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  1. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    An evolution on a previous name (Ravenheart), which was a song from my favourite band at the time. I changed it to Valravn because I wanted something a little less “edgy” and also sometimes ran...

    An evolution on a previous name (Ravenheart), which was a song from my favourite band at the time.

    I changed it to Valravn because I wanted something a little less “edgy” and also sometimes ran into someone who already had the name, but then I kept getting comments like “oh, I love that roller coaster too!”) so I adjusted it slightly, to hopefully still make sense.

    I am not even Danish, but a few years after changing my nickname, I did move pretty close :)

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Where does your username come from? (Following up on last year's thread) in ~tildes

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    When I first saw your name, I did a double-take.. Could it be the Simone? Still fun to bump into another Epica fan online though :)

    When I first saw your name, I did a double-take.. Could it be the Simone? Still fun to bump into another Epica fan online though :)

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Apex Legends dev team update: Linux and anti-cheat in ~games

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    That is precisely my “hot take” too. Cheating is only a problem because the stakes are high, with global ladders and “prestige” tied to it. Smaller server/lobbies can self-moderate way more...

    That is precisely my “hot take” too.

    Cheating is only a problem because the stakes are high, with global ladders and “prestige” tied to it.

    Smaller server/lobbies can self-moderate way more effectively and the incentive to cheat is lower as well.

    12 votes

  4. Comment on What vegetable are you? in ~food

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    Same here! Surprisngly fits quite well

    Same here! Surprisngly fits quite well

  5. Comment on Announcing Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo) for 2024! in ~tildes

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    I was just about to start on a game, so I take this thread as a sign to actually go ahead and hopefully stay motivated :)

    I was just about to start on a game, so I take this thread as a sign to actually go ahead and hopefully stay motivated :)

    6 votes

  6. Comment on Poppy - they're all around us (2024) in ~music

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    That description sounds like right up my alley.

    That description sounds like right up my alley.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Poppy - they're all around us (2024) in ~music

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    She seems to be able to forge her own path, explore music, not get tied down to a single genre. She imho has a lot of great music even if the metal tracks are my favourite :)

    She seems to be able to forge her own path, explore music, not get tied down to a single genre. She imho has a lot of great music even if the metal tracks are my favourite :)

    5 votes

  8. Comment on Has anyone ever used NixOS as daily-drive distro? in ~tech

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    I have been using NixOS as a daily driver for a bit over 6 months now, I used a lot of other distros in the past from the more vanilla Ubuntu, through Arch to some of the more different ones like...

    I have been using NixOS as a daily driver for a bit over 6 months now, I used a lot of other distros in the past from the more vanilla Ubuntu, through Arch to some of the more different ones like Fedora Silverblue.

    A coworker told me about it and linked the NixOS: Everything Everywhere All At Once video by No Boilerplate and also the aforementioned Vimjoyer and I fell in love with the idea.

    I use it for everything: Browsing the internet, gaming, and some coding - mostly Python and some C++. I actually cheat a bit due to how special some of my things are. I really like a lot of the concepts NixOS has, but I don't really have the time of day to learn all these new paradigms so I have some pet containers with Distrobox.

    All-in-all, if you do more than just some basic stuff (and I would include gaming on Steam under basic stuff) there is some learning curve to it and it can be quite daunting. One more thing that I think I would recommend, aside from the things others have recommended, and it's a habit I picked up while using Silverblue, would be using Flatpaks. They get you far and are hassle-free.

    I have been thinking about this recently and definitely have been annoyed at some of the sharper edges, especially when it comes to programming or running programs that aren't in the Nix or Flatpak repositories.

    I love NixOS, and I am probably going to switch to something more "vanilla" again.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Poppy - they're all around us (2024) in ~music

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    A new, metal flavoured, Poppy single. Between this and new way out, could we be getting a full metal album?

    A new, metal flavoured, Poppy single. Between this and new way out, could we be getting a full metal album?

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Yeah, feel free to poke me either way!

    Yeah, feel free to poke me either way!

  12. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I used to be the same with WoW, but Shadowlands has disappointed me enough to drop WoW for good (for now at least, we all know that they always reel you back in eventually..) As for GW2, it's...

    I used to be the same with WoW, but Shadowlands has disappointed me enough to drop WoW for good (for now at least, we all know that they always reel you back in eventually..)

