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Comment on The nVidia AI GPU black market: investigating smuggling, corruption, and governments in ~tech
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentWhat a great phone it was! My first top tier one, although I bought it used near the end-of-life. It was fast, really well optimized, everything worked just fine and if you wanted, you could delve...What a great phone it was! My first top tier one, although I bought it used near the end-of-life. It was fast, really well optimized, everything worked just fine and if you wanted, you could delve really deep into the OS.
And the RGB LED? Absolutely superior. Nowadays you are lucky if you have any LED... At least Nothing Phones have they glyph interface that can work the same way. And to my knowledge, they are also high end devices just like N900 was.
The best thing is that I can't say that I miss my N900 - I still have it! Last time I used it as my daily was in spring of 2023 when my Pinephone broke after I dropped it and I was waiting for Nokia G22 to launch in our country.
I'm writing this from Pixel 6a which brings me once again to used high end phone, just like it did more than 10 years ago with N900.
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Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes
Pavouk106 Link ParentProofread? (Maybe I should tidy up my past comments)Proofread?
(Maybe I should tidy up my past comments)
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI have Panasonic plasma TV from 2011 and it works like a charm with auto-brightness. It is also placed on really bad spot where it gets shade and also sunlight throughout the day and it handles it...I have Panasonic plasma TV from 2011 and it works like a charm with auto-brightness. It is also placed on really bad spot where it gets shade and also sunlight throughout the day and it handles it pretty well. If I set it manually it wouldn't work for my usecase. That said I knew this will be controversial take and there will be people who does exactly the opposite thing. And it is fine if it works for you!
I don't have monitor with auto brightness and I hate not having it. Menu isn't that bad but I hate fiddling with it. It doesn't have a dedicated button for say "profile switching" either to quickly set different value. And having it basically in the same situation as the TV I can really see how useful it would be to have auto-brightness. The thing is I have really bad positioning of my workspace where lighting conditions vary wildly throughout the day.
Phones (and Steam Deck) does pretty good job with that with occasional hiccup as you said.
The whole thing is that I know people who sets their brightness manually to stupid values (like 100%) and the TV or phone is unwatchable, not even mentioning how stupid it is in the evening when there is no other light in the room (or just very light ambient lighting).
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkAuto-brightness - on your TV, on your phone, on your monitor, on your Steam Deck, everywhere where it's available. There is zero reason to burn out your eyes. If you are lucky and have...Auto-brightness - on your TV, on your phone, on your monitor, on your Steam Deck, everywhere where it's available. There is zero reason to burn out your eyes.
If you are lucky and have notification RGB LED on your phone, set different colors for missed call, SMS/IM and e-mail. That way just one quick glance tells you how needed your attention is. Don't have RGB notification LED? Unbelievable that we don't have it today as we had it already in 2009. Every phone should have at least normal notification LED if you ask me.
Not really setting, but more of an advice - tidy up your passwords! From people around me I know how messy password management gets without password manager. Especially when people save their passwords into browser that isn't synced up and they find out the don't have them after reinstall... Or if they don't even know their Google account name after buying new phone, let alone password... Tidy it up, you are doing this for you!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI have finished Horizon Forbidden West including its DLC Burning Shores. It was 167.5 hours long journey, I played on normal difficulty, didn't use fast travel in the game (teleporting from place...I have finished Horizon Forbidden West including its DLC Burning Shores. It was 167.5 hours long journey, I played on normal difficulty, didn't use fast travel in the game (teleporting from place to place) but I used machines to get around.
I wrote about the game here a few times already so I will make it shorter this time.
The story is continuation of Horizon Zero Dawn's one, it is so well executed that it might have been one long game. Many things you learn in Zero Dawn are teansfered and enhanced in Forbidden West. If you liked Zero Dawn's story, you will like Forbidden West's too.
The world is huge. And also diverse. You will find snow, swamp, desert, forests, hills... There are many machines to encoubter, learn about and kill through many various means and tactics. Everyone will find their own playstyle. The game is what I would define as action RPG with many things to master, yet you don't really have to - I'm not a good player of such games but I managed perfectly fine.
The game (world) looks great and if you have hardware for high or even max settings, it would likely be like playing a role in a movie.
