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Comment on Xbox announces digital entitlements for disc based games in ~games
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Comment on What is the oldest file you still have? in ~tech
Pavouk106 LinkI have this CD with various backup things and while it was obviously burned at 2008, I believe many files to be around year 2000. I can for sure say I have photos there from 2001/02, I also have a...I have this CD with various backup things and while it was obviously burned at 2008, I believe many files to be around year 2000. I can for sure say I have photos there from 2001/02, I also have a few install files that hint at 2002. Sadly nothing there has timestamp in the EXIF or in filename.
Just FYI I found Winamp plugins, DivX codecs, Counter Strike comics (obviously dating at around 2003), Morrowind and Baldur's Gate savefiles etc.
Actually I still have the PC case these files were actually in (on the HDD of course). Thinking about it, I may try and make it my next NAS case. First though I have to get out that nice Abit BP-6 motherboards with dual Celerons at 500MHz and GeForce 256 SDR. Those are some marvels of the past.
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Comment on Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentHave a look at Grayjay. It is video aggregator and can do Youtube as well (no ads). Louis Rossmann backed it up (by words and actions, I don't now if woth money as well). I use it and my daighter...Have a look at Grayjay. It is video aggregator and can do Youtube as well (no ads). Louis Rossmann backed it up (by words and actions, I don't now if woth money as well). I use it and my daighter dpes as well. It doesn't have any algorithm built in, it may be pro or con, depending on your view. It is a pro for me - I just watch what I'n subscribed to and the app itself doesn't steer me away from it.
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Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk
Pavouk106 LinkWe are in golden age of many useful and easy to use open source things. Be it Arduinos, Linux, programs like imagemagick or ffmpeg or linux AMD GPU drivers. I use Graphene OS on my phone (which...We are in golden age of many useful and easy to use open source things.
Be it Arduinos, Linux, programs like imagemagick or ffmpeg or linux AMD GPU drivers.
I use Graphene OS on my phone (which should be open sourve if I'm right), I use Matrix.org as my IM service of choice, I use Linux on all my PCs, I use Immich, Home Assistant, Kodi, FairEmail, Jellyfin...
It is great to be free like this - to be free of dependencies on big corporations. This is the golden era I live in. And everyone can.
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Comment on Router recommendations? in ~comp
Pavouk106 LinkI'd buy what I have now - Ubiquiti... What was the name? looking it up Cloud Gateway Ultra. You get the Ubiquiti software, are ready for their Unifi APs (as the router is what it is - just a...I'd buy what I have now - Ubiquiti... What was the name? looking it up Cloud Gateway Ultra.
You get the Ubiquiti software, are ready for their Unifi APs (as the router is what it is - just a router) and you get their VPN service (which I don't use) so you can connect inside your home LAN without having public IP or ports forwarded.
The router has web UI which is really good and let's you setup things like SSIDs of your various wifis, guest hotspot, VLAN, WPA 3 AES (certificate based), traffic preference (ie. wifi calling, Microsoft Teams etc.), traffic limits (per device, per network, probably per service), you can see how the devices are connected (Wifi 4, Wifi 6 etc. and the sleeds they negotiated and also the actual speed flowing), you can see statistics of what clients use most inetnet bandwidth and in what manner (TLS/SSL, QUIC, VPN etc.). You can probably setup if client can be online at certain time (ie. kids have no wifi at night), but that is a speculation on my part. You can setup more WAN ports from the LAN ones as your backup connection (ie. tethering from smartphone) which I actually used in the past.
For a but over 100€, you get very very nice router.
The only downside - thw WAN port labeled as 2.5Gbit is actually connected to routing chip at 1Gbit internally. I read this on some blog.
I have this router and three wifi APs from Ubiquiti and I wouldn't blink an eye if I had to set up my house again - it would be the same. Maybe I would actually buy even Unifi switch to have the whole network all-in-one. Alas, I bought Mikrotik for that role already (which is also a great piece of network tech).
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI'm still playing Outer Worlds and I'm looking forward to be done with it. I finished the main story already and I'm doing DLCs now. Don't get me wrong though - the game is good, I like it. But I...I'm still playing Outer Worlds and I'm looking forward to be done with it. I finished the main story already and I'm doing DLCs now. Don't get me wrong though - the game is good, I like it. But I play it for too long already and I just want to play something else. But I force on myself the rule I set - one game at a time until I finish it or I decide it's not worth it and I will never get back to it. And Outer Worlds is worth it.
The question already lingers in my mind though: What should I play next?
And this is where I wanted to ask other Chosen Ones (aka Tilderinos or other names we call ourselves here). Would you try and pick one for me? I have a list here:
- GTA Vice City (PS2 emulation, replay)
- GTA San Andreas (PS2 emulation, replay)
- CrossCode
- Zelda BotW (Switch emulation, replay)
I''m weighing in how long the game is and how much story vs. freeplay there is. Cast your vote now then proceed reading.
I would prefer shorter game now, this scratches off the BotW and SA for now in my mind. I recently got Vice City used on Ebay from Italy and I would likely pick it as it is the newest one right now.
