0x29A's recent activity
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
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Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative
0x29A LinkReorganizing my web domains and sites and trying to decide exactly what to keep/toss/reorg both to save money on domains and to just rethink through what I want on my sites. Messing around with...Reorganizing my web domains and sites and trying to decide exactly what to keep/toss/reorg both to save money on domains and to just rethink through what I want on my sites.
Messing around with unfamiliar mediums (pixel art).
More work on my music projects and related visuals. I love messing with the Glitch Studio app on iOS to toss in some images and then output gifs/videos/images of all sorts of wild multi-layered glitch and deterministic "generative" (but not in the AI sense) visuals/edits. I often end up with some really neat new artworks out of the process (here's an example)
Made a glitchy 30 second animated loop of artwork with my death/black industrial/noise music in the background so i could post a snippet on social media. Used that same app for that.
Took self portraits of me yelling into a microphone while playing my bass, in my home studio where band merch covers the walls, then used the glitch app to make some dithered and fun versions of those images.
Been a good few days.
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Comment on Angine de Poitrine review – mind-boggling math rock mastery from freaky Québécois duo in ~music
0x29A Link ParentYeah i remember a friend sharing it before it went viral. It was enjoyable as another take (and a very accessible one) on something microtonal and with some great pedal work by the guitarist to...Yeah i remember a friend sharing it before it went viral. It was enjoyable as another take (and a very accessible one) on something microtonal and with some great pedal work by the guitarist to make it all happen in the performance
It does feel weird enjoying something like that and then somehow seeing the entire world knowing about it weeks later lol
That one YT performance then went everywhere. I think the "novelty" (not meant derogatorily) of the weirdness of the visuals and microtonal being less broadly known about and just all the right place and timing and everything made them go massive.
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Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) | Zelda 40th anniversary Direct trailer in ~games
0x29A Link ParentOh yeah, don't even get me started on Nintendo hardware. I'm with ya there. To me, Nintendo hardware, which I would not touch with a 10-foot-pole in 2026 (though tbf same goes for all consoles) is...Oh yeah, don't even get me started on Nintendo hardware. I'm with ya there. To me, Nintendo hardware, which I would not touch with a 10-foot-pole in 2026 (though tbf same goes for all consoles) is a prison their IPs are trapped in. I continuously wish that Nintendo had become a software/game-only company the way Sega did, or at a minimum, didn't keep their IPs permanently trapped and exclusively tied to their hardware
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Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) | Zelda 40th anniversary Direct trailer in ~games
0x29A (edited )Link ParentI find it interesting, myself as an AI and DLSS5 hater, and someone that isn't even a Nintendo fan anymore (and very critical of them these days), and someone that has a hell of a soft spot for...I find it interesting, myself as an AI and DLSS5 hater, and someone that isn't even a Nintendo fan anymore (and very critical of them these days), and someone that has a hell of a soft spot for the original OoT, I thought the remake actually looked great for the most part and even retained some of the feel. Just hit us very differently I suppose
I don't feel like it got bland or averaged out in the way the art is handled in this remake. It all looks pretty great to me.
Well, except young Link... who looks a bit wonky to me for some reason and just a bit "off"
Maybe the nostalgia is so strong that it's significantly affecting my perception of how the remake looks. I'm surprised there's a lot of people critical of it. That said, I'm not really "up to date" with a lot of modern gaming titles, and definitely far outside of any console ecosystems and such, so maybe I just have expectations set differently than a lot of others on this one. My expectations when it comes to Nintendo are fairly low so this to me I thought was a pleasant surprise
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Comment on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Switch 2) | Zelda 40th anniversary Direct trailer in ~games
0x29A (edited )LinkI do think it looks respectfully and beautifully done. I grew up on the early LoZ games. N64 OoT was a huge hit for me (though almost zero interest in any post-N64 Nintendo IP releases). Never...I do think it looks respectfully and beautifully done. I grew up on the early LoZ games. N64 OoT was a huge hit for me (though almost zero interest in any post-N64 Nintendo IP releases). Never owned a GC but Smash or something else was fun at a friend's house or whatever.
The remakes are the main thing on Nintendo's platform I'd still be interested in (no interest in modern Mario/Donkey Kong/whatever else) - just Link's Awakening and OoT. Maybe Animal Crossing as a singular non-remake title
Nintendo just kinda lost me after the N64 era. I dipped a toe in during the Wii days and regretted it and just as an ecosystem/company as a whole they really just lost me (but all console companies did, really). I'm long past the point of owning consoles anymore, so any good IPs trapped in Nintendo's ecosystem will be unreachable territory for me (that is until the time when it is able to be emulated)
That said, with it being the 40th anniversary of LoZ, it's nice to see it mostly being given a good treatment with some respectful nods to the past to try and retain some of the feel of the original.
