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Comment on Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence in ~tech
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Comment on Buying a high-end PC for the first time - help me to doublecheck what I'm buying? Is 4k a bad idea with the specs? in ~tech
kwyjibo Link Parent1440p. Happy to have helped, and good luck with the purchase!1440p. Happy to have helped, and good luck with the purchase!
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Comment on Buying a high-end PC for the first time - help me to doublecheck what I'm buying? Is 4k a bad idea with the specs? in ~tech
kwyjibo LinkI have a similar system, and I can play games in 4k, I just choose not to. I too play WoW quite a bit (though gave it a break after the most recent patch), Diablo 4, CS2, and some hyped game of...I have a similar system, and I can play games in 4k, I just choose not to. I too play WoW quite a bit (though gave it a break after the most recent patch), Diablo 4, CS2, and some hyped game of the month from Steam. All of which runs quite well at 4k, but I honestly don’t see the benefit over 2k. If you’re playing strategy games where the screen rarely moves and there’s a lot of text, I can then see the benefit, but it doesn’t sound like you do. Still, this is a debate that you personally have to settle yourself. Some people prefer higher resolution, some prefer higher refresh rates. I belong in the latter group, as long as I have 2k.
If you care about consuming content too, get yourself an OLED monitor with a higher refresh rate (for gaming). They are so worth it. You are right about 4k being better on 30”+ panels. I wouldn’t get a 27” 4k. 27” is for 2k, 32”+ for 4k.
The only thing I’d be critical of 2k is that text is not as crisp as it is on 4k, but you do get used to it. It used to bother me quite a bit because of my dual monitor set up where I was being constantly reminded how better text rendering was on 4k, but I don’t even think about it anymore. (I do still notice it when I think about it though, I don’t want to lead you into thinking there’s not a noticeable difference.)
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Comment on Looking for general monitor advice in ~tech
kwyjibo Link ParentI too have an Alienware OLED (AW2725DF), but no burn-in yet. It must have been about a year and a half since I started using it. At first I cared quite a bit about the panel health, as you did....I too have an Alienware OLED (AW2725DF), but no burn-in yet. It must have been about a year and a half since I started using it.
At first I cared quite a bit about the panel health, as you did. Ran the maintenance refresh every four hours and the longer one (the one that takes like 7-8 hours to run, I believe) when I am asleep. I thought the taskbar would be most likely cause for the burn-in, so I switched to an auto-hiding taskbar from day one. On Linux, where I have Waybar running, I created a little script to have it auto-hide as well. I also changed the energy settings so that the monitor would turn itself off within 5 minutes of idling (which, if monitor thinks is necessary, starts the maintenance refresh). That’s all I did.
After a certain amount of time I just stopped babying it, meaning I stopped engaging the manual maintenance refreshed every four or so hours because it became tedious. It’s surprisingly hard to sit in front of a turned off monitor, waiting for it to do its thing, even with a multiple-monitor set up.
But anyway, that’s all I did and do, and no issues yet, fingers crossed. Maybe it’s what I did, or maybe I just got lucky with the panel.
Although I should note, I don’t ever use HDR. I believe increased brightness increases your chances of burn-in. (Mine is set at 75%.) I don’t dislike the way HDR looks, but it’s so incredibly finicky both on Windows and Linux that I stopped caring about it. I must have spent literally days trying to get it to look like it should, but I just couldn’t make it work.
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Comment on Music streamer Deezer allows users to filter out AI music, so why does Spotify not offer the same? in ~music
kwyjibo Link ParentI’ve not received that yet but I do have a non-removable Your Episodes folder for podcasts. I’ve never listened to a single moment of podcasts on Spotify out of principle and yet there it is.I’ve not received that yet but I do have a non-removable Your Episodes folder for podcasts. I’ve never listened to a single moment of podcasts on Spotify out of principle and yet there it is.
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Comment on Does anyone have experience exchanging actual letters with a pen pal? in ~talk
kwyjibo LinkI find the idea of sending artificial letters online rather obscene, I am not sure why. If it makes people happy, more power to them, but I personally would never indulge myself into doing so. As...I find the idea of sending artificial letters online rather obscene, I am not sure why. If it makes people happy, more power to them, but I personally would never indulge myself into doing so.
As for sending physical mail to a pen pal(s), I have certainly thought about it. I write quite a lot. I have great interest, and collection, of fountain pens and inks so maybe I am trying to justify their existence, but I enjoy the experience of writing with them. I keep up with my personal diary and a poem diary, which I recently started, but I never write to anyone.
