FlippantGod's recent activity
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Comment on How to brew solar powered coffee in ~food
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Comment on How to brew solar powered coffee in ~food
FlippantGod LinkSeems like an unusual article for solar powered magazine. More of a DIY instructable, which I'm not against, but I would have expected something covering cold brewing coffee instead of this.Seems like an unusual article for solar powered magazine. More of a DIY instructable, which I'm not against, but I would have expected something covering cold brewing coffee instead of this.
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Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
FlippantGod (edited )Link ParentThey definitely said everything on the Steam Frame controllers was capacitive. [edit: I'm likely wrong? perhaps?]They definitely said everything on the Steam Frame controllers was capacitive. [edit: I'm likely wrong? perhaps?]
Also, the capacitive grip sensing has a limited gradient for the fingers and on/off sensing for the thumb. We haven't yet tested the Index for comparison, but for context, the finger tracking is a differentiating feature of the Index.
– Gamer's Nexus...and capacitive buttons on ABXY, on the D-pad, on your thumb rest, and also finger sensing as well as a grip button and two trigger buttons.
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Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
FlippantGod Link ParentOh? Can you please share more of your thoughts on the controllers?Oh? Can you please share more of your thoughts on the controllers?
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Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
FlippantGod Link ParentQuest 2/3/3s controllers use AA batteries...Quest 2/3/3s controllers use AA batteries...
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Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
FlippantGod Link ParentOptimistically, I think $500-$550 max for the Frame, that it would easily be profitable at $700, but they will be desperate to get the cost as low as possible. They would also expect a sizeable...Optimistically, I think $500-$550 max for the Frame, that it would easily be profitable at $700, but they will be desperate to get the cost as low as possible.
They would also expect a sizeable sales boost to Half Life: Alyx.
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Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
FlippantGod LinkLCDs? Maybe they are imagining a refresh with OLEDs?Two 2160 x 2160 LCD panels, one per eye. Refresh rate is 72-144Hz.
LCDs? Maybe they are imagining a refresh with OLEDs?
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Comment on Request for help: Backing up NASA public databases in ~space
FlippantGod Link ParentIf universities, data hoarders, and other interested parties (ESA?) are serious about organizing and bandwidth is going to be the limiting factor, I think you should begin discussing fundraising...If universities, data hoarders, and other interested parties (ESA?) are serious about organizing and bandwidth is going to be the limiting factor, I think you should begin discussing fundraising and getting in touch with the maintainers at NASA.
It may be possible to fund/volunteer someone with the necessary clearances to do bulk replication on-site. Presumably there's a contact somewhere at NASA who could speak to that, and probably knows a lot about the best way to store the data for either archival or a useful production mirror.
Not a small undertaking.
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Comment on You don't need Anubis in ~comp
FlippantGod Link ParentOkay, read the article. Nicely succinct and I like it. I also like the suggestion here to serve no-js users instructions on what to do. I also appreciated the reminder that I was mostly interested...Okay, read the article. Nicely succinct and I like it. I also like the suggestion here to serve no-js users instructions on what to do. I also appreciated the reminder that I was mostly interested in Anubis for investigating DDoS countermeasures without cloudflare.
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Comment on You don't need Anubis in ~comp
FlippantGod Link ParentFalse positives mostly from typically out of date versions of chromite on oldish android hardware. With quite strict js / cookie / etc policies.False positives mostly from typically out of date versions of chromite on oldish android hardware. With quite strict js / cookie / etc policies.
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Comment on You don't need Anubis in ~comp
FlippantGod LinkI'll read the article, but I want to record my current thoughts on Anubis before that. I get stuck on Anubis more than an average user should, which reflects my browsers. It's a bad experience,...I'll read the article, but I want to record my current thoughts on Anubis before that.
I get stuck on Anubis more than an average user should, which reflects my browsers.
It's a bad experience, especially when the rejection page never loads, which AFAIK is not the intended result. Probably a bad mix of a browser about to get rejected, and older hardware?
What it doesn't reflect is Anubis breaking, as it assumes there will be false positives and decides "worth it".
I struggle to be too frustrated by this for a few reasons.
It's aware of the shortcoming so the frustration is more when I find Anubis running in "surprising" places - think government and educational sites which IMO have no business blocking scrapers, let one an "acceptable" number of false positives.
Mainly though, Cloudflare is just so, so, so much more annoying, and also blocks me.
On one hand, we have open source software from a single dev, and on the other we have Cloudflare. Even if Anubis had a worse impact on me (which it might if it see's Cloudflare's adoption rate) it would still be less annoying than Cloudflare (or hey, recaptcha and friends).