I do think they still got a bit gimmicky/novelty with it (which is Nintendo's M.O., I know...), and of course there will be all sorts of (probably overpriced) nostalgia-bait products to go along with it. Things where I think "oh that's neat" but are just something to sit on my shelf collecting dust that cost me too much because I liked it as a kid. But hey if that brings you joy, that's fine! I have plenty of skulls and trinkets, and cassette tapes and vinyl collecting dust similarly that bring me joy. (I just realize how easily I'm initially woo'd and swayed by nostalgia and somewhat have come to resent how easy a company can get its hooks in me that way...)
I might just be old man yelling at Nintendo-shaped-cloud at this point.
The one place they may still be able to get me is the LoZ concerts/orchestra, though.
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Comment on LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices in ~tech
0x29A (edited )Link ParentYep, this is similar to what I do. Very much depends on peoples' use cases and if they MUST have a "screen of apps" and a remote-navigable interface. I prefer a full desktop PC experience with a...Yep, this is similar to what I do. Very much depends on peoples' use cases and if they MUST have a "screen of apps" and a remote-navigable interface. I prefer a full desktop PC experience with a mouse/keyboard.
I have an inexpensive 58 inch Insignia "smart" TV that has FireTV built in- but it stays disconnected from any networks and has not attempted to connect to any access points without my explicit permission. It is set to startup on the same HDMI input every time and never go to the smart interface unless I explicitly request it via the remote to change settings.
For me, after having tried a Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV and ditching them all for various reasons (each of them just being too annoying, restrictive, poorly-designed, or otherwise, for the amount of control I need/want to exert over my experience), I landed on my "set top box" being a mini PC with linux. Apps would have wildly different audio levels or be extremely buggy compared to their web counterparts, and so on.
I use a browser fullscreen for everything (Youtube, Twitch, Jellyfin- the occasional other service or video, depending). However, I acknowledge that I do not watch live TV or Netflix or any movies/TV in general, with very few exceptions to that rule, so my use case is quite different from many others.
I strongly prefer tabbed interfaces and don't like the "made-for-TV UIs" and "app" ecosystems. Strongly prefer being able to modify/compress/equalize my audio. Strongly prefer having an information-dense interface with no ads. Prefer having access to a full browser, alt-tabbing, and not being forced to use the "app" version of a particular service (like Twitch) which often is garbage compared to the website experience (especially since I use browser extensions and such to customize my experience on various services). I queue up things to watch in tabs. These tabs are synced where I can easily open them on my other devices if I desire. Etc.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
0x29A LinkMostly doing some hygiene and making sure my OPNsense router and Unraid server (and it's containers/etc) are all fully up-to-date. Been a smooth and easy process doing so. Plan on adding some...Mostly doing some hygiene and making sure my OPNsense router and Unraid server (and it's containers/etc) are all fully up-to-date. Been a smooth and easy process doing so. Plan on adding some additional stuff to my Syncthing to mirror some media to my server automatically when I download it to my PC.
Also been making changes to my site, moving other sites around because of domain name price increases and such. It's been a good catalyst for me deciding how to reorganize things and what I want to keep and what I want to swap domains on. It seems less common TLDs are increasing in price more over time than their more common counterparts (like com/net/org), so aside from my one .garden address, i'm going to migrate anything else to be a subdomain under it OR to its own com/net/org instead for now.
Continuing to brainstorm ideas for my sites and such. Been doing some pixel art for fun (I'm very much not a visual artist but I like stretching my skillset and brain this way, even just for my own amusement and personal betterment, or simply being a living middle finger to AI every goddamn day of my life going forward).
Been considering diving into learning some programming, which I haven't really done much of in any depth since college many many years ago. I've got some interest in Lua among others, so who knows where that might lead eventually.
Trying out HaikuOS live on a few systems to see how that goes. Same for BSD variants. Just messing with various live forms of distros and seeing if anything interests me so much I want to stick with it on a test machine or my laptop (which is rarely used, so easy to be another test machine).
Might actually buy a few-dollar pi camera to add on to one of my pis for 3D print monitoring.
