😀 Tom Life is just so much better when things are organized.
🏒 Lucian Marin I like the iPhone Air. Who else wants one?
😀 Tom I don't use Apple devices, but it seems like people want a shorter & narrower, not thinner, iPhone (including my mom).
🏒 Lucian Marin It's crazy how much big pharma is fighting berberine for weight loss and metabolic health. They lose billions of dollars because people want to be healthy after taking big pharma meds. Deleted posts on Reddit, nothing to be found on YouTube, banned search and hashtags on TikTok, articles from big US universities telling us is unsafe. I also found Rhodiola for reducing visceral fat and suppressing appetite. So, I'm gonna take them both and report back.
😀 Tom How is it going? (How is it going with these meds, and how is life going in general?)
🐵 George it's inevitable by default, enthropy and shit. but we're loooooong way from there right now. also, there is no greater irony than reading about enshittification at the 'build your workflow with AI' company website.
😀 Tom , I'm lazy and need you to add AI to write my posts here for me. kthxbye!
😀 Tom It's funny, at work, I will do something better, and then other people will copy it. The latest instance I noticed: On my breaks, I use my phone as a hotspot, and just named the hotspot "Phone" and now hotsposts that were named like things such as "John's iPhone" are now just "iPhone" or "iPhoned".
😀 Tom My Facebook account was locked over the name, have send a demand letter to their legal to fix it.
🐵 David Just realised I got this account over 10 years ago already. Where did the time go?!
😀 Tom My 11th Subversary is coming up in November :-)
Alessandro What books are you reading currently?
😀 Tom The ExForce series by Craig Alanson. Aliens invade, and Joe Shmoe turns the tables in the galaxy with the help of a beer can. I'm on book 16 (I think) and it's still pretty good.
😀 Tom Happy 10-year Subversary to me!
🦇 Arr Late to the party, but unbelievable, that a single server survived so long. Or more precise, a login on it. With one rename of said server, I guess. Congrats on your persistance.
🏒 Lucian Marin I think I will shut down Sub this time. New social networks can do more than I can do.
🏒 Lucian Marin I tried Samsung Galaxy S24 in the store today. The design is amazing, camera is terrible and the software experience is horrible. I will stick with my Pixel 5 for the moment. Pixel 9 renders look promising.
😀 Tom I liked my Pixel 5, but a Pixel 8 Pro upgrade was free for me. I initially missed the smaller form-factor of the 5, but I quickly adapted to the 8. Getting a TPU case with a built-in MagSafe-whatever and magnetic PopSocket is a great combo.
😀 Tom Happy 9-year Subversary to me!
🖋️ Byron hello, world
🏒 Lucian Marin Where did you find you about Subreply?
😀 Tom It's been almost 9 years ago for me, but I think it was HN.
😀 Tom Tried out CalyxOS for a while, now trying out GrapheneOS. (Edit: Initial impressions are good.)
🏒 Lucian Marin I walked 23 km today. Rheumatologist told me not to hurt myself until this year is over. If I stay inside, I feel pain all day long. If I go outside, I feel less pain. Pain is moving from one joint to the other. I joined support groups for reactive arthritis on Facebook, people there lived with it for 25 years.