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- Comment on What's going on with Borderlands 2? Steam is giving it for free, but the game has 23% positive recent reviews. 2 hours ago:
You can install an application like Flatseal (flathub.org/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal) to inspect the permissions for a flatpak.
How locked down a flatpak is depends entirely on the developer and what permissions they request. By default, they can’t really see much. For example, they can’t even see the processes running on your host or your user and system files.
Flatpak does not do anything about network access though, it can only do no access or full access, no in between. The data they can collect on Linux in a Flatpak is very limited but it does not prevent them from calling home.
- Comment on Ori studio in crisis: No Rest For The Wicked could be their final game 3 days ago:
They went pretty fast with performance improvements after launch and the first major update. There was a larger gap with the last update because they bought their publishing rights back and had to wait for all the legal stuff to settle.
So far they had one large update which added end-game content and another large update with a major balancing overhaul, which also reset character progress.
HLTB currently sets the game at 12.5 hours for the main story and 24 hours for main + side quests.
I’m planning to play it once co-op releases, the game seems to be in a good state and has enough content for me.
- Comment on No need to hurt me, GOG :( 2 weeks ago:
SOMA
I see you don’t only want people to feel old but also experience existential crisis.
- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 2 weeks ago:
Yep, old ChatGPT was much more blunt and factual.
Don’t really like the recent trend of every LLM talking to me like I’m in kindergarten.
- Comment on The Witcher III is currently on sale for 3€ until 25th May 2 weeks ago:
You don’t have to re-add the game but I think you have to start Heroic itself from time to time to check for updates.
- Comment on Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US 2 weeks ago:
Back feeding is legal here if it is connected to a micro inverter which can turn off immediately when disconnected and never outputs more than 800W.
- Comment on Stack overflow is almost dead 2 weeks ago:
ChatGPT won’t humiliate you for asking a question that someone else has already asked.
I don’t know, being told what a good question that was and what a good boy I am everytime I ask a stupid question feels pretty humiliating.
(Still better than SO)
- Comment on The Witcher III is currently on sale for 3€ until 25th May 2 weeks ago:
Heroic also has a handy “Add to Steam” shortcut for each game:
- Comment on Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US 2 weeks ago:
Balcony solar panels are dirt cheap, you can get them for 200-300€, including the micro inverter. You usually do not have batteries in these setups, you just use up the generated power while it is available by moving things like the dishwasher and dryer to that time.
To give some actual numbers, I pay 0.22€ per kWh right now. In the last 30 days (Apr 21 - May 20) the balcony solar panels generated 74.11kWh. The month was fairly average with an even mixture of sunny days and rainy days.
Assuming you can use up the 800W of peak power, you will have saved around 16€ in just those 30 days. I don’t have full data for the year yet since I only got mine a few months back but my current estimation is that it will have paid for itself after 2-4 years.
- Comment on Why Balcony Solar Panels Haven’t Taken Off in the US 2 weeks ago:
The biggest advantage of balcony-mounted solar panels, at least where I live, is that you need 0 permits. You don’t need to ask your neighbors, you don’t need to ask your power company, you don’t need a building permit, you don’t need an electrician and you don’t need a solar company to install them for you.
They don’t replace large solar farms but if you incentivize people to DIY their solar installation you get tons of additional cheap and clean energy from a source that would be wasted otherwise.
- Comment on ‘Doom: The Dark Ages’ DRM Is Locking Out Linux Users Who Bought the Game 2 weeks ago:
If Doom Eternal is a rhythm game, what does that make Metal: Hellsinger aka “Doom but as a rhythm game”?
store.steampowered.com/app/…/Metal_Hellsinger/
(really great game btw)
- Comment on Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets 3 weeks ago:
TIL that Bungie is releasing a new game.
Although judging by this news and the first sentence on their Steam page being “…Bungie’s team-based extraction shooter.”, maybe it’s a good thing I can’t play their games.
- Comment on Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android 3 weeks ago:
Any reviews/feedback from current Nextcloud users? I do plan to eventually self host but would start off using storage included in the plan
If my Nextcloud stops working I’m done for.
My calendars are in there, my todo list, my notes, my contacts, all my savegames, backups, documents, invoices, photos, videos, everything.
It’s pretty heavy to host but it’s worth it if you make full use of their entire suite.
- Comment on Hacker advertises alleged database of 89 million Steam 2FA codes 3 weeks ago:
I once wrote the guy listed for their infrastructure that one of their mail servers is configured incorrectly.
He got back to me after 2 hours thanking me and telling me he fixed it.
Thought that was pretty impressive for a company of their size.
- Comment on Researchers discover new security vulnerability in Intel processors 3 weeks ago:
Intel has already deployed a fix for this in the 13th and 14th gen by permanently damaging the chip and crashing. Checkmate hackers.
- Comment on Mario Kart 64 got finally decompiled! 3 weeks ago:
There is now source code for the ROM, which makes creating ports and mods significantly easier.
The initial goal of most decompilations is to produce a 1:1 match of the original ROM. That’s how they know they’ve got a perfect representation of the original code.
- Comment on Mario Kart 64 got finally decompiled! 3 weeks ago:
Are you trying to run it on PC?
This is only the decompilation of the original for N64, the binaries it produces are for the N64 or an emulator. Making a PC port is the next step.
- Comment on Ori studio in crisis: No Rest For The Wicked could be their final game 3 weeks ago:
I bought the game on release mostly to support them. The folks at Moon Studios are seriously talented and deserve some support.
I played ~2 hours on release and thought the game was decent. The combat had some weight, the art style was excellent, the bosses were fun and challenging and the exploration was pretty neat. There were many performance issues which they have since mostly fixed but there were also a few systems taken from different genres that didn’t work that well together for me. I didn’t play for a while though, so maybe they improved things in that area.
