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Comment on Timasomo 2025: The Showcase in ~creative.timasomo
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: The Showcase in ~creative.timasomo
Pavouk106 LinkI have uploaded last STL model file for my Open PC stand. There is kinda everything written on the Printables, so I will make it shorter here. I wanted my PC on my table, like Open benchtable,...I have uploaded last STL model file for my Open PC stand. There is kinda everything written on the Printables, so I will make it shorter here.
I wanted my PC on my table, like Open benchtable, which looks really great but also costs quite some money. And then I thought "You have 3D printer, why not print something like that?" Next few days I spent on Printables looking on various models and weighing their pros and cons to no avail - I didn't find single one that would be just for me, some were too big to fit, some had aluminium bars as part of construction, some were meant for watercooling, some for mITX, some for ATX (me having mATX) and so on...
So I went on a main quest to design my own. And here it is.
Known issues - no dust filtering, no watercooling (or rather no mounts for radiators), may not hold really big GPUs well. The dust is part of it being open, nothing to do about it, really - at least disassembly of the PC for cleaning is kinda easy or you can take the whole thing outside and use compressed air or blower to get rid of the dust. Watercooling is impossible to make since I don't have any watercooling parts at hand to measure and test - but you can make your own parts for it if you want. Heavy GPUs could be kinda mitigated, but the PCI bracket is made to fit next to motherboard IO ports if the GPU is in the first slot (think mITX), which limits the dimensions and thus strength of the printed bracket. I could make the bracket wider (thus stronger) but it may not be compatible with each motherboard. Since I don't have heavy GPU, I don't have means to test it and hence why I didn't make even stronger bracket.
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Comment on Humble Bundle vets launch new game discovery platform Digiphile in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI also have many keys left and I even participadet in one giveaway here. I will list the games again, as I know I will never play them. I have to look into this new project, seems interesting.I also have many keys left and I even participadet in one giveaway here. I will list the games again, as I know I will never play them.
I have to look into this new project, seems interesting.
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Comment on November 2025 Backlog Burner: Week 1 Discussion in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentWhen I first played it, I thought how is it even possible to finish the game. Then I read a bit about how it actually works. Basically each item has some kind of points value and there are...When I first played it, I thought how is it even possible to finish the game. Then I read a bit about how it actually works. Basically each item has some kind of points value and there are thresholds to cross which spawn another wave. If you pick up everything, you can end up with multiple waves at once, I believe.
I haven't played multiplayer (yet), but if you keep track of what item and where it is located (for later pick up), you can manage even just on your own pretty well.
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Comment on November 2025 Backlog Burner: Week 1 Discussion in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI just want to react on UNLOVED. If somebody wants to try it, don't pick up everything you find! Every item adds up to background counter that spawns new enemies, thus more you pick up, faster...I just want to react on UNLOVED.
If somebody wants to try it, don't pick up everything you find! Every item adds up to background counter that spawns new enemies, thus more you pick up, faster enemy spawn and faster enemy progression (to harder enemies). I usually go fornjust two weapons and pickup ammo and armor as I need it. That way you can actually get through the game.
I suppose more players = more picking up = harder game. You may want to maybe pick up even less if you ay multiplayer then.
It is strange concept, one I don't know from any other game. But in Unloved, you can actually run around empty map. Or get overwhelmed easily. It all depends on how you play it.
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Comment on An AI-generated country song is topping a Billboard chart, and that should infuriate us all in ~music
Pavouk106 Link ParentMoney for nothing -Dire Straits It's literally all said in that song.Money for nothing -Dire Straits
It's literally all said in that song.
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI'd try looking if you actually run Nvidia proprietary drivers. I think glxinfo (command) can tell you more - if you don't have it, don't install it. Or if you have Steam installed, you can find...I'd try looking if you actually run Nvidia proprietary drivers. I think glxinfo (command) can tell you more - if you don't have it, don't install it. Or if you have Steam installed, you can find infk about your hardware there - if the driver is MESA, you are not running Nvidia proprietary drivers and that could mean you are not decoding on GPU but actually on CPU. Or you can try command nvidia-smi, which will tell you some basic info about Nvidia GPU (or end up with an error if you don't run proprietary driver).
