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Comment on Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port in ~tech
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Comment on Steam Brick: No screen, no controller, and absolutely no sense, just a power button and a USB port in ~tech
llehsadam I read somewhere that the iPhone 15/16 Pro is more powerful than the Steam Deck hardware-wise. It doesn’t support this kind of use for many reasons (walled garden, no MacOS on iPhone, bad...I read somewhere that the iPhone 15/16 Pro is more powerful than the Steam Deck hardware-wise.
It doesn’t support this kind of use for many reasons (walled garden, no MacOS on iPhone, bad connectivity), but even if not as powerful, for a lot of gaming, it would be more than enough. Wouldn’t it be great if you you could just do with a phone what the author did with the deck?
So I’m just patiently waiting for the 2TB iPhone whatever with revolutionary connectivity and amazing native SteamOS support. Will it ever happen?
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Comment on What is China’s DeepSeek and why is it freaking out the AI world? in ~tech
llehsadam I have a feeling we will have more and more breakthroughs that cast doubt on the centralized AI narrative OpenAI and X are pushing. When it can be easily run on my M2 Macbook Air, I will give...I have a feeling we will have more and more breakthroughs that cast doubt on the centralized AI narrative OpenAI and X are pushing.
When it can be easily run on my M2 Macbook Air, I will give whatever local model is best with open source software a try at doing tasks for me. We seem to be approaching that point this year.
Weirdly enough, the Apple AI stuff everyone is crapping on is nice in the background. All in all the best experience compared to Copilot. I haven't had it summarize messages but that seems a little pointless in my experience. But I've been sorting 30 years of digital photos recently and it's nice to have it recognize objects, people and places, no effort from me required. It's not too invasive and works.
All in all, exciting news.
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Comment on Sanity check: is using links to your personal blog as a glorified text post type reasonable? in ~tildes
llehsadam (edited )LinkWe aren’t very good at judging the quality of our own work. If everyone posted their blogs, we would sadly have a lot of mediocre content. There also isn’t a downvote button on Tildes to help bury...We aren’t very good at judging the quality of our own work. If everyone posted their blogs, we would sadly have a lot of mediocre content. There also isn’t a downvote button on Tildes to help bury the junk.
Don’t get me wrong, I have my own website and would love to post to my blog, but I also moderate on reddit and would hate to face so much spam (and it’s only a matter of time before it gets out of hand). On r/indiedev so many little indie developers think they are working on the next big thing, but most of it gets downvoted to oblivion.
I would love to have the possibility to post to my own blog, but with specific site-wide rules or mechanisms on how to do it so that my content is easy to ignore for others. It can’t be a max posting rule because its the number of individual bloggers that will increase exponentially, not one blogger’s writing powers.
I am personally a big fan of giving users more filtering power. This could be a simple checkmark list up top: a checkbox as an OC tag filter to include content made by the poster and check boxes for link and text submissions. Three checkboxes.
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Comment on Blogs: Show your own writing and good posts you have found recently in ~creative
llehsadam I write very very occasionally about things I like on my website. My last post was about the etymology of some universal greetings. I love the suggested format. I write for myself and if these...I write very very occasionally about things I like on my website. My last post was about the etymology of some universal greetings.
I love the suggested format. I write for myself and if these regular megathreads have a theme, I could link to something that fits if I have it.
And it’s a good way to find interesting blogs. I like the Tildes crowd, so chances are I’ll like the blogs!
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Comment on The trouble with Elon Musk in ~tech
llehsadam I think Musk changed. Even if the change is just a new comfort with showing the shitty side he always had, that’s the change. People are cheering him on to do more shit and instead of...I think Musk changed. Even if the change is just a new comfort with showing the shitty side he always had, that’s the change. People are cheering him on to do more shit and instead of concentrating on the things he is good at, he buys Twitter, starts being a meme-troll and cheats at playing competitive MMOs. No self-control. He’s in free-fall.
But at the same time, from a legal standpoint, Trump might be there to catch his fall with a pardon. It’s all so batshit crazy.
Oh well, at least he sped up the transition to electric cars and made a bad-ass rocket company. And maybe the whole thing will make a good historical movie when I’m retiring in 50 years.
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Comment on Buying a game from a director that you really have problems with (Kingdom Come) in ~games
llehsadam (edited )Link ParentMaybe it helps to know that I am an architect. The default for architecture is the anonymous architect. It takes effort to find out who is the artist behind the building. It’s a very recent...- Exemplary
Maybe it helps to know that I am an architect. The default for architecture is the anonymous architect. It takes effort to find out who is the artist behind the building. It’s a very recent phenomenon to be obsessed with Frank Lloyd Wright. It would be pretty crazy after reading about his adultery and misogyny to then decide to tear down the building. I would sooner tell us all to forget the individual! My favorite buildings are by anonymous artists, at least to me, and I’m happy about that. I get to interact with them irrespective of the architect’s intentions. Anecdotally, it is very interesting how Italians are able to do this with the architecture of fascism. (Perhaps after reading this NPR article, you’ll vow to never set foot in Italy ever again).
