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  1. Comment on Controllers that work well with CachyOS? in ~tech

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    This is wild to hear how little issue other folks have. The biggest titles I've played recently that have rumble and it didn't work are Skyrim, Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5, and KH 2.8. Neither on Deck,...

    This is wild to hear how little issue other folks have. The biggest titles I've played recently that have rumble and it didn't work are Skyrim, Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5, and KH 2.8. Neither on Deck, or Bazzite with Xbox controller. Previously used Ubuntu where it rarely if ever worked too.

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  2. Comment on Controllers that work well with CachyOS? in ~tech

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    I wonder if it's a difference in our game selection then, I do play a lot of random indie games. I've tried a couple different controllers and drivers, they pass fftest but won't activate in game....

    I wonder if it's a difference in our game selection then, I do play a lot of random indie games. I've tried a couple different controllers and drivers, they pass fftest but won't activate in game. I should have a PS4 controller around here, maybe I should compare their fftest results and a game I know has working rumble.

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  3. Comment on Controllers that work well with CachyOS? in ~tech

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    Yeah my Xbox controller with PC dongle works better on Linux than Windows. But the controller and dongle is overpriced. And I struggle to return to controllers without back buttons after the deck....

    Yeah my Xbox controller with PC dongle works better on Linux than Windows. But the controller and dongle is overpriced. And I struggle to return to controllers without back buttons after the deck.

    I'm curious if ANY controller gets good rumble support in Linux though. The Deck's fake rumble rarely triggers. The Xbox controller passes the utility test fine, the call just doesn't seem to make it from most games.

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  4. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of October 12 in ~games

  5. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of October 12 in ~games

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    Welcome back :) I hope the new move ends up as a good shake up. My last big move started off poorly but has improved since. I'd be interested in Eiyuden Chronicle

    Welcome back :) I hope the new move ends up as a good shake up. My last big move started off poorly but has improved since.

    I'd be interested in Eiyuden Chronicle

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  6. Comment on An AI that turns any book into a text adventure game in ~books

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    Funny to see two folks try Stephenson but not The Diamond Age. I keep thinking back to this one as the "AI" craze has grown. For folks uninformed, one part follows a girl and a sophisticated book...

    Funny to see two folks try Stephenson but not The Diamond Age. I keep thinking back to this one as the "AI" craze has grown. For folks uninformed, one part follows a girl and a sophisticated book she acquires that teaches one to lead a more interesting life and become a better citizen, reacting to the environment and becoming a story with the reader as the protagonist.

    Seems we're still a long way off from A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.

  7. Comment on Microsoft warns that Windows 10 reaches end of support today in ~tech

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    Excellent, thank you! I knew of them but didn't notice they had an upgrade guide!

    Excellent, thank you! I knew of them but didn't notice they had an upgrade guide!

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  8. Comment on Microsoft warns that Windows 10 reaches end of support today in ~tech

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    I've been telling my friends I won't/am unable to provide W11 support, but haven't helped them plan out this phase yet. Can I upgrade their current W10 install to LTSC or would it take a full...

    I've been telling my friends I won't/am unable to provide W11 support, but haven't helped them plan out this phase yet. Can I upgrade their current W10 install to LTSC or would it take a full reinstall?

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  9. Comment on How do I convince my workplace we need SQL databases? in ~tech

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    Thank you kindly for the additional technical recommendations, having some choices will definitely help! But yeah finding those points and making them easier transitions would help sway more...

    Thank you kindly for the additional technical recommendations, having some choices will definitely help!

    But yeah finding those points and making them easier transitions would help sway more production oriented folks too

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  10. Comment on How do I convince my workplace we need SQL databases? in ~tech

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    Thank you kindly for the additional technical input. Version control was just the simplest way to describe the problem but perhaps not the most accurate. One UPDATE here could have solved the...

    Thank you kindly for the additional technical input. Version control was just the simplest way to describe the problem but perhaps not the most accurate. One UPDATE here could have solved the issue where we were left with hundreds of disparate GDBs with outdated info, but I do see the risk you're mentioning. But this kart seems like a handy solution so I do appreciate you bringing it to my attention! Especially giving me an option of selling a buy over build.

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  11. Comment on How do I convince my workplace we need SQL databases? in ~tech

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    Thank you kindly everyone for the input :) y'all have given me some solid ground to push forward here and a couple different perspectives I should present this from.

    Thank you kindly everyone for the input :) y'all have given me some solid ground to push forward here and a couple different perspectives I should present this from.

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  12. How do I convince my workplace we need SQL databases?

    I work for a GIS company and our tools have not grown with our projects and client base. We use ArcPro personal geo databases (GDBs) for ALL data. We recently had a project where shit really hit...

    I work for a GIS company and our tools have not grown with our projects and client base. We use ArcPro personal geo databases (GDBs) for ALL data. We recently had a project where shit really hit the fan, one major issue was related to invalid values from poor version control. Everything uses personal GDBs and is just "version controlled" by dating filenames in Explorer. It would have been trivial to fix in a proper database. We also have operational constraints, like we can only have one person doing X job at a time since all the data for X job is in a personal GDB.

