indigomirage
@indigomirage@lemmy.ca
- Comment on What's your favourite era for video games? 6 months ago:
Honestly, I really liked Zork. (I was the right age when it came out.). Never been as captivated by a game. More in the imagination than in the graphics.
I’ll put Civilization V (and sometimes IV) in second place. Homeworld was great too.
- Comment on BBC: Extending our Mastodon social media trial 8 months ago:
You may be onto something…
(I almost went with British Broadcorping Castration…)
- Comment on BBC: Extending our Mastodon social media trial 8 months ago:
So I looked them up with my Mastodon account to try to follow but quickly discovered that not all searches for ‘BBC’ lead to accounts related to BBC…l.
- Comment on Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles 9 months ago:
It is.
- Comment on Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic 9 months ago:
So much for my fibre connection…
- Comment on Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic 9 months ago:
Well the missing socks have to go somewhere… /s
- Comment on A tiny radioactive battery could keep your future phone running for 50 years 9 months ago:
What could possibly go wrong…?
- Comment on Joplin alternative needed 10 months ago:
Can you not just backup the pg txn logs (with periodic full backups, purged in accordance with your needs?). That’s a much safer way to approach DBs anyway.
- Comment on About 75,000 Deloitte staff have been given access to a generative artificial intelligence chatbot to create PowerPoint presentations and write emails and code in an attempt to boost productivity 10 months ago:
Most of the Deloitte consultants I’ve dealt with are already bots, whether or not they are wearing a power suit.
- Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 10 months ago:
I really hope it’s the “Any” key. I have upwards of 40 ys of modal forms from which there is no escape because they demand I press any key to continue…
- Comment on What Would You Like To See Improved in GNU/Linux? 10 months ago:
Buy-in from HW manufacturers, specifically related to audio production. Yes, can often hack your way into making a lot of the SW work (unsupported, of course), but HW support isn’t there. My NI Maschine is a non-starter - I might be able to hack together someway to get it to send receive basic midi, but that’s just a small part of why I own it. My audio interface might be cajoled into working, but it’s not supported and therefore not something I can really afford to invest into depending on beyond the fun of experimenting.
I also wish there was a alternative to Adobe Lightroom. Yes, I know about Darktable (it’s great), but the Adobe secret sauce is the bi-directional integration with mobile for lossless edits and catalogue management. This sort of thing is very, very hard to pull off in FOSS-land. (I’d even be happy if Adobe supported Linux.)
I have no issue with paying for functionality/services I need (I don’t want a free ride), but I wish the option was there.
So, I’m basically stuck with Windows and WSL.
- Comment on Please recommend your cheaper, reliable SSDs 2TB+ (4TB ideal) 10 months ago:
My concern (back then) with keeping the greens spun up would be that I’d lose the energy savings potential of them without the benefits of a purpose built NAS drive.
In my current NAS, I just have a pair of WD Red+. I don’t have a NVME cache or anything but it’s never been an issue given my limited needs.
I am starting to plan out my next NAS though, as the current on (Synology DS716+) has been running for a long time. I figure I can get a couple more years out of it, but I want to have something in the wings planned just in case. (seriously looking at a switch to TrueNas but grappling with price for HW vs appliance…). My hope is that SSDs drop on price enough to make the leap when the time comes.
- Comment on Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth 10 months ago:
Was it something we said?
- Comment on Please recommend your cheaper, reliable SSDs 2TB+ (4TB ideal) 10 months ago:
I had WD Greens in my first NAS (they were HDDs, though). This was ill-advised. Definitely better for power consumption, but they took forever to spin up for access to the point where it seemed like the NAS was always on the fritz.
Now I swear by WD Red. Much, much better (in my use case).
(I’m not sure how things pan out in SSD land though. Right now it’s just too pricey for me to consider.)
- Comment on Halley's Comet begins its return journey to Earth Saturday 11 months ago:
Voluntarily…?
- Comment on Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says 11 months ago:
Oh - undoubtedly. And potential revenue stream from services. None of this is for the benefit of the consumer.
- Comment on Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says 11 months ago:
It’s utterly ridiculous. I will not buy a car without AA/Carplay (I don’t want Android Automotive).
There’s so much wrong with their proposal. I don’t want my credentials to persist on a shared car! I already have a device that I take with me that has all the connectivity/data I want.
Basically, if ‘forced’ to buy a car without AA/Carplay they’d better throw in a suction cup mount to stick over top of of the built in display so I can use the device I already pay for…
- Comment on Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says 11 months ago:
Yes - but a quick glance at the insane profit margins on large SUVs/trucks will tell you why this hasn’t happened.
Something’s gotta give though…
- Comment on Automakers must build cheaper, smaller EVs to spur adoption, report says 11 months ago:
I got a barebones Chevy Bolt. Simple car - absolutely perfect for the city at times when public transport isn’t an option.
What’s more - it has AndroidAuto/Carplay (mandatory in any future car purchase for me).
GM subsequently cancelled the model (though rumours say they’ll bring it back?) and are building bigger cars instead. Ridiculous.
