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Comment on No WebGL, no AI, no bytes to spare. My new game is a 3D 90s fever dream in 1024 bytes! in ~comp
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Comment on Travel tips for Ghana/West Africa? in ~travel
Pavouk106 (edited )Link ParentI have been summoned here! For @phoenixrises and @kaffo - I am from Czech Republic and while I also sometimes go and visit Prague, the city of "mine" is Pilsen, the city of beer, and I can...I have been summoned here! For @phoenixrises and @kaffo - I am from Czech Republic and while I also sometimes go and visit Prague, the city of "mine" is Pilsen, the city of beer, and I can recommend doing that!
While in Pilsen, you should see Pilsner Urquell brewery, the place of origin of Pils type beer.
We also have Great synagogue here and also Old synagogue. When at Great synagogue, you will also see the Great theatre of Josef Kajetán Tyl.
The cathedral of st. Bartholomew on the main square is also worth visiting and I recommend gping up the tower to have a very nice view of the city. As Pilsen was 2015 European city of culture there were new bells casted and mounted in the tower since I-don't-know-wheb (likely second world war) and you will be able to see them when climbing the stairs - some have names of people who donated money for the bells casted on them. The bells first rung with the openung ceremony in 2015. It was very touching to hear this cathedral's bells for the first time in my life.
But I should have started with your arrival, probably by train - if that is the case, you would see the main train station first, which by itself is worth visiting as it is very nice historical building thaf underwent renovations in recent years. Intercity trains come through here with Italian Pendolino trains being probably the ones to take. Just before Pilsen there are 4.5 kilometers (3 miles) long railroad tunnels (one for each way) that may suddenly surprise you.
In the city there is very good public transport network consisting of three tram lines (weirdly they are numbered 1, 2 and 4 - this is for historical reasons as there were more lines in the past; numver 3 should come back though), all trams are yellow in Pilsen with exception of full cover ads ones and historical ones which have period colors. If you come on some Czech memorial day, you could even see tram of Czech inventor František Křižík which rides on such special occasions. There are also trolleybuses (green) in the city and regular buses (red). All of those have their time schedules and they run frequently and on time. Many stations have displays showing when will next one arrive and which line it would be. You can buy 24 hours (or less) ticket right in the vehicles using touchscreens there and paying with your debet/credit card - you will be given paper ticket by the machine. 24 hours comes under 4€ these days I think. You buy the ticket right in the vehicle, not before you enter it (like in Prague). You have to buy it right after boarding.
Back to what to visit - You may be interested in visiting the Science center Tachmania where you can see and try many technical/science things by yourself. It is situated in old Škoda works building. Škoda made, and some companies bearing the name to this day still do, things like steam and electric locomotives, trams, trolleybuses and through the second world war even cannons, some of them were used on Axis warships, I believe up to 305mm ones? Today there are still some famous Škoda companies - one makes transformers, one still makes public transport vehicles or at least the electrical gear in them, one does things around nuclear power plants... Speaking of Emil Škoda - there is his grave in the city that you can visit yourself. These Pilsen Škoda companies are NOT the ones that make Škoda cars!
You should also know that Pilsen was build on the place where four rivers emerge into one. It has population of (guessing) 160-180 thousand people and is fourth biggest city in Czech Republic. The city doesn't have airport (some smaller cities in Czech Republic do).
If you are into sport, FC Viktoria Plzeň, which made it into Champions League and European League, is based here, right next to brewery, which is right next to train station. Hop of the train, get drunk, go see football - you can't make that up. try not to drown in the river between brewery and stadium though!
One history fact - Pilsen (and part of Western Bohemia region) was liberated by US (and Belgium and others) army while the rest of the Czdch Republic was "liberated" by Soviets. Pilsen is proud of this fact and we hold big celebrations annualy where many history enthusiasts come into the town with period vehicles and juniforms and form various camps in the city. Many war veterans came to these celebratoons to talk with people, remind them why and what for they fought in the war. And we are grateful for what they did for us. These celebrations take form of about a week of various activities, the mood is very cheerful in the city, it is a great time to be here (but also.many people in the streets). Celebrations end with Convoy of Liberty where all.the historical vehicles form a convoy and ride.through the main city street - this included even Sherman tank in recent years and (sometimes?) there are also planes flying by over the convoy. I think there were Gripens of Czech Air Force and a fleet of historical planes doing just that at 75th anniversary of city's liberation.
There is also Christmas market being held on main square, but once again - too many people and there are also nicer markets in other towns (ie. České Budějovice).
I will probably end it here, but I'm absolutely sure I didn't mention like 90% of other things to do and visit in Pilsen - one such thing is Museum of Western Bohemia, at least go have a look at it from the outside, do it from 100 meters (yards) distance to fully appreciate the view.
