Nihilego's recent activity
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Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk
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Comment on Leaving Apple behind after eighteen years in ~tech
Nihilego LinkIf I’d be getting a Linux Laptop, I personally would probably look into Starlabs. Framework has been on my radar but they don’t ship where I live and they don’t seem too keen on increasing their...If I’d be getting a Linux Laptop, I personally would probably look into Starlabs. Framework has been on my radar but they don’t ship where I live and they don’t seem too keen on increasing their market coverage, so I’d just get a Mac over a Framework(Which is what I did couple of years ago).
Issue that I have if I were to go with Starlabs is that they use mostly Intel chips and I want to steer as far away as Intel as possible.
I don’t think there’s any phone made for me anymore, I have a 13 Mini and mini sized phones are not a thing anymore. Would love to get a Pixel with GrapheneOS but feels like Android being “”open”” has its days numbered… I’d either debloat as possible a Nothing phone or stick to iPhones.
I have NixOS running on a Surface Laptop Go 2 fwiw and it’s been mostly solid, Microsoft makes some pretty hardware fwiw but the storage and RAM they bundle in makes them come off as Apple Lite.
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Comment on YouTube is awful. Please use YouTube, though. in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentThe economy sucks and it will only get worse. Until it gets better. One day. I don't disagree that monetization did help, it's just that enshittification came alongside with it. I think the lack...The economy sucks and it will only get worse.
Until it gets better.
One day.I don't disagree that monetization did help, it's just that enshittification came alongside with it.
I think the lack of care about arts as your "job" is a ubiquitous or universal thing? Unless you are a known artist who works on a lot of commissions or a big name that sells paintings, you would be doing it more for the love of the art, but you still need to keep the lights on so I've always seen artists in that unenviable position where you either do something you like, or you get paid better by working a job you dislike.
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Comment on YouTube is awful. Please use YouTube, though. in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI thought this might’ve been a hot take but I’ve seen some people here with a similar sentiment. Maybe they should just… not use YT for profit? Youtube in general shouldn’t have went for profit....I thought this might’ve been a hot take but I’ve seen some people here with a similar sentiment.
Maybe they should just… not use YT for profit? Youtube in general shouldn’t have went for profit.
How could they make money? They had YT music, YT Red exclusives, but instead they are barking about adblockers.I’m using YT less and less, sucks that Odysee and Peertube aren’t as big, but YT got enshittified l over time from hobbyist/or weirdoes making videos to a place full of ads and commercials.
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Comment on Leave the phone, take a camera in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI don't use flagship phones, the closest one I've had to flagship in the recent years was the iPhone 13 Mini which I still use, but up until then all phone cameras left quite a lot to be desired,...I don't use flagship phones, the closest one I've had to flagship in the recent years was the iPhone 13 Mini which I still use, but up until then all phone cameras left quite a lot to be desired, especially in darker indoors conditions, and zoom being grainy and kinda terrible.
I don't quite agree on owning fewer things though, I agree on the overall sentiment of OP, just not on cameras. I think if you read a lot, having a dedicated e-reader is handy, if you're into retro games, having a retro handheld can be a nice thing, having a phone that is constantly online where you're available to everyone is tiring, having something you can use elsewhere to disconnect is something I appreciate.
In my case I do have a retro handheld that I don't use as much as I should when I'm out and about, however I have a digital audio player that I bring with me from time to time, not being interrupted while listening to music by notifications or calls is something I'm starting to appreciate.
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Comment on Leave the phone, take a camera in ~tech
Nihilego LinkLast time I looked it up, which is many years ago, granted, it was that to “break even” with a phone, you had to spend around the same price as a phone on your camera to get noticeable...Last time I looked it up, which is many years ago, granted, it was that to “break even” with a phone, you had to spend around the same price as a phone on your camera to get noticeable improvements. So cameras to me since had the impression of that you need a high end camera to get a better experience than your phone.
I’ve seen a Ricoh being mentioned by a YTer a couple of months ago, and when I looked it up, I’m good, it’s way too expensive.
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Comment on Steam Replay 2025 in ~games
Nihilego LinkBeen looking forward to the Replay 2025 stats, no screenshots since I’m on phone and it’s a big pita to screenshot and upload stuff. My most played games were: Outer Wilds at 21% playtime and 104...Been looking forward to the Replay 2025 stats, no screenshots since I’m on phone and it’s a big pita to screenshot and upload stuff.
My most played games were:
Outer Wilds at 21% playtime and 104 sessions.
Megaman Network Collection Vol.1 with 14% playtime and 74 sessions.
