Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve finally cracked it. Works with all iPhones, tailored to iPhone 11.
Whenever I pick up my phone, I now always know what the local break looks like along with the tide.
Also has the option to just give you the report, which will tell you the wave size, wind speed with direction, primary swell, secondary swell, air and sea temp.
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For the masses:
In IOS 16 you can tap the widgets on the lock screen to trigger a shortcut. Just use the ‘run shortcut’ or ‘open app’ trigger in the automations section when opening the widget app.
Unfortunately this disables the usage of the widget app at this time due to the automatic running of your shortcut, unless you use a shortcut that can run in the background. This would leave the current widget app open. When more widget apps are added you could use an irrelevant app to trigger your shortcuts and even open other apps.
For example, I don’t use the Weather app. So when I tap the weather lock screen widget, I use an automation that opens a quick capture note for daily thoughts automatically.
It’s a bit cumbersome, but it gives you the ability to run shortcuts and open apps from your Lock Screen.
Here’s hoping that Apple implements shortcut widgets for the Lock Screen so we don’t need to open another app first for triggers.
Currently, if I want to switch from my PC to iPhone, the process is as follows.
Double-click bluetooth icon on PC Disconnect airpods. Unlock iPhone go to settings > Bluetooth Connect airpods.
pretty much vice versa from iPhone to PC.
Is there a siri shortcut to make connecting and disconnecting from airpods a one-touch solution from an icon or something?
EDIT - Thank you all for your recommendations, I’m honestly blown away by how kind and thoughtful everyone in this thread is, it’s so so comforting to know I’m not alone in my thoughts right now. Can’t wait to listen to your recs, they’ve all been added to my list :)
I know the title seems dramatic, but I feel pretty hopeless at the moment and very much in a rut. I listen to podcasts every day, almost non stop as I live on my own, but I’m finding it difficult to enjoy my usual go-to pods when I’m feeling this way.
A very long story short, I’m broke as hell right now after a super expensive vet trip with my cat, and honestly don’t know how I’m going to get through this week in terms of groceries, essentials, just living. I need a distraction to get me through this week, ideally a positive podcast that doesn’t involve super-famous hosts or people who talk/flex about money and material things a lot, I just know I can’t handle it right now.
I’d like to stay away from grisly true crime …
Spoiler for most recent Radiolab episode is about.
I’ve seen some posts criticizing Radiolab and have tried to give it chance because I used to really like it. It has new hosts, and transitions are hard, it can take some time to find the footing. But after this most recent episode, the decline in the quality of the journalism is getting to be too much for me, I don’t know if I can keep listening. They were talking about frivolous lawsuits and mentioned a psychic who sued after CAT scan caused her to loose her psychic powers and she got money from it. That is misinformation. She had an allergic reaction to the contrast, and she inform the dr she had an allergic reaction to that contrast before the procedure, and they continued to administer the contrast after she starting having a reaction. After that she chronic and disabling headaches that made her unable to work, source and text of the legal documents.
I can find this stuff on basic internet search without even going 5 …
Currently looking for kind of a niche kind of story that kinda pops up every now and again.
I’m hoping to find a story that takes place in a small town setting, and follows the investigation of a murder, disappearance or other incident, paranormal or otherwise (but not true crime). If it leans more into the horror side of things, that would make it all the better!
Some examples from pop culture that kinda fit into this would be things like Reacher, early Stranger Things, Twin Peaks, Alan Wake, etc.
Apologies if this seems like a vague question, I’m having a hard time putting it to paper lol, but any and all recommendations are welcome!
I listened to (almost) the entire podcast and it’s so well-done and fascinating. Jamie Loftus, the host, does a deep-dive into Lolita: Nabokov, the novel, the character as viewed by society, film adaptations, internet forums, etc. It’s fascinating.
I read the book in my early twenties and about all I remember is being swept away by the beautiful prose and also the line, “You see, she had absolutely nowhere else to go.” Almost 20 years later I still remember that line because it hit my heart so much. That one line tells you how profoundly lonely and sad this poor girl was, seeking “love” from a man who only wanted to use her because she had no one else to turn to. Made me want to cry then, and still does.
Anyway, the podcast brought up a good point that I hadn’t thought of, which is that “Lolita” is actually Dolores. She never refers to herself as Lolita, nor does anyone but Humbert. Yet, society has latched onto …
Looking to find more to listen to.
Hey all, I’ve been listening to a lot of podcasts about stuff that is pretty negative/sad (Casefile and BtB), and have been feeling like I oughtta listen to something that won’t upset me.
Does anyone have any podcasts that are interesting without being too negative/don’t deal with upsetting subject matter? History is a bit of an exception, because most historical events have some negative things that occurred, but hopefully they don’t solely deal with the negatives.
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ETA: this is going so well, great titles everyone and thanks for sharing the book love. If you haven’t had a reply yet I hope to go through and make comments on the genres I have expertise in. Too bad there isn’t a “not replied to yet” filter.