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Comment on X corp is taking down Nitter instances and demands takedown of project repository in ~tech
0x29A Link ParentXCancel and a number of other Nitter/Shitter instances are active again, which is great news, esp for anyone using something like LibRedirect or similar to divert all X URL requests to one of the...XCancel and a number of other Nitter/Shitter instances are active again, which is great news, esp for anyone using something like LibRedirect or similar to divert all X URL requests to one of the instances.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
0x29A Link ParentOof yeah i changed my email to a domain email a while back and had to change my email on hundreds of sites and doing so is a royal PITA. And i am very frustrated at how many companies/sites don't...Oof yeah i changed my email to a domain email a while back and had to change my email on hundreds of sites and doing so is a royal PITA.
And i am very frustrated at how many companies/sites don't have any infrastructure for allowing users to change their email address in the system
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Comment on What are your "how on earth did I not learn this sooner" tech moments? in ~tech
0x29A Link Parenti love btop++ and use it on everything. great for viewing temps / power usage / resource usage all in one convenient placei love btop++ and use it on everything. great for viewing temps / power usage / resource usage all in one convenient place
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Comment on Industry Standard Tools in ~life.home_improvement
0x29A Link ParentAt first I liked the site, but the more I've perused it and think about it, the more I think the entire idea is a bit flawed, and this goes along with what you're saying, where their definition of...At first I liked the site, but the more I've perused it and think about it, the more I think the entire idea is a bit flawed, and this goes along with what you're saying, where their definition of industry standard really needs to be more clearly defined rather than something nebulous that seems to carry different meanings
I think naming the site this might have painted themselves into a bit of a corner, without adding a lot of caveats. I also think that the whole idea might give certain things (whether popular, or expensive, or whatever else) more credit or praise than they deserve- I think the nature of something simply being on this list (if a reader is passive enough to just accept it as an authority) can lend things on the list an undeserved reputation
I don't know if they intend for their lists to give an aura of "recommended" or "quality" or whatnot (though, it seems the site would be less useful if not?) but plenty of things that make the list aren't necessarily going to be the best value or even the best quality option. Plenty of business products common among various industries can be shitty and expensive, because of lack of competition, or otherwise. I've used lots of business garbage in my years. I'm sure there are lots of "standard" things used across the board that simply suck, or if they suit their purpose for a business, are an awful value or fit for a consumer
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Comment on What are your "how on earth did I not learn this sooner" tech moments? in ~tech
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
0x29A Link ParentYeah I've considered octoprint but also thought maybe i just want video only and not to go as deep as having control. Not sure yet. Might start with one and then go deeper. I have a Ender 3 V3 SE...Yeah I've considered octoprint but also thought maybe i just want video only and not to go as deep as having control. Not sure yet. Might start with one and then go deeper. I have a Ender 3 V3 SE and most prints, even long ones, I do, I'm usually around for most of it, and I also don't feel like doing any proxies or exposing any bit of my internal network to the internet (even if securely so), so a camera would suffice in most cases. I suppose it could be neat to have some control via octoprint though, but that might end up being overkill for my needs.
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Comment on Industry Standard Tools in ~life.home_improvement
0x29A Link ParentYeah sometimes there's some neat inexpensive things, but a lot of things do feel inflated in price. I figured it's partially because most customers are probably business customers, and I know...Yeah sometimes there's some neat inexpensive things, but a lot of things do feel inflated in price. I figured it's partially because most customers are probably business customers, and I know business-to-business pricing isn't always so wonderful whenever regular consumers want in. Everything I've ordered has been top quality, though, so that's also part of it.
And, with good return policies, fast shipping, and just overall good service experience- I think they bake some of that cost into the product pricing too, which is fair.
It's super nice to be able to think to myself "I need some rubber feet or sound dampeners" or "would it be possible to get a sheet of <material> somewhere online reasonably?"... and most of the time the answer to those is McMaster
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
0x29A Link Parenti have been thinking about setting up a camera for my printer (it doesn't have one itself) manually using a usb webcam, a raspberry pi, and some software to turn the webcam into an video stream on...i have been thinking about setting up a camera for my printer (it doesn't have one itself) manually using a usb webcam, a raspberry pi, and some software to turn the webcam into an video stream on my network, where i could view it through VLC or maybe some web interface
haven't done so yet, though. but i think it will be fairly simple and using my own camera and server means more control over the video
though it also means it's completely passive unless i do some fancy stuff with the rpi and the printer firmware and all that. but i don't really need that, just want a way to monitor from other rooms
yeah it's tough that your printer's camera forces that format which other things aren't playing well with... nice job working around the problem though!