    But I'm just an analyst. I've garnered some attention for my technical expertise beyond processing the data. PostGIS is a thing so it isn't as though we'd be recreating the wheel. How can I push for that sort of change? I'm thinking I can sell it using how much we lost on this project because of these avoidable failures. I'm also wondering if I can make this an opportunity to create a "database administrator" position for myself

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  13. Comment on Humble Choice - October 2025 in ~games

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    Thank you for the clarification! A targeted attack makes way more sense than that many dissatisfied new players.

    Thank you for the clarification! A targeted attack makes way more sense than that many dissatisfied new players.

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  14. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of October 5 in ~games

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    Epic freebie is Gravity Circuit, an indie styled after classic 2D platformers. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/gravity-circuit-489baa Also some content pack for Albion Online. The mobile...

    Epic freebie is Gravity Circuit, an indie styled after classic 2D platformers.

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/gravity-circuit-489baa

    Also some content pack for Albion Online.

    The mobile freebie is Double Dragon Trilogy, a compilation of an arcade beat em up

  15. Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech

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    You already like Fedora 42, check out Bazzite, it is a Fedora Atomic Image. It comes with tweaks and software for gaming, including gamescope, the window compositor developed by Valve. It's an...

    You already like Fedora 42, check out Bazzite, it is a Fedora Atomic Image. It comes with tweaks and software for gaming, including gamescope, the window compositor developed by Valve. It's an immutable image, so it is fairly hard to break your install and rolling back is easy if you want to. Forewarned its containerizations can make running some programs a bit finicky, like I had to go through DistroBox to get mono to work, but that did not take long to learn and do.

    https://bazzite.gg/

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  16. Comment on Humble Choice - October 2025 in ~games

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    For the first time in a while, I can justify $15 for the pack. My friend wants us to get into V Rising as a sort of group play with larger objectives. I was interested in and recommended Caravan...

    For the first time in a while, I can justify $15 for the pack. My friend wants us to get into V Rising as a sort of group play with larger objectives. I was interested in and recommended Caravan SandWitch, seems like a chill, cruise around type game. Strange it was 89% rating and dropped to 67% recent. I can only assume folks got it in the bundle, not directly interested in the premise but still tried it, then didn't like it?

    Can't say I'm interested in the others though.

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  17. Comment on Subsync is a stellar program that should have an active maintainer in ~tech

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    I think the ffsubsync above is the tool Bazarr uses built-in. In case you aren't familiar, Bazarr is very handy for subtitle management. You can set it to sync subtitles after it downloads/imports...

    I think the ffsubsync above is the tool Bazarr uses built-in. In case you aren't familiar, Bazarr is very handy for subtitle management. You can set it to sync subtitles after it downloads/imports them, I forget if it is on by default. But it can also run a custom command per file after it imports, if Subsync supports CLI, it could be used instead. I call a python script to clean the text up.

    I wouldn't recommend using Bazaar's built in sync for every subtitle by default though. As I recall, it goofed some previously synced subtitles doing so. But you can set the settings, import some shows, swap the settings, import different one.

    https://www.bazarr.media/

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  18. Comment on David Cross: Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival in ~misc

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    We need to go back to shaming people for being "sell outs" and stop praising "hustle" culture. Remember when all it took to be a sell out was a record deal? Do you even remember the last time you...

    We need to go back to shaming people for being "sell outs" and stop praising "hustle" culture. Remember when all it took to be a sell out was a record deal? Do you even remember the last time you heard or read the label?

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  19. Comment on UPS recommendations for home use? in ~comp

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    I recently spent entirely too much time researching these after a power event killed one of my server drives. My use case is basically the same as yours. As I recall, I looked into lithium, but...

    I recently spent entirely too much time researching these after a power event killed one of my server drives. My use case is basically the same as yours. As I recall, I looked into lithium, but the consumer available products had too high of a switch over time for me to feel it was a wise investment.

    This was the purchase my research into brands, features, tech, and software ultimately brought me.

    https://www.vertiv.com/en-us/products-catalog/critical-power/uninterruptible-power-supplies-ups/liebert-psa5-ups/

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  20. Comment on The video-game industry has a problem: there are too many games in ~games

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    I remember being younger and being hit with this realization that not only are there more books than I could read in a lifetime, but more excellent books than I could ever read, even if I had a...

    I remember being younger and being hit with this realization that not only are there more books than I could read in a lifetime, but more excellent books than I could ever read, even if I had a perfectly curated-to-me list (and mind you at this age we didn't have "the algorithm" to dictate such suggestions). And at the time, this filled me with great dread -- a certainty that I will be missing something beautiful and worthwhile. I briefly considered that movies and shows have likely breached this same event horizon, but didn't feel I could assert it with the same confidence, nor was I terribly interested in the thought since I liked books and games more.

    Video games have always been my favorite medium, I recognized that comparatively it is young with few entries. At the time, it seemed entirely possible I could actually play every excellent-for-me entry... If time were frozen. And at the time this brought me some small comfort. I couldn't tell you when we breached that event horizon, but I can confidently say we're well past it. My backlog anxiety and wallet weep, that old dread lurks in the background too, but in earnest I have learned to be grateful that the medium is expanding and evolving so rapidly. Better to miss beautiful unknowns than to run out of meaningful experiences.

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