You can find more information about your video files by using command ffprobe (from ffmpeg package), that way you can narrow down the differences between videos that play alright and the ones that don't.
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Comment on Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show in ~tech
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Comment on Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show in ~tech
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Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk
Pavouk106 LinkTL;DR: The.chosen ones. Everyone on this website was chosen by someone else to be here, there is no doubt about that. Thanks, @OBLIVIATERTL;DR: The.chosen ones. Everyone on this website was chosen by someone else to be here, there is no doubt about that.
Thanks, @OBLIVIATER
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Comment on Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentIt's a bit about how we use the internet on personal level. I keep buying my wife nice underwear and the ads I see the most are young beautiful women posing in nice underwear. And I click on those...It's a bit about how we use the internet on personal level.
I keep buying my wife nice underwear and the ads I see the most are young beautiful women posing in nice underwear. And I click on those and I list through all the underwear and occassionally buy some (not from clickthrough, though).
I don't visit Youtube.com anymore. Ads there are not "a little bit too much", they already went "full on, we don't care about user experience unless the user pays us". I use Grayjay on mobile and also on desktop (the desktop one is a bit behind current Youtube defemse against it, so it doesn't work sometimes for a day or two). Sure, creators are not paid by ads if I watch their content this way, but as Linus Sebastian once said in one of their videos (paraphrasing here) "Buy one merch item from us and you will give us more money than you ever would from ads". What I want to say is there are other and more direct ways to support them.
I have my own policy on ads - if there are to many of them, I stop visiting the site. If the site is somewhat reasonable, I'm ok with ads. Meta osn't reasonable at all...
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Comment on Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI reckon there are automatic processes behind that. And they suck ass, clearly. As I said, every half-decent person see it through - it is blatant scam. Yet there is no person who would sit there...I reckon there are automatic processes behind that. And they suck ass, clearly. As I said, every half-decent person see it through - it is blatant scam. Yet there is no person who would sit there and review it and remove the scam from ad-roller. I understand why there is no such peraon employed by Meta - this person's job costs them money and this person in quiestion would remove ads which would lose them money, for Meta this is defeat-defeat scwnario, they would lose money twice in one way. This practically means that they absolutely shit down on their users and do it publicly by allowing these scam ada to exist.
And I'm nit even talking about all the AI gwnerated shitposts which many times contain just wrong information (ie. how to connect mains in you socjet where it generated unrealistic insides of the socket with wires connected anywhere including live on earth...). It's strange no one sued Facebook for such thing in the US (where some people tend to sue anyone for anything). It is also strange EU didn't take some stance on it already.
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Comment on Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show in ~tech
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI'm using just Facebook because my employment needs me to. I report absolutely clear scam ads every day and Facebook always tells me it will let me know how it resolved it. I never heard back from...I'm using just Facebook because my employment needs me to. I report absolutely clear scam ads every day and Facebook always tells me it will let me know how it resolved it. I never heard back from them. And the ads keep coming back, many times the same ads with the same picture and just a little bit changed web addrress. They try to look like news websites copying their logos, styles and trying to have somewhat similar web address. Sometimea not even trying. And I guess people click the scam because the picture seems legit.
This wouldn't happen if there was ONE person (EDIT: for my country) involved who would look over the ads and accept them manually, like QA process for taking ads.
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Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport
Pavouk106 Link ParentThat would be collosal move from him. He already showed how he thinks (or rather don't), this would just add up to that.That would be collosal move from him. He already showed how he thinks (or rather don't), this would just add up to that.
