Piece_Maker
@Piece_Maker@feddit.uk
- Comment on Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source 4 weeks ago:
And how exactly does that fix the issue with the client going against the spirit (if not the law) of the GPL?
- Comment on there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites 1 month ago:
If you just install Linux on your Mac and have a dark Qt theme set, Qbittorrent will also be dark.
I thought we’d blocked ads already?
- Comment on there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites 1 month ago:
Dark Reader extension turns all websites into dark mode whether they like it or not.
Checkmate!
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
I’m really curious to see what their regular mouse is like purely so I can recommend it to others (The amount of people I show my Classic to and they’re immediately put off because it’s a ball not a rodent is crazy). Wish there were more to choose from as well but I’m glad at least someone is doing it!
- Comment on How do I avoid enshitification of my keyboard and mouse 1 month ago:
Ploopy mice area real thing and run QMK. I have their Classic trackball and it’s an absolute beast
- Comment on European iPhones are more fun now 2 months ago:
The n900 was truly the best phone ever to exist and I’m deeply upset about it not having a modern equivalent
- Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10 2 months ago:
Use Heroic launcher for Epic games, it works great for everything I’ve put through it (including anti-cheat riddled stuff like GTA5 and Fall Guys). Heroic also supports GOG games. Lutris does the rest but can be a bit hit and miss compared to Steam/Heroic.
- Comment on Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall feature is coming back in October 2 months ago:
You’re 100% right. Linux itself is perfectly capable for a lot of users (note I didn’t say all users, or even most users, before people start coming at me with their weird edge case that requires Windows) but the community of both users and devs do absolutely nothing good to get people on board.
- Comment on ANBERNIC Officially Reveals New RG40XX H After Recent Leaks | Retro Dodo 4 months ago:
My phone’s battery is absolutely fine, although it isn’t expensive in the slightest (weird of you to assume it is…) but regularly hits below 30% battery towards the end of the day even without playing games. I could use a battery bank, but I’d still need that external controller which is yet another thing to carry and is awkwardly shaped and wouldn’t fit anywhere near as well in a pocket.
Again, weird to think I’m “worried” about anything. I’d just rather reserve my phone’s battery for when I need to use it, instead of wasting substantial amounts of it playing games.
- Comment on ANBERNIC Officially Reveals New RG40XX H After Recent Leaks | Retro Dodo 4 months ago:
In what way? I use them and it works just fine. Plus, I already had one so it cost me nothing to use it with my phone.
Well, I have to either attach it to my phone with a clip of some kind (which makes for sometimes questionable ergonomics or for a very wobbly, insecure setup that makes me fear I’ll drop my phone) Or I have to put my phone down on something, which for the sort of thing I use devices like this for just isn’t doable.
I’ve found clip-on ones to be very insecure and wobbly generally. I have an 8bitdo controller with their phone mount clip thing and the setup just feels way too top-heavy like I’m going to drop my phone at any moment.
Besides aren’t you already powering two devices when you carry this thing around with you
Which is exactly the point I’m making. I want to split that battery life up between devices, so my phone is less likely to die on me. I can deal without a handheld game console but if my phone taps out it’s more of a problem.
- Comment on Thought's on this Raspberry Pi Rival? board handled 20 open Chrome tabs and 4K video playback smoothly ,board has Rockchip 8-core ARM processor, 32 GB of RAM, Mali G610 GPU, competing with top OOPS. 4 months ago:
ARM boards are just a pain to use right now. There’s always some stupid quirk or driver problem and that’s if you even manage to find an up to date image for your chosen OS that works (because I can just about guarantee the ‘generic ARM’ one won’t). Feels like every few months someone announces something that’ll make all these problems go away yet here we are.
- Comment on ANBERNIC Officially Reveals New RG40XX H After Recent Leaks | Retro Dodo 4 months ago:
External Bluetooth controllers are always a pain and those clip-on ones are always awful. Plus it’s splitting the battery life between two devices, nothing bugs me more than using my phone for everything only to be shocked that the battery dies twice a day.
- Comment on ‘Meta is out of options’: EU regulators reject its privacy fee for Facebook and Instagram 6 months ago:
Curious how they expect this to work for people who aren’t even “paying” [with money or data] Meta users. Those people who never signed up for any of their services yet are still being tracked across websites via those social sharing buttons and the like. Are they supposed to pay Meta to not hoard their data from all the other websites, despite never setting foot on a Meta site?
- Comment on Big Tech Is Faking AI 7 months ago:
Is “Hey Siri, skip this track” really any better than just, reaching up and tapping your earphone?
- Comment on Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu 7 months ago:
Murena Fairphone
That’s awesome, never heard of this! I was referring to the stock Fairphones, which are absolutely Google-filled. But if someone is reselling them with all that crap stripped then that project is for sure worthy of recognition.
- Comment on Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu 7 months ago:
Their mission is amazing but I’m not going to sit here and pretend any Google-laden Android isn’t also ad-laden.
- Comment on Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu 7 months ago:
Well, that’s fair. You’re an absolutely miniscule minority of Android users though
- Comment on Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu 7 months ago:
Cheap chineseAll android phone - Comment on How does the day-to-day work of not wearing shoes in the house? 7 months ago:
I never wear shoes in the house, and rarely wear socks unless it’s really cold.
say I’m cooking all day on Sunday then need to take the trash out. I’m assuming it’s change shoes, then say the grandkids stop by and want to go go for a bike ride? I’m assuming it’s change shoes.
If I’m going on a bike ride then yes, I put shoes on (I’m not “changing shoes”, because I had no shoes on to begin with). If I’m doing something quick outside like taking the trash out, I’ll either just stay barefoot or maybe slip something like Crocs on if they’re close by enough to be convenient. You know if your skin touches the ground outside, it’ll be fine right? It also dries way faster than a sock or a shoe if you go out in the rain. It’s entirely fine.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Why would you say everyone’s a Christian? Might as well have some fun. Change all the ones marking themselves as Christians to say that they’re gay liberal polygamists or something.
- Comment on You guys should check out the reddit clone I've been working on 8 months ago:
Always with those weird red laser eyes in the thumbnail.