DigDoug
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- Comment on Whatever happened to cheap eReaders? – Terence Eden’s Blog 2 days ago:
Yeah, I didn’t consider that the exchange rate in 2012 was really good. With the new price and today’s exchange rate, it would be $180 NZD, which isn’t the end of the world, but feels kind of wrong because electronics generally get cheaper the longer they’re on the market.
That being said, it isn’t just Kindles. Kobos used to be ridiculously cheap, and now they’re the same price as Kindles if not more.
- Comment on Whatever happened to cheap eReaders? – Terence Eden’s Blog 3 days ago:
It’s crazy. I bought the then-current basic model Kindle for $90 NZD in 2012, which still works. I recently started looking for a new eReader with USB C and without the rubberised coating that slowly turns back into oil. The cheapest I’ve found is over $200.
- Comment on Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps 1 week ago:
On the one hand, it’s about time - APT is almost 30 years old.
On the other hand, I’m sure Microsoft will find a way to make it shit.
- Comment on What's a good HTPC OS and software? 2 weeks ago:
It’s still in active development, but you might want to keep an eye on
Plasma Bigscreen. I’ve been looking for a similar setup to you, and it seems to tick all of the boxes, at least for me.I only learned about it recently, and I’ve been too busy to have a play with it since, but I’ll edit this post with my impressions once I get the time to have a play with it.
- Comment on Fake reviews on Play Store by Plex staff 3 weeks ago:
Well this thread is an absolute shitshow.
Jellyfin is great, but if you refuse to let yourself understand that Plex’s ease of setup for remote access is a point in its favour - especially when sharing with non-tech savvy people - then you’re just as bad as the supposed “Plex shills”.
Plex is well on the enshittification train, and I’ve always been a bit concerned about how private it may or may not be, but there’s absolutely no way I’d have been able to share a Jellyfin instance with my grandfather, especially as his dementia got worse.
- Comment on What are some cool projects that I can do with a 1st gen Raspberry Pi? 3 weeks ago:
If you have a 3D printer that can’t connect to the internet, you could try Octoprint.
- Comment on The only way to be 3 weeks ago:
Governments could easily get Ancaps on board by renaming themselves to Government, Inc.
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 3 weeks ago:
“Nintendo may render…the applicable Nintendo device permanently unusable in whole or in part.”
This isn’t just a warning from Nintendo that you risk bricking your console if you try to hack it.
- Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option 2 months ago:
and its not linux or mac
Except there’s already a Mac version of GOG Galaxy.
- Comment on - Buy Once Software 2 months ago:
This clearly isn’t true though, otherwise there wouldn’t be so much FOSS software.
- Comment on GOG seems to be considering paid membership option 2 months ago:
I like what GOG do, but gating features, even niche ones, behind a subscription sounds like the first step towards enshittification.
Also, I’m sure as hell not giving them extra money until they fix their platform on Linux/Steam Deck.
- Comment on - Buy Once Software 2 months ago:
en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_free_and_open-source_s…
Buy never software
- Comment on Top AI struggle to beat Pokémon game made for 5 year olds. 2 months ago:
What is possible is to use the bicycle to bypass smaller walls, which means that the AI is linking the two together, which is actually scary and shows, perhaps, tiny glimpses into future AGI.
I have no love for AI, but whoever wrote this article has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about. This simply isn’t a thing in the OG Pokemon games.
- Comment on One-handed games? 2 months ago:
One really handy thing with the Steam Deck is the ability to remap all of the buttons (as well as the two paddles on the back for each hand), so one could probably make a decent one-handed control setup for 99% of turn-based games. Even ones that require the use of the mouse, given the Deck’s touchpads.
Vampire Survivors requires nothing except the stick/dpad outside of menus (and I’m pretty sure you can use the touchscreen for menus, too).
If your friend(s) are stuck using the dpad, it might not be suitable, but Crypt of the Necrodancer only requires four buttons or left, right, up, and down (and you can assign buttons for the button combos normally required to do things like use bombs). This assumes that they like rhythm games.
- Comment on Plex is locking remote streaming behind a subscription in April 2 months ago:
I really need to stop being lazy and swap to Jellyfin…
- Comment on E-waste or Linux? Charities face tough choices as Windows 10 support ends 2 months ago:
If you’re buying a PC that doesn’t have the specs to run Windows 11, you’re probably only using it for web browsing tasks anyway. I’d wager that many of them wouldn’t even notice that they’re using a different OS.
- Comment on Mozilla Introduces Firefox’s First-Ever Terms of Use 2 months ago:
Remember the Looking Glass fiasco? The people in charge of Firefox are so stupid it’s indistinguishable from malice.
- Comment on Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website | TechCrunch 3 months ago:
Don’t be evil