jodanlime
@jodanlime@midwest.social
- Comment on The Last Truly Custom Nintendo: A 3DS Retrospective 6 days ago:
I think not being dockable killed it for most people, that and it not being a pocket system. I think if either of those changes the for the better it would sell well. If it doesn’t fit in my pocket I might as well get the big one that docks so I can play on the TV when I’m in the mood.
- Comment on The Last Truly Custom Nintendo: A 3DS Retrospective 1 week ago:
I have a feeling that a Switch 2 Lite is on the horizon, Nintendo loves a console variant. Not that the S1 lite is pocketable, but maybe they will shrink it more this time. I went down a somewhat similar path, only for me it was GBA and emulation on my Steam Deck that really made me realize I missed having pocket games that are real games and not mobile bullshit. I modded my old GBA with a modern screen and battery and it’s been my goto device for portable games. The OG DS dropped as I was graduating highschool and going into college, and the 3DS completely passed me by. I keep thinking about getting a used one but their prices are still a little high for me.
- Comment on Interesting effect when your BF is sucking on a peppermint 2 weeks ago:
Well I’ve had the cough drops but never heard of that one.
- Comment on Who was your first childhood videogame crush? 2 weeks ago:
I actually have it on gog, but I’ve had a few issues running it on Linux. I haven’t tried it a while, and I didn’t troubleshoot much at all. I should give it another try.
- Comment on Who was your first childhood videogame crush? 2 weeks ago:
Holy crap I thought I was the only one that played that game.
- Comment on Meet Mico, Microsoft’s AI version of Clippy 2 weeks ago:
How do we murder it quickly
- Comment on Raven Big Mom 3 weeks ago:
Ravens are pretty big birds. I don’t think that’s a hatchling but it sure isn’t anywhere near an adult.
- Comment on The AI that we'll have after AI (Doctorow) 3 weeks ago:
Ok, fair point about it being in Snow Crash. I can forgive it a little bit now. I still don’t love the name, and I think we should come up with something better for the eventual fediverse version of the same idea.
- Comment on The AI that we'll have after AI (Doctorow) 3 weeks ago:
Let’s stop giving meta credit. Metaverse is a shit name anyway. Cyberspace is cooler and it’s still not that cool.
- Comment on Discuss 3 weeks ago:
Sometimes I put peanuts on top of my peanut butter toast.
- Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account 5 weeks ago:
I had this issue at work, I was able to fix it by using the windows media creation tool instead of just writing the iso to the drive. Not sure why that worked, but it has every time so far.
- Comment on How to Get Hardware Transcoding BACK on Your Synology NAS 5 weeks ago:
A thin client for a NAS? That’s a hard no for me. Take the GPU out if you don’t need it, put a more efficient PSU and it will sip power as long as you aren’t running 27 virtual machines on it. I guess it’s more space than a thin client, but I have no idea how you are getting multiple HDDs or SSDs in a tc. USB is trash at long term data storage, and having a bunch of external drives and cables isn’t superior to a slightly bigger box. Not to mention anything that’s actually sold as a thin client probably won’t run ZFS very well if at all. If it’s not ZFS and it’s not hardware raid what the hell is the point of having network storage? Save the TC for a docker host or host a VM on your NAS that it can connect to instead.
- Comment on How to Get Hardware Transcoding BACK on Your Synology NAS 1 month ago:
TrueNAS. More control for slightly more work up front. Hardware will be easier to maintain. Lots of gamer desktops that won’t run Win11 available that probably have enough SATA ports to get the job done.
- Comment on Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books 1 month ago:
Have you ever scanned a book? It’s an arduous process and I don’t think most people would go through all the hassle. The files will also never look as clean as an ebook that was made from scratch. There are plenty of other readers and book stores that aren’t at this level of greed, and most libraries have some way to borrow ebooks these days.
- Comment on Roll it up, light it up, smoke it up 1 month ago:
Man’s gotta sleep!
- Comment on Roll it up, light it up, smoke it up 1 month ago:
Wait, are these little guys getting stoned?
- Comment on What do you think is the best (and cheapest) way to host a new nextcloud instance and website for my local scouts organisation? 1 month ago:
I personally think this is a better idea than an old laptop. Easier to work on if the fan or SSD ever dies, and the cooling is a little better than any cheaper laptops I have worked on. It also wouldn’t need to be a NUC, basically every PC company makes a SFF or 1L sized computer, I’m partial to the Lenovo but the Dell’s are pretty nice too. I have about 8 Lenovo that are used as mini servers between home and work, on 24/7
- Comment on What do you think is the best (and cheapest) way to host a new nextcloud instance and website for my local scouts organisation? 1 month ago:
I understand what you’re saying, but I think the user counts and usages would matter big time. I used to run it on the smallest plan DO offered, but I haven’t in a few years now. No idea if the usage requirements have grown over time, and that was just for 2 users. I know a lot of people run it on a NAS in a VM or container, that’s not exactly a dedicated machine either.
- Comment on What do you think is the best (and cheapest) way to host a new nextcloud instance and website for my local scouts organisation? 1 month ago:
Look into digital ocean. They have pretty cheap hosting, like $6 a month last time I checked. You used to be able to get a month for free too. If it looks like a good option I can probably rustle you up a referral code.
- Comment on DIY rubber pad switches? 1 month ago:
Maybe you could use arcade buttons instead.
- Comment on Ethical alternatives to Spotify 1 month ago:
I’ve been using Qobuz for a few years. I’m on android and the car app is fine, but not amazing. I haven’t had any drop outs but I choose CD quality on cell service and download a lot of my favorite albums.
- Comment on Just had a hospital group employee tell me to simply email medical information 2 months ago:
They most likely use a third party like mimecast or the built-in encryption in outlook. I also haven’t had an issue between PGP and GPG but I’m not a heavy user.
- Comment on Do you recognize this PC case? 2 months ago:
If it’s not a Dell it’s an HP Compaq. HP bought Compaq and used the name for branding for a while. It would have been one of the last Compaq branded towers.
- Comment on A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. 2 months ago:
Even blenders have safeguards though, if the pitcher isn’t installed most won’t work. I don’t think it’s insane to require some sort of safety with LLMs.
- Comment on 👁️🐽👁️ 2 months ago:
They don’t need oxygen when I’m sleeping?
- Comment on leading ai company 2 months ago:
Yes.
- Comment on Google TV’s uncertain future 2 months ago:
Yeah, I’ve noticed it this week I think. It’s a bummer, on the one hand I understand that you need to pay the bills, on the other I’m not interested in ads. Maybe I should see how much a subscription is, because I’m not sure how they can generate enough revenue with ads with their target audience. But something that used to be free to just read tech articles suddenly becoming subscription only does feel a bit weird.
- Comment on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C 2 months ago:
My problem is I just don’t really like wearing watches. I want to, I like watches and I like having the time on me without getting distracted by my phone. But I just can’t find a comfortable band, I don’t like tight shirt cuffs either.
- Comment on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C 2 months ago:
I feel like withings cornered the market on hybrids. They are a little pricey but they are built very well.
- Comment on This is WAR. 3 months ago:
…no. forklift can lift car. Is very heavy.