I'm a bit sceptical about CrossCode. I read very positive things about it, I just don't know if I want to jump into something new and potentially heavy.
I can always drive a few hundred miles in Rubber Duck's Mack RS712LST in American Truck Simulator I guess.
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Comment on What theme do you use with Tildes? in ~tildes
Pavouk106 LinkI mostly read Tildes on my GrapheneOS phone, to it is Black theme for me. Graphene is black and white mostly OS on its own and given the AMOLED display the black is the best color.I mostly read Tildes on my GrapheneOS phone, to it is Black theme for me.
Graphene is black and white mostly OS on its own and given the AMOLED display the black is the best color.
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Comment on Which privacy-friendly home appliances exist? e.g. robot vacuum cleaners. in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentAnother Valetudo user. I got used Roborosk S5 for 80€ and it works like a charm. Flashed it via wifi (OTA), no need to disassemble and do any electronics stuff. I have integrated it in Home...Another Valetudo user. I got used Roborosk S5 for 80€ and it works like a charm. Flashed it via wifi (OTA), no need to disassemble and do any electronics stuff. I have integrated it in Home Assistant and use it from there. Their website was very helpful and easy to follow to set it all up.
I can highly recommend it from my limited experience.
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Comment on What game are you terrible at? in ~games
Pavouk106 LinkI'm terrible at FPS and rhytmic/fast-paced games all around. When we played coop with three of my friends ARMA 3, two of them.got like 30 kills while I and the other one got like 6 kills. I...I'm terrible at FPS and rhytmic/fast-paced games all around.
When we played coop with three of my friends ARMA 3, two of them.got like 30 kills while I and the other one got like 6 kills. I revived the forst two quite a lot though, so one may say that I'm better in a supporting role. But CS2 doesn't have supporting roles :-) In Team Fortress 2 I played Medic or Engineer.
I wouldn't be good at Beat Saber, but that's one thing I want to change. The same goes for Taiko no Tatsuin where I could do only the basic difficulty (but I don't have any plans for that).
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
Pavouk106 Link ParentThat's the wy I see it as well. For me Deimos' announcement was like "Tildes is up and running and there will be no new features. It will run in this state in the foreseeable future." I really...That's the wy I see it as well. For me Deimos' announcement was like "Tildes is up and running and there will be no new features. It will run in this state in the foreseeable future."
I really think Deimos wasn't announcing any grave situation, quite the contraty. I think he just wanted to say out loud there will be no changes due to a few posts in past month(s) that were mentiong it would be good tonhave X or Y on the site. He just didn't want to keep.hopes up for any new features, that's how I understood it.
I'm not leaving here and I hope not many people do. This is a great place to be and there is no need to leave for anybody.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Pavouk106 Link ParentThank ypu fpr the insights! I didn't thinm it is that much. I stand corrected.Thank ypu fpr the insights! I didn't thinm it is that much. I stand corrected.
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Comment on Suggestions for a LAN party in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentI have yet to try it. I know the game actually started amd played quite well some time ago, but Indidn't know multiplayer is achievable. Thabk you for sources, I will try it.I have yet to try it. I know the game actually started amd played quite well some time ago, but Indidn't know multiplayer is achievable. Thabk you for sources, I will try it.
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Comment on Suggestions for a LAN party in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentWould you mind sharing the Dungeon Siege 1 hack to enable LAN multiplayer? The game was awesome and I'd love to give it a spin once again!Would you mind sharing the Dungeon Siege 1 hack to enable LAN multiplayer? The game was awesome and I'd love to give it a spin once again!
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Pavouk106 Link ParentI think there are people here who would be willing to run the site on their own server if the need arise. I also run my own server and I would be willing to host the site (just provide hardware,...I think there are people here who would be willing to run the site on their own server if the need arise.
I also run my own server and I would be willing to host the site (just provide hardware, ypu would still be the one who runs it), but I don't have 99,99999% availability and I can't vouch for that. Datacenter is better choice still, but more costly.
I imagine Raspberry Pi could run the site - computational requirements wise. The most important thing would likely be to have up-to-date system and software, I presume.
Anyway - could you share specific expenses for a year? I donate measly dollar a months, but I guess if a few of us do, you/the site should be covered.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Pavouk106 Link ParentI'm one of ex-Redditors. I'm grateful I got here - thanks @OBLIVIATER. I didn't know the community before that, I like it as it is (now). I got my 5 invites to send to my friends and later got...I'm one of ex-Redditors. I'm grateful I got here - thanks @OBLIVIATER.
I didn't know the community before that, I like it as it is (now). I got my 5 invites to send to my friends and later got another 5. I still have all those as I didn't invite anyone. I have friends but they either don't have any interest to be here or wouldn't be able to cope with rules and traditions here. And as I have it mentally set I would make myself reaponsible for their behaviour. And thus they are not invited to be here by me. I also feel responsibility to behave well due to the person who invited me here.
I believe many people has it like this.
