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Comment on Zen browser / chrome alternatives in ~tech
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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.
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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? -
Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games
Nihilego LinkIf I didn’t already make an SFF PC, the Machine could’ve been nice. If it is fairly affordable it could make a good entry point for PC gaming for people that want to go from console to PCs. Or a...If I didn’t already make an SFF PC, the Machine could’ve been nice.
If it is fairly affordable it could make a good entry point for PC gaming for people that want to go from console to PCs.Or a secondary PC for living room.
Not that excited about the controller but I may consider picking it up.
Frame is cool but I wouldn’t pay the hundreds of dollars it needs to just play a couple of games in VR.
Valve also needs to figure out worldwide shipping, I got my deck from someone who already got it from
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Comment on Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI would’ve liked to go with iode on my cmf phone but aside from no official support(But the unofficial version is made by a trusted person apparently). There’s no new easy to follow how to install...I would’ve liked to go with iode on my cmf phone but aside from no official support(But the unofficial version is made by a trusted person apparently).
There’s no new easy to follow how to install a custom rom guide, and when you look it up, you either follow a guide that stops at unlocking bootloader, leaving you alone not knowing what to do, or an old guide that you’re not sure if you should follow or not.
/e/OS having a simple install script was really helpful. -
Comment on Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentWish GrapheneOS was actually available on non Google devices. iodeOS and /e/OS apparently are decent ish choices that aren’t Grapehene but they’re both eclipsed by GrapheneOS as private custom roms.Wish GrapheneOS was actually available on non Google devices.
iodeOS and /e/OS apparently are decent ish choices that aren’t Grapehene but they’re both eclipsed by GrapheneOS as private custom roms. -
Comment on Humble Choice - November 2025 in ~games
Nihilego LinkI’ve played Etrian Odyssey(Non HD/On DS) and I was sort of not with the HD release at first due to lack of 2nd screen and the price, then I tried once playing it with controller+mouse and it...I’ve played Etrian Odyssey(Non HD/On DS) and I was sort of not with the HD release at first due to lack of 2nd screen and the price, then I tried once playing it with controller+mouse and it actually worked pretty well to map.
I think it’s still inferior to the DS experience of playing the games, but not a terrible experience overall.
It’s the best way to play Etrian 1 due to the QoL changes though, but Etrian 1 (At least on DS) was a game I’d recommend skipping unless you have no other Etrian hame to play or can tolerate a big amount of bs/archIc design.
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Comment on Paid e-mail providers - your experiences, how you use them and how I would use it in ~tech
Nihilego LinkI use a Protonmail alias as my “work” email, I have another alias for some website registrations or shopping, I would look elsewhere though unless you intend to use their other services. I use...I use a Protonmail alias as my “work” email, I have another alias for some website registrations or shopping, I would look elsewhere though unless you intend to use their other services.
I use Mail, Drive and VPN primarily.
Don’t care about Pass, Wallet or Calendar though I did consider using Pass but I’m mainly on Keepassium/KeepassXC instead with some Apple Password here and there.
I used it for around 2~3 years and I’m on Proton Ultimate paying bi-annually. -
Comment on Tips for becoming a tea person in ~food
Nihilego LinkI don’t think you need milk to enjoy tea… I tend to mix milk with coffee more than I have plain coffee, unless it’s dripped coffee which I have acquired a taste for recently. Maybe trying adding...I don’t think you need milk to enjoy tea… I tend to mix milk with coffee more than I have plain coffee, unless it’s dripped coffee which I have acquired a taste for recently.
Maybe trying adding small amounts of sugar to your tea? I used to always have sugar with my tea, but nowadays I prefer it without sugar.
Look into herbal teas as well(If you would count them as tea).
Tekkane is a pretty good brand from my experience, I’d look into herbal teas that contain cinnamon, cherry or pomegranate flavors, since those are my favorite. -
Comment on You don't need Anubis in ~comp
Nihilego LinkAnubis rarely gave me issues tbh, if it does, it does by VPN and/or browsers that are hardened. As someone who doesn’t develop web stuff but comes across anubis from time to time, what else is...Anubis rarely gave me issues tbh, if it does, it does by VPN and/or browsers that are hardened.
As someone who doesn’t develop web stuff but comes across anubis from time to time, what else is there to use to avoid LLM bots? -
Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI like how I went from “Why are flash drives so bad” to actually consider backing up more seriously. Isn’t the conventional wisdom to avoid using SSDs for vital data? Which is on the other hand is...I like how I went from “Why are flash drives so bad” to actually consider backing up more seriously.
Isn’t the conventional wisdom to avoid using SSDs for vital data? Which is on the other hand is funny cause someone I know someone who recently went through having their own NAS with TrueNAS and they told me to just go with SSDs.
The old PC I used for Navidrome as well is in my bedroom and only has 2 3.5 drive bays, not accounting for other solutions such as mounting them on places like the fan slots.Whether I go with HDDs or SSDs, the offsite copy will most likely be a massive 16TB+ HDD that I leave at a friend’s house.
Talking outside my area of experience but I feel that RAID=Backup misconception stems from
1-People not backing up their things in general so their understanding of a backup is superficial.
2-Not accounting for PEBKAC, you can mirror your files between 2 drives. Amounts to nothing if you overwrite the file(Happened to me a few times that I started to version things in the rare occasions I work on a big thing).
