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Comment on What video games would you say have the best stories? Feel free to suggest more than one. in ~games
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Comment on Housemarque's Saros looks set to provide a less punishing experience than Returnal in ~games
delphi LinkHonestly, Returnal is one of the less punishing Roguelikes out there. The bosses stay dead, unless you choose to rematch (because you want to turn in your cubes probably), and it has more than...Honestly, Returnal is one of the less punishing Roguelikes out there. The bosses stay dead, unless you choose to rematch (because you want to turn in your cubes probably), and it has more than generous i-frames and is very liberal with improved weapons, to the point where I'll pick up guns that are worse than what I could have just because I don't like their firing modes.
Still, one of the best damn roguelikes - hell, games - in the past decade. Can't wait to try the new one.
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Comment on Are you still using social media? in ~tech
delphi LinkSocial? No. Media? Absolutely. Yeah, I have Threads and scroll that religiously, but not because I got friends there. Every single one of my regulars could disappear and I doubt I'd even notice...Social? No. Media? Absolutely. Yeah, I have Threads and scroll that religiously, but not because I got friends there. Every single one of my regulars could disappear and I doubt I'd even notice for a while. Same with Instagram. I used to be very active there and had online friends, but over time you just sorta drift apart. I still scroll the stupid videos though, but I also used to read cheezburger and digg back in the day. Everything changes, everything stays the same.
I dunno if I'd count Tildes as social media, but I do like you guys. Seems one of the few remaining places on the internet where you can just sort of... be.
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Comment on How do you keep your life organized? What tools & systems do you use? in ~talk
delphi LinkMy husband and I use Linear, a task manager purpose built for IT teams trying to fix bugs and implement new features. That means that we have to kind of wrangle it, and ignore some of the buttons...My husband and I use Linear, a task manager purpose built for IT teams trying to fix bugs and implement new features. That means that we have to kind of wrangle it, and ignore some of the buttons (like
Copy Issue Name as Git Branch), but it's genuinely the fastest and nicest app we've both found to handle all the backlog in the house and the things we need to do.We use five issue states on the kanban board: Icebox, Backlog, Todo, Progress and Done. That, and there's also some housekeeping states like Cancelled, Duplicate and Won't Fix. Everything goes into Backlog by default. An issue isn't meant to stay there for long, and either gets moved into Todo or Icebox if it's not as important. We use the labels feature to assign topics (like home improvement, household repairs, new acquisitions) and assign the issues to either of us. That way we don't get in each other's way.
We also use the comments on the issues to track state without it being ephemeral. Yeah, we could text each other about... I dunno, the state of finally replacing the door handles, but then you'd have to find it in that chat, so we just add "looked at samples" or "ordered parts" into the comments for the relevant issue.
The only thing Linear doesn't really do is documentation, which would be useful for things like "list of cat food our cat likes", but that's just not what Linear is for and I respect that. Other than that, it's an incredibly robust to do list. It can send notifications, supports blocking/blocked by, priority, even a very cool cycles feature that lets you assign issues to be done within repeating blocks of time (like five week units).
I'm aware that's not what it's for and it's overkill, but we're both autistic SOBs, and it works great for us.
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Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech
delphi Link ParentAlready doing that. But sometimes Orion is buggy, so I have a backup.Already doing that. But sometimes Orion is buggy, so I have a backup.
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Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech
delphi Link ParentI use Safari, and for some inexplicable reason you can't add a custom engine there, but on my Chromium browsers that's what I do. Thanks though, I wish it were that easy.I use Safari, and for some inexplicable reason you can't add a custom engine there, but on my Chromium browsers that's what I do. Thanks though, I wish it were that easy.
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Comment on Five browser extensions to make every website more useful in ~tech
delphi LinkI'm good, to be honest. I mean, the modern web browser is so feature creeped that the few extensions I do install really just make it work like I need it to and don't add anything. Adguard removes...I'm good, to be honest.
I mean, the modern web browser is so feature creeped that the few extensions I do install really just make it work like I need it to and don't add anything. Adguard removes the ads. Kagi Search sets the search engine to Kagi. React and Vercel show me useful debug into in, you guessed it, React and Vercel.
And while we're on the topic, who actually uses Grammarly? Like, genuinely? Is spelling correctly such a big problem in so many people's lives? Sure, the dyslexics are here and there, and maybe you have a few hangups and are an otherwise decent typist, but how many people have to struggle with writing words for an extension like Grammarly to become financially viable?
Also, wasn't Grammarly just renamed to Superhuman or something?
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
delphi Link ParentThis is correct, I should clarify that I mean iTunes the storage paradigm and not iTunes the literal application. Music.app still is essentially iTunes under the hood and the iTunes media library...This is correct, I should clarify that I mean iTunes the storage paradigm and not iTunes the literal application. Music.app still is essentially iTunes under the hood and the iTunes media library concept is still how it stores local files.
