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AldinTheMage

@ AldinTheMage @ttrpg.network

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Love talking all things trrpg. I primarily GM Genesys RPG, sometimes also Star Wars RPG and Hero Kids.

Also into Linux, 3D Printing, software development, and PC gaming

  • HDMI monitor for headless linux server

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  • From what I know, headless means different things depending on context - in this instance I'm using it in the sense that my server does not require any user session, or any user input devices, it just powers on and all of the services start up at the system level. I can SSH into it to configure things, but it doesn't require any user session or input to run the services. A video output probably falls outside of this in some sense, but I would like it to be automatic without requiring an active user session.

    The monitor I have is an old Panasonic tv / radio combo, so the display can be flipped on with a physical switch when I'm at my desk, so shouldn't be any wasted power usage. It won't be on all the time.

    I'm using Linux Mint, which is probably not optimal, but I had a USB ready and I'm just using terminal stuff so it didn't seem like it mattered too much. It does have systemd, which made it pretty easy to set up the docker stuff

    Thanks for the input!

  • Confirmed functional EverDrive SD cards

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  • Just ordered an X7 and a PNY SD Card. I'll post here as well when it comes in if they are working.

    I almost ordered the SanDisk Ultra pictured, going to kick myself if the PNY doesn't work and I have to order that one anyway :D

  • Installing Debian for the first time. Wish me luck!

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  • I have an older nvidia card (1070) and had more of an issue than that getting the correct version of the driver installed for my card, and getting it to use the correct driver instead of the open source one that didn't work well. It's also possible I was doing something wrong. But yeah, it's definitely doable, and it's not too bad, but it's fiddly compared to the ubuntu driver gui or something like bazzite that works out of the box with it.

  • Installing Debian for the first time. Wish me luck!

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  • Yeah, I probably wouldn't buy a new laptop for a server, but it's a great way to re-use what would otherwise be e-waste. I have a 20 year old laptop running as a server, currently just for FoundryVTT, but it works great. 4GB of DDR2 ram, Intel celeron dual core cpu. I stuck a new ssd in it (old hdd died) and it works great, as long as I don't run any graphical interfaces while I have the server running. One ram stick was bad, but DDR2 cost me about $11. Total hardware cost was around $50 USD.

    Thinking about just removing the lid entirely, since I don't use it graphically (I can hook up a monitor if absolutely needed).

  • Installing Debian for the first time. Wish me luck!

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  • I have used gnome, plasma, and xfce and they are all fine. I prefer KDE personally but they're all going to do what you need to do. It's all down to personal aesthetic preference, and picking one won't hinder you in any real way. KDE to me just looks super nice out of the box for my taste, and I like the customization.

  • Installing Debian for the first time. Wish me luck!

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  • I love Debian. Been using it on my laptop for over a year. Some specific drivers are a little fiddly if you have nvidia graphics but it's not too bad, lots of good info on the debian wiki.

  • You can pry pattern matching from my cold dead hands

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  • I miss the old tts voices and now everything is ai generated garbage :( Bring back the robot voices!

  • You can pry pattern matching from my cold dead hands

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  • That's why we use JavaScript on the front end, JavaScript on the back end, and you can streamline it even more by using JavaScript for the db layer too. After all, if you have too much data to be reasonably parsed in a single .json file, you are probably just architecting wrong.

  • Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

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  • Yeah absolutely. It's a very different experience. I was just pointing out that they are other different reasons to prefer not to do residential service calls that don't apply to retail. There are a lot of extra steps for retail but it's all an established process. The guys I talk to that have done service call work all have absolutely insane stories.

  • Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead

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  • I've talked with people in HVAC who have said the same. It's much easier to provide a service to a business than random individuals.

    However, this is different, as this is just a retail product. Micron doesn't have to deal with the person who doesn't pay after the job is done, or doesn't lock their dog up because "he doesn't bite, it will be fine" and it turns out to be an aggressive monster. This is just assembly line production that they already are set up to do.