A couple of months ago I researched how feasible it’d be to find people to exchange letters with, but none of the options felt right to me. I think the one I liked the most was r/prisonpenpals, but it didn’t feel right for a couple of reasons. Other than that, I liked r/FountainPenPals, but I thought I wouldn’t belong there with my horrible (well, not horrible, but not noteworthy either) handwriting. Generally speaking though, I think the biggest hurdle is to find something to talk about. I have many hobbies that I can write hours on end, but not everyone’s receptive to that, and outside of those hobbies, I don’t particularly have an exciting life.
As you can see, there are lots of reasons to not do something.
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Comment on Hot take: movies suck because there is no rental market in ~movies
kwyjibo Link ParentThat jumped out at me as well, so much so that I had to double check in case there was a typo but there wasn’t. That being said, it doesn’t seem to be the norm. It’s only the case for some, not...That jumped out at me as well, so much so that I had to double check in case there was a typo but there wasn’t. That being said, it doesn’t seem to be the norm. It’s only the case for some, not all, very recently released films. I can be wrong as I only did a cursory check, but films like One Battle After Another or Sinners can be rented for around $6-7 in the US, which seems reasonable.
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Comment on Joy of sharing a creation replaced by a longing sadness in ~talk
kwyjibo LinkHey, I’m sorry you have to go through all of that. I know how tough it can be to try to exist in a politically and culturally oppressive society with limited resources. If there’s anything I can...Hey, I’m sorry you have to go through all of that. I know how tough it can be to try to exist in a politically and culturally oppressive society with limited resources. If there’s anything I can do to help, please feel free to reach out. I am in a neighboring country.
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Comment on Cassini, a spiritual successor to Microsoft Paint for the iPad in ~creative
kwyjibo LinkLovely website. The app’s design looks cool too. Your buttons especially reminded me of Teenage Engineering’s OP-1. My iPad is quite old, I’m waiting until March when Apple releases the new ones,...Lovely website. The app’s design looks cool too. Your buttons especially reminded me of Teenage Engineering’s OP-1. My iPad is quite old, I’m waiting until March when Apple releases the new ones, and when I do, I’ll be sure to give it a try!
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Comment on Here are your choices for a self-hosted ebook server in ~books
kwyjibo LinkDo any of these allow me to zoom into specific areas of the comic when I double-tap or click? I have tried Kavita and Komga, but they don’t let me do that, which is frustrating.Do any of these allow me to zoom into specific areas of the comic when I double-tap or click? I have tried Kavita and Komga, but they don’t let me do that, which is frustrating.
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft Weekly in ~games
kwyjibo LinkHello everyone! I hope you’re having fun with the game. I tried to carve some time for it but I don’t think I’ll be able to do it going forward. Life’s just too busy, and my focus on how to spend...Hello everyone! I hope you’re having fun with the game. I tried to carve some time for it but I don’t think I’ll be able to do it going forward. Life’s just too busy, and my focus on how to spend the little free time I get to have has shifted away from Minecraft. I didn’t get to play that much apart from the first week anyway, but it was fun.
I believe I had already mentioned this in one of the previous threads, but please feel free to do whatever you want with the land I was building on. I was very slowly building a floating house in an island close to the town center at
x201 y88 z235.I hope I’ll have more time on season 3, if there ever is one. Have fun!
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
kwyjibo Link ParentThat’s a good point. I’ll order some next time I do my groceries and hopefully it turns out well. Thanks!That’s a good point. I’ll order some next time I do my groceries and hopefully it turns out well. Thanks!
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
kwyjibo Link ParentThanks for the tip! I’m glad it works with an air-fryer. I’m curious, do you salt them before or after?Thanks for the tip! I’m glad it works with an air-fryer. I’m curious, do you salt them before or after?
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
kwyjibo Link ParentThat sounds delicious (assuming I’d like the taste of the sprouts) but unfortunately it’s not for me. I am on a strict diet and stir frying and maple syrup (which would be hard for me to source)...That sounds delicious (assuming I’d like the taste of the sprouts) but unfortunately it’s not for me. I am on a strict diet and stir frying and maple syrup (which would be hard for me to source) is a no-go.
I was thinking of using an air-fryer to cook the sprouts. My goal is to make it dry/crispy as much as I can without using oil. As for dressing, I’m not sure.
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
kwyjibo Link ParentI was exactly the same as you! I could not stand broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprout and as you said boiled cabbage. Now that I am a middle aged person, as cliche as it sounds, I started to...I was exactly the same as you! I could not stand broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprout and as you said boiled cabbage.
Now that I am a middle aged person, as cliche as it sounds, I started to care a bit more about my health with the new year. Last week, I forced myself to eat some broccoli (and zucchini) and it wasn’t half bad. What I did was I found a cheat. With some garlic yogurt and a bit of MSG, broccoli and zucchini’s taste profile take a backseat to that of garlic and yogurt and become somewhat a pleasure to eat. I was so surprised how good it tasted, I ended up preparing it two dinners in a row.