Oh, how cpuld I forget! you have to eat, too! Around the city center there are many restaurants to visit. If you want traditional Czech cuisine, maybe have a look at Restaurant 12 in the park circle around the main square. Or visit U Salzmannů, which is right around main square's corner. In one of the middle streets from the square you can find Švejk restaurant and right under the Great theatre, there is Lokál, anothe Czech food restaurant. If you want to have a good espresso in a cozy coffee shop, have a look at Orient Coffee, which is in the yard (not accurate word) right next to the tram station on the main square (there is Orient Coffee shop on the square, the place you are looking for is next to it and you go through "tunnel" there (another bad word, sorry, it's nearing midnight here). If you rather have a burger, go to Delish rrstaurant. If you like mexican food like burrito, La Chica is near the square. If you would like to have the best pizza there can be, hop into train number 1 going to Bolevec (terminal station on the edge of the town) and visit Pulcinella restaurant. You can get Pilsner Urquell beer in all of those restaurants, yes, even in mexican and italian - you are visiting the town of beer after all.
EDIT: If you ever want to come to Pilsen, let me know in advance, I can compile some list with places and links to wikipedia or city's information website and I would like to meet you in person and you can have a beer on (and with) me! One day visit may not be actually enough thoigh to see all of the above and not be in a hurry. Oh and sorry for typos, this was written on my phone in the last 60 minutes (ouch!)
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Comment on Sam Neill, Jurassic Park star, dies at 78 in ~movies
Pavouk106 Link ParentI suppose you know about Sunshine. If not, I bleieve you will like it.I suppose you know about Sunshine. If not, I bleieve you will like it.
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Comment on Sam Neill, Jurassic Park star, dies at 78 in ~movies
Pavouk106 LinkI see Event Horizon was already mentioned, but I will mention another one - Hunt for Red October starring Sam Neill alongside Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, great movie based on Tom Clancy's novel.I see Event Horizon was already mentioned, but I will mention another one - Hunt for Red October starring Sam Neill alongside Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, great movie based on Tom Clancy's novel.
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI'm coming back to publicly thank GOTO10 for unbelievable kindness and sending me the AYN Odin 2 Mini and I'm attaching image as proof: https://imgur.com/a/cASDFny Thank you very much!I'm coming back to publicly thank GOTO10 for unbelievable kindness and sending me the AYN Odin 2 Mini and I'm attaching image as proof: https://imgur.com/a/cASDFny
Thank you very much!
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI'm playing Outer Worlds, which I consider good still modern FPS RPG game. But I'm gonna talk about sidekick taht I play along it - Fallout 2. I remember my friend back in the days doing Unarmed...I'm playing Outer Worlds, which I consider good still modern FPS RPG game.
But I'm gonna talk about sidekick taht I play along it - Fallout 2. I remember my friend back in the days doing Unarmed run (only melee fist weapons like knuckles, no cold weapons like knives etc.) and I wondered if it's feasible. I knew it is from his experiemce but I wanted to try it myself. After some reading I picked Finesse and Jinxed as my traits and started with 10 agility and 8 luck (you can make it 10 later). I also did Navarro run when I was in Den and I out all my skill points into Unarmed to the point that I have 180% Unarmed and I hit with 95% accuracy and score criticals almost everytime. And since then, the game is simply broken - there is no challenge for me in the game right now.
But if you don't know much about the game, it is actually very challenging. You can and very likely will die in a rat fight. But the game is also rewarding - if you play as it was intended, you are slowly rising up and get better as a character and also with your gear, the tempo is quite nice.
And for the story - story itself isn't that great, but all the locations and many characters have so much background and local atmosphere, that you don't really need story. This 25 years old game is superior in many aspects to many modern games. Graphics and ease of play and ease of combat isn't everything - sometimes if you are able to look past the aging of the game, you may be surprised how good it still is.
Steam version of Fallout 2 can run in higher widescreen resolutions and doesn't crash (as original sometimes did), I don't know about other versions. I don't use any community mods or reworks of the game.
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Comment on Blog owners, do you write under your real name, or under a pseudonym? in ~hobbies
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI wrote a kinda-blog many years ago and that was under my nickname (no numbers though). If you wanted, you could figure out/find my real name via the nickname though, I'm not hiding my identity,...I wrote a kinda-blog many years ago and that was under my nickname (no numbers though). If you wanted, you could figure out/find my real name via the nickname though, I'm not hiding my identity, but I'm also not telling it out loud on every occasion.
My blog was about IT things I wanted to save for later and for anyone to find. Ie. I wrote about setting up distcc or monitoring Nvidia GPU temps over SNMP. I can't remeber if I wrote in Czech and translated all or just something or nothing to English.
