arsCynic

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arscynic has 410 reputation points and has been a member since .

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    Wrote a positive comment on Spectacle as an alternative to Flameshot

    At first glance largely similar to Flameshot, but it can record as well which is a big plus.

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    Liked Spectacle
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    Replied to a comment / review on Bluefish Editor
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    Reviewed Bluefish Editor  

    The developer is responsive and quickly implements useful suggested features with a speed I've never witnessed before. Bluefish itself is thus not surprisingly just as fast. It loads as quick or quicker than a simple plain text editor; impressive.

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    Liked Bluefish Editor
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    Reviewed Flameshot  

    Okay, wow. Should be the default on all operating systems. Intuitive, lots of features, easily configurable. And exportable settings!

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    Liked Flameshot
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    Reviewed Grokipedia  

    Owned and manipulated by a society-eroding billionaire.

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    Thinks FeatherPad and Sublime Text is an alternative to Xed
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    Liked FeatherPad and Sublime Text
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    Reviewed Filen  

    Works on all devices. Straightforward. Fast.

    Unfortunately they will accept crypto“currencies” as payment soon—read, pyramid Ponzi schemes.

    Edit: their client has continuous upload/download traffic and disk write activity: https://github.com/FilenCloudDienste/filen-desktop/issues/108#issuecomment-2495252477

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    Liked Mojeek
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    Reviewed Carbonio  

    Carbonio is replete with bugs—hence not infrequently being referred to as "Craponio" by users. A prime example why vibe coding [AI generated code / AI slop *] by amateur programmers is irresponsible and should be avoided, especially for critical infrastructure. Support by Zextras is unimaginably unprofessional; during a support call the head representative was fellating an e-cigarette while communicating in a way that boils down to "f^&% you, pay me" even when one had paid, and pointing fingers...

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    Reviewed Phoenix Code  

    Phoenix Code + Emmet finally made Microsoft based VSCodium redundant. At least for web development. Intuitive and powerful; surprisingly underrated.

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    Liked Phoenix Code
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    Added Cinnamon, Budgie and KDE Plasma as alternative to Compiz
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    Liked Cinnamon, Linux Mint, Budgie and Element X
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    Thinks Debian is an alternative to Linux Mint
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    Replied to a comment / review on Namecheap
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    Reviewed Namecheap  

    Was a positive review before, but since they started accepting crypto"currencies" they are (unwittingly?) legitimizing greed-inducing pyramid schemes.

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