CptHacke

joined 3 weeks ago
[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I'm notoriously tender-hearted. I tear up watching or listening to emotional content all the time. I've never cried at funeral, though...mostly because I'm usually just trying to keep it together so I can be supportive for those who need it. Otherwise, I'm a big softie and it annoys me sometimes, but...it's just how I am, I guess.

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago

Oooh, this looks interesting. Thanks!

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If I remember correctly, Akregator wouldn't allow me to resize the text to make it more readable. Also, I believe it was having trouble downloading a few of my feeds for some reason.

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That seems simple enough. I'll give it a shot. Much appreciated!

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Is this something that a complete newbie would be able to do?

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Not meaning to 'yes, but' you.....but.... :D

  1. You're assuming that I know how to code. :)
  2. I think the privacy concerns are from third parties somehow being able to use browser extensions to read the contents of whatever other tabs one has open. At least that's what I've read.
 

I used to adore the Feedbro extension for Firefox - until I learned that browser extensions are a privacy concern and stopped using them. Unfortunately, I've been unable to find anything similar for the Linux desktop. I just can't seem to find the 'sweet spot' with all the readers I've tried. Some are bloated with features and complicated configurations that I will never use. Others are too simplistic. Still others haven't seen an update in years. I feel like this is an impossible quest.

The readers I have tried (and discarded):

  • Liferea
  • RSS Guard
  • News Flash
  • Feeds
  • Feed Deck
  • Feed Flow
  • Akregator
  • Thunderbird
  • Raven Reader

Here are the features I need:

  • FOSS (obviously)
  • Import/export OPML
  • Scale the size of the UI and all text elements
  • RSS feed discovery
  • Fetch full articles
  • Configure update interval
  • Privacy-conscious
  • Desktop only (I am currently unable to self-host)

Things that would be nice, but I can live without if I have to:

  • Dark mode
  • An uncluttered, two-column display

That's about it. Now tell me that I am asking too much and there's no hope for me. :D

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay....or am I misunderstanding the assignment?

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

Agreed. I tried Summit on a whim and found it to be a very pleasant experience.

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

I understand what you're saying, but calling people out just pisses them off and starts an argument that usually ends with both parties walking away swearing and namecalling over their shoulder (if things don't get violent). At least that's been my experience. Which is why I simply don't engage, or at least try not to. It's the same both online and offline, as far as I can tell.

 

I'm not sure when or where this occurred, but at some point I just became less inclined to speak up on social media. I still do, of course, but now there's this little...cringe....inside of me whenever I do. The sarcasm, the gaslighting, the armchair 'experts' who seemingly exist just to punch holes in whatever opinion I have - this mean-spiritedness has made me far, far less likely to engage in most conversations online. And, I've watch this translate over into my offline life, as well. It seems like my world has become a gigantic minefield where every step could potentially blow up in my face from someone who somehow got offended by something I said, or someone who has made it their life's mission to correct every opinion I have. I just....stopped engaging, for the most part.

What's even worse is that I've found myself exhibiting the exact same sort of behavior from time to time. It's like social media is trying to train me to be argumentative and rude. Everyone tells me that it's 'just the way it is', but I can't help feeling like we can do better....or at least wishing that we could.

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you have a better solution, I'm sure we'd all appreciate it. :)

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Delete everything after the '?' in the url before sharing it, and you should be good to go.

[–] CptHacke@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Religion has been used from time immemorial to manipulate the masses. It's an incredibly effective method for transforming a normally content and peaceful populace into a ravenous horde that can then be pointed at anyone the regime wants defeated or otherwise out of the way. It doesn't matter a hill of beans whether something is 'true'. What matters is whether the populace can be made to believe that it's true. Once that hurdle is overcome, a society can be manipulated into doing almost anything - as we have all clearly seen in recent events.

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Finger On The Scale! (piefed.social)
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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by CptHacke@piefed.social to c/rpg@ttrpg.network
 

As the title says, I'm looking for a nice template to create adventure modules in LibreOffice. Something generic (not made specifically for D&D) with text boxes to read to players, frames for maps, etc. I can't seem to find a single one, and I lack the skills and/or knowledge of how to create one on my own. Can anyone help?

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