EDIT: It was written in PHP by me, data saved in MySQL database written directly to the database itself, no CMS, on the outside it was absolutely minimalistic design - black writing on white background, simple CSS. Tildes is kinda similar in design style, yet Tildes is much more complex than the blog was.
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Comment on Obsidian Entertainment reportedly lays off a quarter of staff, cancels multiple projects, and begins work on new Fallout game in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI liked New Vegas. Sadly, I played it on PS3 and Bethesda doean't give a fuck about player experience on PS3, so the game constantly froze and crashed nore the later I was in. I have it on Steam,...I liked New Vegas. Sadly, I played it on PS3 and Bethesda doean't give a fuck about player experience on PS3, so the game constantly froze and crashed nore the later I was in.
I have it on Steam, but being Czech I got PCR version without being told in advance. PCR stands for Polish, Czech, Russian. And while I like Polish, I don't like Russain, yet I have to be included within... Why the fuck does such version even exist??? This is one too many Bethesda shenanigans and I'm not coping with that. Thus I don't play it. I can't return it as I bought it to be played on Steam Deck before I got it and the return window was long gone when I went for it for the first time.
I have NV on GOG as well (this time it seems like standard version) but the experience isn't there on Steam Deck (yet). I guess I will wait a bit longer to play NV again. Or maybe never. I can live with Fallout 1&2, no problem.
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Comment on Obsidian Entertainment reportedly lays off a quarter of staff, cancels multiple projects, and begins work on new Fallout game in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI also grew up on FO and FO2. Actually I have started FO2 again a few days back, this time Unarmed build with Jinxed and Finesse and 8 Luck (later in the game 10 Luck). I love those games and...I also grew up on FO and FO2. Actually I have started FO2 again a few days back, this time Unarmed build with Jinxed and Finesse and 8 Luck (later in the game 10 Luck). I love those games and while FO3 wasn't straight up bad in my eyes and New Vegas better than 3, I consider FO2 the best of them all. I didn't even try any newer than NV.
I played and finished Metro Last Light when it came out. Then I read the books and then I played and finished Metro 2033. It is kinda corridor shooter, but it honors the book. It is more about the atmosphere and story then about free roam or open world (which is nonexistent in the game). And the game is great in that - it is like the interactive version of the book.
I'm not saying you have to like it, I just want to say that it can't be compared to Fallout 1&2, they are completely different games and genres. Maybe if you read the book, it could change your view on the game...
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Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June 2026 in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI guess they didn't anticipate using the editor like that! It was quite hard game at the time (which was also likely due to me not being experienced) and this thing helped me to at least see other...I guess they didn't anticipate using the editor like that! It was quite hard game at the time (which was also likely due to me not being experienced) and this thing helped me to at least see other levels of the campaign.
I will keep looking for the game name as I got curious myself.
Thanks for the Imagine Earth!
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Comment on Why does WhatsApp drain so much phone battery? in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI'm not WhatsApp user and I'm no longer iPhone user, but I learned not to trust battery health statistic on iPhone. I had SE back in the day and while the phone told me that battery health is 85%,...I'm not WhatsApp user and I'm no longer iPhone user, but I learned not to trust battery health statistic on iPhone. I had SE back in the day and while the phone told me that battery health is 85%, it drained pretty fast and sometimes the phone died before it drained to zero (at say 30%).
While WhatsApp clearly does some shenanigans in the background there, I would think about changing the battery. I believe it may help.
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Comment on Dbrand has cancelled their "Companion Cube" Steam Machine case, because they didn't ask Valve for permission in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI think this may have become passion project to some degree - you focus on finishing it and leave the details. Licencing being the detail here. They had their share with PS5 plates which they...I think this may have become passion project to some degree - you focus on finishing it and leave the details. Licencing being the detail here.
They had their share with PS5 plates which they managed to bring to market and make fun of Sony alongside. I suppose they didn't want to fight Valve's lawyers or go around them so they brought the cube down and tried licencing after the fact and it didn't work out... Sad, but Valve is at full right there and dbrand is the loser this time. I value them for saying it out loud though.
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Comment on Smush in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkAs a non-english speaker I did just over 100 and depleted good letters doing that. I can't figure any of the remaining words. Good game though!As a non-english speaker I did just over 100 and depleted good letters doing that. I can't figure any of the remaining words. Good game though!
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Comment on Longshot - anyone has DVD or Blu ray of Convoy (1978) starring Kris Kristofferson, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine in English? in ~movies
Pavouk106 Link ParentThank you! It seems I'm gonna learn something new when muxing it back together. I'm not interested in the whole movie, as I could just buy Blu ray, but I wanted to have original English audio...Thank you!
It seems I'm gonna learn something new when muxing it back together.
