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Comment on Merry Christmas! in ~talk
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Comment on Want to get in the gym? Here are some tips from a beginner.* in ~health
HiddenTig LinkA lot of great general advice in here, I'll add one that's specific- work out in front of a mirror until you get the hang of things. I recently setup a mirror in my home gym and now that I can...A lot of great general advice in here, I'll add one that's specific- work out in front of a mirror until you get the hang of things. I recently setup a mirror in my home gym and now that I can watch myself I've discovered sometimes my form is AWFUL. I'm going to have to work a bit harder now to unlearn those habits.
Bonus tip - if you get 3 of the $6 door mirrors from Target and use a reciprocating saw and a razor blade you can pull all the borders off and hang them side by side for a good size cheap af low profile gym mirror.
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Comment on Gift recommendations in ~life
HiddenTig Link ParentI also picked up the African net sponge on your recommendation, I love it!I also picked up the African net sponge on your recommendation, I love it!
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Comment on These travel influencers don’t want freebies. They’re AI. in ~travel
HiddenTig Link ParentMy parents are no fools and I've discussed AI with them numerous occasions - they still frequently can't spot it even when they do place the little "ai generated" tag. Without me I'm pretty...My parents are no fools and I've discussed AI with them numerous occasions - they still frequently can't spot it even when they do place the little "ai generated" tag. Without me I'm pretty certain they would have no idea what AI even really is. I think these influencers are for them.
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Comment on I fixed my lactose intolerance -- by chugging all the lactose in ~health
HiddenTig Link ParentWhy? I'm not being critical genuinely curious why you fast for so long.Why? I'm not being critical genuinely curious why you fast for so long.
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Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp
HiddenTig LinkA little React/TS idle game crossed with a deck builder. It's nothing fancy, in fact it's purposely pretty simple and limited scope. I've been having issues staying motivated on all my side...A little React/TS idle game crossed with a deck builder. It's nothing fancy, in fact it's purposely pretty simple and limited scope. I've been having issues staying motivated on all my side projects so I decided I'd reset and just do one, fun thing for a bit. I'm also going to take this opportunity to try and learn an animation library built for React as I'm pretty weak in modern animations. I'm open to recommendations or advice in that regard.
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Comment on Some people can't see mental images. The consequences are profound. in ~health.mental
HiddenTig (edited )LinkI'm surprised I didn't see my own situation represented here so I'll add another to the pile- I don't have aphantasia but it is the default state for how I imagine things. For example when asked...I'm surprised I didn't see my own situation represented here so I'll add another to the pile- I don't have aphantasia but it is the default state for how I imagine things. For example when asked to imagine an apple- it's formless, shapeless, it's a symbol or concept of an apple. It's only when I'm asked "what color is it?" that that it actually jumps into a visualization and takes on a shape, color, all the other visible and tangible aspects of a real apple. Despite this I actually have a pretty active imagination, I spend a lot of time playing out stories in my head or playing with concepts like "seeing" beyond your typical range of vision.
Like many of you I also have prosopagnosia, though I'm not sure if that's connected with this in my case. I have no problem visualizing a person just am not able to form that shape into a good representation of anyone I actually know beyond facts like hair color, eye color, noted prominent features or scars, etc
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Comment on Humble Bundle: Modern Sci-Fi Classics (Charles Soule, Joseph Fink, Hugh Howey, and Neal Stephenson) in ~books
HiddenTig Link ParentI've tried Anathem multiple times but can't do it. I'm too stupid and/or too easily distracted to process it and end up at the end of each chapter with like 30% understanding of what I just read.I've tried Anathem multiple times but can't do it. I'm too stupid and/or too easily distracted to process it and end up at the end of each chapter with like 30% understanding of what I just read.
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Comment on 11foot8.com: trucks + bridges in ~transport
HiddenTig LinkI was visiting my girlfriend at Duke, I had no car car so was just walking the city aimlessly, and happened to find this bridge. Was a surreal experience having seen videos of it for years but...I was visiting my girlfriend at Duke, I had no car car so was just walking the city aimlessly, and happened to find this bridge. Was a surreal experience having seen videos of it for years but having no idea where it was then suddenly hey there it is in front of me.
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Comment on How has AI positively impacted your life? in ~tech
HiddenTig LinkFor its effects on culture, artistic integrity, theft of data, mental health (particularly in the young), myopic feature integration, economic bubbles, energy consumption, and the ubiquitous lazy...For its effects on culture, artistic integrity, theft of data, mental health (particularly in the young), myopic feature integration, economic bubbles, energy consumption, and the ubiquitous lazy boring prose.. I hate it and wish it never existed. Definitely a notable performance boost in software development though. It's also exceptionally useful for passing it very large texts or documents and using it to pull out useful, relevent information to my situation or questions.
