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arvinsim
·3 bulan yang lalu·discuss
My 6xx still worked when I left it at home when moving countries for my siblings to use. I really loved that headphone!
arvinsim
·3 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Didn't know that. This probably explained why MacOS felt sluggish compared to my Windows PC even though I was using them on the same 144hz monitor.
arvinsim
·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
The Mac Pro would have been much more popular if MacOS was still compatible with Nvidia GPUs.
arvinsim
·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I find it much easier to cull photos quickly now by thinking that a bad photo will unlikely become a great photo just because you edited it.

If it doesn't catch my attention on my first culling pass, I just delete without regrets.
arvinsim
·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
My process is to take a lot of photos, then ruthlessly cull them before I do any editing.

I usually keep around 10% of the total photos for editing. After that, I do another round of culling and keep only the best.

I also follow a philosophy of "good enough". If left to my own devices, I would probably endlessly edit photos.

I edit a single photo for around 3 minutes. That way, I will not feel stuck.
arvinsim
·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I am getting a virus detected error when downloading from Chrome.
arvinsim
·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Genuinely asking: if you are touch typing, do you really need keyboard backlighting?
arvinsim
·4 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I feel its because of iOS aggressive RAM saving feature rather than the lack of RAM.

I know this because I still get some of my web pages refreshed even if the browser is literally the only app that is running.
arvinsim
·5 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I agree. In my youth, I will just read anything that catches my fancy.

Nowadays, I have to be picky about what books I read, even one amongst a pool of books that I like.

That or I have to reduce my time for my other hobbies.
arvinsim
·5 bulan yang lalu·discuss
It has always been a trade off of security and convenience.

The fact is most people will favor the latter.
arvinsim
·6 bulan yang lalu·discuss
For me, it's just deteriorating attention span.

It's hard for me to get into books nowadays. But if I manage to get through a few pages, the momentum carries me through.

I don't hate reading. I just have trouble starting.
arvinsim
·6 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Logic Pro in iPad is subscription only.
arvinsim
·6 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Is the one-time purchase versions guaranteed for life?

If not, then this would likely go the way of others before where it will eventually be removed.
arvinsim
·6 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I thought EDH would satisfy my casual interest in MTG. But it ended up being worse than competitive play because of politics, vague deck building restrictions for balance(brackets) and difficult to organize people to play.

I settled into boardgames(especially solo boardgames) last year to satisfy that itch.
arvinsim
·6 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I see at least 2 reasons why we don't see proxy play in MTG.

One is the strong dependence on your peers for approval. If your group is against proxies, then you are screwed.

Second is that there are now more ways to play against each other online for free. This approach is much more convenient compared to creating proxies IRL and allows you to play with other people outside your peer group.
arvinsim
·7 bulan yang lalu·discuss
The question for moving to new languages is always if there are enough jobs for it.
arvinsim
·7 bulan yang lalu·discuss
That's true. But then if you are building a PC, prices are going up anyway so maybe in that comparision the Steam Machine is still worth getting.
arvinsim
·7 bulan yang lalu·discuss
I have just discovered Strudel last month. Even as an owner of Ableton, there is just something compelling about coding music in.
arvinsim
·8 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Then it will compete more with those entry-level SFF PC builds.

I still hope that they will compete with console pricing though.
arvinsim
·8 bulan yang lalu·discuss
Wasn't that the desktop mode of SteamOS?