I'm not interested in the whole movie, as I could just buy Blu ray, but I wanted to have original English audio alongside the Czech dubbing. And I didn't really want to buy DVD or Blu ray for audio only. I already have 1080p video and Czech uncensored audio, but I own DVD which has only censored (shortened) tracks, so I just wanted to get full English audio.
I gueas the movie isn't that great if you look at it from critics standpoint, but it was part of my childhood and I simply love it. Rubber Duck is The Hero for me and his truck is The Hero nonetheless. It's nice movie to just sit down and relax, I guess.
Let me know what you think about it if you watch it!
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Comment on Thoughts on graphene OS? in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link Parentyet Immich is still moving and I'd say pretty fast. It is already great for my usecase and is aspiring to become the best.is not possible in Immich
yet
Immich is still moving and I'd say pretty fast. It is already great for my usecase and is aspiring to become the best.
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Comment on Anyone had experience with Element and making friends on there? in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThat's it - you can either have key generated or use second password (which becomes the key).That's it - you can either have key generated or use second password (which becomes the key).
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Comment on Anyone had experience with Element and making friends on there? in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI can't say anything about rooms or finding friends, but I use Element for years now. I picked it when I had Pinephone as other IM apps were... not that compatible. Since then I pulled the whole...I can't say anything about rooms or finding friends, but I use Element for years now. I picked it when I had Pinephone as other IM apps were... not that compatible. Since then I pulled the whole family and a few friends into it and it is my way of resisting Meta's and other's apps (like WhatsApp, Viber etc.).
Element runs on Matrix protocol, has E2EE, you can use elevated trust by scanning your friend's device when you meet in real life, you have to manage your own keys, the don't get uploaded anywhere (meaning you can lose your conversation history when installing on a new phone if you don't have the keys from your old one and no backup). It is open source and kinda nerdy IM thing.
You can even run your own Matrix server and connect through that, no need to access any public servers.
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Comment on Thoughts on graphene OS? in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI bought used Pixel 6a for 100€ to try Graphene 10 months ago. I run it to this day, the phone is still plenty fast. About Graphene though: if you are gonna use Google services (store, gmail app,...I bought used Pixel 6a for 100€ to try Graphene 10 months ago. I run it to this day, the phone is still plenty fast.
About Graphene though:
- if you are gonna use Google services (store, gmail app, photos etc.), you may bot gain that much freedom
- there are specifics about privileges for Google apps, say you want to share your position via Google maps - you don't have to let Maps use your positin, you have to let Google services use it... In Graphene I relized how fucked up this Google ecosystem is - every permission MUST go through Google services. You want to scan EAN code on your Tesco card to add it to your Google Wallet? You have zo enable camera for Google services and the Wallet doesn't even need camera access!
- if you are able, you could likely run Google-less, but it means probably ni banking app, which is real bummer, and lots of manual installs - ie. Steam can be downloaded and installed manually. Home Assistant can come via F-Droid but it's just minimal package, not full one like in Google store, Immich can come from F-Droid but it's a bit behind in versions...
Anyway - Graphene comes with like 13 apps installed and actually no e-mail client. You can install Google play and associated things right from Graphene (no need to download on some shady web). But since there are almost no apps on the phone, it made me pick my own. I use Fairmail (kinda mess to do first setup, but very nice afterwards), Immich instead of Google Photos (which I have installed because of the Pixel camera app not showing last photo if Photos are not installed), I use FOSS calendar, I use FOSS file explorer... It let's you think out-of-the-box, if you want, that's it.
I still have many apps from Google store - for convenience, as I already use Wallet, Maps, Family Link and others. I can't get rid of it completely.
Graphene itself is just like pure Android and works great. You just set it up and there you go. It's not experimental OS, it is fully functional and keeps releasing (security) updates quite frequently.
The only problems were with privileges for Google.apps as they tend to run through Google services (meaning you have to let Google services have the privileges).
Feel free to ask specific questions.
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Comment on Sony is closing the PS3 and Vita digital stores in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentWell, at least we have internet and can download games from there even after they are no longer for sale. And we also have hackers and crackers that allow usage of such downloaded games and...Well, at least we have internet and can download games from there even after they are no longer for sale. And we also have hackers and crackers that allow usage of such downloaded games and microSD cards.
Wouldn't it be great if we didn't need any of this? If the company that makes the hardware did that for us in the beginning?
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Comment on Longshot - anyone has DVD or Blu ray of Convoy (1978) starring Kris Kristofferson, Burt Young and Ernest Borgnine in English? in ~movies
Pavouk106 Link ParentThat would probably be the culprit. Well then, @lelio it would be number 12, not 10.That would probably be the culprit. Well then, @lelio it would be number 12, not 10.
City in a Bottle is simply unbelievable.
All of those are great work, I can't even try to wrap my head around the concept!