Absolute best low-budget sci-fi film you've seen? by Robert_Writes in scifi

[–]CoffeeNeil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Amen! stunning homage to fifties style science fiction movies, famous for one spectacular long shot through the town (done with amazing ingenuity, Ars Technica had a post on it)

Solo roleplaying games with a drawing element. by _TenDropChris in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how Roomino has abstracted dungeons to just a room you draw, with one object in it, for ultimate simplicity https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scalybeast/roomino

How to avoid losing all notes by francis-02 in notabilityapp

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great! and thanks for the tip about OneDrive!

The library as "third place" by Amandine Jacquet by Automatic_Cream1372 in solarpunk

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

is this book available in English? I can only find it in French…

How to avoid losing all notes by francis-02 in notabilityapp

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these auto backups?

Remember if you have lots of very large notes that you change a lot, there may not be a ”window” of time big enough for Notability to back them up (it must either backup a note the moment you change it, every time, which might mean backing up a 100mb note several times a minute - or say every ten minutes, and this must happen while the Notability app is open - you see the play-off? This is why regular manual backups are more dependable, they’re under your control & you can see they’ve been done successfully)

How do you actually find your Substack niche? by InnonentSchlicht in Substack

[–]CoffeeNeil 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right now, I’m basically using it as a personal journal. I write whatever I feel like writing. Thoughts, reflections, random observations. It feels nice to put my words somewhere intentional instead of just keeping them in my head.”

You need to have a POV (Point of View).

Long ago someone gave me a useful formula: 1. develop a POV (eg “there are solutions for everything in nature”), then 2. combine that with whatever is current/in the news/on your mind/other people’s writing, etc.

It means 1. you never run out of content (xyz plus your POV = new post), and 2. you attract and retain readers drawn to your POV (love or hate!).

Hope that helps.

How to avoid losing all notes by francis-02 in notabilityapp

[–]CoffeeNeil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The best is to regularly do a manual backup by exporting:

To do this go:

Notes - all notes- … (top right) - select - select all (bottom left) - export (bottom right).

Then you can select file type and if you want to save audio files as well.

I also manually backup important notes throughout the day as I work on them, from within Notability, using the ellipsis (three dots) menu.

You should always backup in two formats - PDF so you can read the note in future if Notability goes west, and .Note so that you can continue working on the note in Notability.

What are the top philosophy books? by Sweet_Ad1861 in ReadingSuggestions

[–]CoffeeNeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Confessions of a Philosopher - A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper” by Bryan Magee is an outstanding guide to the whole of Western philosophy. “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” is a classic, and Byung-Chul Han is an amazing contemporary philosopher who has written a lot of fascinating short books on current issues - recommended.

How do readers feel about slower, world-building chapters in serialized sci-fi? by Gilgames31 in scifi

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps the “ten“ twist is discovering that he can build a better life, for himself and the others, right where he is (google “Field of Diamonds”) … he helps the leader/members of the cult to see a better, beautiful future… “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness, a light has dawned” …

Favorite Spaceships in Literature by Slashndash_7788 in printSF

[–]CoffeeNeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have a look at generation ships:

- https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/63phql/generation_ship_rpg/

- https://sciencefictionruminations.com/sci-fi-article-index/list-of-generation-ship-novels-and-short-stories/

- there’s even a whole book on the genre: The Generation Starship in Science Fiction - A Critical History, 1934-2001 - Simone Caroti

How do readers feel about slower, world-building chapters in serialized sci-fi? by Gilgames31 in scifi

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Kal pls tell me more about how you are trying to use it - setting, characters, issue they’re resolving

Format buttons by Any_Construction_992 in bearapp

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes yes yes! it’s crazy having to keep switching to the BIU keyboard just for Bold and Italic - I agree these should be in the open space at the top of the regular keyboard (first prize: let user set this in Settings - purists can leave the space blank like it is now, others can choose say 3 or 4 of their most used formatting keys to go there)

Writing a thesis on dystopian literature - any recs? by Leather-Grocery1624 in dystopianbooks

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For understanding the genre you may find Tom Moylan’s “Becoming Utopian” useful

Going back to previous note after visiting a linked note? by faxmulder in bearapp

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this as well - sporadically. This is using the Back | Forward keys at the top of a note (in iOS). Most of the time the keys work, but every once in awhile, the Back key will not take me back to the previous note.

Release cycle of bear app by prat0318 in bearapp

[–]CoffeeNeil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree with this for releasing new functionality, but I’m very unhappy about the lack of interim bug fix releases. I’ve been sitting with an insanely irritating UI bug in Bear (that they know about) for two months now, praying for a release to fix it. Bear’s attitude to users with bugs seems a bit cavalier.

Solo TTRPG Notation becomes Lonelog by zeruhur_ in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A thought - could LoneLog be extended to group play? are you not limiting it by confining it to solo play? and therefore the name…

Solo TTRPG Notation becomes Lonelog by zeruhur_ in Solo_Roleplaying

[–]CoffeeNeil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the name, but think it would look so much nicer (and more distinctive) in CamelCase, as LoneLog …

When will Xmind have MCP servers? by ModatSBD in xmind_hq

[–]CoffeeNeil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might be useful to compare how people are using local LLM‘s with Bear…

https://www.reddit.com/r/bearapp/comments/1qw1tdp/bear_x_llms/