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It does what now? Why would it do that?

That's not true, all my files are stored on onedrive nowadays, which is super fast and responsive. Oh wait... it's actually slow and laggy and randomly deletes stuff from your pc and you're not even allowed to give your files perfectly normal names like .aux files in a LaTeX project.

Convenient indexed search was the only real improvement Windows made since XP and now they've ruined it. Windows XP is once again superior.

At least we have Everything for local search.

Reading online fanfiction is free. Sure, the quality varies, but I can quit any time I want. I just don't want to.

Recently I was sitting in a bus for hours. My Steam Deck was already empty. Bravely, I decided to finally continue reading Dune. I was enjoying the experience (after the initial confusion from forgetting who everyone was). But somehow, despite being interested in what was written, my brain constantly wanted more stimulation. To grab the slate of glass that provides endless dopamine. To click buttons. To have a constant stream of simple information.

I'm kinda scared tbh. This shit is an addiction, and I'm addicted. But most other people around me seem just as much or even more addicted. What happened to just being able to do something for an hour without feeling the need for different stimulation. We're all poisoning or minds until we're incapable of paying attention for more than a few seconds.

I do this because all too often book print is tiny whereas I can adjust font size on a digital page.

I love physical books, but accessibility is sometimes a problem.

What's the problem with that? You're still reading, it's not like you aren't improving yourself.

I mean, even if you're reading smut, it's still good for you from a physical and mental health perspective because reading strengthens your mind, helps you empathize with others, and also reduces your stress.

I do this on my intranet with home assistant, looks like I flew just under the radar

But that would require getting up off my sofa and walking across the living room.

And often cheaper as they aren't getting gouged by apps. My local pizzeria happily said ' call us direct and you'll get a discount'

But I might want to not use this doctor for my yearly specialty visits for the first time in over a decade!

If you type it the search bar, it pulls up a calculator with the answer on it. I do it all the time.

Search engine UI is better for it than most default calculators. I use Kubuntu and KCalc is usually pretty crap in comparison.

Say I want to calculate 220480*(1.05^23-1.05^22). Now I want to 220480*(1.05^24-1.05^23), doing that in KCalc requires awkwardly typing out the entire thing again. Doing it in duckduckgo I just change 23 and 22 to 24 and 23.

But I also don't use a calculator often enough to look for a better one to install.

Analog masturbation just hits different. Or so I've been told

Store passwords.

I gotta disagree. It's much harder to do this well offline. Losing access to a password database would be detrimental, so it's not something I recommend doing purely locally.

I've had the thought to go back to downloaded files but discovering new artists/song is just so easy with a streaming service. It's not like I add new songs to my playlist every day, but I do it enough that I'm not listening to the same songs over an over. I don't really have an idea on how that would keep going when switching.

Masturbating would imply physical genital stimulation, something that the Internet cannot perform.