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*Permanently Deleted* by mattie in c/technology@hexbear.net

[-] mattie@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

When I was using my Sony Xperia, the headphone jack was pretty darn nice. I got some truthear hex IEMS and honestly the isolation was better than any NC headphones I've used, but I may just be lucky w the fit. Bluetooth is cool, but so much e waste will become of true wireless, and even just most battery powered headphones because of the difficulty replacing battery. I know fairphone headphones have a replaceable battery which is neat. IEMs are pretty cool. You can get cable replacements, Bluetooth adapters, and straight to USB cables too. Can recommend

Games that live rent free in your head that nobody thinks about anymore by mattie in c/games@hexbear.net

[-] mattie@hexbear.net 20 points 5 months ago

Star Trek Elite Force. Weird combo for Star Trek to make a game in the Quake engine, but I love it

Promo Art for the game Star Trek Voyager: Elite force, featuring the main cast of the game in a line. You can also see Voyager flying at the bottom, and the game title at the top

*Permanently Deleted* by mattie in c/self_improvement@hexbear.net

[-] mattie@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is something I've been experimenting with myself, frankly I feel since moving away from mainstream social media I feel no where near as obligated to my phone, but there's still definitely some aaaaa I have shackled to it. Here are some of my things that I feel have helped?

For desktop browsers (I use firefox):

SocialFocus https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/socialfocus/ is great. Basically blocks/hides all the dark patterns on websites as you choose I used to use instagram/facebook a lot and this disables so many of the distracting features. It works with a lot of sites now incl. reddit, really recommend
UblockOrigin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ gets rid of so many distracting things. Make sure you've turned on the filter list in the settings
Disable search suggestions, maybe clear your history regularly too with something like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/history-cleaner/

For mobile stuff (I use android, will somewhat only apply for that):

All the previously mentioned extensions are available on Firefox for Android
If you can, perhaps transition to a smaller phone. The smaller the screen, the less incentive there is to use it. I picked up a Pixel 2 for dirt cheap recently, popped LineageOS on it and it feels a lot less... loud?
Disable as many notifications as possible, except crucial ones. The less incentive/need to look at your phone and get distracted, the better
Something like a minimal launcher may help? https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.ottop.yamlauncher/
Find devices other than your phone to use for things. Get a cheapo watch with a timer, a cheapo MP3 player, a gameboy if you have it lying around or something, physical books from your local library? Again, the less you have to actually open your phone, the better.