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The device is the hardware. The software and ecosystem is a different question.

I know the reasons why, but there’s no getting away from the fact that it is underpowered and overpriced. Valve admit this themselves!

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    I witnessed this once at a lake in New Zealand, when a bunch of ducks were gang raping this one female. My girlfriend at the time demanded that I go into the lake and try and break it up.

    Yeah nah, that’s their hood. I ain’t getting involved.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Bloodnet! Cyberpunk vampires, what a concept. I can’t remember if I struggled because I didn’t have a manual, or because the game was just literally all over the place, but I remember it frustrating the fuck out of me as a kid.

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    Playing on Xbox Series X. I am about 2/3 the way through the game and upgraded tonight. First impressions - there’s more pop-in, there’s more unreal-engine bullshit like ghosting, I don’t like the greenery because I preferred the brownery of the previous versions, there’s more bugs like the torch not making a noise when switched on/off etc, I could go on…

    But, and this is a massive but which overrides all of the above, it just feels more immersive. I think it’s the camera angle or something, but now I really feel like I’m in the zone, not hovering just above it. The creatures and other stalkers seem to be more at my level/height, and it just feels like I’m more immersed in the world.

    I hope the new issues that have been introduced are resolved soon, but in the meantime I’m enjoying it.

     

    Aberystwyth University closed one of its campuses a few years ago. The place has been left to rot, but recently they’ve started clearing the place out, and removing all the old scientific textbooks. Most of them look untouched. Wonder how much this lot would have set students back if buying new.

    Pixelfed vs Vernissage (piefed.social)
     

    I've been a PixelFed user for a few years now after having binned off Instagram a long time ago, but I've always kept an eye on Vernissage's development. Pixelfed has had very little in the way of updates in several months despite having the far larger user base, whereas Vernissage has been steadily releasing updates for its comparatively tiny set of users, and not long ago released an iOS app which I thought I'd try out, which turned out to be superb - it's so much better looking and performant than the official Pixelfed app. The downside for most (I imagine) would be the lack of an Android app.

    Whereas Pixelfed is geared towards being an Instagram replacement, Vernissage seems to be tailored more to the Flickr/500px proper-photographer type crowd. While I was in the market for an Instagram replacement, Vernissage is the platform I've found myself increasingly using simply because of how well presented it is.

    I was wondering if anyone else who is interested in photo sharing has tried both, and what their opinions are of them. There's tons of chatter on Mastodon around Pixelfed, but a lot less about Vernissage.

    Links to the main instances:

    https://pixelfed.social/
    https://vernissage.photos/

     

    Pretty old apple tree in the garden which produces hundreds of not-great-tasting apples every year looks like it’s in a bit of a state. I had to cut back a weird branch that had been cut before, presumably because it shot out horizontally, and there’s a ton of rot.

    It’s not in danger of hitting any buildings if it ever does fall, although could maybe take out a distracted child or two if I’m lucky.

    Is there anything I can do to save it?

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    I’ve often heard that the reason Windows has suffered from bloat and so much has been built on top of ancient underlying technologies, partially to ensure compatibility with old software.

    If something like Windows 11 requires specific hardware in order to install it, why does it need to accommodate compatibility for archaic devices/software?

    Would it not be preferable for Microsoft to start from scratch with an OS that is considerably more efficient and cut-down for newer devices, similar to something like Apple’s MacOS transition from Intel to Apple Silicon, and just provide security updates for the legacy operating systems that would be in use on un-upgradable hardware?

     

    I have a Logitech K860 keyboard that I use with a work Windows laptop and a personal M4 MacBook Air, both via bluetooth. I'm constantly switching between the two devices during the day, and the bluetooth switching buttons are great for that. Switching to the Windows machine is instant, but when switching to the MacBook there's always a 2 or 3 second delay before it connects. Is there anything I can do to improve the device switching speed to the Mac?

     

    I have a 2014 Volkswagen Touran. The Touran isn’t even a particularly big vehicle - it’s built on the same chassis as a Golf. On a long solo drive today, it occurred to me that the car has a ludicrous amount of cup holders.

    I have the 7 seat variant, with two fold-down seats in the boot. There are 15 cup holders in total:

    2 in the glovebox lid. 

    1 in the driver’s door. 

    1 in the passenger door. 

    3 in the centre console at the front. 

    2 flip-out ones in the centre console at the rear. 

    1 in the rear passenger side door. 

    1 in the rear driver’s side door. 

    1 in the rear passenger side tray table. 

    1 in the rear driver’s side tray table. 

    2 above the rear wheels for the boot passengers. 

    Bearing in mind the only cup holders accessible to the two rear-most passengers are the ones above the rear wheels, there are 13 cup holders for the 5 other passengers. I’m not sure what to think about this .

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