Still, I’m also waiting for the coop, which is scheduled to release with the next major update.
I wouldn’t read too much into this news article. Their CEO has since clarified that he might have been a bit hyperbolic and didn’t expect the media to pick up on his random Discord post.
I don’t quite agree with his assessment of being “review bombed”. Most negative reviews come down to the game being released in early access: bad performance, many systems not working well together, being behind roadmap, missing coop on launch and more recently, difficulty. I do get their need for releasing in early access after Microsoft dropped them but it might have hurt them in the long run.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 4 weeks ago:
I had the same issue in the late game of Blue Prince.
The RNG is pretty fun at first but it quickly becomes frustrating when you have specific layouts in your mind. You gain some control but not enough to make it fun to restart over and over again until you don’t get shafted.
My solution was simple: I cheated. I gave myself infinite dice and rerolled the rooms until I got the layout I was looking for. Much more enjoyable that way.
- Comment on What is your favorite indie game? 4 weeks ago:
Sayonara Wild Hearts is such a good weekend game. Really cheap, really short, really good and with a soundtrack that you’re going to listen to long after finishing the game.
Highly recommend!
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 5 weeks ago:
I ran Emby for a while before switching to Jellyfin. Still running it today.
- Comment on That's all folks, Plex is starting to charge for sharing 5 weeks ago:
It has been a few years since I last used Plex but I always liked their interface, their tech stack is fairly modern, they have apps for pretty much every device, their title matching for content works really well and there was not much wrong with it back in the day other than it lacking local authentication.
I switched over long ago when they started pushing streaming services to my users that I couldn’t deactivate server side.
- Comment on Anker eufyMake E1 3D-texture UV printer now crowdfunding 5 weeks ago:
Heads up, I asked their support and it works neither on Linux nor without cloud.
Cool device though.
- Comment on Why is everyone using Tailscale? 5 weeks ago:
If Caddy works for you, no reason to change it.
I use Traefik because I like how tightly integrated it is with Docker. If the container with the config labels on it starts/stops the corresponding router in Traefik also starts/stops.
Since my services are mostly running in Docker, it’s the perfect workflow for me.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 5 weeks ago:
Thanks for documenting it for future people! Glad you got it to work.
- Comment on What is Docker? 5 weeks ago:
Anyway, what I wanted to know is why do people self host?
For the warm and fuzzy feeling I get when I know all my documents, notes, calendars, contacts, passwords, movies/shows/music, videos, pictures and much more are stored safely in my basement and belong to me.
Nobody is training their AI on it, nobody is trying to use them for targetted ads, nobody is selling them. Just for me.
- Comment on Bed slinger vs coreXY 3D printer 5 weeks ago:
I owned a Prusa Mk3 (bed slinger) and currently own a Voron 2.4 (CoreXY with flying gantry) and a Prusa Core One (CoreXY with static gantry), my 2 cents:
Bed slingers are cheap and reliable. Their layout makes sure the axis are always rigid and aligned or at the very least they are very easy to align if they are not.
They do have a giant disadvantage though which is shaking the print on the Y axis. For small prints that is negligible but as you go higher it becomes a disaster quite quickly. I could never print thin and high support structure along the X axis on my Mk3, it would just tip over or break once it reaches a certain height. Same issue with lithophanes. If I printed them on the wrong axis, they would fail or become distorted as the bed shakes.
I bought and built the Voron 2.4 primarily because Prusa did not release a CoreXY for such a long time and I did not want to have that same issues again since lots of my prints are pretty tall and thin.
In principle, the flying gantry is my favorite. The bed sits totally still and only the head moves, ideal for thin and tall prints. It’s also really cool to see the flying gantry level itself, almost like magic.
There’s one issue with flying gantries that I encountered multiple times on my Voron, which is that it needs very precise calibration in order to produce accurate results.
Due to the flying gantry there are just so many variables that can influence the end result. It’s almost impossible to determine exactly where the issue is coming from without much time for diagnosing. Skewed frame, skewed gantry, skewed Y axis, wrong or uneven belt tension and so much more. It’s a real pain to diagnose print issues. My Voron still has a very tiny skew and I have no idea where it’s coming from.
The Core One has a static gantry, which is in my opinion the best design I have used so far. Compared to the usual static gantry like on the Voron Trident, the Core One gantry has one solid 4 sided steel piece which impacts view a little bit but you can be certain that the gantry is square.
This drastically reduces the amount of possible issues. It still needs almost perfect belt tensioning so the gantry does not skew but other than that the only other thing that needs to match is the alignment between bed and XY axis, that’s about it. It was incredibly easy to get the skew on my Core One kit to pretty much zero.
No more bed slingers for me and seeing the flying gantry once was enough. CoreXY with static gantry so far is my favorite design.
- Comment on Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it 5 weeks ago:
I don’t use the Solution explorer but I also don’t think it has one.
I usually kickstart a fresh application with a SLN and a few projects in the dotnet CLI and VSCodium picks up the launch project automatically when I tell it to create a launch.json. For existing applications, if the .vscode folder already exists it will just pick it up or I can also just ask it to create a launch.json.
That workflow has been ingrained into me since there were no real C# utilities for VS Code when it first launched, so not much changed for me when going to VSCodium.
- Comment on Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it 5 weeks ago:
Is there something missing in OmniSharp that prevents you from using VSCodium?
I do most of my C# development with the OmniSharp plugin in VSCodium on Linux.
- Comment on Microsoft rolls Windows Recall out to the public nearly a year after announcing it 5 weeks ago:
Helldivers works fine on Linux, I play it from time to time.