Coming from literature, it’s probably hard to peel away all the extra layers that hide what I think is the default state of art here. In literature it’s hard to ignore the artist when the act of reading means someone’s thoughts are flowing from the pages into your mind. It’s a little hard to detach the artist since they are the one talking.
I think it’s like instinctively liking a piece of music. You can’t unlike it. If you like Wagner, you listen to Wagner! It doesn’t mean you are endorsing Mr. Wagner. He’s anonymous as a bad person to you until you start to read about his views.
His writing is definitely impossible to separate from him as a writer, but it’s also not art. I think that is what forces you to see this default position as something coming out of 20th century literary criticism. It’s clear with nonfiction, but you have to constantly wrestle with the fact that if the writer is or was evil, the writer’s evil thoughts may be present in the work of fiction you enjoy.
I disagree that people knew or still know who the vendors were in the street artist example. I don’t know how easy it was to find out someone’s social stats back then. I’ve only lived in the world of social media and the readily available Google. I think the vendor was anonymous in that regard.
I also disagree that the world was smaller. Sure, geographically it was and you couldn’t look things up easily, but it was just as complex and we only say times were simpler because the complexity isn’t well documented. I bet forgotten cultures without writing had rich and complex oral stories that made their perceived world a lot bigger than our own with layers that we can’t even comprehend without taking a swig of LSD.
I think it’s your problem that you perceive a design to represent something you deplore. A hindi artist doesn’t care you can’t wear a swastika. They’re detached from that. Don’t blame the messenger.
Artists are messengers and my favorite building is the Pantheon.
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Comment on Buying a game from a director that you really have problems with (Kingdom Come) in ~games
llehsadam I disagree that this is originally a concept from literature. I’m winging it here, but I see the historical default for the relationship between artist and art as anonymous. The default...I disagree that this is originally a concept from literature. I’m winging it here, but I see the historical default for the relationship between artist and art as anonymous. The default interaction for us is like buying a nice bracelet from a street seller. You don’t grill the seller on their world view in order to check if you should get the little piece of art. Same goes for street musicians. Even if the artist had some fame in their time, when their buried historical artwork comes back up, very often the artist is forgotten. It doesn’t even have to be buried literally. We forgot Hesiod, the poet, and only have the poetry. Whoever we think the artist was, he’s a pieced together fiction now. It’s happened to Shakespeare as well. Ignorance of their faults is our bliss.
The dilemma arises because we decided that a signature means something akin to claiming responsibility and we started signing things. Nowadays it’s more complicated with logos and brands and not always a literal signature, but everything you have is in some abstract way signed by some person or organization.
So we are all delusional to such an extent that when we look at the badge for Tesla, we see a stamp that says Elon Musk.
Would it help if you stole it? You’d still be driving around a stamp that says Elon Musk.
That said, if we all stop buying something, we can hold them hostage to their bad ideas. But I see that as an emergent phenomenon existing only on a societal level when effort is put in by some group to translate independent decisions into democracy.
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Comment on Nintendo Switch release reactions in ~games
llehsadam (edited )LinkI treat my switch like a virtual board game. What I mean is that I like to play local multiplayer games with friends on a couch, including their couch or an AirBnB couch. The switch really is the...I treat my switch like a virtual board game. What I mean is that I like to play local multiplayer games with friends on a couch, including their couch or an AirBnB couch. The switch really is the only solution if you want to have something like that. The few amazing single player games and handheld aspect only add to the portability aspect.
I wonder what the Switch 2 will offer that would make me consider switching.
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Comment on After almost a century, the bike valve is finally getting an update in ~engineering
llehsadam With bicycles, anytime there is a new revolution I can’t help but be skeptical. For a new bike part to succeed, it needs to be durable. The bicycle suffers incredible wear and tear, parts need to...With bicycles, anytime there is a new revolution I can’t help but be skeptical. For a new bike part to succeed, it needs to be durable. The bicycle suffers incredible wear and tear, parts need to be either easy to swap, universal or built like a tank.
I like Presta valves, but being able to use gas station pumps is why I ended up switching all my bikes to Schrader. But I also sold of all my road bikes with really high pressure tires. I just have a comfortable city bike, foldable Brompton and a tandem now.
I really dislike Dunlop valves, in my experience, they will start to leak sooner than other valves. It’s also annoying how you only see the tire pressure as you let air in.
I don’t think the new valve offers enough advantages to become the next big thing. As long as it’s somewhat backwards compatible with schrader pumps, it shouldn’t be too annoying to have those.
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Comment on What are your favourite things to mix with natural yogurt? in ~food
llehsadam I really enjoy natural yoghurt without anything in it. I can get Bulgarian yoghurt in Berlin, but there are also very tasty Greek yoghurts out there where I just enjoy the texture and taste of the...I really enjoy natural yoghurt without anything in it. I can get Bulgarian yoghurt in Berlin, but there are also very tasty Greek yoghurts out there where I just enjoy the texture and taste of the yoghurt itself. Sheep yoghurt is also great. Goat yoghurt is not my thing.
