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Comment on What are some of your "life hacks" you use regularly? in ~talk
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Comment on What are some of your "life hacks" you use regularly? in ~talk
Pavouk106 Link ParentI use this when my wife needs to make a decision - like buying this or that color nail polish. The outcome of the toss doesn't actually matter that much, as it just sets mental state for what she...I use this when my wife needs to make a decision - like buying this or that color nail polish. The outcome of the toss doesn't actually matter that much, as it just sets mental state for what she really wants, she either agress to the outcome or opposes and thus overrides it - just like @first-must-burn commented; it just makes her choose right at that moment.
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Comment on Leave the phone, take a camera in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkFrom the article: I recently installed Immich on my home server. I did that to have convenient/automatic backup solution for mobile photos for family members. Little did I know at the time that...From the article:
But what about the convenience features they offer, such as searching photos by a person's name or an object?
I recently installed Immich on my home server. I did that to have convenient/automatic backup solution for mobile photos for family members. Little did I know at the time that I'm installing basically Google Photos but completely local and in my hands. Immich does face recognition, objects, OCR, can run multiple users with shared albums... It' unbelievable piece of software. I'm done with Google Photos.
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Comment on Steam Replay 2025 in ~games
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Comment on Steam Replay 2025 in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkMine is pretty standardish for me but still far over the top of Steam average. The great thing is that the bar graph representing each month of the year shows how I approach playing games - I tend...Mine is pretty standardish for me but still far over the top of Steam average.
The great thing is that the bar graph representing each month of the year shows how I approach playing games - I tend to play one big game at a time and it takes me sometimes a few months and the bar graph shows when I played which game.
I play only on Linux, mainly on Steam Deck. I have more games played on desktop though, as it works as a sidekick for me - to take a rest from the main game I play at the moment.
Most played games are Horizon Forbidden West (great game!), Kingdom Come: Deliverance (also great!), Midnight Paradise (AVN, I got surprised by this one, it is good), Original War (very unique RTS game), Postal 2 (sometimes you can let off some steam in a game; sometimes it's hilarious) and a few of others.
Next year will be a bit of surprise for me as I don't know yet what I would play. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 will likely be there, I want to play some GTA San Andreas (through PS2 emulation on Steam Deck), I'd love to replay Breath of the Wild (through Yuzu emulator on Steam Deck) and maybe give in to American Truck Simulator roleplaying as iconic Rubber Duck (who knows?) as I bought the Ultimate pack. I will likely play some coop games with daughter, I hope Portal 2 and We Were Here and likely some singleplayer logical games like Portal or Talos Principle so I can give her advice if she gets stuck in them. I will likely play a bit of ARMA3 and maybe some other multiplayer games with friends.
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Comment on Tildes login session management? in ~tildes
Pavouk106 LinkBest answer would be provided likely by @Deimos, the site owner, designer and main programmer.Best answer would be provided likely by @Deimos, the site owner, designer and main programmer.
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Comment on Games: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkSteam summary would help a lot, but I can say one thing for sure - my main game of the year was Horizon Forbidden West. I have played its predecessor Horizon Zero Dawn twice last year - something...Steam summary would help a lot, but I can say one thing for sure - my main game of the year was Horizon Forbidden West. I have played its predecessor Horizon Zero Dawn twice last year - something I haven't done in past 20 years or so, it was that good. It was natural to play the next part in the series. I played Forbidden West for 167 hours and finished the base game and Burning Shores on my Steam Deck. It was very rough ride, Steam Deck just doesn't have enough power for this game, but since I have 10 years old desktop PC, there was no other way to play it. The game is awesome! It is just like the first game haven't even ended and just continued. I will replay the story of the game in the future and will get all achievements - the same thing I did with Zero Dawn.
After finishing Horizon, I finally started playing Kingdom Come: Deliverance. I feel ashamed to be playing it in 2025 for the first time - I'm Czech, the game background is Czech, the game takes place on Czech soil, the developers are mainly Czech people... Well, here we are, I'm over 70 hours in the game and I still have a lot to do. It is really well done game and I love it. I will eventually buy KCD2 as well.
I think there are no more games I put a lot of time into this year. I play one game at a time with some sidekicks here and there. Given there are 365 days in a year and I put around 240 hours in just two games there is not much more time to be shared between other ones.
I have yet to see my Steam summary which will tell me the truth.
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Comment on The Windows 11 crisis in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI second this. I use Linux since around 2010 as my only OS on my desktop and while it was rought at the beginning, nowadays with Steam and its Proton layer, I just buy games and play them as I...I second this. I use Linux since around 2010 as my only OS on my desktop and while it was rought at the beginning, nowadays with Steam and its Proton layer, I just buy games and play them as I would do on a Windows PC.