Maybe we can make this a regular.
I’m giving myself a challenge. I stumbled across two old posts by users Nacho_7258 and WonderfulExplorer. Shoutout to you guys! Nacho came up with the challenge of assigning each of the 52 cards of a playing deck to a book, and WonderfulExplorer adapted it to draw one at random. Some comments on their posts gave the idea to use this as part of a 52 books in 52 weeks challenge.
So here’s my plan. I plan on starting in September as I’m too impatient to wait until 2023 and that’s when I’m done with my masters so I’ll have more time on my hands. I will read at least a book a week based on randomly drawing from a deck of cards (including 2 jokers).
I just finished The Haunting of Hill House. It was great btw. I’m craving more books like it where the horror comes from your doubt of an unstable and unreliable narrator.
I really enjoy the grumpy sunshine trope in books but it’s always the guy who is the grumpy one, i wanna try something different. Thank you! ❤
If you had to pick a book, what would you recommend them? :)
I haven’t been proactive as I should have been in the past with educating myself on this and would appreciate any recs in the comments
Thank you
Edit: WOW this has been a phenomenal response! Thank you everyone who has and continues to give recommendations. I only expected a few when i posted, but now I am far far too spoilt for choice :) I really wish people had responded similarly to my post asking for general non fiction books that are must reads for everyone
EDIT: AHHH SO MANY RECOMMENDATIONS I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH 🤩🤩🤩 I’m going to be hard pressed looking for my next read from everything here, but that’s all part of the fun of reading ☺️
I have been reading 1984 and also recall how much I enjoyed books like Divergent and The Hunger Games.
I am not too keen on YA now, but I am willing to give it a try! Been on a dystopian kick recently
Edit: wow! So many recommendations! Thank you all for your lovely suggestions. I’ll try to get through them all lol
Not reviewes of bad games. Bad reviews. Should be:
1) Objectively bad, with the critic completely missing the point of the story, not getting the core mechanics, or otherwise not understanding the game. Just contrarian reviews, where the author disagrees with the public consensus (i.e. 7⁄10 Zelda BotW) do not count.
2) Not just some random guy on the internet. We all know there are plenty of user reviews like that on steam or metacritic. But I want to see this level of badness from someone who was getting paid to do this - either working for an established website or running a gaming youtube channel.
My dad passed away last night unexpectedly and I’m still in shock and feeling really depressed. I’m looking for something to help clear my mind and get my mind off of this. What’re your suggestions for games to play while depressed
EDIT: I’m playing on PS5, though hope to get a Series X soon
For this exact reason, I hate The Last of Us game. It had the best introduction ever in gaming history, you couldn’t make a better intro, and then, the game slams you with the “27 years later” or whatever it was.
I wanted to see the fall of humanity, the progress of the virus, the panic and start of the survival, the measures all the nations took. I was just disappointed.
Is there any game that got it right?
Thanksss!
An example is the old Red Faction (2001) where you can kill an enemy standing on a rocky ledge by blowing up the ledge so the enemies fall to their deaths (the game has destructible terrain)
Similarly, in Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001) you had different types of enemies like humans, ghouls and mutants. If you led one enemy to another, they would attack each other.
Another example is games where you can make enemies fall from a height thus killing them. So you can make an enemy follow you through a narrow passage on a mountain and he may lose his footing and fall to his death.
Another fun example is Far Cry 3, where you can direct enemies to snakes, so they get bitten and die. To do this, there should be a snake near the enemy. You can throw a rock at the snake so the enemy walks to the snake to investigate the sound. He gets bitten and dies.
Do you know any such games?
EDIT: Thank you so much guys for the great suggestions! You are what makes this sub awesome!
Having trouble coming across any new exciting science fiction or especially science fantasy RPGs. I’ve played the big SciFi titles (Mass Effect, Fallout, Outer Worlds, KoToR, Cyberpunk 2077 to name a few) and have enjoyed them all.
I’ve also enjoyed games like Kenshi and Rimworld though I’d prefer a game based around one character or a small party. The shadowrun games are currently looking to be my next buy but I’m not sure yet.
Whether it’s a full on RPG, a CRPG, an ARPG/Shooter, turn based, what are your favorite RPGs that have you exploring space or futuristic settings, with robots or aliens or mutants? I’m open to games on nearly any console.
BIG Bonus Points if:
The game features robots as playable races/characters
The game is actually a science/fantasy mash-up with Sword and Sorcery alongside futuretech. Think the Eberron D&D setting, which sorely lacks a good video game to represent it.
So, I’ve been struggling to find anything that would scratch my itch for good story and mechanics in video games. I love these games not only because of their good writing or presentation, but gameplay too. I know there are games like Disco Elysium but those are all story-no gameplay and weak presentation. With that in mind, can you recommend anything that has said criteria and is, in your opinion, worth one’s time?