I played the game completely on Steam Deck which was a rough ride. The base game runs at kinda medium settings with FSR enabled and it still can't keep even solid 30fps. You could go low but then you lose shaders and it all looks like crap. I limit TDP to 11W because even at full tilt of 15W there is no noticeable improvement and 11W at least conserve a bit of battery making it run for around 100 minutes on one charge. As for the DLC... It is much rougher ride! If Steam Deck hit its limit in base game then DLC is far beyond. With the same setrings the RAM and VRAM combned usage closes almost to 20GB but Steam Deck has only 16GB. Lowering textures doesn't really help because if you manage to free VRAM, game uses this freed space for RAM thus closing to 20GB once again for the price of losing visual fidelity and not gaining anything. The framerate tanks even harder in Burning Shores and I'd say that you really have to be hardheaded or desperate to play it on Steam Deck. I'm kinda both so I managed tonfinish the DLC on Steam Deck as well.
About the DLC - it comes with the game. If it didn't I'd speak up and sa, don't buy it. It isn't bad, but I didn't find it great either. It's just meh. The world looks stunning but the content isn't that much.
Overall the Horizon Forbidden West was as great as I couldn't even imagine. Combine it with Zero Dawn and you get 300 hours of absolutely great gaming time. The games are worth their full price.
And last thing I have to say - It is absolutely unheard of, but who would have thought that it would take console firalst franchise made/funded by console manufacturer to show us, PC players, how games should be made (for PCs). To clarify - there is no 3rd party launcher, no always on-line requirement, no anti-cheat, no login required, no bullshit! This is just pure game - you install it, you play it. This is how games should be made. With that said - Ubisoft, Rockstar, Bethesda, EA and others, go F yourself.
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Comment on What can I do with my old Pixel 3 phone in 2025? in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentHow was the battery life before the nerf? I got a used 6a for 100€ last week and it is affected and was already reimbursed, probably via Google Play credit as the battery is still the original...How was the battery life before the nerf? I got a used 6a for 100€ last week and it is affected and was already reimbursed, probably via Google Play credit as the battery is still the original one.
It has 650 cycles and lasts one day if I concentrate on not using it much. I hope after getting replacement (for around 70€) it can do two or more days of light use... Or is that unreasonable?
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Comment on Steam Summer Sale 2025: Hidden gems in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI already bothered all my friends a lot woth it so I exhausted all the people around me - no more friends to buy it for. But my offer stands here - who wants it, ask, I will buy (in sale, I'm...I already bothered all my friends a lot woth it so I exhausted all the people around me - no more friends to buy it for. But my offer stands here - who wants it, ask, I will buy (in sale, I'm cheap :-D ).
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Comment on Jet Lag Season 15 | Official trailer in ~hobbies
Pavouk106 Link ParentThey'll be so back through this season that there is no reason to say it in tralier.They'll be so back through this season that there is no reason to say it in tralier.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Pavouk106 Link ParentI will keep the other Dr. No book in my mind. I have to start reading the original one yet. I love the older movies, say up to some with Pierce Brosnan, then it kinda fades off for me. I just love...I will keep the other Dr. No book in my mind. I have to start reading the original one yet.
I love the older movies, say up to some with Pierce Brosnan, then it kinda fades off for me. I just love the movie style of older movies (overall), it is hard to describe.
I would actually (probably) hate if they remade the movies and probably even more so if it was done like TV series. I hate when studios try to milk the last cent of a franchise and destoying it in the process.
It would have to be done on very high standard to work for me (think the new Dune for example) otherwise I'm not interested. And one more thing - it must be available to buy, not to lease (which they likely wouldn't do if it was series). But if they remade it on very high standard, I would likely be interested.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Pavouk106 LinkRight now I'm not reading anything. But in longer term I'm going through Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Currently I will be starting Dr. No (6th book in series). I got to the series because I...Right now I'm not reading anything.
But in longer term I'm going through Ian Fleming's James Bond series. Currently I will be starting Dr. No (6th book in series).
I got to the series because I mentioned/recmmended them in a thread here on Tildes with disclaimer that I haven't read any of the books. And since then there was a thought in my mind that I should probably read it myself and no only recommend it to others. Or better - I should know what I'm recommending.
And I can recommend them now knowing what I'm recommending. They are great books and I read them like an add-on to movies that I know. Sometimes the book and movie goes hand in hand, sometimes the movie was actually "just inspired" by the book meaning there are bigger differences.
EDIT: I'm Czech and I read English originals (well, the "originals" that Amazon sells for Kindle - they may have been edited due to different points of view those 50+ years since they were written).
