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Comment on Happy, fighting May 1st! in ~society
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Comment on Happy, fighting May 1st! in ~society
Pavouk106 LinkEnd of April and start of May, not only 1st of May, is something special for people in western part of Czech Republic. Each year we hold memorials of liberation by mainly US and Belgian armies....End of April and start of May, not only 1st of May, is something special for people in western part of Czech Republic. Each year we hold memorials of liberation by mainly US and Belgian armies.
History and army enthusiasts form camps and convoys and travel around the region stopping at various towns, speaking with locals, taking part in laying down flowers at memorials. They eventually gather in Pilsen, capital of western Bohemia to celebrate liberation. There are war veterans each year attending this "festival", one might say, including discuasions with locals. Their lines are getting thinner though after 81 years since the war ended. The culmination point is Convoy of Liberty - convoy of historical army vehicles driving down a few kilometers of the main street through the city sometimes with Czech Air force fighters or WW2 planes flying by. Thousands (maybe tens of thousands?) people attend - the city has population of 150 thousand people, just so you know.
And I'm writing all of this becaus I'm going to Pilsen this very day to have a look at all the army camps in the city - the enthusiasts live there throughout the celebration just like US, Belgian (and others) soldiers did when they liberated the region in 1945 - historical tents, uniforms, kitchenware and everything. And people can go through the camps and speak with them and enjoy the atmosphere - I can imagine it may have been a bit like that at the end of the war.
Western Bohemia was liberated mainly by US army, Soviets liberated the rest of the country - just wanted to add this to avoid confusion.
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Comment on Announcing the Backlog Burner event for May 2026: Shrink your unplayed games list this coming month! in ~games
Pavouk106 (edited )Link ParentYou have to get your mind used to playing turn-based slow game. They are great games, I'd even say better than modern titles in the series, but they are so hard to get into! If you'd like...You have to get your mind used to playing turn-based slow game. They are great games, I'd even say better than modern titles in the series, but they are so hard to get into!
If you'd like recommendations for character build for Fallout 1, then I would say small arms and speech are mandatory. Late in the game energy weapons will dominate, but there will be time to switch (once you have small arms over 100%, start building up energy). You don't have to have strong character as there is something that helps with this late in the game. Better put points into other aspects - agility (more AP), perception (better shooting and I believe also traps or even dialogue options), endurance (more HP per level), intelligence (more skill points per level). There are options to raise some of the attributes late in the game. But you probably can't make chafacter that would suck so much to not be able to finish the game, so don't worry too much.
Character for second Fallout would be build like that too, but you may actually try cold weapons or melee from the beginning and soon transform to small arms and later in the game to energy (laser is crippled a lot in this game though). Speech is even more important as it opens up quite a lot of dialogue and thus doors for you. Once again, there are options to raise the attributes late in the game.
For both games - there are no leveled enemies. There are simply zones of map where you don't go until you are ready for them. Or you go there and die, simple as that. There is no autosave and only 10 positions to save the game. You can say that your decisions are irreversible - and there is so much of those!
Fallout 1 is quite short. But 2 is much much bigger. If you can go through the first one, you have tonplay second. If you are gonna have a favorite from those two, it will be Fallout 2 simply because of the sheer volume of the game you get.
One hint: Fallout1 - When Brotherhood of Steel sends you to the Glow to bring back something of theirs, save the game before you leave BoS and don't overwrite this save until you are back with the thing.
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Comment on Announcing the Backlog Burner event for May 2026: Shrink your unplayed games list this coming month! in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI'm not participating per se, please don't include me in the ping list. I participate throughout the whole year. Since I got my Steam Deck, actually since I got Switch Lite, I play only one game...I'm not participating per se, please don't include me in the ping list.
I participate throughout the whole year. Since I got my Steam Deck, actually since I got Switch Lite, I play only one game at a time. This ensures I don't add games to backlog and actually I finish the games I had for a long time. Since then I finished for example Witcher 3, Oblivion, Fallout 1&2, all Syberias, Borderlands 1&2, Final Fantasy X and many others.
Right now I'm still playung through Borderlands 2 DLCs and I won't be done with the game even after those - I will replay on higher difficulties (game modes).