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Comment on US Federal Aviation Administration reducing air traffic by 10% across forty ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown in ~transport
Pavouk106 LinkI still wonder why ATCs even come to their workplace. If they ain't getting paid, they should have stayed at home. No ATC = no flights = hell of a pressure to resolve the situation. If there were...I still wonder why ATCs even come to their workplace. If they ain't getting paid, they should have stayed at home. No ATC = no flights = hell of a pressure to resolve the situation. If there were no flight the next day, it will be resolved that very same day.
They don't even have to be afraid of losing their jobs over this, as I reckon this is very specialized job that needs real experts and there are not hundreds of such people waiting to jump in and run at 100% capacity on day one...
This whole shutdown situation seems absolutely surreal for me (European).
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Comment on November 2025 Backlog Burner: Week 1 Discussion in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentYou can replay it in the CGA. The game offers various resolutions fot various quests and also various playstyles, it is worth replaying. But if Fallout is worth replaying, what about Fallout 2? It...You can replay it in the CGA. The game offers various resolutions fot various quests and also various playstyles, it is worth replaying.
But if Fallout is worth replaying, what about Fallout 2? It is even bigger, more things to do, more ways to do them, again various playstyles and it's overall much better. You should play Fallout 1 before that though.
Save regularly.
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Comment on Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThat wouldn't be a problem, since the people that I want to access the calendar are "trusted" (they are family members, who should be trusted more than them?). Although in case of device...That wouldn't be a problem, since the people that I want to access the calendar are "trusted" (they are family members, who should be trusted more than them?). Although in case of device loss/unauthorized access, there could be damage done to the calendar. But hey, it's just a calendar, worlds isn't standing on top of that, is it? I could delete it and make a new one...
Thanks for checking it out.
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Comment on Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThis is the first time I hear about Radicale (I haven't really searched for something like that, though). I could probably run this on my own hardware, it could lower the requirements for the...This is the first time I hear about Radicale (I haven't really searched for something like that, though). I could probably run this on my own hardware, it could lower the requirements for the e-mail provider if I did.
I'm not entirely sure if I want to run another service myself, though. Especially if many e-mail providers already provide this as well and I'm gonna be paying for it no matter what.
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Comment on Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThanks for the reply. What I meant with sharing the calendar: Family calendar where everyone can see, add and remove events. In Google calendar I created one on my own account and added other...Thanks for the reply. What I meant with sharing the calendar: Family calendar where everyone can see, add and remove events.
In Google calendar I created one on my own account and added other people (accounts) as editors - I don't remember how it went on technical side, but that is the state it is in now. I would like to have this functionality on the paid service as well - people could access and edit selected calendar on my account from their own accounts.
I don't mean invites to events I plan, ie. for friends to come to have a party night, or read-only sharing of my calendar. But it is good to know I can send such invites.
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Comment on The day my smart vacuum turned against me in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkWe've had Electrolux Pure i9.2 robot vacuum, it cost us around 500€ at the time. It was working well, I didn't even try to look at the traffic and was just happy to use it. It started to behave...We've had Electrolux Pure i9.2 robot vacuum, it cost us around 500€ at the time. It was working well, I didn't even try to look at the traffic and was just happy to use it.
It started to behave weird after say 10-12 months - it forgot to clean some rooms when I set it up just for a few rooms cleaning and not the whole house. I kept using it in that state until one day my patience ran out. That day I did reset and started over. The bloody thing couldn't vacuum the whole house to make a new map! It did a room or a few and then was happy with the result. I had to restart the mapping a few times until it got the whole house. Then I made rooms once again in their app to no avail - the vacuum did the same poor job forgetting a room here and a room there... One day it didn't even finish the living room! After doing half of it, it just thought "I'm done here" and happily went back to the dock. I did reset it once again and didn't bother learning the house again, using it just as is - vacuum the whole house. And it didn't do even just that, once again randomly ending the vacuuming as it decided...
I sent it for repairs, it was under warranty (EU 24 months warranty, thanks for that!). I included A4 letter that explained my thoughts (which I will shorten a lot here) - vacuum was great from the start, then likely got some automatic update that I didn't even know about and the service could probably see in their system if that is the case and since then it did poor job. I also mentioned that I wanted it back fixed and I would accept older firmware with inability for remote control (as connecting to wifi will download new firmware, of course). I also added my email address for additional communication if needed. I was really surprised when they returned the 500€ - no questions asked.
