Libb

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

Writing things down, using the pen and paper I always carry with me. Doing so, I don't try to make literature or to sound smart, I just write things down as they come. Later on I'll read them back, that's quick, and decide if they're worth using or if I strike them out and forget about them.

  • It frees the mind (no need to waste brain power to remember stuff)
  • It helps brainstorming freely, even by oneself
  • It helps remember stuff I would otherwise don't remember
  • It helps mixing ideas I may not even consider mixing together

I would not be able to work as efficiently without the simple but so powerful pen and paper.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago

Like the others: jam.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

I too am quite surprised so few people seem to have been reading that book. I'm not even American but I've read it.

So much of what has been happening recently is explained in it.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

Being bored is not a bad thing. If by being bored you mean 'not doing something' and not being 'busy' because then it means one can start thinking by oneself. Something that seems to be severely lacking in our so modern and so constantly busy societies.

If you want to know what are my usual activities, beside welcoming boredom, I would say: read, write, paint, go out for a walk (that's amazing too, for the body as well as the mind), spend time with my spouse, making stuff with my hands.

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

But it has kings and queens and knights, armies of pawns and thick towers to defend them during merciless battles. It also has bishops, but I much prefer the French name: les fous aka the crazy ones ;)

[–] Libb@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago

It's a beautifully deep game, and it's refreshing to be able to pour time into something with staying power that people of every age play all over the world.

So much this :)

[–] Libb@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Would chess count?

I mean chess is not not popular by any stretch of the mind, a lot of people around the world are playing it every single day and that won't go away anytime soon, but I'm always surprised to see so much more excitement going on around a new version of This or That video game that people will play for a little while before switching to a newer version than for chess. Despite its apparent simplicity (and lack of visual effects), chess has remained a challenge for the smartest among us, and will keep on being so no matter how much better computers can be playing it.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Neither Tuta or Proton will neatly integrate with Apple Mail if you want to send/receive encrypted messages. At least the last I checked it required for Proton a separate client that was not bug free (can't remember for tuta).

If you don't care about encryption, you may want to consider the Swiss Infomaniak.

They have a cloud offer which includes cloud storage (1to base), calendar and email, plus the online version of MSOffice, all being hosted on their Swiss servers.

[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I may have missed something, here so to make sure:

  1. Do you want a wiki specifically, or are you looking for a tool that would allow you to easily create and manage some worldbuilding bible, be it a wiki or not a wiki?
  2. Isn't LibreOffice able to export to MediaWiki (Wikipedia)? I have not checked, and never used it, but I think it's there somewhere.

the best thing it can do is just make a document look good,

It can also help you write the actual book, worrying about the document 'look' aka its formatting is optional (and if done properly, using Styles, it's almost 100% automated) ;)

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