3-Sort of includes 2 but not having had went through such a scenario before, I once formatted the drive that has whatever files I had from pre 2010-ish and only realized that after the fact. Thankfully it’s nothing that important but I got nothing to reflect back to around that time of the weird shit I used to do.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI may repurpose one of them if I upgrade the storage in the enclosure down the line and have a machine that could use an NVMe SSD, that’s what I’ve been doing with my SD cards. I’ve had a terrible...I may repurpose one of them if I upgrade the storage in the enclosure down the line and have a machine that could use an NVMe SSD, that’s what I’ve been doing with my SD cards.
I’ve had a terrible experience with a QVO SATA SSD once and that pretty much soured me on using QLC SSDs again(esp when you consider that TLC SSDs aren’t that far apart in price), while DRAM feels not that necessary anymore with HMB being a thing(Not something you can use on an enclosure anyway).Though I never considered to look into the iops before, just the type of NAND and DRAM/HMB.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentDo you look for DRAM or TLC? I always take into account what kind of cells they use and may omit DRAM if the price difference is big. QLC is generally a no go if there are other options.Do you look for DRAM or TLC?
I always take into account what kind of cells they use and may omit DRAM if the price difference is big. QLC is generally a no go if there are other options.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI’ve only had 1 SD Card fail one me ever, a 64GB Toshiba, and it only seemed to fail or to have degraded performance this year. I like your idea but SDs got way too large than their speeds can...I’ve only had 1 SD Card fail one me ever, a 64GB Toshiba, and it only seemed to fail or to have degraded performance this year.
I like your idea but SDs got way too large than their speeds can handle, a 1TB SD card is pretty sweet until you need to copy the content of your previous 512GB SD card.
Transferring to a higher capacity is something I had to do fairly often since I tend to pass down older cards to other devices whenever I upgrade any SD card. -
Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI’ve read into Optane before and it’s kinda messy, compatibility and the many different versions of the drives, I was looking into whether SLC SSDs are still a thing at the time.I’ve read into Optane before and it’s kinda messy, compatibility and the many different versions of the drives, I was looking into whether SLC SSDs are still a thing at the time.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentMost of my use for flash drives are for transferring files, I don’t hop distros or change OSes as much as before but my 32GB is doubling as a ventoy and file transfer USB flash drive, I had to...Most of my use for flash drives are for transferring files, I don’t hop distros or change OSes as much as before but my 32GB is doubling as a ventoy and file transfer USB flash drive, I had to copy files from someone at work and the 4GB drive wasn’t enough, I’ve also been thinking of getting something newer with USB-C because it should be faster but whenever I look into it I ask myself if I should just use SSDs instead, a larger USB could be used for a longer term storage too, but at some point their prices get close to MVMes.
I’ve got an old PC I thought of turning into a NAS, I even got a HexOS license back when it was $99, but what’s stopping me from committing is that I’d want something with expandability in mind, the case only has 2 HDD bays, and optimally(at least for HexOS) you want at least 3, one I assume is used for parity.
There’s also the price of HDDs, I’ve been considering buying some from serverpartdeals but they’re still fairly expensive, and there’s the whole “Do you want used storage?”(I see a lot of people online vouching for it though), I need more SATA connectors and honestly a bit of time.
Setting up NextCloud when I tried to use it a long tjme ago was a nightmare too and I have up on it.
That old PC has been used as a Navidrome server and I tried Ollama on it a bit, it’s running off 2 SSDs(120GB for boot/Ubuntu Server and a 1TB for data) but I’ve had boot issues with it the past few days and neither the motherboard nor the GPU want to display something for me to know what the problem is.I’ve been trying to USB-Cfy most of my equipment and that enclosure looks pretty cool, Ideally I look for anything that supports Thunderbolt to future proof(and to guarantee minimum specs) but both my PC motherboard and Mac support up to 40GB/s USB4 only. Pretty pricey compared to other options but also the other ones are USB 3.2.
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Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI’ve had only 1 try at shucking a drive, a small WD elements for a friend was acting up and I tried to remove it to see if the connections were acting up or if they drive itself is dead. It was a...I’ve had only 1 try at shucking a drive, a small WD elements for a friend was acting up and I tried to remove it to see if the connections were acting up or if they drive itself is dead.
It was a soldered PCB with Micro USB connection instead of having a SATA to USB converter so I sort of gave up on the idea of shucking a drive if the interface is gonna be a gamble and I’d need to research every drive beforehand. -
Comment on Not sure if coincidence or I should give up (on USB flash drives) in ~tech
Nihilego Link ParentI got an enclosure (Arion Strix) but the NVMe that wad supposed to go in it has been placed in my PC when I was building it, I’ve been waiting for a really good deal on SSDs since last year but...I got an enclosure (Arion Strix) but the NVMe that wad supposed to go in it has been placed in my PC when I was building it, I’ve been waiting for a really good deal on SSDs since last year but nothing significant from what I’ve seen. I didn’t have the foresight at the time to buy more than 1 980 Pro when they went on sale here.
It only occurred to me recently that I’m not sure if using SSDs externally would cause issues with trim/garbage collecting or not.
I apologize if I’m asking something I shouldn’t but what’s your worst experience at your data recovery job? Even though I’m somehow who’s tech literate I can’t imagine how unpleasant that can be on a daily basis.
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.