    I get that they have a limited number of inputs and they are just choosing to make as much money as possible. It sucks to see that go, though. Crucial has always been my go-to for RAM.

  • Americans' thanksgiving pie preferences by state

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  • Sweet potato pie, contrary to the graph, is pretty similar to pumpkin pie, except better.

  • Screw it, I’m installing Linux

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  • And then power toys shortcuts conflict with the standard shortcuts and requires a ton of fiddling and customizing configs. You know, the thing windows users always say is a reason they don't want to use linux.

  • Cloudflare blames massive internet outage on 'latent bug'

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  • That should also come up in a reviews also. Not trying to imply one guy should get fired as a scapegoat, just talking from experience how much it sucks to know your code caused major issues.

  • Cloudflare blames massive internet outage on 'latent bug'

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  • So the actual outage comes down to pre-allocating memory, but not actually having error handling to gracefully fail if that limit is or will be exceeded... Bad day for whoever shows up on the git blame for that function

  • Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame

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  • It does look very chonky, and not very aesthetically pleasing.

    However, as a heavy user of the steam deck over the past year, I am super excited. The track pads and the extra inputs on the steam deck give so much flexibility to play games that otherwise wouldn't work well with controller at all. I'm just hoping it feels better (or at least not worse) than the steam deck in terms of ergonomics. I plan on getting one for my desktop PC.

  • Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin

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  • I've seen some people say they got fusion 360 working on linux with bottles, but I didn't have any luck with it. I use OpenSCAD and FreeCAD for making models to print, but if you need Fusion360 specifically for work (or specific Adobe products) then you are kind of stuck unless your company is ok with a change. You won't be able to view or edit other people's Fusion360 files without that specific application. You can always run Windows in a VM on linux and install only the applications you need it for there. If you have a good enough PC that is viable, but isn't a great experience on a lower end system.

  • Using Vim is Amazing

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  • Do you use vim motions in your JetBrains IDE? We use Webstorm at work and I installed the vim motions plugin because I want to get more fluent with using Vim but I haven't really given it a fair shot yet.

  • Orcs and Uruk-Hai discussing dinner

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  • You are correct that it doesn't change my stance, and I wouldn't use animal products (e.g. eggs or wool are two big ones people bring up a lot) even if I know for a fact that the animal is treated well and isn't suffering at all.

    But also - I agree with you. Buying cheap wool from Amazon vs getting wool from your buddy that has some alpacas as pets is extremely different. Same for Walmart eggs (even free range ones - I have seen free range chicken farms, knew someone who treated their chickens "well" by industry standards and it was.... not great) vs getting them from the local guy down the street who has a hens that their kids play in the yard with.

    I personally will never eat even those animal products because for me being consistent in every scenario is a lot easier, and I don't feel the need to justify why eating animal products is ok in certain circumstances - I just don't do it. And I feel like this is a better stance than still finding ways to still consume, but I would be much, much happier if everyone who consumed animal products only did so through such means. That would require that we as a society produce orders of magnitude less animal products, though. It's not normal or healthy for humans to consume pounds of meat every day, and we produce even more than we consume, leading to excess waste. Basically the whole system is garbage and switching to "kind" animal products would be just as, if not more, difficult than just going vegan as a society.

    But yes, I would accept any ally in trying to reduce "Big Ag" or whatever people call it these days. We can argue about the most optimal way to sustain a society when we have fixed the things we can pretty much all agree are problems.

  • A hypothesis

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  • My 8 and 9 year old kids use xubuntu on a 2013 macbook air. They use it for writing stories, making a lot of pixel art with Piko Pixel, and some code block style programming with Lego Spike. They are learning about multi-user systems, file management, etc. I'm keeping an eye out for a cheap pc that can run Minecraft (lots of those right now since people are just trashing old win 10 machines) because the older kid wants to learn how to make Minecraft mods.