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Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentWell, I don't use Discord and we had troubles with Steam voice chat (laggy), so I brought Element (which we already used for text) to the table and we tried that and it worked fine. I just...Well, I don't use Discord and we had troubles with Steam voice chat (laggy), so I brought Element (which we already used for text) to the table and we tried that and it worked fine. I just launched a conference call (it is in fact videoconference, but since we don't have/use webcams, it is audio only - you can disable video if you have webcam) in the chat room and everyone just joins in once they are ready to play. As it is just another app like WhatsApp, Viber (or likely Signal and maybe Telegram?), it has voice calls, video calls, conference calls, chat rooms and all that stuff.
The great thing is that you can run Element on your desktop PC either as standalone client or in a browser, so you can have the voice chat running right on the PC, not on your phone (which would suck when playing games).
It may not suit you if you are used on something else.
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Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech
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Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkMatrix is once again up and running. If you feel like it, could you @cfabbro or @mycketforvirrad update the title? The outage lasted around 24 hours.Matrix is once again up and running.
If you feel like it, could you @cfabbro or @mycketforvirrad update the title? The outage lasted around 24 hours.
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Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentWe use it with friends as a voice chat when we play multiplayer coop games. We use Vector.im/Matrix.org official server. I could run my own Matrix server but I rather not (add another thing to aet...We use it with friends as a voice chat when we play multiplayer coop games.
We use Vector.im/Matrix.org official server. I could run my own Matrix server but I rather not (add another thing to aet up and supervise).
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Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentIt is my IM service of choice for a few reasons. I had a phone with true Linux at a time which limited my choice so I jumped in on Element (official Matrix client). Then I learned more about...It is my IM service of choice for a few reasons. I had a phone with true Linux at a time which limited my choice so I jumped in on Element (official Matrix client). Then I learned more about Matrix as the protocol/service behind it and liked the idea (open-source, you can run your own server, no big corporation leading it, no need to share your personal info if you don't want etc.). And I even liked that I can run it without phone number and also on computer.
That said, I have to acknowledge what you listed in your comment. There are problems with images between Android and iPhone users (which is probably due to different dev teams on different platforms causing incompatibility sometimes?), there is a need to store your main security key (or losing all your encrypted chat history), there are problems adding/authenticating new devices sometimes... And it is slow because it is encrypting everything including images and videos.
But once again, having said that - The encrypted stuff seems to be really encrypted by your personal key that is in your possession. If you lose it, then bye bye data. If I compare to ie. WhatsApp - if you nuke your phone and then install WA again, it somehow manages to decode all your chats without you doing anything else then authenticating your phone number - this raises question in my mind "Where did it get the encryption key if I nuked the phone?"
Well, at least everyone can choose what they want and don't want to use :-) I'm long time Linux user on desktop, so I'm used to dealing with various stuff, so Matrix/Element doesn't bother me that much. But this outage truly is something!
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Comment on Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkMatrix.org database server got a database incident that drives the service unoperable. This happened yesterday and since is awaiting resolution. People hosting their own Matrix servers are...Matrix.org database server got a database incident that drives the service unoperable. This happened yesterday and since is awaiting resolution. People hosting their own Matrix servers are unaffected.
Just as info for anyone wondering or maybe not even knowing.
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Matrix.org homeserver experienced database problems on September 2nd, apps were unable to connect for ~24hrs
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure Schedule: September 2025 - March 2026 in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentFunny, I have finished reading Ian Fleming's From Russia with Love where James Bond also rides Orient Express (and there are also things to... settle on aboard). I said I won't probably be...Funny, I have finished reading Ian Fleming's From Russia with Love where James Bond also rides Orient Express (and there are also things to... settle on aboard).
I said I won't probably be participating every month, but for the given price and estimated playtime, I'm gonna go for this one. Too bad Orient Express doesn't exist anymore... But as it is with Concorde - I wouldn't be able to afford tickets anyway.
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Comment on Colossal Game Adventure: Voting topic in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI understand. I think I may even have the Carmageddon 2 original CD somewhere. Or maybe it's TDR 2000. I don't remember after all those years.I understand.
I think I may even have the Carmageddon 2 original CD somewhere. Or maybe it's TDR 2000. I don't remember after all those years.
Such claims should be punished if they are false.
What would Bloomberg say if one of their videos goes offline for a few weeks after such false claim?
This system is set up really poorly and can be easily misused.
EDIT: Steve encouraged people who got the video on USB stick (via some purchase on GN store) to upload it if his one was brought down and I've seen the video online somewhere else (don't have the link, sorry). What a great fanbase!