MMBNLC Vol.2 at 10% Playtime and 57 Sessions, keeping in mind I skipped BN4 for obvious reasons.225 Achievements, Played 99 games, 24 of which were demso, also don’t ask me how many of those I finished.
I played 77% recent games and 15% classic, leading to a miniscule 8% new releases.47% Deck playtime, 6% Windows Playtime, 47% Linux playtime, I thought Deck would be higher.
It says 31% of my playtime was on controller but up top it says 22% KB/M and 78% with controller.
I assume the discrepancy is from the SteamDeck.I had some time that wasn’t registered since I was away from home/net @ working in a remote-ish location and being on vacation, but extrapolating from BNLC2 time, which has 31.4 hours in it, I’d probably have played 314 hours this year on Steam not accounting for lost hours. Marfusha and Snezhinka have way less playtime than I did actually play(Registered in minutes, I played hours). Probably alongside Exit 8 and Platform 8 though these are very short.
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Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentThe jank has been for most part both of: Nvidia drivers. And the whole “How do I declare what I want from my PC” because despite using Nix for years, I still sometimes rely on copy pasting someone...The jank has been for most part both of:
Nvidia drivers.
And the whole “How do I declare what I want from my PC” because despite using Nix for years, I still sometimes rely on copy pasting someone else’s previous work.On a laptop with no dedicated GPU, it’s mostly smooth sailing minus the friction from the Nix language.
But on my desktop which I switched to Nix a few weeks/months ago:
1-Suspending PC makes the graphics go wack(I had to just enable VRAM dumping into /tmp for it to work).
2-Suspend sometimes make my fans go wild? But that used to happen in an older version, not so much in recent releases.
3-NixOS kept failing to build because I can’t use the newest drivers with the current version of the kernel.
4-Unsuspending makes me have to deal with an unsuspend-suspend dance for like a minute as it goes to sleep while I’m interacting with it after waking up.Plus I’m not into the while immutable stuff, I like nix because of nix shell(Temporarily installing/trying apps), atomic upgrades, only needing to set up something effectively once(Being declarative is a double edged sword) and no need to worry about dependencies.
For someone like me one the more intermediate side of Linux knowhow, declaring what I want exactly can be a struggle, but I like NixOS despite all of its shortcomings. I never had Nix break on me on the same ways other distros did.
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Comment on System76 launches first stable release of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS in ~tech
Nihilego LinkCosmic Desktop I hope will be a good enough replacement for GNOME. I used its alpha on NixOS a couple of times before. Well it was an Alpha so wasn’t good for a polished daily experience. I did...Cosmic Desktop I hope will be a good enough replacement for GNOME.
I used its alpha on NixOS a couple of times before. Well it was an Alpha so wasn’t good for a polished daily experience.I did abandon Pop_OS! After it kept giving me issues and instead I decided to just struggle with NixOS’s jank on my desktop
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Comment on A new Jolla phone has reached the required pre-order crowd-funding amount in ~tech
Nihilego LinkEvery time I see something cool from Valve, something repairable like from FairPhone or Framework, or literally any privacy related device. It’s pretty much “Oh neat, they don’t ship outside the...Every time I see something cool from Valve, something repairable like from FairPhone or Framework, or literally any privacy related device.
It’s pretty much “Oh neat, they don’t ship outside the US and 5 countries why do I care?”
Wanted a Framework, settled on a Macbook.
Each time I look up something related to Linux/Non Google AOSP phone it always has the asterisk of being unavailable to ship to most countries.
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Comment on RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung in ~tech
Nihilego LinkSometimes I wish I got 128GB instead of 64GB of RAM reading this… then I remember that I can’t even use my 64GB unless I use it for Steam Recording as a RAMdisk/tmpfs in Linux, but seeing my kit...Sometimes I wish I got 128GB instead of 64GB of RAM reading this… then I remember that I can’t even use my 64GB unless I use it for Steam Recording as a RAMdisk/tmpfs in Linux, but seeing my kit ballooning in price from the side… yeah, RAM is quickly becoming the most expensive piece of hardware after GPUs(And it will probably get more expensive).
What an awful time to make a PC and what an even worse time to have something go bad in your PC.
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Comment on The lossless scaling plugin is officially on the Decky Store in ~games
Nihilego Link ParentWhat about power draw? Some people that optionally lock the FPS to 30 or 40(Myself included) typically aim to increase battery life moreso than capping framerate for stability.What about power draw? Some people that optionally lock the FPS to 30 or 40(Myself included) typically aim to increase battery life moreso than capping framerate for stability.
