Cortana was the best branding, though I understand only resonated within certain circles.

I don’t know exactly when the features arrived, but things like xlookup, power query, live data connections, etc have been welcome improvements in Excel.

Heck, even textbefore is a great QOL improvement.

That is straight up horrifying.

I’ve experienced this on pixel devices. I’ve found the solution is to force stop the pixel launcher when it happens.

While there is feel good framing, write ups like this just reinforce what a dystopian hell hole we live in. It is depressing.

I’m surprised no one mentioned Facebook.

I recall using MSN as far as in to 2009, but the friends I was connected with migrated to Facebook when their chat feature rolled out.

Has Real Ultimate Power actually changed at all/added new content? I was reading that in elementary.

Seeing it happen in real time in Ontario is soul crushing.

I’m mad but I laughed.

I’m unfamiliar with this, what’s the story there?

What.cd and BitGamer were the two private trackers where I really put in effort not just to seed but to contribute unique uploads.

I stepped away from torrenting for awhile and when I returned both were ashes.

Edit- what are the two good music trackers you’re referencing?

Half Life

What was the issue?

I wish I was still connected with those I played NWN with. Bastions of War, an arena PvP server, let to same great squad play - and from there we expanded to other servers under the moniker “Cult of Discord” or CoD.

Why all the detail? Wishful thinking that when one of the other post members decides to search for Cult of Discord (as I occasionally do) that they turn up a result.

Two letters. 100% more effective than 1 letter.

Probably cystic fibrosis

I use it. It meets all my needs and doesn’t have and bugs/issues that I’ve encountered. What more are you hoping from it?

Perhaps this fits the bill? Requires a Home Assistant instance.

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/05/09/music-assistant-2/

If this is mostly for Obsidian, use the community plugin and a self hosted CouchDB.

https://github.com/vrtmrz/obsidian-livesync

I’ve found it quite good.