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Comment on Anyone know of any good way to transfer Apple Music playlists onto a hard drive? in ~tech
delphi LinkSorry for your loss. But there's a misunderstanding here - this is not about Apple Music, and I suggest you change the title to get better help with this. If the music was imported from CDs, then...Sorry for your loss. But there's a misunderstanding here - this is not about Apple Music, and I suggest you change the title to get better help with this.
If the music was imported from CDs, then they're not in Apple Music but iTunes (or iCloud Music Library). This is an important distinction because Apple Music is streaming, and there you don't own anything. If it's a manually added album though - a CD rip or imported files - you can simply right click any title and hit "Show in Finder". Screenshot attached. There, you should be able to find the files and move them to cold storage.
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Comment on JustHTML is a fascinating example of vibe engineering in action in ~comp
delphi Link ParentEh, jurisdictional. I'd argue that without the programmer's guidance, the LLM would have done nothing ever, but that's a semantic argument that while I'd love to talk about it won't get us...Eh, jurisdictional. I'd argue that without the programmer's guidance, the LLM would have done nothing ever, but that's a semantic argument that while I'd love to talk about it won't get us anywhere.
Either way, good code that works is still good code that works even if it was in an LLM's token buffer first.
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Comment on JustHTML is a fascinating example of vibe engineering in action in ~comp
delphi LinkI think with projects like this, we can confidently throw away the "vibe" part of vibe coding. This is clearly not about vibes, not about if something feels and looks right. This is very clearly...I think with projects like this, we can confidently throw away the "vibe" part of vibe coding. This is clearly not about vibes, not about if something feels and looks right. This is very clearly not about vibes, this is a skilled engineer who wants to test an idea and then puts in the work to clean up after the machine. I don't see how that's functionally different than using a debugger (albeit conceptually the other way around, I grant you)
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Comment on Fizzy, a new source-available Kanban tool by 37signals in ~tech
delphi (edited )LinkLooks interesting, but not interesting enough for me to switch to. Currently using Linear, for personal task management and getting things done around the house with my husband, and if you're...Looks interesting, but not interesting enough for me to switch to. Currently using Linear, for personal task management and getting things done around the house with my husband, and if you're going to be a kanban system you gotta be at least Linear levels of fun and efficient. This looks like a lot of style over substance, and I really don't vibe with many of the choices here (like only ever showing two columns at a time, not even offering an optional overview of all cards). That, and they lose points for being a DHH-involved product (if their incessant need to be "opinionated" didn't tip you off). Maybe in a year or two when it's more fleshed out.
I do really like the idea of all issues falling into "Maybe?" first, and also having the "Not Now" column. But any good Kanban app can do that.
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Comment on iiSU, a new front-end for emulation on Android, announces its plans in ~games
delphi LinkA very ambitious project called iiSU has just shown off their designs. It looks very promising, but I can't help but feel it won't materialise. iiSU is designed to collate your emulation software...A very ambitious project called iiSU has just shown off their designs. It looks very promising, but I can't help but feel it won't materialise. iiSU is designed to collate your emulation software and your emulated games, but most notably they did not say how the emulation would actually happen, what cores they'd use, which systems would be supported and whatnot.
Also, I don't love the design. A lot of care and effort was put in, yes, but things like the default typeface and that everything seems to bleep and bloop all the time would make for quite a dated-feeling experience in the long run. Not that there's actual evidence of any of this actually really existing as software aside. Curiously, the video shows no in-engine footage, just mockups, and in the spiel about DS Mode (Which does show an actual device), you can clearly see close and menu buttons overlaid on the screen. They showed a screenshot, presumably from Figma or something.
Many things about this just plain and simple don't add up. Their promised Shopii theme store for example requires a lot of web know how to build and operate, as does the real time social features they want to package with this piece of software for free. There is a paid version - or at least, there is said to be one once released - for five dollars, once. That's not gonna cover anyone's Vercel bill.
I also think they're just very overconfident. The first thing we see is Nintendo games, Nintendo property, Nintendo IP laid out on an (admittedly) very slick UI. I have to imagine Shuntaro Furukawa himself is already charging up the laser-nuke-superweapon from Pokemon X to fire directly at their headquarters.
It's a shame because it looks very, very good. But this only being mockups and not a single iota of actual, in-engine footage or demos is very concerning. I'll believe it when I see it, I guess. I hope they pull through.
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iiSU, a new front-end for emulation on Android, announces its plans
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Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
delphi LinkI certainly did not expect Valve of all companies to make the Linux Mac Mini. If it's around 500 bucks this could just be my new go-to deployment for small operations. Just slap regular Linux or...I certainly did not expect Valve of all companies to make the Linux Mac Mini.
If it's around 500 bucks this could just be my new go-to deployment for small operations. Just slap regular Linux or even Windows on it. This could be big. Currently volunteering at a small library, and we desperately need new computers. If two of them run me around a grand, it would be amazing.
