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TechPlasma··on I'd not buy a LG monitor
I really appreciate that the Dell monitors don't have the stupid proprietary charging bricks. And fairly decent features.
TechPlasma··on SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket
I think the ship really punted the booster during stage separation. And caused the boost back failure from sloshing.

Also I think Ship now has methane thrusters on it. They were operating with a clean blue flame in short purposeful bursts.

TechPlasma··on Framework Laptop 13 Pro
Now that you have a custom touch-screen. How long until you release a tablet (Surface-pro-like) form factor? I'm still using my 2017 Surface Pro because the form factor is amazing, but no one has come up with anything to compete with it.

I know it's not the most ideal form factor for a repairable device, but I can dream.

TechPlasma··on News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns
I literally just came across and installed your project on my server today. It's fantastic and with it I was able to cancel my readwise subscription. Great work!
TechPlasma··on Media Player Classic Qute Theater
Hey this is the one I use. Back on windows I used to used MPC-BE and this has been a fantastic replacement for it since moving to Linux. All the features I want in a nice interface with great shortcuts and extra features.
TechPlasma··on I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too
This. OMG Affinity is the ONE piece of software I actively miss. I tried the wine setup for it and it just doesn't work to a usable extent.
TechPlasma··on Affinity Studio now free
IF the new app truly has all the features of V1 and V2 of the affinity apps. And IF it's truly free. Would it would damn sure be nice of them remove the license requirement from the V1 and V2 versions which I both bought and loved. And let users continue to enjoy these pieces of software for years to come without having to sign up for this new program which I don't trust at all. I've used and loved it for close to 10 years now. And it's fantastic software. But I just can't trust software without a proper non-subscription business model. I'm not going back to fucking Adobe and it's ilk.
TechPlasma··on Obsidian Bases
I don't want to manage that many files. I'll fully admit that I'll hit my limits before the computer cares.
TechPlasma··on Obsidian Bases
This is my main complaint for Bases. It forces you to split your data into many many small files.

I don't need entire files for each individual book/movie/task I want to manage.

They'll have maybe 4-5 properties at most with not much content in them.

File system, and syncing operations will take a massive hit if I have to manage that many files.

TechPlasma··on Open source can't coordinate?
Android is the most Pervasive yes, but I would consider it too focused on a specific type of platform, and one that is becoming more and more closed off. ChromeOS might be a better example, but much like android, it is also very closed off from the rest of the ecosystem.
TechPlasma··on Open source can't coordinate?
This feels very right. The problem is there are few entities invested enough in Linux as a consumer platform, that have the motivation to push things forward. To make the decisions on what their "Reference" system is.

Valve is maybe the closest?

TechPlasma··on Menstrual tracking app data is gold mine for advertisers that risks women safety
Do you have a link to the Android app?
TechPlasma··on VR Design Unpacked: The secret to Beat Saber's fun
The Path will reveal itself to you as you play. There is usually only one and it is correct.

Memorizing levels in Beatsaber isn't required to do VERY well. I very rarely ever play a level more than once in a session. And actually tend to struggle with highly repetitive "memory intense" sections of songs where it DOES become a rhythm game.

But if you follow the blocks they will lead you to where the next block will be.

TechPlasma··on We're bringing Pebble back
If I remember correctly (and I could be wrong) Fitbit only ever bought the software side of Pebble (and the developers effectively), gutting the company and leaving Eric with the Hardware side of things...
TechPlasma··on We're bringing Pebble back
Yeas! I moved over to the Garmin 265 since it felt like the most pebble-like watch. But the controls aren't nearly as immediately intuitive. Pebble nailed the OS and nothing has ever matched it.
TechPlasma··on The engineering behind the San Antonio River Walk
Grew in San Antonio as well and one of the best parts about the Riverwalk is that it offers a fantastic pedestrian corridor across almost the entirety of downtown San Antonio and connects a lot of really interesting places, The missions down south, Pearl Brewery and it's shopping district, downtown mall and Convention center as well as La Villita and The Art Museum.

Sure you can walk the streets but getting around via the Riverwalk is actually extremely pleasant. I really love how convinient of a convention city San Antonio is.

TechPlasma··on What Arm's CEO makes of the Intel debacle
The verge has seemingly been doing this a lot recently and it's been very annoying. It's not obvious that any given article will be paywalled or not. It would be nice if they at least marked them.
TechPlasma··on Tesla Robotaxi
I think their "robotaxi" is kinda pathetic. But goddamn... That bus is one of the single most beautiful vehicles they have ever designed. I absolutely love it. (Fan of Art Deco and streamliner locomotive design)
TechPlasma··on Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Against Pocketpair, Inc
Wait to they hear about that one "Lock-picking Lawyer" then they'll always be scott free.
TechPlasma··on Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
I just really want Tab Groups.

This is a nice step forward.

TechPlasma··on Boeing Starliner launches first crewed mission
I think there are thrusters on the Russian side of the station. They aren't large but they move the stations orientation for docking sometimes. (And cartwheels for fun and horror)
TechPlasma··on History of the Paper Clip (2016)
https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html
TechPlasma··on A comet approaching Earth could become brighter than the stars this fall
Wake me when it's brighter than the sun.
TechPlasma··on Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf]
I read this comment as "NVIDIA just took over Saudi Aramco" and was briefly confused in what could possibly be their reasoning for that acquisition?! Perhaps they decided to get some weird lower price on fuel for their gpus.... Anyways it was a brief but fun bit of confusion.
TechPlasma··on RR – Railroad Diagram Generator
Slightly saddened by lack of usefulness for building model railroads....
TechPlasma··on Space shuttle Endeavour's giant orange external tank begins final journey
Is this talk anywhere? Or maybe one sililar to it?
TechPlasma··on Light can be reflected not only in space but also in time
Time mirrors are useful to know if youll cut yourself shaving tomorrow.

(This is not an endorsement of Future Mirrors Inc.)

TechPlasma··on Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email
What really stood out to me was his misunderstanding about the growth priorities of the board of Nintendo. Nintendo is a stable company. It doesn't need constant growth to succeed. Something that Microsoft probably could learn a thing or two from a much older and still successful business.
TechPlasma··on Switching from Chrome to Firefox
I recently switched over and am quite happy with Firefox all in all.

My only gripe is the loss of Tab Groups (I'm a tab hoarder) and I haven't been able to find a decent replacement.

TechPlasma··on Oscilloscope Music
I first encountered this with "Oscillofun" by Atom Delta, which absolutely blew my mind at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW1ZxR71VJI