MicrowavedTea

Specifically for books I pirate because I get a better product this way. I prefer reading on my phone and downloading an epub means I can open it in any app I want, add chapters and share it with whoever I want. If I could easily pay for a book and get the same experience without any drm or online account bullshit I would probably do it.

Physical books are also ok but buying anything not in my language means possibly waiting forever for it to arrive and paying more for transit costs. I may still do it if I really want to support the author but I’d rather have a way to pay them directly tbh.

I recently found out about URLCheck. You set it as default browser and it gives you a popup when clicking on a link. You can preview, edit the link and open it with the app you want instead of automatically opening it in its default app. Especially useful for apps that don’t give a link preview on text like my comment that hide the link address.

Recommendations on YouTube are pretty bad but there is still good content. You just need to find some good channels and basically only browse the subscriptions tab. It’s a much better experience

When I need to run multiple vms, work laptop is much stronger than personal laptop and there is usually no personal data related so sure. I’ve also used the only (work) iPhone I have for Apple related things, like using apple books, which is admittedly stupid but I consider anything I get from there single use either way and not particularly private either.

I like the distinction between the two “to be” forms in Spanish (ser/estar) and how it modifies the meaning of the verb. Eg. ser listo != estar listo.

It’s also nice seeing languages with a mostly free word order, that rely on grammar instead, like Greek, even though that probably makes them harder to learn.

Honestly, I was forced to use it for a project and then just stuck with it for its simplicity

Qué te pareció la serie? La verdad, no me gustó mucho ese libro pero estoy pensando en verla.

Probably not very popular, I miss the culture of r/morbidquestions that was the place to go for most weird topics without much judgment.

Swallow pills. It takes 3-4 tries every time for the smaller ones.

Probably when not paying attention. But also, sometimes I chew soup if there’s rice or other small things in it :p