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
HiddenTig Link ParentThat's a very kind offer! I may just take you up on that if I can't get it working right soon.That's a very kind offer! I may just take you up on that if I can't get it working right soon.
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
HiddenTig Link ParentGlad you found success with it! For now I want to keep it accessible on both OSs but am open to reformatting the drive if it improves thingsGlad you found success with it! For now I want to keep it accessible on both OSs but am open to reformatting the drive if it improves things
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
HiddenTig (edited )Link ParentThis is interesting. I'm not sure why I didn't think to try this before but I can try pulling the files into the Linux os partition and retest there to see if this is the case. I'm open to...This is interesting. I'm not sure why I didn't think to try this before but I can try pulling the files into the Linux os partition and retest there to see if this is the case. I'm open to reformatting the drive so long as it remains accessible in both OSs and can handle large files.
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
HiddenTig Link ParentThis is true I'll experiment with some different files at various quality levels. The CPU comment is curious because I have a Nvidia gfx card so now I'm wondering if this is something where it's...This is true I'll experiment with some different files at various quality levels. The CPU comment is curious because I have a Nvidia gfx card so now I'm wondering if this is something where it's trying and failing to process it on the card which causing some issue. I did pull down the Nvidia driver's when I set up initially though.
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
HiddenTig Link ParentYup! it's a Samsung 970 evo, should have plenty in the tank for those kinds of speedsYup! it's a Samsung 970 evo, should have plenty in the tank for those kinds of speeds
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Comment on Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows in ~tech
HiddenTig (edited )Link ParentIm pretty sure windows is all measured in bytes. Just anecdotally the thing that kicked this investigation off was a 60ish GB file copy which was several minutes in Linux which felt slow hence...Im pretty sure windows is all measured in bytes. Just anecdotally the thing that kicked this investigation off was a 60ish GB file copy which was several minutes in Linux which felt slow hence retesting in Windows which was probably only like 15 seconds. I'll confirm tomorrow though.
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Advice on poor Linux performance vs Windows
Hello! I recently reworked my setup such that I have my drive which holds the operating systems (dual boot of Windows 11 and Linux Mint Cinnamon) and another drive which holds all my actual data....
Hello!
I recently reworked my setup such that I have my drive which holds the operating systems (dual boot of Windows 11 and Linux Mint Cinnamon) and another drive which holds all my actual data. This is my first dive into trying to move to Linux as my daily driver but I'm noticing some performance issues.
The first thing I noticed is that transfer speeds are much less than expected. Copying a large file within my data drive I get about 300MB/s on Linux, which is pretty slow for M.2 drives- I get about 10x that speed doing the exact same operation on Windows. I could be okay with this but I also noticed that some video files, like the 4K mp4s off my phone, are virtually unplayable. They'll run at maybe 1fps and/or bog down the UI so much I cant even use the seek. This is the case in both the default media player and VLC. These same files play with no issue on Windows.
I suspect the reason for all this stems from my data drive being NTFS, though my file system and Linux knowledge is pretty weak so this is just a theory. Any ideas / best practices that might help me here?
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Comment on My PKM journey in ~tech
HiddenTig LinkIt seems like you have more expectations than a typical personal management system can provide- have you tried project management tools aimed at business? Personally I was big fan of Asana back in...It seems like you have more expectations than a typical personal management system can provide- have you tried project management tools aimed at business? Personally I was big fan of Asana back in the day, Monday is another player in that space though I didn't care for it as much. Only others I have experience with are Jira and azure DevOps, both of which work fine but are software dev focused so probably not a good fit for you.
I'm not sure how locked down those apps are but they are business facing which tend to take IP pretty seriously so may be adequate for you.
I personally get away with just a combination of Trello for larger projects, Notion for all the misc and small stuff, and my phone calendar for reminders.
Exhausting! My girlfriend is Mexican so Xmas 1 takes place at midnight and involves a lot of faces stuffed with temales, silly movies, and trading WAY too many gifts. My body is foreign to the concept of sleeping in so a cool 4 hrs later I get to start running around town for Xmas 2 - A more traditional white boy affair of family gathered around football, beers, and shrugging off causal offensive remarks from step dad. I'm a bit extra beat this year as I lost a good friend in an accident about a week ago. So that's been kind of a persistent thing occuping a section of my consciousness but also not really wanting to acknowledge it today. No one in my family knows about it yet and I didn't want to kill the vibe so I also had to kind of uncomfortably sit with that. It was still a nice Christmas though.