Naate

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[–] Naate@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

The android tv app is why I switched to Emby. I mostly liked jellyfin everywhere except the one place I would use it the most.

A few of the fixes for things that strongly turned me off were added as feature requests, but the devs seemed to blow them off as unnecessary or "impossible" (even though the "impossible" is done in every other android tv app, including Emby). Their perceived attitude really turned me off of it.

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

if it can upscale 1080 ti 4k, does that mean I don’t need my 4k collection anymore? It sounds too good to be true.

Because it is. While it does do a decent job upscaling, it's not some magical thing. Keep the 4k, and be pleasantly surprised when older content looks nice on the larger display.

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago
[–] Naate@beehaw.org 12 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I can't speak to the others, but I have a couple 8bitdo controllers and they're fantastic. If the aliexpress listing is legit, I'd go with that one, no question.

I've never heard of the other two brands, but cursory googling doesn't sound promising for them.

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

Interesting. Thanks for the extra effort to help out an internet stranger!

I'll dig some more into these little buggers!

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Awesome, thanks!

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This little thing looks very interesting. What is the battery life like? Is the handwriting-to-text stuff only viable in specific apps, or can it be used in place of keyboard input?

I would probably use it just like my Kindle, keeping it in airplane mode until I actually need to download something (or in this case, upload notes).

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fair. I did stray from the "rpg" theme on... Most of my responses.

Will look up Spirit of the North though! It sounds right up my alley

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For real. Its high time I replay it, too. Been long enough that I just remember general themes.

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago (8 children)

You sound a lot like me, and probably get annoyed with a lot of grindy mechanics. Especially when you have limited time to play games.

Sea of Stars and Chained Echoes will really scratch that Chronotrigger itch.

Outer Wilds is also incredible (don't read spoilers, just go in blind). It's mini space exploration with cartoon-arcadey newtonian physics.

Sword & Sworcery is also great, and a good point-and-click adventure with an amazing soundtrack. I'd almost argue it's better on a tablet or largeish phone through. It's very touch input focused, which is OK with a mouse, but I think is better with a finger (as intended)

Others I enjoy :

  • Kentucky Route Zero (point and click with a wild vibe)
  • Firewatch (walking Sim with pretty low poly art)
  • Dishonored 1 & 2 (gritty fps with stealth and magic)
  • Inside (short puzzle platformer)
  • Abzu (undersea exploration, relatively chill, but I never completed it)
  • The Invincible (more recent than the rest, a very pretty walking sim in a retro-future sci-fi setting (Stanislaw Lem) that kept me pretty engrossed and occasionally worried)
  • Horizon: Zero Dawn. (Absolutely adored this world and story. Story mode combat was good, but I just used cheats for a lot of the basic pickup/crafting stuff. Yes, I can take 30 minutes to run around and gather basic materials, but I don't have that kind of time irl.)
[–] Naate@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Just a cheap and reliable bucket to rsync my local backups to. I'm leaning toward Hetzner, but was checking out filen after your suggestion, too.

An over-complicated solution I was tossing around with some friends was to set up a cheap NAS at our respective homes, and just rsync to one another. Then we can just sneakernet the drives if we need a recovery.

[–] Naate@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm in the same boat, actually. I'm hosting at home, but want to set up off-site backups, and am looking for something cheap and reliable.

As for the actual process, rsync is probably the best method. I just need to find a good host

 

I've been a part of the google ecosystem for almost two decades now. I was originally given free access to their original gmail hosted domain way way back (in 03-05?) and I've been there ever since, watching it grow into the god awful thing it is today. Workspace is absolutely terrible for personal use, and has been for a while now. Unfortunately, being so deeply enmeshed, it's tough to break away.

Overall, I think I have everything I need set up between nextcloud and my host's email system. But the big remaining hurdle is how to handle the actual loss of the "google account". I've checked our accounts and they are no longer connected to other sites/services as the sole authentication, but I'm worried I'm still missing something. Yes, play store purchases will be lost, but that's mostly inconsequential anyway.

There is just that one big nagging sensation in the back of my head that I'm forgetting something. Are there any extra steps needed before I shut the whole thing down?

 

I've been getting repeated emails from my ISP about "exceeding my bandwidth cap" and they feel very incorrect.

My current router is a Cisco RV260, and it doesn't have a great way of tracking traffic. (There's a port traffic screen that does give tx/rx bytes, but no way to see any date ranges).

Is there anything out there that can give an accurate account of Internet traffic? It would be nice if I could see destination domain/IPs, just for kicks and giggles, but an overall traffic count is all I really need.

Thanks!

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