    As for GW2, it's having a bit of a resurgence I would say! The last two expansions have been actually quite good, and managed to attract quite a few players, old and new alike. The game is now on a new release cycle of one expansion per year with quarterly releases in-between, and ArenaNet has taken a lot of learnings from the last expansion as they adjust to this new way of working.

    There's a new expansion actually coming next month as well, adding some very requested features such as player housing and yes, even a new raid wing! :) GW2 has always been a bit of "set your own endgame", there's a lot of story content to play through, there's Fractals of the Mists (kinda like WoW's Mythic dungeons) as the 5 man end game, there's Raids and Strike Misisons (which are basically raids without trash), and there's the large scale and small scale PvP modes. Each of the game modes has its long term objectives, they have even added a new set of legendary armor obtained through open world play.

    If you would be interested and are on EU, give me a poke. I co-run a friendly guild that would definitely take you on and show you the ropes a bit :) And it helps having people to call on, LFG can be a bit of a hit and miss.

  13. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Last week I finished (as in, got to credits, I have not 100% completed everything) Hades and moved onto Hades II. I wasn’t doing much else so I already pushed the story as far as it goes for now...

    Last week I finished (as in, got to credits, I have not 100% completed everything) Hades and moved onto Hades II. I wasn’t doing much else so I already pushed the story as far as it goes for now :)

    Hades II is a faithful sequel to the original, and already seems quite worthwhile to play in early access. It’s similar enough to the first game with new twists and additions and of course a completely new story. So far, I would say the (apparent) Big Bad Evil Guy for Hades 2 is a bit underwhelming, story wise, but they definitely make up for it in flavour and fight design. Really excited to see the game develop :)

    It’s also the first time I really played on my Steam Deck in handheld mode instead of treating it like a laptop docked into an external keyboard, mouse and screen and wow, it’s so fun :)

    In the meantime I might go back to No Man’s Sky which I’ve picked up recently and which had a big update, and of course keep playing Guild Wars 2

    7 votes

  14. Comment on V Rising 1.0 out now in ~games

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    Ouch I was really hoping they’d fix that by the time 1.0 comes around.

    Ouch I was really hoping they’d fix that by the time 1.0 comes around.

  15. Comment on Cartoons such as Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, or Avatar? in ~tv

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    I haven’t seen it mentioned, sorry if I missed it, but Final Space is a show I can wholeheartedly recommend. It has silly and serious moments, the latter seasons are a bit “lol random” at times...

    I haven’t seen it mentioned, sorry if I missed it, but Final Space is a show I can wholeheartedly recommend. It has silly and serious moments, the latter seasons are a bit “lol random” at times but it’s very well written in my opinion.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators in ~games

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    Riley has been ready for a while, Apple is holding things up. They've just complained about Apple approving the app before the AltStore. Delta has been approved for a week now and it looks like...

    Riley has been ready for a while, Apple is holding things up. They've just complained about Apple approving the app before the AltStore.

    Delta has been approved for a week now and it looks like AltStore is finally in review.

    So it seems Delta might not be coming to App Store itself.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos in ~tech

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    It's hard to say, as someone who enjoys sci-fi, the playlist of three short stories is always worth a watch/listen to me. If you have even a passing interest in linguistics, there's a whole...

    It's hard to say, as someone who enjoys sci-fi, the playlist of three short stories is always worth a watch/listen to me.

    If you have even a passing interest in linguistics, there's a whole playlist of videos on that topic.

    His second channel, Tom Scott Plus, is all worth a watch as well. It may come back at some point in the future. I particularly enjoyed a video about him trying to overcome his fear of rollercoasters and the two videos on caving:

    9 votes

  18. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    A friend got Stellaris Nexus for me and him to have something to play together and I was not expecting it to be so much fun. It's kinda like a virtual boardgame, and I really appreciate the...

    A friend got Stellaris Nexus for me and him to have something to play together and I was not expecting it to be so much fun. It's kinda like a virtual boardgame, and I really appreciate the matches don't take too long. It's a surprisingly good game :)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Tom Scott: After ten years, it's time to stop making videos in ~tech

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    This is it, the last Tom Scott video posted on regular schedule of one video a week on the main channel for the foreseeable future. He has held this streak for an impressive 10 years. I really...

    This is it, the last Tom Scott video posted on regular schedule of one video a week on the main channel for the foreseeable future. He has held this streak for an impressive 10 years.

    I really have to admire recognizing the position he's in and just wanting to take a break instead of taking the channel and his life into a direction he's not comfortable with.

    55 votes