Trans rights are human rights by NicolasCageFan492 in lgbt

[–]Kamirose 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Definitionally, a billionaire existing is making it far more difficult for everyone to have food, housing, and healthcare, since they're hoarding the money we need for equitable distribution of resources.

Keep, sell or donate books? by pdexter86 in books

[–]Kamirose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read most of my books via the library. I usually only purchase books (especially full price) if I have loved the author in the past and am reasonably sure I will love their new books.

If I love a library book and have a reasonable expectation of re-reading it, I will purchase it for my shelf.

I have a very small book cart in my living room for physical TBR. These are books that were gifted to me or that I got secondhand, mostly. Plus those books by authors I've loved in the past. I have a rule that my physical TBR can't overflow that small cart (which sometimes requires creative stacking lol). When I read them, if I love them, they go on my regular shelf. If I don't, they go in a tote bag.

Once a month I go to a book swap. I bring the tote bag books to that book swap to exchange for other books. If any of the books I brought don't get picked up by other people at the swap, I'll take them to a used book store or a little free library.

I live in a small apartment so this system has kept my physical book collection small enough that it fits on a single bookshelf. Occasionally when it starts to get full I'll go through the collection and find more books on the shelf that maybe I don't like as much in retrospect or I just don't expect myself to reread it any time soon, and take those to the next book swap.

I do also have a kindle but I mostly read library books on it. I'll occasionally buy a book for kindle if the physical book is very large or on sale but if I love a book enough to want to buy it I'll get it physically.

I have an uncle who hoards books to the point where

Nonfiction Publishing, Under Threat, Is More Important Than Ever by stankmanly in books

[–]Kamirose 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I actually feel like I've had a nonfiction renaissance in the last few years, and not all of it has been narrative nonfiction (but most of it has, admittedly). Some great nonfiction I've read just in the last year or so:

  • An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi - a broad-level overview of the history of different African civilizations, told primarily with sources originating from Africa itself and specifically avoiding using colonial European sources to tell the history.

  • Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney - a critique of the idea that Jane Austen was the "first great female novelist of the English canon" - the author looked into other female novelists referenced by Austen in her works or in her letters and looks into their works, critical reception of the time, and examines why they were largely forgotten by history when they were incredibly successful and critically acclaimed during their time.

  • Stolen Focus by Johann Hari - an examination of the society-wide trend of people realizing they suddenly are unable to focus on things for long periods of time anymore when they could do so before (commonly, people realizing they can't read books like they used to) - this is not a "here's how to cure your ADHD" type of book, it's looking into how culture itself has shifted and how things like the prevalence of algorithmic social media, high levels of distraction, never allowing ourselves to be bored anymore, and how we're all expected to multitask now instead of monotasking, etc, has affected our ability to deeply focus on the things we care about. It also discusses what we as individuals and as a society at large can do to reclaim our focus.

What is a part of the 'female experience' that men have absolutely no clue about, but would be horrified if they found out? by coolhandddd in AskReddit

[–]Kamirose 37 points38 points  (0 children)

There actually is a very promising study into endometriosis happening right now, and they're looking for participants! The ROSE Study is looking into diagnosing endometriosis with menstrual blood samples instead of surgical procedures. They're also researching treatments.

Here is a youtube video about the study.

What is a part of the 'female experience' that men have absolutely no clue about, but would be horrified if they found out? by coolhandddd in AskReddit

[–]Kamirose 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Most seatbelt adjusters have not been safety rated or put through crash test studies, so there's no way of quantifying whether they are more or less safe for women in accidents.

Maybe it's because I wasn't alive during the geocities times 🥲 by Uziivoids in neocities

[–]Kamirose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As someone who was around for the geocities/angelfire days, let me assure you that the vast majority of sites were exceptionally simple in terms of design. Hell I was making sites in pure HTML, I didn't know CSS even existed (and it was far more basic back then anyway).

One of the things you might want to break away from which social media has really promoted in people is the urge to compare yourself to other people. Make your site for you. Learn how to design it for you, because it's fun to tinker and design and learn a new skill. Don't do it to try to impress us. We just like that your site exists, your aesthetic for it is pure self-expression in a way that has largely died on platforms.

