AlternatePersonMan

joined 2 years ago
[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day ago (12 children)

A sane society would ban interest rates beyond 2x the Fed. 12% is plenty to make profit.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Uh oh. Now I'm wondering if I installed mine correctly. Either way, they've been good to me. Enjoy!

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes. He made the USA 'hot' again. Tourism is down 40% from Canada. Everything this guy touches turns to shit.

Cheaper deal than I would have guessed

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Even driving a car, I hate these types of development. They're ugly as hell, annoying to navigate, and they only get more clumsy as the surrounding areas become population dense.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wow. The game has changed a lot. It's seems so much crisper on the passing now. Also their pads don't look nearly as huge.

Hitting was probably bigger back in the day though ...

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 144 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's almost like we should have strong data privacy laws so companies can't spy on everything we do...

Gravity Falls. Spin off with any of the main characters.

The lack of permance gets to be more and more problematic as you go on too.

I love the game, but it would still be very difficult even if you got to keep all of your items permanently, books from the library, etc.

At some point I'll cave and watch how far others have gotten, but I'm not there yet.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Good luck. The further you get in this game, the more difficult and complex it gets. I have sheets of scribbled notes.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Bidet.

Yeah. I said it.

For those interested. The game is actually based on a book from the 80's called Maze. It was a contest offering a reward for the first to solve it. It's only a maze in the same in the same sense Blue Prince is

By random coincidence, my wife has the book. You can definitely see the resemblance.

 

Found this on game pass (which I keep meaning to cancel, but here we are). Holy. Shit.

It's a cute little cell shaded board style game. Might be fun to toy around with... Maybe just a couple more tries...wait what...?

It's a masterpiece. It's genius. It's madness. It's like Myst shot up the 7th guest and started snorting riddles.

Did anyone else stumble into this labyrinth? I'm obsessed.

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Strava Alternative? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world to c/bicycling@lemmy.world
 

Strava's enshitification continues. It's basically useless now without an expensive subscription. I mountain bike. All I want is to track my lap time, segment time, and compare against personal records.

I tried MapMyRide today, which pretty much just tracked my lap time. Not ideal.

Are there any decent alternatives?

Thanks in advance.

** Thanks for all the suggestions. I've got some research to do. Fingers crossed. **

 

From my perspective, the traditional way to acquire content from torrents and a VPN.

Everyone is talking about Superbox, which actually sounds pretty cool. How does it work? What's the catch? Can I setup another device to use the same apps without buying the box? If it gets shut down can I fire it up through a VPN?

I'm guessing they host content from another country and sell the hardware at a big profit. But I'd love to know a little more. There are hosting costs somewhere... Is the profit model just to outrun those costs through hardware sales?

 

Not so much looking to build a PC as buy one, because I'm lazy these days. My old one is forever old and filled with randomly upgraded parts and HDDs. I've also got an old and under performing NAS for Plex. Looking to turn my current PC into my new NAS, and buy a mini PC for my new rig. (I don't game on PC anymore).

The problem is, I want one(ish) large capacity drive on the mini PC. Not 100% tied to a mini PC, just like the idea of being minimalist on this rig.

Any suggestions? 2 monitors. Not much else special.

Maybe an external drive? Or drive bay? Speed isn't critical on the large capacity.

Thoughts?

 

I bought some hockey sticks recently. Free shipping over $300. UPS made me pay $50 on delivery for "Duties or taxes are due on this package." The seller did not list the potential expenses outside of what was paid, and said they have no control over this.

Has anyone else run into this (with anything)?

I have never paid duties as a direct fee for anything not purchased in an airport. Shipping was Canada to U.S.

 

This is a sidewalk grip where it ramps up from the street. I noticed that all of them have the same melt pattern. Low traffic area when no one was out.

Just curious if anyone knows why

 

I have a Naga Hex 2, which I really like. It recently lost sensitivity to horizontal movement. If I move the mouse slowly, the cursor doesn't move. Moving the mouse fairly quickly, however works fine. Vertically it works as expected as well. I've had something similar happen to other mice in the past (different computers, etc.)

Is this common? Is the mouse broken? Has this happened to anyone else?

I can't think of the words to bring back an answer in a search engine.

 

I'm going to have a party with multiple headsets running, each with a stream so people can view, and I can easily help new players.

I used to be able to begin a stream from the Quest app by clicking cast and selecting the device- Chromecast in my case. Once the connection was established, my phone was no longer necessary.

Easy.

Now. As far as I know, I can either:

  1. Stream to my phone and cast a mirror. I hate that, because private phone stuff, I can't turn off my phone, or use it for phone stuff.
  2. Stream to a PC: Make the request from the headset. Access the headset from a browser. Connect that to a TV.

Option 2 would be fine, except neither option has been stable for me. There is almost always a disconnection within 30 minutes.

Is there a better option? A way to increase stability?

Thanks!

 

My havit KB395L died. It was cheapish, but great for me. I should have bought 3, because they don't make it anymore.

I bought a Red Dragon Horus (k618rgp-pro) with red switches as a replacement. The form factor is fine, and I like the wireless, but the keys feel mushy and I make typos constantly.

So, now I'm looking for something with:

  • Low Profile
  • Blue switches
  • Tactile (feel the bump on a key press)
  • Full size (I guess I could go ten keyless)
  • Backlight Bonus features:
  • Wireless
  • Hot swappable switches

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

How can I easily make a live USB drive that is persistent? My goal is to boot it through the boot menu (not grub). And just reboot to Windows for the few things I need on my laptop. I would prefer if my laptop had no trace of Linux installed. I found a guide, but it looked endless and needlessly complicated. Does anyone have a premade process? I'm not attached to any distro.

Any help is much appreciated.

Background: Every couple of years I get fed up with windows and give Linux another try. I love the idea behind it, the stability and... Inevitably I find something that won't run, then get fed up. I no longer have the energy for Wine or running more than a command or two. I want the idiot experience.

Recently, I put together a live USB of Mint. It did most of what I need, but I didn't want to deal with grub or partitions. Errors there suuuuck. So, I figured a persistent USB version would be great. From what I read, you can just install like normal, only to the USB drive. Of course I accidentally installed grub and nearly gave myself a heart attack when I couldn't get to the boot menu. (Had to put the USB drive back in). The Linux install didn't work either- not sure why. So, now I'm back to hating Microsoft's increasing ads and data tracking, wishing Linux was just a little simpler.

 

Well, I just spent an hour with customer service. First trying to gain access to my own bill. Then trying to understand why I'm being charged for Pandora Premium "on us", which clearly is not "on us", and I never signed up for (T Mobile assured me I did).

Made me wonder how many others went from a free Tidal account to a not free Pandora account.

Anyone else?

 

The photo isn't very interesting, but it showcases the problem. I have a 7 Pro and my pictures all look great ... Except when I use the 5x lens. All of my pictures come out with these vertical stripes.

Warranty support says I should try a factory reset. That's a huge pain and I doubt if it will fix anything.

Thoughts? Anyone have a similar issue?

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