I'm reading "So You Want to Be a Game Master" by Justin Alexander and "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson.
I also have "Needful Things" by Stephen King and "The Great Hunt" (The Wheel of Time book 2) by Robert Jordan sitting at roughly 50%, but they currently are in pause; unfortunately reading more than 2 books simultaneously is difficult if you also have to work.
"Why not? You and I are eccentrics. We’re certainly not typical of the people living on Terminus. As for criminals, that’s a matter of definition. And if criminals are the price we must pay for rebels, heretics, and geniuses, I’m willing to pay it. I demand the price be paid. [...] You can't have geniuses and saints without having people far outside the norm, and I don't see how you can have on only one side of the norm. There is bound to be a certain symmetry." - Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
I agree, I've always used sudo apt update, sudo apt upgrade and flatpak update on Pop OS and never used the pop shop.
There's also another similar list written by Umberto Eco about the so called "Ur Fascism" ("perpetual fascism"); he basically identifies fascist-like characteristics which can be found even in governments that do not adhere to the old concept of "traditional" old-style fascism (which in Italy is forbidden by law).
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism
Needless to say that his words sounded very topical during the last italian elections, dominated by the party "Brothers of Italy"; luckily this party has become more "moderate" after winning the elections, even though some aspects can still be "problematic".
I'm still reading it and I'm halfway through it. I agree in recommending it! Moreover gapminder (which is the source of most of the stats) now has data updated up to the year 2022.
There are a ton of good content creators I follow, mostly in the edutainment field; I'll post three of them (the first three that came up in my mind) for the YouTube and Podcast category
YouTube:
Podcasts:
I'm using PocketCasts and I paid a one-time fee before it became subscription based (but there's still a free tier), in order to be able to listen to podcast using the web app on PC. Thus I now have lifetime premium access.
I'm very satisfied with their service, I did not find any problems with both the Android app and the web app, moreover it has almost every feature I need, except voice to text conversion in order to be able to share slices of audio in text format (but there are dedicated apps for that).
I'm currently reading Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey, which is the first book of the Expanse series. I haven't watched the TV series, since I wanted to dive into the books without previous knowledge.
Aren't voice and video calls (basically VoIP) what Turn (coturn) is supposed to support?
My first Internet connection was based on GPRS and I remember images taking ages to load and loading in chunks. Moreover the connection kept interfering with the surround audio system and sometimes I would hear noises similar to the dial up modems.
I also remember the first times I tried using eMule (is it still up and running?): I was searching for the video song "Elevation" by U2 but I was unaware of rule 34; you can imagine what I actually downloaded.
Is that an OCaml reference/joke?