I atill don't know which game will be next, but there's time for that.
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Comment on We must keep age verification from killing anonymity online in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentWell, you are not going to Pornbub if you know it will kick you out, are you? And when you are over the needed age, the boolean only says "yes" thus not passing along any other information. Or you...Well, you are not going to Pornbub if you know it will kick you out, are you? And when you are over the needed age, the boolean only says "yes" thus not passing along any other information.
Or you can not use this system and scan your id card with all the information...
If there has to be some kind of age verification, it should be just that - age verification. There is no need to pass along any other information than yes/no.
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Comment on We must keep age verification from killing anonymity online in ~tech
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Comment on We must keep age verification from killing anonymity online in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI have probably already posted here abou Czech system that could be used for age verification. It's called MojeID (MyID) and is based on OpenID but actually isn't about anonymity, quite the...I have probably already posted here abou Czech system that could be used for age verification. It's called MojeID (MyID) and is based on OpenID but actually isn't about anonymity, quite the contrary - it identifies you as who you really are. It is run by CZ.NIC - Czech NIC which is non-profit and it must be for such service to work in user's favor.
You set up MojeID via e-mail. Then you can add more information about you and authenticate each thing you add. The highest level is when you let CZ.NIC authenticate your name and address in national (government) registry. From then you are who you really are and can use.MojeID to authenticate into various services including government stuff (your driver's licence, to prove you have vaccine against covid in covid years, fines and ppints on your drivers licence, land information and such). The thing is you can choose which information is handed by CZ.NIC to the service you are logging in. You can simply see and (un)check what you want to be handed over - be it name, address, phone number or... you guessed it - date of birth.
This could easily work for age verification. The service (say Pornhub) wants you to log in via MojeID and when you log in to MojeID it asks you if you want your date of birth provided to the service you are logging in (Pornhub). Or better yet - Pornhub wants from MojeID just your current age, no need for age of birth. Yes, your age would be linked with your Pornhub account and thus your e-mail in their database. Not entirely optimal, but still much better zhen if you let government or Pornhub handle the situation.
I would thus propose NICs from a few countries, maybe EU, to join effort and make such srrvice worldwide and run it on their behalf. It must be run by trustworthy non-profit.l funded from various funds, not only governments.
CZ.NIC made Turris Omnia router. They also made TV campaign to wanr about internet dangers like phishing and to enlighten people about internet (like 15 years ago). They made many more things. They are very trustworthy for me. Just wanted to add some background about them.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI have finidhed Borderlands 2 base game on Steam Deck. I have previously finished it on PS Vita with DLC there (not all are on Vita I believe). This is one of the classics I might say. I love the...I have finidhed Borderlands 2 base game on Steam Deck. I have previously finished it on PS Vita with DLC there (not all are on Vita I believe).
This is one of the classics I might say. I love the FPS and RPG combination and the game itself is quite over the top at everything it does. If is hilarious, funny, I'd say it is joking about itself - like Hot Shots movie or similar. I like this style.
I'm going througb DLCs now and I will very likely replay the game in harder and hardest modes (True vault hunder and Ultra vault hunter). I will probably try new class as well, as I always olay as commando (guy with turret).
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Comment on FFmpeg - Merging multiple videos containing chapters into one with chapters from originals in ~comp
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkIt's that time of year where I finally come to finishing one of the things of the past. Because I wasn't able to find any script or resource online (that would work for me), I decided I have to do...- Exemplary
It's that time of year where I finally come to finishing one of the things of the past.
Because I wasn't able to find any script or resource online (that would work for me), I decided I have to do it myself.
If you, somehow - I can't even think why would you - have multiple videos you want to join into one and the videos have chapters you wanted included in the final video, you may find this little script helpful.