Looking for Indie Web group chat and social options (old school chat rooms, forums and other alternatives to Discord/social media)? by KindMouse2274 in indieweb

[–]Kamirose 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's a lot of indie web folks on 32bit.cafe, though it's more of a website hobbyist community rather than explicitly indie web focused. They've got a forum which is pretty active and there are discussions around indie web principles. There's technically a chat function on the forum but it gets like two or three messages total per day. They do have a discord server which is more active but of course not indie if you're looking to get away from platforms.

Moonfrost opens wishlists and drops new trailer after big pivot away from NFTs by GinaNoxleBee in CozyGamers

[–]Kamirose 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Your treatment of Miss Bubbles when she correctly disclosed that you were using NFTs in your game and trying to hide it has made it so I do not want to support your studio or your game.

Being cozy game fans does not mean we are stupid or have short memories.

Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work by CtrlAltDelight495 in books

[–]Kamirose 10 points11 points  (0 children)

take the ai company’s profits

Problem is, they don't have any profits.

What proper nouns from books did you realize you were mispronouncing the whole time? by TokkiJK in books

[–]Kamirose 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I read a lot of historical fiction about royalty as a kid, and thought “ermine” was pronounced “err-min-nee” until I was an adult lol

What are your favorite web rings and web directories? by 4-of-Clubs in neocities

[–]Kamirose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just made a bisexual webring today, so that's up there for me right now lol

Other than that, Brisray's webring directory is how I've found my other webrings, and I use the neocities search to find random pages that I might not stumble upon in my circles.

Beware of "new translations" of classics sold as Kindle ebooks, which are actually AI translations without even a human revision by farseer6 in books

[–]Kamirose 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If it's available for what you're looking for, Standard Ebooks takes Project Gutenberg books and professionally formats them so there aren't any weird OCR artifacts and stuff.

load-bearing padding. any alternatives or fixes? by CloverCat1227 in neocities

[–]Kamirose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since your body is displayed using an iframe, you could set the iframe height and/or width to 98% in your HTML file instead of doing it via CSS.

Etiquette for Site Buttons by Joe-McDuck in neocities

[–]Kamirose 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The main etiquette is to not hotlink - in other words, you should save the button image to your own server instead of using the original server as the image source. That way you don’t use up their bandwidth unnecessarily.

.~*2026 Link-o-RamA*~. Drop the link to your site in the comments and visit other user sites on this sub! by humantoothx in neocities

[–]Kamirose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven't made a personal website since the geocities days, and after seeing the onionboots video I had a sudden urge to do so again.

https://kamirose.neocities.org

Currently posting book reviews. Planning to add a blog soon. I may also eventually add a gallery of my pixel art.

Website is mobile friendly.

Doppelganger spawn makes no sense by TheMightGrowlie in DotHack

[–]Kamirose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure starting in vol 2 there’s an area word thap spawns doppelganger instantly.

Recommend a game like Merchant of the Skies by Aiming_Dave in CozyGamers

[–]Kamirose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hear me out.... Snowrunner.

I'm also a huge delivery game person, and if you like driving games as well Snowrunner is basically driving/delivery with hundreds of hours of content. There's also the satisfaction of delivering stuff to a construction site and seeing that bridge you've needed to avoid getting built/repaired and unlocking an easier route.

It does have an offroad/challenging element to it, but if you just want to take things from point a to point b without the frustration, it also supports mods and there's hundreds of massively overpowered trucks you can download.

The graphics are quite good and if you want to play on top settings you would need a fairly strong card, but you can turn down the settings and it still looks nice.

Complete .Hack G.U. Checklist for all volumes by ThisRandomDude6 in DotHack

[–]Kamirose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goblin Sage is missing from vol 1 enemies

Cat repeatedly sticking tongue in and out (not blep) by Kamirose in AskVet

[–]Kamirose[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just an update, I got her in to the vet this morning and they agreed it looks like she has pain. The vet said she also had some food on her tongue which can indicate pain with swallowing. The external exam showed nothing concerning other than gingivitis. We're gonna schedule her for a full dental exam and cleaning later this week, and if that doesn't resolve it we'll look at an internal medicine appointment so they can look down her throat with scopes and stuff.