I am now slowly preparing myself for Brussels sprouts. I think that’s a tougher challenge, especially compared to cauliflower given how close they are with broccoli which I already started liking, but we’ll see. One thing I don’t think I’ll ever be able to accomplish is getting over how gross boiled cabbage is to me, though. There’s this dish called Kapuska and whenever my mom made it when I was a kid, I’d either lock myself into my room or just leave the house. I simply could not stand the smell and I still can’t. That being said, to this day, I love munching on pickled cabbage. Given how low calorie it is, that is also a cheat code for those who want to lose weight. (Though it’s pickled, so gotta watch out for excess sodium.)
I hope you don’t give up!
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Comment on Actual underrated films of the 2020s so far in ~movies
kwyjibo LinkIn no particular order: Freemont, Çatlak, My Small Land (マイスモールランド), The Kid Detective, As bestas, Hytti nro 6, Das Lehrerzimmer, Presence, and Babylon. I don’t love any of the films above, but...In no particular order: Freemont, Çatlak, My Small Land (マイスモールランド), The Kid Detective, As bestas, Hytti nro 6, Das Lehrerzimmer, Presence, and Babylon.
I don’t love any of the films above, but they’re really good in their own right. My Small Island and Çatlak were particularly affecting. Babylon has been watched a lot, and I added it to my list only because I think it’s very much undervalued, and I’m saying this as someone who’s not the biggest fan of its director. I just have a soft spot for films that are flat out interesting to watch, where you don’t know what the next scene will be about. (Granted, that doesn’t make a film good, but that’s not a priority for me.) Under my definition of underrated, Presence would take the cake, though. It’s a Soderbergh film, so it didn’t go under the radar, but it’s “misinterpreted” and brushed off by a significant number of people as a simple ghost story. It’s so, so much more than that. It didn’t affect me as much as the aforementioned films, but Presence is by far the best film on my list.
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Comment on Wired vs. wireless mouse and keyboard? in ~tech
kwyjibo LinkThere’s no drawback with wireless mice. Majority of competitive players play with them. The ones who still use a wired mice do so out of habit. There’s basically no input or sensor lag. Keyboard...There’s no drawback with wireless mice. Majority of competitive players play with them. The ones who still use a wired mice do so out of habit. There’s basically no input or sensor lag. Keyboard side of things is a different story, but for your purposes, it makes no difference either. You will not notice any difference from their wired equivalents, apart from the price. Rtings is a great resource if you want to check what’s available for either peripheral.
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Comment on Renfrew Christie dies at 76; sabotaged racist regime’s nuclear program in ~society
kwyjibo LinkRenfrew Christie, a South African scholar whose undercover work for the African National Congress was critical in hobbling the apartheid government’s secret nuclear weapons program in the 1980s, died on Dec. 21 at his home in Cape Town. He was 76.
The A.N.C., in a statement, called Dr. Christie’s role “in disrupting and exposing the apartheid state’s clandestine nuclear weapons program” an “act of profound revolutionary significance.”
From the doctoral dissertation he had written at the University of Oxford on the history of electricity in South Africa, Dr. Christie provided the research needed to blow up the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station; the Arnot coal-fired power station; the Sasol oil-from-coal facilities that produced the heavy water critical to producing nuclear weapons; and other critical sites.
The explosions set back South Africa’s nascent nuclear weapons program by years and cost the government more than $1 billion, Dr. Christie later estimated.
Many of his family members fought with the Allied forces against the Germans in World War II, and “I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
After 48 hours of torture, Dr. Christie wrote a forced confession — “the best thing I ever wrote,” he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included “all my recommendations to the African National Congress” about the best way to sabotage Koeberg and other facilities.
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Renfrew Christie dies at 76; sabotaged racist regime’s nuclear program
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Comment on Tildes Minecraft - Season 3 Launch Day in ~games
kwyjibo Link ParentMy base is at 200, 88, 236. It’s an island. I have a ton to work on, but I can only devote so much time. It’s somewhat close to the town, so if I am in the way, I can move somewhere else.My base is at 200, 88, 236. It’s an island. I have a ton to work on, but I can only devote so much time. It’s somewhat close to the town, so if I am in the way, I can move somewhere else.
It’s Google making a laptop, again, so it’s doomed from the start even if they get the basics right, but I do wonder, who uses computers the way it’s being advertised on the landing page? I’m around relatively technical people who are informed enough to make conscious decisions about the tech they use and the way to use them, so I don’t want to dismiss anything straight away from my bubble, but I am genuinely curious. I have not seen nor heard of a single person who uses AI to do shopping, for example.