Usage
- extract chapter data from each video using command:
ffmpeg -i file1.mkv -f ffmetadata chapters1.txt - run my script:
./join-chapters.py chapters1.txt chapters2.txtand so on
this will generate file called output.txt - if you want to change/add title of the final video, the second line in the output.txt needs to be
title=Your desired title
and the beginning of the file shoul look something like this
;FFMETADATA1
title=Live Aid
encoder=Lavf62.3.100
[CHAPTER]
TIMEBASE=1/1000000000
START=0 - create a file named list.txt and put names of your video files in it in structure like this:
file '1.mkv'
file '2.mkv'
file '3.mkv'
file '4.mkv' - merge, actually concatenate, videos into one using command like this, or adapt to your usage:
ffmpeg -f concat -i list.txt -vcodec copy -acodec copy -scodec copy placeholder.mkv
I guess all the files have to use the same codecs for video, audio and subtitles - merge the video with chapters using this command:
ffmpeg -i placeholder.mkv -i output.txt -map_metadata 1 -map_chapters 1 -vcodec copy -acodec copy -scodec copy Live\ Aid.mkv - delete at least placeholder.mkv as it will be enormous in size (22GB in case of 7:45 hours Live Aid) and other files you may not need
- Enjoy your almost eight hours of the best music world has ever heard* and see what you are listening to thanks to included chapters! This is my case, at least.
* In my humble opinion
The script is dirty. It was written for this specific case and I don't plan to use it again (subconsciousness: What about Live 8?) so it contains things that may be specific to my usage and my laziness. Feel free to adjust it to your needs and maybe share your fixes.
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Comment on What are your go-to meals that you cook? in ~food
Pavouk106 LinkIf I don't know what to cook and don't want to put much effort into it these are mine: Champignon cream risotto cut champignons to thin slices (5 champignons) put them on frying pan (wok style...If I don't know what to cook and don't want to put much effort into it these are mine:
Champignon cream risotto
- cut champignons to thin slices (5 champignons)
- put them on frying pan (wok style preferably) with adequate amount of butter (100 grams) and let them cook; not on high power, we are not frying them!
- boil rice (400-500 grams of uncooked rice)
- when champignons turn grey/brown and/or you are pleased with how they are done, add cream (400 milliliters)
- let the cream boil of a bit to get it thicker
- add boiled rice and add salt to you liking
Pasta with tuna and dried tomatoes
- boil your favorite pasta, penne works great for me (500 grams of uncooked pasta)
- in the meantime cut dried tomatoes to small squares (around 100-150grams of tomatoes; not counting oil if they are in oil)
- put tomatoes and one can of tuna in oil (160 grams can, which is around 110 grams of tuna) in the pot and heat it up a bit, you may add more oil if it's too dry (ie. from tomatoes if they were in oil or olive or sunflower or whatever cooking oil)
- once pasta is boiled, mix everything together thoroughly
- no seasoning needed, but you may add some parmesan or similar cheese on top
Ham risotto
- cut sliced ham to circa 3-4 mm wide and around 1-2cm long stripes (250 - 300 grams)
- put the ham into the frying pan (wok style preferably) with some butter (say 100 grams)
- fry the ham on medium heat and in the meantime
- cut two peppers to say halves or quarters and then cut those to thin slices
- add peppers into the pan once ham starts to get fried
- add butter if needed
- once peppers are in pan, turn down the heat a bit so it doesn't fry anymore and just let the peppers get soft
- in the meantime boil rice (400-500 grams of uncooked rice)
- after peppers are softnand rice is boiled, mix everything together thoroughly
- add abundant amount of soy sauce (say 2 - 4 table spoons), all the rice must change color, keep mixing
- add salt and ground pepper tonyour liking
- you can put grated cheese on top while serving, if you like
Pasta with cheese sauce
- boil your favorite pasta, spaghetti works great (500 grams)
- put 200 grams of parmesan(-type) or blue cheese type and 200 ml of sauce and 50 grams of butter in the pot and let the cheese melt on low heat, you don't want it to overheat! Keep the temperature so low you could actually eat the sauce directly from the pot
- once pasta is boiled and sauce is done, put pasta in the deep plate and pour over the sauce, serve immediately!
- don't mix the remaining pasta with the sauce! This would make it really bad for reheating!
- if you are reheating, you can do pasta in the microwave oven but you should reheat the sauce in the pot and again on low heat and slowly until it all joins together again!
