toothpaste_ostrich

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[–] toothpaste_ostrich 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The advantage of iron-on patches is basically that you don't need glue to keep them affixed while you sew. But you do need to sew.

Another advantage, by the way, is that you don't need to zig-zag stitch the edges of the patch to stop them from fraying when you cut out the shape you want. Saves some effort.

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 1 points 1 month ago

I don't know... Realistically, villages often have more than 10 inhabitants. How else could not one, but two stores and a doctor even be economically viable? That's how I headcanon it for myself, anyway.

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like champagne.pages.dev/

 

Cross posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/30518898

 

I am not affiliated with this mod whatsoever. It looks good.

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Oh... That's... Disappointing. Firefox it is, then, for now.

It's weird.. It makes "business" sense, too. If you want people to use your stuff and you can choose to appeal to more people, why wouldn't you? I think we've reached the stage of normalcy now where using "they" and "them" are not in itself something that would necessarily scare away right-wing users (given you want to keep appealing to that attractive market, too.)

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 1 points 1 month ago

In the end I found a nice pair of Meindl Perfekt hikers on an on-line second hand store. They're on their way now, curious to see what they'll be like.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by toothpaste_ostrich to c/goodyearwelt@lemmy.world
 

...Should I want a Goodyear welt in my hiking boots in the first place?

I've been using my Iron Rangers for hiking these last few years, which I know is not ideal. But they're the best I have, at the moment. All of the "good" outdoor stores in the Netherlands are mostly filled with boots with cemented soles. European brands I've come across are the following (mostly from here):

  • Lundhags
  • Alico Sport
  • Gronell
  • Meindl
  • Crispi
  • Hanwag
  • Alfa
  • Lowa (Does this brand even have GYW?)
  • Lavitus
  • Trabert
  • Steinkogler
  • William Lennons
  • Meermin

Not all of these are really available (or affordable, ideally I'd want it second hand). And many have cemented soles. Any experiences or recommendations?

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 2 points 3 months ago

Good to know, thanks for passing this on!

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 6 points 3 months ago

Alternative take: he's wondering why anyone would be obsessed with such mediocre movies, mistakingly having started with the first episodes instead of the original trilogy.

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 30 points 3 months ago

Ah... Proprietary hardware and software. Ugh.

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He does make it sound fun—well written review. Ima look up a let's play video.

Edit: Oh, it's not out yet. Seems like they had a bunch of reviewers play a preview version.

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 3 points 3 months ago

Hadn't heard of this, but I'm going to switch now!

[–] toothpaste_ostrich 3 points 3 months ago

At least. Honestly I'm expecting a full dictatorship at this point...

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by toothpaste_ostrich to c/androidapps@lemmy.world
 

Anyone who's installed custom roms on their older Android phones has probably heard of pie navigation. But this is a little post to share my love for it to those people who have never heard about it.

It's something I know from the old Gravitybox xposed module, where you slide from the side or bottom of the screen, and a small half-circle pops up with different pie pieces for the normal Android navigation bar buttons. This saves screen space, and needs less finger movement than all other gesture-based navigation I've tried. For me, it's the most comfortable navigation solution. I also think it looks quite pretty (though you can set the colors and icons and size to your own preference).

It's possible to add pie charts for apps and other stuff, but I've always just used the three for Back, Recent apps and Home. (In the past, there was a fourth little button for "Menu", but that's long since been deprecated.) When I hold the Recent apps button for a bit longer, I go back to my most recent previous app, for some quick multi-tasking.

After Gravitybox no longer really worked, there was an app called LMT, which provided much the same functions. These days, though, LMT also hasn't really seen any meaningful updates for a long time, and the best solution for Pie navigation seems to be this app on the Play store (unfortunately not open-source).

Disabling Android's built-in navigation solutions is needed for it to really work, though, as it replaces the built-in navigation default of just navigating Back. When rooted, your best bet is to just set the normal navigation bar and then using the NavTweaks Magisk module. There's a number of other workarounds I've had to use over the years, but I've always managed to replace the normal navigation style with my beloved pie navigation.

Have you ever used pie navigation and do you miss it? If not, what made you switch to the alternatives?

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