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Comment on Comparing OSS Photo Organizers (Google Photos alternatives) in ~comp
llehsadam On iOS I use Find to organize albums for Apple Photos, it offers so much customization with filters and AI recognition and auto-updates my albums if new photos meet the set filter requirements. I...On iOS I use Find to organize albums for Apple Photos, it offers so much customization with filters and AI recognition and auto-updates my albums if new photos meet the set filter requirements.
I think it’s open-source, or at least it’s built with open-source libraries like Prism. It seems to have been a one-time free project for the developer though so I don’t think it’ll be updated regularly.
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Comment on GOG reportedly suffering from staff turnover and poor management: “Current business model is likely running out of steam” in ~games
llehsadam It’s such a good platform for retro games. They make sure they still work on modern computers, they give you a few goodies like original artwork… I really hope they don’t go away.It’s such a good platform for retro games. They make sure they still work on modern computers, they give you a few goodies like original artwork… I really hope they don’t go away.
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Comment on What does it mean to you to be a human? in ~life
llehsadam They’re not delusions, they’re just in the realm of consciousness, which we have a hard time understanding. My philosophical approach is more like engineering than science. You don’t have to...They’re not delusions, they’re just in the realm of consciousness, which we have a hard time understanding. My philosophical approach is more like engineering than science. You don’t have to understand why something works to get a benefit out of it. These concepts work for us and we can optimize them.
We should ask why it works, but I wouldn’t lose my mind over it. I forget about it for a bit and enjoy the bliss my ape brain can give me.
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
llehsadam (edited )Link ParentThe only pushback I have for you is that I also do not believe you should be prevented by the site from deleting your own content (you made it seem at the end that perhaps this is what I am...- Exemplary
The only pushback I have for you is that I also do not believe you should be prevented by the site from deleting your own content (you made it seem at the end that perhaps this is what I am arguing). I hope that clears that up.
I actually don’t find the idea of being judged so bad, to me it seems to be a part of the societal fabric and we navigate it in part by picking up on social clues.
I however don’t think you have the right heuristic here. If he could do it with the flip of a switch, should Hemingway be allowed to delete all his contributions to society as well? Maybe because he disagrees with the publisher? We’re not important enough to generate that kind of dilemma because we’re not writing monumental works of fiction here, but in the society that is Tildes, the only reason your contributions matter at all is because you are a part of a chain of comments that builds up an exchange of ideas. Taking your ideas back breaks the chain in a tiny tiny way and sucks for everyone else.
It’s honestly not a big deal because on important topics, just like you get a few upvotes, there are also other comments with similar ideas, but it truly does not affect your life to leave it up and it is an annoyance for others nonetheless.
I mentioned that it’s about give and take. I think giving something to society and then taking it away is actually a horrible practice and your principled stance entails something of that sort. It’s the „nuclear option“ of social media and there probably is a reason why we use the world nuclear to describe it. You’re not the one getting blown up.
So for me this is a case of defending your right to do it, but never agreeing with you.
And you can replace Hemingway with Marcus Aurelius or a contemporary writer. My point is independent of the agreements we make with platforms or publishers because it’s about the exchange of ideas.
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
llehsadam Of course you’re right! But, it’s what my people call an asshole move. Unless keeping the post or comment interferes with your well-being, it’s not a matter of rights, because it genuinely does...Of course you’re right! But, it’s what my people call an asshole move.
Unless keeping the post or comment interferes with your well-being, it’s not a matter of rights, because it genuinely does not matter to you.
You are participating in a forum where if everyone deleted their comments on a whim, it would sieze to exist. It’s give and take. It’s etiquette. It’s about sensibility.
It would be healthy for the forum as a society if people viewed deleting their contributions with severity and did not do it out of principle or habit.
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
llehsadam One of the more frustrating things on reddit is when you find an ancient post that asks exactly what you want to know and the top rated reply is deleted.One of the more frustrating things on reddit is when you find an ancient post that asks exactly what you want to know and the top rated reply is deleted.
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Comment on Tildes Demographics Survey, year… uh, it’s 2024? in ~tildes
llehsadam Me too, but I’m also an EU-citizen. Maybe we could at some point organize a Tildes meetup in Berlin. Like ten years ago I used to go to the reddit ones and they were chill. I’d probably organize...Me too, but I’m also an EU-citizen.
Maybe we could at some point organize a Tildes meetup in Berlin. Like ten years ago I used to go to the reddit ones and they were chill.
I’d probably organize it slightly differently though, we could all just go play billiard.
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Comment on What are your predictions for 2025? in ~talk
I guess it wouldn’t be the OS, but my dream would be some sort of combination of managing installation like what Epic managed with their app on iOS plus what Steam on Mac manages with playability. Or maybe it would be the OS, why shouldn’t we be able to sideload another OS?
I hope Apple is forced to open up a little and Steam notices that the iPhone is incredible hardware for them to build an OS for. Right now that’s not possible legally I suppose.
I basically meant what you said! It’s just hopes and dreams.