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  • sacredbirdmantoTechnologyLinux Desktop Market share reaches 3.08%
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    1 year ago

    I run Linux on all home computers, MacOS on work devices… if AMD’s 8x40 APU turns out about as good as it’s rumoured to be (efficiency-wise) I’ll probably try to get my company to get me a Framework laptop with that and then all will be well.

    Anyway, I’m pretty sure Steam Deck is having an effect here. Not only do they seem to sell well on their own but people may get ideas when they see Linux-based device running games decently…






  • sacredbirdmantoPhotographyGears for phones?
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    Depends on conditions and what kind of birds but you’d need a pretty long lens (like in 300mm-600mm range), decent autofocus and enough image quality to resolve feather detail… it’s pretty tall order for a phone. I hear some people like Moment add-on lenses on their phones but I don’t think they make long telephoto lenses. Most of the long lens add-ons I’ve seen are of really questionable quality…


  • Back in the day Discord’s advantage was that it provided a way for people to set up a voice communication server with push-to-talk without any technical knowledge and for free. I don’t know how they’re ahead of competition now… I don’t know what their killer features are.

    I use it occasionally but there are a few problems that always drive me away . 1) I have muted all the servers but I still get occasional sound notifications and just cannot find any source for them, might be a bug 2) there is no global notification history. To me that seems like a must-have feature and I don’t know how people stand to use discord without it 3) ui feels very clunky. To me it seems like I spend way too much time navigating through the ui and searching for things. For example, scrolling through the servers and trying to remember which icon was which. Anyway, I would be interested in hearing why people do use it besides everybody being there.




  • sacredbirdmanOPtoMetalBe'lakor - Countless Skies
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    Well, maybe my perspective is skewed because metal music is popular around here in Finland and “everybody” knows Children of Bodom, Opeth and Amorphis, many know Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquility, Amon Amarth. But most have never even heard the name Be’lakor…


  • sacredbirdmanOPtoRPGThe Dark Eye bundle on Bundle of Holding
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    For me, it depends on where the crunch is… like HERO is pretty crunchy but it’s very front-loaded and it’s pretty smooth during the play. Also it’s a bit different these days because I play most of my games through Foundry VTT which takes care of a lot of crunch if the support is good… That said, I’m leaning toward more narrative systems these days, not because of lack of crunch but because I think they make better use of TTRPGs’ advantages (over say computer rpgs) and because it’s easier to model characters and stories in them. I think I’d really like a narrative crunchy game :D








  • Suurempi osa käyttäjistä(/ihmisistä) ei tosiaan ymmärrä/välitä periaatteellisista ongelmista, joten veikkaan että 90% käyttäjistä pysyy redditissä. Arvelen vain että loput 10% olis ollu tärkeempi pitää kuin Reddit ja muut käyttäjät olisivat arvanneet… Redditissä riittää kävijöitä ja pörinää, mutta laatu tulee laskemaan kun pioneerit, puuhaihmiset, innokkaat kokeilijat yms. lähtevät, perustavat pieniä mutta elinvoimaisia yhteisöjä muualle… Ja elävät siellä onnellisesti kunnes massat lopulta parin vuoden päästä heräävät siihen että hei noilla tuolla näyttää olevan hauskempaa, mennään sinne.