What we need is a smaller, practical EVs and a robust charging infrastructure. (especially in condos/rentals)
- Comment on Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox 11 months ago:
This is a good comment! I’ve reported to them in the past. A good reminder.
- Comment on Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox 11 months ago:
Typically banking sites for me. And a few others.
- Comment on Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox 11 months ago:
I think someone needs a hug.
- Comment on Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox 11 months ago:
The first sites I really noticed it on were banking sites. Pretty much essential. Would love to just ignore such sites, but that becomes a pretty big ask… Sigh
- Comment on Why Bother With uBlock Being Blocked In Chrome? Now Is The Best Time To Switch To Firefox 11 months ago:
I love Firefox. Love it.
But I keep coming across sites that don’t function properly with it. Is this Firefox’s fault? No - Firefox follows standards nicely. But growing numbers of sites don’t, and this is a big problem at a micro and macro level.
Chrome seems to have such a foothold that it is getting away with embrace/extend/extinguish and I think it’s a very sad thing.
- Comment on What to use as offsite backup? 11 months ago:
Exactly. The best solution is one that is simple, covers almost all scenarios and generally doesn’t require rethinking when new things come along.
I do wish the Apple stuff played a bit more nicely - my wife uses it and it’s honestly the biggest headache of the design.
- Comment on What to use as offsite backup? 11 months ago:
Onedrive /google drive for immediate stuff. Other stuff (too big for cloud services) from local to Synology, or simply served from Synology. Cloudsync from OneDrive/Google drive to Synology. (Periodic verification that things are sync’d this is very important!). Snapshots on Synology for local ‘oops’ recovery. Synology hyperbackup to Wasabi for catastrophic recovery. (used to use Glacier for this but it was a bit unwieldy for the amount of money saved - I don’t have that much data)
I’m aware that the loopback from onedrive/Google drive to synology doubles network traffic in the background but, again, I don’t have that much data and a consistent approach makes things easier/safer in the long run.
This works because every computer I have can plug into the process. Everything ends up on Synology (direct or via onedrive/Google drive) and everything ends up off site at Wasabi.
I very rarely need to touch the Wasabi stuff (unless to test, or because of boneheaded mistakes I make (not often) while configuring things.
It’s a good model (for me), adapts well to almost every situation and let’s me control my data.
- Comment on How reliable are EV chargers? 11 months ago:
What are the options for adapters to let you charge an existing Bolt EV, at a Tesla station?
To date, I’ve only ever needed to charge at home, but am curious.
- Comment on Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12 1 year ago:
Two main things are Lightroom and Maschine.
I know about Darktable. And lots of others. The photo editing application is the easy part - lots of options. The lightroom secret sauce is fully integrated workflow with mobile and desktop. I am content to pay money for this as it deserves to cost money. However, Adobe does not play nicely with Linux. For this use case, I could likely dual boot (or virtual box).
Music production is a challenge though. Dual booting isn’t an option as it’s my main use case. Maschine (the HW) doesn’t run on Linux. Yes, I know someone a few years ago wrote a partially functional driver for a previous incarnation of the HW, that works in midi mode, but that’s not how I use it. Paid good money for it - not keen on burning it.
I even considered running it in a box (assuming can pass through the usb), but as I started to tally up the dependencies, I would come close to having to put it all on the vbox, ending up with a setup that could only be appreciated by the most zealous Rube Goldberg afficionado…
On the software side, I can likely get wrappers to run a lot of it, but it’s an ongoing dice roll. The DAW is easy (Reaper). But I have a bunch of stuff I use constantly that I paid for and I don’t want the OS to work against me. (And I want to be able to hold the vendors’ feet to the feet when things don’t work properly - I’ve had support concerns (for legit bugs) that fell on deaf ears when I said I use Reaper, which was not officially supported by a certain vendor. How much luck would I have with Linux?
Then there’s the audio interface. Yes - it’ll probably run. But it’s certainly not supported.
Unless vendors actually start supporting Linux (flatpaks/snappaks/whatever would be just dandy), running Linux remains an obstacle, not a solution. However, they won’t start supporting until user base grows. Chicken. Egg. Ugh.
It’s most unfortunate - I definitely try to kick tires on it to see if it’s feasible every few years, but I continue to hit a wall.
In the meantime, I, and, I hope others will keep pressure up on vendors whenever possible.
- Comment on Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12 1 year ago:
I used to use it as a daily driver about 20 years ago. I use it on an old laptop currently (though thunderbird is… unpleasant).
I use WSL constantly.
I’m quite familiar with Linux.
But until hardware vendors actually support the OS, it’s a matter of scraping some eager coder’s git repo for things that work. Sort of. But not really.
Very frustrating.
- Comment on Microsoft may replace the Start button with the Copilot AI in Windows 12 1 year ago:
Ugh. I really, really don’t want an Apple. And I’ve got stuff that simply will not run in Linux. (Would very much like to switch fully over to Linux again…)