Effectively:
- Anubis chooses deliberate false positives
- Anubis is maybe not worse than competition from largest tech companies
- I mostly get annoyed at who chooses to run Anubis, rather than it existing at all, even if I personally tend to think websites shouldn't waste everyone's time with doubtful countermeasures
- I find it pretty funny when very official sites choose by default to display the mascot character, so I guess that part is working as intended
- I have no idea if Anubis works for the intended purpose; I suspect some sites deploying it do not even understand what it is or how it works
For bonus points, it does seem like there is activity continuously trying to improve it and reduce the rejection rate (from my user experience, not from tracking the repo).
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Comment on Struggling in my relationship in ~life
FlippantGod (edited )Link ParentOkay this is probably weird but... it sounds like you still have close relationships with family on your side and theirs, and they know something is up. Maybe you can discuss this with them as...Okay this is probably weird but... it sounds like you still have close relationships with family on your side and theirs, and they know something is up. Maybe you can discuss this with them as well (inc. finances), and ask if anyone is able and willing to help the two of you put the money together for the initial counseling?
Also possible the other party will try a bit harder to participate if additional close family has expressed a hope for things to improve and even contributed money to help out.
Maybe it would also just be super uncomfortable or the other party would take it horribly. IDK sorry :(
Edit: and if family/in-laws are willing to contribute (maybe even if they can't financially?) perhaps both sides can help when searching for counseling as it seems like a few extra heads could make a difference.
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Comment on Small production team/amateur documentaries? in ~movies
FlippantGod LinkAbacus: Small Enough to Jail 1:28 - covers the family-owned bank which was "the only financial institution to face criminal charges after the subprime mortgage crisis" Free Solo 1:40 - covers Alex...Abacus: Small Enough to Jail 1:28 - covers the family-owned bank which was "the only financial institution to face criminal charges after the subprime mortgage crisis"
Free Solo 1:40 - covers Alex Honnold's attempts to make the first free solo climb of El Capitan
The Nvidia AI GPU Black Market 3:30 - Gamer's Nexus investigates GPU smuggling
North Koreans Try American BBQ 20 minutes
Edit: sorry, I didn't realize you were mostly looking for sports/hobbies
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Comment on What is your personal online "tech stack"? How do you like it? in ~tech
FlippantGod Link Parentsigh Fine, I'll bite. What exactly is in "tax_sounds.db"? There's so much interesting stuff in this thread, but your post in particular is going to take a while on it's own to parse. I still don't...sigh
Fine, I'll bite. What exactly is in "tax_sounds.db"?
There's so much interesting stuff in this thread, but your post in particular is going to take a while on it's own to parse. I still don't quite understand what exactly you are doing with music and it fills me with a vague sense of dread lol.
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Comment on A deep dive into open chat protocols in ~tech
FlippantGod Link ParentI got blocked by Anubis, I know it sort of defeats the point but could you summarize? I've been away from XMPP for a while and might spin up a server again, but as far as I can tell Matrix seems...I got blocked by Anubis, I know it sort of defeats the point but could you summarize? I've been away from XMPP for a while and might spin up a server again, but as far as I can tell Matrix seems to have significantly more active communities these days - at least surrounding software projects.
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Comment on China massively overbuilt high-speed rail, says leading economic geographer in ~transport
FlippantGod Link ParentIt might be an "If you build it, they will come" situation. See examples of overcapacity infrastructure build outs in authoritarian central asian and middle eastern countries, now underutilized....It might be an "If you build it, they will come" situation. See examples of overcapacity infrastructure build outs in authoritarian central asian and middle eastern countries, now underutilized.
Edit: And isn't housing supply in a similar situation for China?
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Comment on systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success in ~comp
FlippantGod Link ParentYou could not have shared this at a better time. Thank you!You could not have shared this at a better time. Thank you!
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Comment on Peertube (federated video streaming platform) crowdfunding it's mobile app in ~tech
FlippantGod Link ParentThat is a lot older than TLoZ It's reasonably clearly IMO another logo mimicking a play button while still giving cues to the peer-to-peer aspect of their platform.- That is a lot older than TLoZ
- It's reasonably clearly IMO another logo mimicking a play button while still giving cues to the peer-to-peer aspect of their platform.
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Comment on Climbing the Skyfrost Nail (a piece about jury service, essay collections, and Genshin Impact) in ~games
FlippantGod LinkThinking about submitting this anywhere? Seems publishable, and I imagine everyone likes a nice little impromptu poetry without elitism in their videogame nonfiction.Thinking about submitting this anywhere? Seems publishable, and I imagine everyone likes a nice little impromptu poetry without elitism in their videogame nonfiction.
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Comment on Thanks to recent US law, Elon Musk and Taylor Swift can now hide details of their private jets in ~transport
FlippantGod Link ParentWhen you become a kajillionaire please give us all some money!When you become a kajillionaire please give us all some money!
Yeah sorry I was distracted.