All of these are for three to four adults or two adults and two kids. All of them could be reheated, the cream risotto is best served immediately though.
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Comment on Tildes Survey #1: How old are you? (Results) in ~talk
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI'm living the best days put of my thirties before I turn 40 this year. I feel like 20 though, especially mentally 20 :-DI'm living the best days put of my thirties before I turn 40 this year. I feel like 20 though, especially mentally 20 :-D
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Comment on What’s the best 3D-printed thing you have? in ~talk
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkThe best 3D printed thing I have is LTT tech sack over the shoulder strap buckle which I designed myself and use it every day. Another thing I use every day is also my own design and it's tabletop...The best 3D printed thing I have is LTT tech sack over the shoulder strap buckle which I designed myself and use it every day.
Another thing I use every day is also my own design and it's tabletop PC stand.
I also use daily this coffee grinder dosage thingie which is great as it is just for around 15-16g of coffee which means double espresso - one for me, one for my wife. Much better than the original really big container which didn't allow for any reasonable dosage.
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Comment on Framework reveals 13 Pro laptop with 20-hour battery in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI think the money invested were very well worth for Framework at the time of investment. I believe Linus said back then that such investemnt helps a lot at that stage - beginning - as the money...I think the money invested were very well worth for Framework at the time of investment. I believe Linus said back then that such investemnt helps a lot at that stage - beginning - as the money invested is quite big compared to what the company has at the time. I hope I make sense.
Nowadays Framework is kinda established and likely self-sufficient company so his investment is kinda negligible in today's money.
And I also thinm that if Linus don't like something, he says it out loud - put them on the spotlight. He was saying all the time that touchscreen must happen and voila, it's there. If something wasn't ok, he would tell, I believe. Even with his investment.
I think he also said the investment is more like support of the idea of serviceable and ulgradeable laptop and thus was kinda backing his words with money.
Or maybe I'm completely false on tbis.
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Comment on The insider trading suspicions looming over Donald Trump's US presidency in ~society
Pavouk106 Link ParentYou can't fix it when they have half the population backing them up (in elections).You can't fix it when they have half the population backing them up (in elections).
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Comment on Robot golf vs holes that keep getting harder in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkHave a look at other videos from this channel. He is great guy that makes great kverengineered stuff that nobody needs.Have a look at other videos from this channel. He is great guy that makes great kverengineered stuff that nobody needs.
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Comment on Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced releases July 9, 2026 in ~games
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI love Black flag. It's the first and kinda the only game I played from AC series and it's just because pirates + how great it looked. I played it on PS3 and I played and finished it on Switch...I love Black flag. It's the first and kinda the only game I played from AC series and it's just because pirates + how great it looked.
I played it on PS3 and I played and finished it on Switch Lite.
Then I wanted to experience the game once more on PC and bought it on Steam. And then got refund. I expect the same with this remake, so, sadly, I will pass on it.
I hope studios will eventually stop doing anti-consumer stuff or simply go out of business because of it. I don't believe any of those two.options will happen, though.
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Comment on Which Linux distro do you use, and why? in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI use Gentoo and Arch, btw! I used Gentoo since around 2010. When I bought a new motherboard for my desktop this year, I switched to Arch, since it is a bit like Gentoo but there is no need to...I use Gentoo and Arch, btw!
I used Gentoo since around 2010. When I bought a new motherboard for my desktop this year, I switched to Arch, since it is a bit like Gentoo but there is no need to compile everything. I used Arch on my notebook (that I use like once a month) for last two years so I knew what I'm migrating to. I like rolling release distros as you are kinda on the bleeding edge all the time and don't need to upgrade to newer version of the distro itself.
I started with Linux around 2001 with Mandrake or Mandriva or what it was back then - just tried it on my PC while in high school. I completely switched to OpenSUSE in around 2008 when IDE connector in my expensive laptop died and Windows XP couldn't boot from USB drive (it cut off/restarted USB during boot, duh!). Since then I'm Linux only. I went from Suse straight to Gentoo - out of curiosity and to learn along the way. And learn I did! Gentoo was great and still is. I still run it on daughter's PC and on my three DIY servers. But once I do reinstall on any of these, I will go with Arch.