I bought heavily used Roborock S5 for 80€ and when it got home I flashed Valetudo on it right away, didn't even bother with Roborock app or whatever. This vacuum was 4 years old at the time, it did over 50000 square meters already before I bought it and was a bit battered - well, it was used for 4 years. But it does the whole house on one battery charge with 30-40% remaining, something the Electrolux Pure i9.2 couldn't do (and we had the highest battery option). This Roborock S5 with Valetudo is also easily integrated into Home Assistant which is what I use to set the vacuum up for cleaning. I still can't believe the luck chain of events - got 500€ back, bought used vacuum for 80€, flashed with Valtude, integrated to Home Assistant and it works perfectly fine!
I raise my middle finger to all corporations that are greedy and unable to make something that is actually good.
I had my PC in HTPC Lian-Li PC-C37B case, which was in a front open TV stand around 30cm above ground. It got dusty as hell, if I was doing maintenance as I should, I would be disconnecting everything each 3 monhts. The case was kinda easy to work in, but it has low clearance in the TV stand and getting to the cables was real PIA.
This PC stand make this much easier. But I also fear even more frequent to clean. Especially leading edges on (GPU) fan blades are getting dusty quite fast as the dust falls on them and they keep to be on the whole time (which is like 10-12 hours a day for me). Dust build-up on them seems you have to at least blow on them once a month. The heatsink seems ok though.
I use Scythe Shuriken 4 on CPU and I have my fan oriented backwards = it sucks through the heatsink instead of blowing into it. This makes CPU run at 60 Celsius under full load (i5-4690 with 84W real TDP). The fan is Noctua NF-F12 running at 500 rpm (no typo, five hundred). I don't know how it would perform with normal facing fan, but this temperature is very ok for the circumstances. At idle, while writing this comment, it sits at 28 Celsius. Being in the open certainly helps with cooling.
The heat of other components was brought up here on Tildes. RAM (DDR3) isn't even warm on touch, my motherboard doesn't even have heatsink on VRM (MOSFETs) and they are not getting hot. The "southbridge" (or what is it called nowadays) heatsink is only a bit warm on touch. My setup doesn't have any problem running on this stand. I don't have more power hungry components though, so I can imagine it may have problems with some configurations.
The PC also is very serviceable, as you can easily reach all the components. The same goes for getting rid of the dust - you just disconnect everything and take it outside and use compressor or blower, you don't even have to go deeper like unmounting cooler or getting out your GPU.
I'm still thinking about additional cooling. I imagine there could be 8 or 12cm fan angled on the lower side of the stand blowing across the motherboard (from the edge across VRMs, RAM towards back of the GPU). I even have an idea on how to mount it but it may need changes to the main and end structure thus reprinting those. We'll see how it goes.
It was my intention from the start to share the files. I'm FOSS kind of guy, I take from the system thus I want to return back in some way and as I'm not a programmer, I have to do it other ways. This (and other models) is my contribution. I don't want to keep them for myself, that would be a lot of lost time on designing and printing it, and I don't want to sell it, because I guess not many people would buy it and there are other great models for free printing out there anyway. I will polish the FCstd (FreeCAD) file of the Open PC stand and upload it to Printables soon (in a few days, this month surely) so that others can modify it as they see fit. This is part of my open mind approach.
I also had another PC case (closed this time) in my mind, fully modular, fully printed. But it got suspended by me to likely not ever seeing the light of day. It was not practical and the design still has many flaws. It would have been like a frame covered with tiles of various sizes depending on how big you needed it and where you wanted your cooling (fans) to be. It would have been highly customizable using various colors on tiles. But as I said - many flaws in design to solve and I don't see it being practical in the end. Here's a sneak peek on how it would look and be screwed together.