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Comment on Industry Standard Tools in ~life.home_improvement
0x29A Link Parenti'm not in a habit of having positive feelings towards many companies, but i adore mcmaster carr, tbh. what an absolute beauty of a website too. honestly i would order from there more often if i...i'm not in a habit of having positive feelings towards many companies, but i adore mcmaster carr, tbh. what an absolute beauty of a website too. honestly i would order from there more often if i had more things i needed that i could get all at once.
the shipping price hurts if you just need one small inexpensive thing (it will be multiple times the cost of said small thing) which has always made me a bit less likely to order as often. makes more sense to bundle things up
though, i don't necessarily fault them for it- nearly every time i order, it arrives within 24-48 hours or so, so they're using some very fast shipping (or efficient warehouse placement) so i wouldn't expect them to absorb that cost and it does make for a very enjoyable/efficient ordering process so whatever project you're doing doesn't have to wait long for whatever parts you need
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
0x29A (edited )Link Parentif you're ever interested (and bit tech savvy), i second the print server idea (rpi is a perfect fit for this or really any low power/efficient system that is compact and that you can install...if you're ever interested (and bit tech savvy), i second the print server idea (rpi is a perfect fit for this or really any low power/efficient system that is compact and that you can install linux on), you're basically letting a pc be the brains of the operation and make the printer available to everything else, and it's a way to keep from having to run a long cable
i use an old dell micro pc with x86_64 variant of diet pi OS (any linux will do but this really lightweight setup worked nicely and has some preconfigurable stuff in the setup) installed on it, plugged via USB into printer, and sitting beside/behind printer. i installed some software (CUPS), loaded the printer driver into it, and now i can print remotely from anywhere in the house, from any system or phone on my network
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Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music
0x29A Link ParentThanks! Much appreciated. Yeah, for me, The Stygian Rose in particular connected with me at a level that band never had before, though I understand some other metal fans prefer their earlier work....Thanks! Much appreciated. Yeah, for me, The Stygian Rose in particular connected with me at a level that band never had before, though I understand some other metal fans prefer their earlier work. It just feels basically like a perfect record to me, and it's more a visceral feeling than being able to even explain why, it's just a sublime listening experience and does everything I would want it to do. That slight tint of grunge / edge adds something that I now feel is missing when I go back to the earlier ones
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Comment on What are your current pain points with Linux? in ~tech
0x29A (edited )Link ParentFully agree that Linux just isn't a great path for music stuff. Maybe if someone is starting out and has a limited selection of plugins they will be using it can be workable but frustrating But...Fully agree that Linux just isn't a great path for music stuff. Maybe if someone is starting out and has a limited selection of plugins they will be using it can be workable but frustrating
But even with things like yabridge and other attempts to bridge plugins from other platforms over it's just not great, can't really rely on it
Part of the problem is tons of plugin/VST companies have their own installers and their own licensing requirements and systems and like you said, some also use very common third-party ones like iLok and just trying to deal with getting things installed or working when you're messing with so many different companies and their software (and very many of which do not make any linux native plugins) is just an absolute rat's nest
The one single Windows(10) machine I allow in my house is for music stuff. It stays on 10, it's fine that it doesn't get anymore updates. Local account only. Customized to hell and back with replacement start menu system, debloated, etc. 10 is now at a state where it stays out of my way and i don't hate it. Because it's so single-purpose and I know what I am doing it doesn't have to be the most up to date or highly secure system so lack of updates isn't a problem
I also have plenty of hardware (interfaces, MIDI/USB contollers, etc) that i do not want to fiddle with to get working, so Windows it is
Harsh-vox metal
Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb - grindcore
Ammonite - Devonian Dreams - black metal / dungeon synth
unkindness - paraworld blue - raw atmospheric black metal
Worm Altar (single from Pillars of Eternal Dusk) - death / doom
Sulphuric Deity - Extermination Hammer - black / death / war metal
Lobotomite - Physical Strains - sick bass-only grindcore
Clean-sung metal
Cirith Ungol - All the Shadows - traditional heavy metal / epic doom
Torpor - Dungeon Descent - traditional clean-sung heavy metal with black metal riffs (if you want the reverse of this- black metal vocals on heavy metal riffs - try Malokarpatan)
Non-metal
The War on Drugs' new single - rock / americana
Kontravoid - Sound of the Void - goth / industrial / ebm
Modest Mouse - An Eraser And A Maze - indie rock / alternative
Actors - Our Love Will Live Forever - post-punk / darkwave
Soft Vein - All We've Known of Heaven - darkwave / synthpop
Death Cassette (single, Cheaper to Die) - grunge punk