Good point about anitcheat in (mostly) multiplayer games though!
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
Pavouk106 (edited )Link ParentGPU is actually pretty tame, even when it encodes, it sips just a few watts by itself. But i know what you meant with C-states. The problem would be the "modern CPU" itself... I use i5-4690. Yes,...GPU is actually pretty tame, even when it encodes, it sips just a few watts by itself. But i know what you meant with C-states.
The problem would be the "modern CPU" itself... I use i5-4690. Yes, 10 years old CPU I got lying around doing nothing.
Still, the HDDs probably run at 5W each, give it another 5W for all the RAM, 5W for motherboard, 5W for GPU, 5W for CPU and we are at 35W already. And even though I have 80 Plus Gold PSU, it still is ineffective at this low range, so I would add 15℅ losses in that alone and you have another 5W.
It's not unreasonable, I would almost say modern CPU wouldn't do that much better. It would be much more powerful at the same electricity bill, but I don't really have need to buy it as this setup runs just fine and the investment wouldn't ever come back in any way.
Simply put: If you want your NAS to run low on power, don't use (once) powerful CPUs with full ATX board and dedicated GPU. Still 3x 7200rpm HDD would be the heaviest on power draw from all components used. And PSU would be another factor, as I have yet to find 200W PSU that does 80 Plus Gold - so the whole setup runs at some reasonable percentage of maximum load thus in the most effective range of the PSU.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI feel like I have to add info based on your comment, especially the cost for the two cloud solution. My NAS is full desktop PC solution. It runs at 50W idle and maxes above 100W if I run it at...I feel like I have to add info based on your comment, especially the cost for the two cloud solution.
My NAS is full desktop PC solution. It runs at 50W idle and maxes above 100W if I run it at full load.
My other NAS in another location runs mobile CPU on desktop board and does around 25W idle and under 50W full load.
Combined, accounted for actual average load and with cost of elecricity here both cost 200$ a year just to run them.
You can use more power efficient solutions to do your NAS, ie. RPi5 with 4xSATA HAT or some low power Intel board.
I just felt obligated to add this information which may not be apparent at first glance.
EDIT: For anyone who might be asking how the hell the NAS draws 50W idling - desktop CPU, 4 sticks of RAM, ATX board (many things that need power on it), three fans, three 3.5" 7200rpm drives, SATA SSD and dedicated graphics for on-the-fly re-encoding (for Jellyfin media server). I consider it a miracle it idles at just 50W.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI built my server in a few days including my own case. I set up the software aide in another few days. And since the it runs for around 2-3 years without that much of overhead from me. Phones in...I built my server in a few days including my own case. I set up the software aide in another few days. And since the it runs for around 2-3 years without that much of overhead from me.
Phones in the family are set up to backup photos and videos on the server immediately
I occassionally run manual backup of the server to my other server.
If people can't find the time to backup their most precious data (gamoly.photos and videos in my case), they deserve to lose them. And backing up by using cloud services isn't actually backing it up, is it? I want to have my data in my hands.
I agree that doing anti-corporate things is timesink. But everyone of us must set the bar for themselves. I'm willing to put time into it.
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Comment on Twenty years of digital life, gone in an instant, thanks to Apple in ~tech
Pavouk106 (edited )Link ParentIt's your data you want to save, it is up to you to do it. As you can see on this example, even big tech corporation don't care about you or your data even if you stand behind them and spend money...Put your data in a NAS? Good luck, self hosting is a full time job
It's your data you want to save, it is up to you to do it. As you can see on this example, even big tech corporation don't care about you or your data even if you stand behind them and spend money on their junk. You are nobody for them.
And this is why I run my own NAS with RAID and another one also with RAID on different physical location. And even with these measures I'm still a bit paranoid about losing the data. But if I do lose it, it would be MY fault and not because some automatic system decided that for me or because some support people don't have means to alter the result.
My data, my responsibility. If you value your data, you have it stored and backed up according to your own principle. And as you can see - using iCloud (or other such means) isn't the way. Some people run their own NAS, some have HDD in the drawer, some use USB flash sticks... To each their own. I picked my solution that I described here.
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Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 becomes first indie game to win Game of the Year at The Game Awards in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI've just heard one of the devs saying something along the lines "It's great that small studios with low budget stand a chance" and just a moment before this was said I heard this "low budget" was...I've just heard one of the devs saying something along the lines "It's great that small studios with low budget stand a chance" and just a moment before this was said I heard this "low budget" was like 8 million USD. What the heck is low about 8 freaking million USD???
