arvinsim · HackerTrans

há 3 mesesdiscuss

My 6xx still worked when I left it at home when moving countries for my siblings to use. I really loved that headphone!

há 3 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 4 mesesdiscuss

The Mac Pro would have been much more popular if MacOS was still compatible with Nvidia GPUs.

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há 4 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 4 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 4 mesesdiscuss

I am getting a virus detected error when downloading from Chrome.

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há 4 mesesdiscuss

Genuinely asking: if you are touch typing, do you really need keyboard backlighting?

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há 4 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 5 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 5 mesesdiscuss

It has always been a trade off of security and convenience.

The fact is most people will favor the latter.

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há 6 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 6 mesesdiscuss

Logic Pro in iPad is subscription only.

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há 6 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 6 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 6 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 7 mesesdiscuss

The question for moving to new languages is always if there are enough jobs for it.

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há 7 mesesdiscuss

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.

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há 7 mesesdiscuss

I have just discovered Strudel last month. Even as an owner of Ableton, there is just something compelling about coding music in.

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há 8 mesesdiscuss

Then it will compete more with those entry-level SFF PC builds.

I still hope that they will compete with console pricing though.

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há 8 mesesdiscuss

Wasn't that the desktop mode of SteamOS?

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