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Comment on Are there any current Kagi extended trial codes? in ~tech
Nihilego (edited )Link ParentWel fair pricing is a thing, so I could give it a try next month(And try to use it more often than I did in the trial period) Thing is though $120 a year(And this is without tax) is a lot, and I...Wel fair pricing is a thing, so I could give it a try next month(And try to use it more often than I did in the trial period)
Thing is though $120 a year(And this is without tax) is a lot, and I already pay around $200 for a Bi annual Proton Ultimate plan.
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Comment on Against 'Metroidbrania': a landscape of knowledge games in ~games
Nihilego LinkI think being nitpicky about genre names, is pointless, imo. Not a bad exercise per se but I gave up on that when people were trying to force Souls games into JRPG because FromSoft are from Japan,...I think being nitpicky about genre names, is pointless, imo.
Not a bad exercise per se but I gave up on that when people were trying to force Souls games into JRPG because FromSoft are from Japan, or WRPG because it isn’t anime/turn based.
You got the eternal debate of Roguelike vs Roguelite as well.
Then you got games that overlap multiple genres, is Etrian Odyssey a JRPG or a “DRPG”(Dungeon RPG)… Gamefaqs has it as Western Style RPG last time I checked.
Then there’s technicality that basically all games you play the role of someone… so most games are RPGs.
That being said, I have no stake on Metroidvanias(Or “Search Action”)since it’s not a genre I’m into, but I think “Learn Action” is a horrible name.
Though I just accepted that genre names are part of language where they mean absolutely nothing except what we define it to be, and that definition can change.
Music genres are… weird, you have Goregrind, Shoegazing, Kawaii future bass, and more. So in my PoV it’s not like genre names are meant to make sense from their name.
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Comment on Are there any current Kagi extended trial codes? in ~tech
Nihilego LinkHave they ever had seasonal discounts like Proton does? I have a few searches remaining and I remember last year some people gave away codes and I haven’t managed to use all the search queries....Have they ever had seasonal discounts like Proton does?
I have a few searches remaining and I remember last year some people gave away codes and I haven’t managed to use all the search queries.
Would love if they made an Orion Plus and Kagi Search bundle too.
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Comment on Zen browser / chrome alternatives in ~tech
Nihilego LinkUsed Zen a few times on PopOS and Windows, been my main Browser there. I installed the Flatpak and saw RAM leaking after suspend, then I ran the binary and it turns out the issue was either a...Used Zen a few times on PopOS and Windows, been my main Browser there.
I installed the Flatpak and saw RAM leaking after suspend, then I ran the binary and it turns out the issue was either a Linux or a Zen one, not Flatpak.Nowadays since Zen has no NixOS package, I use Floorp, until Orion becomes a thing on Linux at least.
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Comment on The death of punctuation in ~humanities.languages
Nihilego (edited )Link ParentI do that a lot, too, in DMs. Like since commas and fullstops are naturally pauses in speech I tend to just break them out in different consecutive messages I sometimes wonder if people find that...I do that a lot, too, in DMs.
Like
since commas and fullstops are naturally pauses in speech
I tend to just break them out in different consecutive messages
I sometimes wonder if people find that annoying or not.Capitalization I may start to give less of a fuck about as that involves friction between how I use a keyboard and how Linux wants me to use a keyboard.
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Comment on Google backpedals on new Android developer registration rules in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI’ll still be insanely wary. I just see this as an attempt to try to test the waters, then next time they’ll know how to tackle this to implement what they want while mitigating backlash.I’ll still be insanely wary.
I just see this as an attempt to try to test the waters, then next time they’ll know how to tackle this to implement what they want while mitigating backlash. -
Comment on Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI’ve had 2TB 980 Pro a couple of years ago for around$ 100, regret not picking up multiple back then. Deals on SATA drives would be neat too but they’re as expensive as NVMe drives if not more. I...I’ve had 2TB 980 Pro a couple of years ago for around$ 100, regret not picking up multiple back then.
Deals on SATA drives would be neat too but they’re as expensive as NVMe drives if not more.I typically check our local Amazon for them since they include VAT and shipping in the final price, NewEgg would probably make the discount moot by shipping costs.
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Comment on Data centers are now hoarding SSDs as hard drive supplies dry up in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI’ve been waiting for good deals on 2TB/4TB NVMe SSDs for like 2 years already and all Black Friday sales I’ve seen have been disappointing. Heck I’d even take SATA to make some weird SATA SSD...I’ve been waiting for good deals on 2TB/4TB NVMe SSDs for like 2 years already and all Black Friday sales I’ve seen have been disappointing.
Heck I’d even take SATA to make some weird SATA SSD NAS/Home Server, but I guess that’ll have to wait until… idk, 2030?
I think you(and I) are the only ones who wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing too much.
An anonymous poll/survey would work much better, I’d think.
That being said I expected the tildes community to be more international, seeing the posts made here.