I don't mean it in a bad way, I believe that they are small studio in comparison to today's behemots. I also believe they made the gamd for a fraction of price of games from said behemots. But still - 8 million is low budget.
I should read a bit about the game, as I believe it made itself significant by how great it would be.
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Comment on How Europe is gearing up to follow Australia's teen social media ban in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI wanted to comment that this solution is really the only way to go. Nice to know that EU is going this way! Verification needs to be done by someone else than the aervice itself and only in...I wanted to comment that this solution is really the only way to go. Nice to know that EU is going this way! Verification needs to be done by someone else than the aervice itself and only in binary form (can/cannot access).
The only thing is that by doing it on (presimably) EU governmental level means the EU will likely know what you are accessing. But then there are things like GDPR and other privacy oriented things in EU, so we'll see how it goes.
Still better than giving all your personal info to ie. TikTok or Elon Musk...
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Comment on Books: Your personal year in review for 2025 in ~books
Pavouk106 LinkI don't read much. But this year I commented in a thread about which book series are worth reading and I wrote there that Ian Fleming's James Bond series is worth it. I wrote this based on movies...I don't read much. But this year I commented in a thread about which book series are worth reading and I wrote there that Ian Fleming's James Bond series is worth it. I wrote this based on movies though, as I haven't read any of the books. And that made me buy and read them. So far I read 4 or 5 of the James Bond books. If you like the movies, you should definitely read the books!
After those few books I jumped onto one of my most time favorites - Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy. This book started the games we know (not the modern/recent ones, these only use the name) and it's a bit of technical, yet easy reading. I like the story, but I love the action! I have read a few Jack Ryan books, but this Rainbow Six "kinda spin-off" is the best for me. I'm currently about 20-25℅ in lacking time to read... I will finish it though, as I already did a few times before.
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Comment on Without looking, do you have a vague idea of your coordinates? in ~talk
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Comment on Without looking, do you have a vague idea of your coordinates? in ~talk
Pavouk106 (edited )LinkI'm gonna make a guess now: N49.7° (I'm not gonna bother with minutes and seconds, decimal will do) E13.4° I'm not doxxing myself, as these are so vague... And now I'm gonna check. And I'm around...I'm gonna make a guess now: N49.7° (I'm not gonna bother with minutes and seconds, decimal will do) E13.4°
I'm not doxxing myself, as these are so vague... And now I'm gonna check. And I'm around 5-10km off. Pretty good if I may say.
In games I know my whereabouts in most cases. I'm able to keep track to some degree even in underground, especially if the walls are right angle. I have image and kinda map memory which combined are very useful in games and also.in real life. I was to Vienna recently and I believe I could navigate the city public transport even a year from now, probably two or more years also (EDIT: I mean where the stations are and how to access them or jump.from.one line to another).
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Comment on Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion in ~movies
Pavouk106 LinkI think it's like game studios - there will be (or likely already is) a point where one studio will become too big and will get on downward slope. We've seen how Blizzard, EA, Activision, Ubisoft,...I think it's like game studios - there will be (or likely already is) a point where one studio will become too big and will get on downward slope.
We've seen how Blizzard, EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Rockstar and others are leading the gamespace in.past years. Don't get me wrong, they made many great games, yet I think they are not all going in the right direction from the perspective of a gamer. Many smaller games/studios got through and shot to the moon - Stardew Valley, Factorio, Hollow Knight, Undertale, ... You can name others, I'm certain.
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Comment on Cloudflare down again in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI saw that downdetector uses Cloudflare in the previous outage. It is kinda hilarious :-)I saw that downdetector uses Cloudflare in the previous outage. It is kinda hilarious :-)
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Comment on Cloudflare down again in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentClouflare has it's own site Cloudflarestatus.com that they update as it goes.Clouflare has it's own site Cloudflarestatus.com that they update as it goes.
I have one hack as a gamer: Play one big game at a time. This makes you not to hop between many games and thus many controls schemes, stories, genres... You can focus on this one game, master its controls, know the story well, live through it. You don't put the game down until you finish it or decides to put it away forever/be ok to start over next time in (for example) a fee years.
I do this since I bought Switch Lite in 2019 and I do this with Steam Deck. I finished so many games that I have even.played before but put down...
I still have skme sidekicks for when I need put down the big game for a day or two just to hink about something else for a moment. These sidekicks are easy no-brainers like American Truck Simulator, Carmageddon or a day/or even just one skirmish of Age of Empires 2. Something that doesn't need thinking about story or learning new controls set so.it doesn't interfere with the main game.
I'm going through my backlog effectively but very slowly with 2-5 games a year. But I finally finish them!