AstralPath

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[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago

Thanks for the story. That was a fun read.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Were you able to import your subscriptions? I haven't been able to and that's all that's keeping me on Premium

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Cogmind! I found that game after I bought Caves Of Qud. Technically it wasn't recommended to me by anyone directly (just found it one day scrolling through Steam). Its an excellent RPG where you play as a self-assembling robot trying to escape from a massive robot colony thing. Haven't gotten super far into the game yet but I absolutely love the gameplay and sound design. Check it out!

Also, NES Open; the greatest golf game ever made in my opinion. I've had it since I was a kid and have never heard anyone talk about it online. Simple gameplay, high skill ceiling. Exactly what a golf game needs to be!

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 days ago

The "boop beeep boop... Beee-ooop beep" one?

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

If you're comfortable parroting false information that the AI inevitably gives you, then sure but where's the productivity in that if you constantly have to proofread and verify everything it gives you.

Better to just do the work yourself and learn new things along the way.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago

Guns are still dumb.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A CRT for gaming allows for the least amount of input lag. Not only that but playing retro games on a CRT just feels right.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Dude are you kidding me? Youthanasia is an excellent album. It's not their best, sure but it has so many highlights. Marty Friedman absolutely rips all over that album. One of his most memorable solos ever is on The Killing Road, Addicted To Chaos is one of Dave's best lyrical efforts IMO and his voice is as good as it ever would be on this record.

Youthanasia is 100% worth listening to. I'm just as much of a fan of their pinnacle records just like everyone else but this album is hugely underrated.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I just bought a CRT for my retro consoles. Its the best money I've spent in a long time.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

You should seek mental health assistance and therapy.

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Do you pay for other streaming music services?

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Hey! Thanks for following up! I'm thrilled that you were able to make progress! Keep it up! Cheers, friend.

 

What outside wing thing? How to dinner time? How to exit tub (sphynx)? 4am zoomies land speed record? How to second dinner time? How to outside?

Post what you think your cat's search history would be!

 

Linux newbie, here. Does this seem reasonable or normal? That's a lot of downgrades and deletions. I feel like if I click confirm I'm gonna nuke my system. Am I right to be concerned here?

I do have backups in case of any issues, but still... I'd rather not spend the time to rebuild.

 

I was just reading this thread... https://sh.itjust.works/post/23476261

...and it got me thinking about something that I've wanted for a long time. Why is it that keyboards have not evolved to have dedicated copy/paste keys left of the main board? I'd love to see an additional column of keys left of Esc->Ctrl configurable as macros at least. I do a lot of copy/paste for work. The current shortcuts arent terrible or anything but they're not exactly comfortable. I'd rather move my whole hand to the left for a macro key than contort to hit the current shortcut.

What do you think?

 

...relative to Reddit's size?

I see so many posts and comments voicing disappointment with Lemmy's lack of massive expansion.

I too want to see Lemmy gain more users, but I do not want it to grow to Reddit's size. If Reddit is the yardstick, I'd say that a population that large attracts a lot of negative behaviours; degeneration of discourse, amplification of echo chambers and hive mind behaviour, etc...

I started on Reddit in 2010 and found that by 2016 things were really bad in comparison. A fun and engaging site was experiencing an obvious devolution that persists to this day, accelerated by Spez's enshittification of the platform. Obviously the fediverse insulates us from that occurring here but I think you get what I mean.

Do you you think Lemmy is too small? I don't. I've been here since the great migration last year and have had a really good time. I see a lot of familiar names in the comments on a daily basis. It actually feels like a community here. I guess I just don't understand the fixation on the size of Lemmy's user base. Curious to hear your thoughts.

[EDIT] Thanks for all the responses, everyone! Lots of perspectives I hadn't yet considered.

 

...you shouldn't be any longer.

Neural DSP has paywalled features in it's flagship hardware unit by requiring that you own licenses for the plugins you intend to use on the Quad Cortex.

For a full-featured QC with all plugin options you're looking at over $5,500 CAD.

Neural has already demonstrated that they can't be trusted to handle your data (https://neuraldsp.com/quad-cortex-updates/statement-regarding-a-quad-cortex-security-vulnerability). Now they're treating your bank account as if they're entitled to the contents.

This functionality has been advertised for years and Neural has made a ton of money off the hype without delivering the service until now. The absolute gall to charge QC owners for features (amps, cabs, FX, etc...) that should have been included with the unit in the first place is absolutely outrageous.

In light of this, why on earth should anyone buy a QC for ~$2,400 CAD, when you can get an FM9 for ~$150 CAD more and STILL have more features than the QC even with it's plugin compatibility?

If you like a walled garden approach and being absolutely fleeced by Neural DSP, then all power to you. I never want to hear a complaint about Fractal's price point ever again.

 

I'm very new to Linux. Currently tinkering with Nobara and wanted to install st. I was able to successfully install it last night but when I started attempting to patch it for customization purposes I think I messed something up. I had needed to remove st multiple times and re-install so I could start fresh and fix my errors. Now when I attempt to run make clean install I get a host of errors related to packages that are installed but can't seem to be found?

[astralpath@nobara-pc st]$ sudo make clean install
[sudo] password for astralpath: 
rm -f st st.o x.o st-0.9.tar.gz
c99 -I/usr/X11R6/include  `pkg-config --cflags fontconfig`  `pkg-config --cflags freetype2` -DVERSION=\"0.9\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600  -O1 -c st.c
Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `fontconfig.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'fontconfig', required by 'virtual:world', not found
Package freetype2 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `freetype2.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'freetype2', required by 'virtual:world', not found
c99 -I/usr/X11R6/include  `pkg-config --cflags fontconfig`  `pkg-config --cflags freetype2` -DVERSION=\"0.9\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600  -O1 -c x.c
Package fontconfig was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `fontconfig.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'fontconfig', required by 'virtual:world', not found
Package freetype2 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `freetype2.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
Package 'freetype2', required by 'virtual:world', not found
x.c:15:10: fatal error: X11/Xft/Xft.h: No such file or directory
   15 | #include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:16: x.o] Error 1

I'm not sure why these issues are occurring now. Could someone help point me in the right direction to troubleshoot? I'm really lost on how to proceed even though the error output seems to be giving me some pretty explicit instructions.

Thanks in advance :)--

 

I've had zero luck finding any info on this. Maybe my search skills are bad :/

What I'm looking for are mouse skates that create the feel of a mouse on a mouse pad. All the skates I'm seeing are for ultra low friction when used on a mouse pad. Basically, I want to get rid of the need for a mouse pad on my desk for aesthetic and practical reasons and am hoping that someone knows about a set of mouse skates that would facilitate this.

 

My heart nearly beat out of my chest on this one! We were already down a player since the start of the game so this match was an uphill battle from the start. We ended up winning the game which felt amazing. This round is the cherry on top.

 

Hey folks, just wondering if any of you out there are playing BFBC2 via the Project Rome servers and are having issues logging in.

I was able to play on the day I installed the feature but ever since I haven't been able to log into Project Rome in-game to play online.

Anyone else having similar issues? I'm wondering if this is just a me thing...

 
 

Jokes aside, poutine is life. :)

 

After following the instructions provided by NewPipe to download my subscriptions list for import, I get a .zip file with nothing but an HTML file within. No data related to subscriptions at all. If I opt to download an export containing all my Youtube data, then I get a couple of folders for History and another data subset but nothing for subscriptions.

I thought at first this may have been an issue related to the private status of my subscriptions list on my Youtube account, but even after toggling privacy off for my subs, I still cannot get a .zip from Youtube containing a .csv of my subscriptions.

Has anyone else had this issue?

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