. I was thinking of the desktop app on Linux/Windows/macOS.
It threw me off since it's not just a plain text editor but renders some of the formatting even when editing markdown.
You can toggle the editor to be WYSIWYG only and then you won't see Markdown source.
I was tempted by the 7 Pro last year but my 4XL still works really well. After being without updates so long, though, it's hard to justify staying on it any longer.
She's hosted a couple times and been OK, but it felt like she wasn't all that happy doing it. She may be ready to retire as well after 40+ years. Still she may end up there for a bit while they decide. I get the feeling they're setting up Pat's daughter to take over for Vanna.
Going back and forth between Little Kitty, Big City and Tape to Tape.
There are quite a few post-game things I need to do in LKBC but I'm trying to spread things out so I don't rush through it all.
I've maxed out just about everything in Tape to Tape but still have some achievements left.
zettlr looks interesting, pity there isn't an Android app at least.
I may give zettlr a spin for some other Markdown uses, though. It might be handy for use with Jekyll
I wanted to use Syncthing so I didn't need a server involved and didn't want to work off mapped drives/network shares. The client devices all handle the syncing themselves so the files are local on every device and kept in sync within a reasonable time period and if they can't connect for a bit, that's fine, they can work on the local files and sync up next time I'm back on the home network.
If your NAS has a similar function it can do that natively. Joplin can sync using files on the device filesystem which is how Syncthing works but it also supports syncing through a variety of other servers/services, such as Nextcloud. It's very flexible in that way.
So essentially you can do it however you choose to do it since they are just plain text files being copied around.
I have 5 different Orange Pi devices of varying types and they all work well. I don't have the higher end one that was competing with the Pi 4 and such, but some of the smaller/low end ones. They all run Armbian and do what they need to do for me without any fuss. Given my experience with the smaller ones if I needed something faster now I wouldn't have any reservations about buying the bigger ones.
The main problem I had was finding reputable sellers, even when I did find one it only shipped from China. Took them a while to get here but otherwise it was fine. I think the more popular/faster models may have some resellers on Amazon that ship from the US now.
Each note in Joplin is a separate Markdown file so there is only a real chance of conflict if two clients edit the same note at the same time. That is much more sync-friendly than an encrypted password database file.
I have yet to hit a conflict but it's just me editing notes and I don't usually use multiple things in the same note at once. I did have a problem getting syncthing to work well on my phone (a pixel with newer Android) where it worked OK on my tablet and other devices. I had to hardcode the address of my laptop in syncthing settings on my phone and then it seems to be happy that way.
Here are a few things I haven't seen mentioned but have a significant quality of life improvement for me:
I agree, it's great on the Steam Deck. I played for a bit on my laptop and it was fine there but it was a much better experience on the Deck.
I've been looking into Logseq and Joplin over the last week or so, trying to figure out how I want to migrate away from Evernote since they are massively increasing their prices.
What I like about Logseq and Joplin both is that at their core it's just Markdown files and you can sync them around in a number of different ways however you feel like, including self-hosting, various cloud providers, or locally and securely via syncthing (which is what I chose). With syncthing the content of the notes is never exposed during transit and it's never stored anywhere I don't control.
At the moment I've moved almost entirely over to Joplin since it's pretty close to Evernote, but I do plan on trying to use Logseq and see how I like its journaling/block tagging type approach.
I went around and unlocked all the towers and found all the stables before I did 3/4 of the regional quests and ended up with it pretty early on. I haven't needed it that many times, but it's been invaluable the few times I needed it.
It looks alright. I might give it a try. I tested out a bunch of different mono fonts recently and landed on Fira Code. I'm still getting used to ligatures but so far I'm liking it more than I expected.
He's trying to make zombo.com, but with an X.
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