[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Please forgive the multiple posts. My UI is glitchy af and reports errors when there were none.

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Can confirm that bootleg printer ink is a thing. It used to be all I used. While sites dedicated to it off Amazon doesn’t cut it.

But as someone else pointed out, manufacturers have been adding “DRM” to cartridges in more recent years. Even in older printers, I will get complaints doubting the authenticity of the cartridges I was putting in.

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Can confirm that bootleg printer ink is a thing. It used to be all I used. While sites dedicated to it off Amazon doesn’t cut it.

But as someone else pointed out, manufacturers have been adding “DRM” to cartridges in more recent years. Even in older printers, I will get complaints doubting the authenticity of the cartridges I was putting in.

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Can confirm that bootleg printer ink is a thing. It used to be all I used. While sites dedicated to it off Amazon doesn’t cut it.

But as someone else pointed out, manufacturers have been adding “DRM” to cartridges in more recent years. Even in older printers, I will get complaints doubting the authenticity of the cartridges I was putting in.

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I’d be kinda down for this

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hm. I’ve got a basic 5.1 setup via sound bar and have dialed center up to max. It sorta works, but it makes the “surround” a lot less impactful because of the disproportionate levels (eg explosions straight ahead still boom).

I always though this was a deliberate mixing decision for “immersion”

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This. It’s also mixing that’s intended to be “immersive”; explosions are meant to make you shit your pants while conversations are meant to be at the same level as someone in the room with you.

Not ideal for apartment dwellers with no insulation in their walls or floors, like myself.

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I’ve always thought it could be a good retort when someone is dissatisfied with the amount of resources you’ve already put towards some thing.

“Wow, thanks for getting me only 20 bucks in my birthday card”

“you’re only volunteering for a day? They are volunteering for at least three”

“Gross, you’re got me a used laptop?”

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Got my immediate family on it. Miss some features when forced elsewhere.

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submitted 1 year ago by dxcz@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

Hi all,

Does anyone know of any apps that track your location over time and map it so that you can see where you were at a given time? Preferably one that doesn't upload any of this information to a/the cloud?

I'm a forgetful person and often wonder "what was I don't last Tuessday?" or "When did I get home?" or "How long was I at X?". Sometimes I also just want to contribute to things like OpenStreetMaps for less mapped areas (though I know this requires very frequent pings).

I used to use this feature using Google Location History but stopped because I decided I didn't want to give them any more of my data than necessary.

If anyone plays Legend of Zelda BOTW or TOTK, I'm thinking of it as a sort of personal "Hero's Path Mode".

[-] dxcz@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

kbin looks nice, though this is the first I'm hearing of it 🧐

dxcz

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