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Comment on Any significant changes to Tildes are extremely unlikely in ~tildes.official
Pavouk106 Link ParentThus little.camp of tents will probably be here next to the superhighway forever. It is up to us if we will stay here or jump in a car and join the highway. I rode my part of highway and I don't...Thus little.camp of tents will probably be here next to the superhighway forever. It is up to us if we will stay here or jump in a car and join the highway. I rode my part of highway and I don't like riding it anymore and if I do it is just a quick trip and then back to my tent here.
The company here is in the camp is great, I like peoe here and I'm not planning on leaving. I imagine only a bus full of even better people would have to go on the superhighway next to our camp for me to even try and follow them wherever they are going. But it seem unimaginable to me this could happen (and my imagination is vast!).
I like that this camp exists and I can cope with its kinda minimalism. It has all one needs to live life simply, yet comfortably.
And now in real words - I absolutely understand Deimos and the motivation behind (not) wanting to change things. And I stand on his side, I wouldn't change much if anything at all. And it is great to hear it from the site owner in such a plain and understandable words.
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
Pavouk106 Link ParentLOL! Well, it seems he wasn't curious enough and it's just not a game for him. How many times I had replayed those 22 minutes...LOL!
Well, it seems he wasn't curious enough and it's just not a game for him.
How many times I had replayed those 22 minutes...
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Comment on People who have run events on Tildes or maintaining long running series of posts, any lessons or advices? in ~tildes
Pavouk106 Link ParentYou are the one who came into my mind instantly. We cannot thank you enough for what you do/organize for us and you are perfect example on how to do this. Thank you!You are the one who came into my mind instantly. We cannot thank you enough for what you do/organize for us and you are perfect example on how to do this. Thank you!
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Comment on PC upgrade vs replacement in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentThis won't work with me. I will always (in the next 10 years at least) be hosting my own services and using my.own hardware to do stuff. I'm not coping with "give us all you have and be happy that...This won't work with me. I will always (in the next 10 years at least) be hosting my own services and using my.own hardware to do stuff. I'm not coping with "give us all you have and be happy that we can use it for whatever we want" mentality.
While I kinda hate I have to spend basically almost 1300€ on my new PC, I think I will use it for a long time as-is, no upgrades (apart from another 16GB of RAM when I deem it price-alright. I never had high-end GPU for example, I always had Nvidias x50 class and I has 3 of them in last say 14 years.
I believe the 9070 XT with Ryzen 7600 will be sufficient for me for 10 years, this makes the PC basically a 10€ a month expenditure, which is negligible. You can't buy that many useful.things for 10€ nowadays, it's simply a pack of cigarettes or two beers or some snack - all kinda one-time items. And when I look at it like that, I'm at ease knowing I didn't actually spend that much on it. If I upgraxed my PC every few years it will be different, of course. But seeing my old PC still.running strong for everyday tasls, I really believe the current one will make it many years into the future.
When I bought my i5 750 (first Core i5 generation, 4C/4T) back in 2011 and made bold claim it would be good for ten years, I got laughed at. Those people don't know that that CPU actually made it through 10+ years with me and if my motherboard didn't fail, I would be rocking it for a year or two more. Then I got i5-4690 for 40€ including motherboard which prolonged the time before I jumped on the real upgrade.
To sum it up - the times are rough for buying hardware, but if you don't need to upgrade that much, it's not that expensive when you consider how much you pay for it monthly through the useful time of the hardware.
Maybe I should jump on the 9070 XT now.
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Comment on PC upgrade vs replacement in ~tech
Pavouk106 Link ParentI was recently upgrading my PC from i5-4690 to something modern. Since it was sadly DDR3, I didn't have the luxury of retaining my 16GB of RAM (which is still sufficient for me; I use linux and I...I was recently upgrading my PC from i5-4690 to something modern. Since it was sadly DDR3, I didn't have the luxury of retaining my 16GB of RAM (which is still sufficient for me; I use linux and I know what I need).
It was dilemma between AM4 and AM5.
If I bought a high-end-enough CPU like Ryzen 5600 or higher, I believe I'm not upgrading for the next 8-10 years. This was the main driveforce behind AM4, together with lower price, of course.
AM5 is more expensive but it still has future, as has DDR5. The same principle applies here - if I bought 7600 or faster, I would be able to live with it for 8-10 years.
I chose AM5 as the price difference for me was 20€ (totla price around 450€).
I bought CPU, motherboard and single stick of 16GB DDR5 (Ouch! And it was almost half the budget! Ouch once more!). I bought new PSU earlier in the year, Seasonic Focus GX-850, for around 150€. This totals at arpund 600€ and I have no GPU yet (I use very old Radeon R9 270X for now).
I also got 256GB NVME SSD (system) from a friend for free - we sometimes exchange surplus hardware or do something for each other, and I has my 500GB SATA SSD also present (games). My home directory is on my NAS, no worries there.
I 3D printed my PC "case" so I consider that kinda free and I reused my CPU cooler (free).
Nowadays I'm looking towards 9070 XT, but that is easily another 600+€ and I also want to buy Steam Frame which will very likely be 1000€.
This is such a bad time for buying hardware! But alas, we have to or we stick with old stuff.
What is stopping people from doing that? Mandatory "Connect once a month or console won't work" which is likely to be already present in their firmwares or will be in the future.