I have installed SUSE and later Ubuntu to my dad's desktop and while he was sceptical in the beginning, he is happy now - everything (he needs) just works.
I have recently installed Ubuntu on another relative's gaming PC when we upgraded motherboard and Windows failed to activate no matter what I did. I got fed up and just installed Linux. This relative bitches about, but actually uses the PC without any problems, including gaming.
And this year I installed Ubuntu Mate on yet another relative's weak notebook. He had Windows 10 there which wouldn't unlock for him - "Wait for 2 hours and try again" - it didn't work even the next day or another week. So I got fed up once again and now he has working laptop. In near future, he is getting Arch, as Ubuntu LTS is too slow to pick up on modern games and needs (protontricks, for example) and I'd like to switch him to rolling release.
Yet another relative asked me about upgrading from Windows 10 to 11 on his old PC. I said it can't run it (10 years old CPU which is still powerful enough for his needs) so there may be another Linux desktop in a few months/years.
I stick with well known and long running distros - be it some Ubuntu flavor for relatives or something adventurous like Gentoo or Arch for me. I know there are things like CachyOS or even SteamOS, but I like my PC be a desktop, not gaming PC (SteamOS) and I don't want to invest time into something short-lived (CachyOS). I may be trading in some performance by doing that, but gain some stability and probably future-proofing in exchange.
I also own Steam Deck, so I run SteamOS (Arch) there, of course. And I have some Raspberries running here, so Raspbian/RaspberryOS there (Debian).
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Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies
Pavouk106 LinkSorry in advance if you view my comment as offtopic. I pirated in my younger years. Eaither for.me or people around me (having CD burner, you know...). I grew up, started working, having money and...Sorry in advance if you view my comment as offtopic.
I pirated in my younger years. Eaither for.me or people around me (having CD burner, you know...). I grew up, started working, having money and nowadays I don't pirate anymore. There is no need to.
I don't pay for any subscriptions of the big media domes. I pay for Nebula and LTT on Floatplane (their own platform) as I believe that my money go right to the creators (after paying for the platforms to run, of course). I like supporting the authors directly like that.
I may be lacking on new hot TV series and whatnots, but I'm kinda old school, maybe conservative. I love movies from my childhood starring Louis de Funes, Al Pacino, Terence Hill & Bud Spencer, 80's and 90's action movies, Police Academy... Even heavy weight movies like Godfather.
Given my favorites, I tend to buy DVDs and Blu rays of those.movies and rip them to my Jellyfin media server. This way I legally own the movie and I just don't watch it from the media it was delivered on. This may not be legally right but it is in my mind. I also still own the discs, have them stashed in the closet, I don't rip and resell them.
If something new and great comes along, I gladly buy Blu ray. From the latest movies, this is probably Dune part 2. If the movie or series I'm interested in doesn't come out on physical media, I'm not paying for it (and obviously I will not watch it). Either the studio makes it in physical or I'm not interested at all. I know I'm in absolute minority here, but these are my principles.
Back to piracy - I don't pirate anymore. And even though some lawyer somewhere might look at my usage of the copyrighted content from other angle, my mind is clear on that. And if somebody around me.pirates things? Well, that's their "problem", I'm not judging. And with current state of subscriprions and mergers, I can even understand why they do it...
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Comment on No one can force me to have a secure website!!! in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI thought that no one can force me as well. Actually, I forced myself. One of my friends got Pixel 9a and used Chrome. And Chrome didn't surprise at all - default seems to be se to "http no go"....I thought that no one can force me as well. Actually, I forced myself. One of my friends got Pixel 9a and used Chrome. And Chrome didn't surprise at all - default seems to be se to "http no go". Once I set up HTTPS it works.
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Comment on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary election in ~society
Pavouk106 Link ParentThe last year's Budapest Pride was enormous, still. Even when there was a ban on it by Orbán. I guess people took it also as political standpoint.The last year's Budapest Pride was enormous, still. Even when there was a ban on it by Orbán. I guess people took it also as political standpoint.
We were Eastern bloc back then, so I believe this became a thing after USSR has fallen.