captainsiscold

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[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

I'm admittedly not much of a networking expert, but you might be able to improve your existing network by running Ethernet backhaul for your mesh network (assuming your access points support it).

Regarding whether you would benefit from a router like that: I've only got a 25Mbps connection, so my main use case for it is using ZeroTier to access various services on my local network, more advanced firewall controls, and the dual 2.5G Ethernet ports for connection between my main PC and home server.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I recently switched from my ISP's combo device to a GL-inet Flint 2 (https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt6000/);;) no complaints with it thus far, and I've enjoyed some of the quality of life features it's got built into it.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Fedora Server, with most of the services I need running via Docker.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unlocked, brand new direct from the Google Store. They emailed me a coupon code for being on the Google Assistant mailing list that gave me an extra $150 off, and it stacked with a $100 discount they were already running (so $250 off total). I'm a self-admitted headphone jack enthusiast, but the price was just too good to pass up.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Just got a Pixel 8 (256 GB) for $510 a few weeks ago. I'm good with that, thanks.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

I have to say, I was really impressed by how well the Pixel 7a did. At $400 now, that's a great (somewhat) cheap option for folks, though I do wish its battery life was a bit better...

I've got a Pixel 8 non-Pro on the way, so I'm excited to see how it performs compared to my old Galaxy S9 :P

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

At this point, I'd honestly be fine with that too. Unfortunately it looks like one of the only ones around that has two USB-C ports is the Asus ROG Phone 7 & 7 Ultimate, which both already have a headphone jack too, lol.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'd love to see those features in phones today; all of those are basically dead in the US market (Xperia 1 V gets two out of three, Zenfone 10 at least gets the 3.5mm jack...might be some cheap Motorola something that still has a jack, as well?).

Me personally, I could even live with just the 3.5mm jack. The whole argument of "it's for waterproofing/making the phone thinner/insert BS excuse here" falls flat when my Galaxy S9 has a 3.5mm jack and the same IP68 rating as the Pixel 8, yet manages to be thinner.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Welcome to the club!

The only game I can’t play is rocket league.

Have you tried it on Heroic Games Launcher yet? I play RL from time to time with a buddy, and both of us have gotten it to work without any notable issues via Heroic.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I really hope they fix the issue with the picture-in-picture video not staying over top of all other windows; that's the only thing keeping me from using Wayland Firefox right now.

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You might be on to something there; I'll have to give that a look!

[–] captainsiscold@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that seems to be a common theme. Creating timers from Assistant still works fine, but anything with Assistant that has to go through Tasks is basically broken :(

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