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Comment on How should open source software projects handle AI‑generated code? in ~tech
delphi LinkThis is maybe where I risk a controversial take: I don't think there's any meaningful difference between an experienced programmer and an agent writing code guided by an experienced programmer. I...This is maybe where I risk a controversial take: I don't think there's any meaningful difference between an experienced programmer and an agent writing code guided by an experienced programmer. I believe this because at the end of the day, no matter what the Salesforces and Cursors of the world want you to believe there's no such thing as a truly autonomous AI. All of the choices - regardless of whether an LLM wrote the code or not - are still traced back to a human.
The human chooses to use the LLM to write code. The LLM doesn't do anything on its own. And thus it's also on the human to make sure the LLM doesn't do bad things. This is why I don't like the blanket term "vibe coding", because what many people - myself included - do isn't having code be generated on a general "vibe". If used correctly, the tooling absolutely can make you a more productive programmer. I'm a graphic designer, but I know my way around modern JS tooling and PHP along with their most important libraries and frameworks. Claude absolutely takes work that I could do and does orders of magnitude faster.
That doesn't mean that it's perfect, or even good. If my mother sat down with ChatGPT or whatever and typed in "make me a todo list app" (or heaven forbid a password manager), and then something fails, she'd have no recourse other than to tell the system that something doesn't work. If you vibe code like this, if you have no background in at the very least the tools the LLM uses for you, I don't want your pull requests. Chances are I'll have to fix your stuff, with or without AI.
But that also applies to non-AI programmers with little experience. I think the KeepassXC team is absolutely completely correct in their stance. All, and yes all code changes need to pass some form of verification or at least testing. If you don't know what your LLM is doing and can't read and comprehend the code it outputs, you shouldn't really use those tools.)
That's nothing to say of the in my opinion very obvious point that you can't tell if code is AI generated most of the time. If you can, you're the skilled programmer these tools are meant for. If you can't... well, let's just say the Network tab in Chrome will only get you so far.
(And for what it's worth, I think companies like Anthropic knew this when they made Claude Code only work in the terminal initially. You want a barrier to entry. Not to make it less accessible, but to make sure only people who know enough to understand what's happening use your tool.)
The problem Keepass are having is that there might be an influx of new pull requests from people that don't have the background or experience but use these tools to "improve the app". And that... well, I don't maintain a big Open Source app with contributions, but I can absolutely see this get annoying for the maintainers. Still, I applaud their surprisingly nuanced take here - and I really love that they say this while also saying "we won't ever integrate AI tools into the app".
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Comment on PIGS, an opinionated unmarketable personal calculator in ~creative
delphi LinkEven though it's a little late, I finished the calculator I set out to build for Timasomo! The closer I got to the finish line the less motivation I had to finish it, and the case could use a lot...- Exemplary
Even though it's a little late, I finished the calculator I set out to build for Timasomo! The closer I got to the finish line the less motivation I had to finish it, and the case could use a lot more work, but what's done is done. I might revisit the project later, for now I'll put the calculator on my workbench and use it until I get tired of it.
Thanks to everyone who followed my erratic update posts!
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PIGS, an opinionated unmarketable personal calculator
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: The Showcase in ~creative.timasomo
delphi LinkWell, it's done, ish- the calculator works, but I really didn't get around to finishing the case. So, here's the deal - you can look at the code on my GitHub (https://github.com/1612elphi/pigs)...Well, it's done, ish- the calculator works, but I really didn't get around to finishing the case. So, here's the deal - you can look at the code on my GitHub (https://github.com/1612elphi/pigs) and once I finish the case I will make a seperate post. Maybe even film a video, why not.
Sorry for the disappointment, but, yknow. Life gets in the way.
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Comment on Affinity V3 is here with a new freemium model in ~design
delphi (edited )Link ParentI can confirm the opposite. If you go into App Settings > Miscellaneous > Send usage data to Affinity and turn that off, as far as I can tell it won't phone home. Yes, you need to log in when you...I can confirm the opposite. If you go into App Settings > Miscellaneous > Send usage data to Affinity and turn that off, as far as I can tell it won't phone home. Yes, you need to log in when you first set up the app, but after that it works fine even if you're offline, or block Canva with your firewall.
Here's a screenshot from my firewall blocking all connections that Affinity tries to make, and an open file to show that it works just fine. (I don't recommend you do this though, it'll break auto-updates)
The Alters is a very recent strategy/management game with an excellent story. You play as Jan, the only surviving member of an expedition to a far off planet to find a cool new material only theorised on earth, Rapidium. You find it, and to replace your fallen crew you use the Rapidium and the quantum computer on your base to simulate what your life would have been like if you made different choices, then grow a cloned body to house that "new" version of yourself in.
You and your "Alters" have to work together to move the base and make it back home in one piece. This is done through classic management sim and basebuilding tropes, but you still always only control your original Jan, so the gameplay is split between building and improving your base, assigning tasks to your Alters and doing work yourself, and going to explore the weird alien planet in third person view. It's beautiful, plays great, and I personally think the story has all the makings of a classic Sci Fi book. It's that good, and because Jan's life path branches a lot, every playthrough will tell new stories.