mikae1

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by mikae1 6d ago
True, not the earliest gen. But it's a 2001 console (not 2004) despite this being a 2004 title.
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by mikae1 6d ago
> although being Android based it's not really an option for me. It'd be like trading a Porsche 911 for a Pontiac Aztec. I use GrapheneOS for my own phone and have always been forced into iPhones at work. iOS, after 12 years
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by mikae1 6d ago
I'm so emotionally torn about all the awesome decompilation work done. Too bad all the cool decompilation is happening for games on early 3D centric consoles. I say this a Quake fanatic. Low res textures combined with that blurry bilin
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by mikae1 7d ago
Say you want to add an artist or change some information. Regeneration will end up with another poster altogether, right?
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by mikae1 9d ago
There's little margins and whitespace and this bothered me like hell before making the switch. It's funny, now I kind of like it. A lot is happening too. The latest Plasma had a very high degree of polish IMO. It's far more
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by mikae1 9d ago
When was the last time you felt excitement for a macOS release? Me? Snow Leopard. When I transitioned to Linux I rediscovered OS excitement. I'm on KDE Plasma now and every update has exciting features that serves my interests.
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by mikae1 9d ago
> How it's any better? Small companies can be bought by big companies. This. I've come to view a startup as a company without a business model, doing everything to get acquired by a mega corp that will finally squeeze the jui
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by mikae1 11d ago
Yawn, when was the last time you felt excitement for a macOS release? Me? Snow Leopard.
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by mikae1 12d ago
> How does Homebrew auto-update on Linux? Do you have a daemon, cron job, or similar? Or a plugin for GNOME Software, Discover, or similar? (I’ve used Homebrew on Mac and Linux, but not with auto-updates.) I don't know, and I don&
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by mikae1 12d ago
> Are you saying that Silverblue-based distros are noticeably more stable than Fedora? TBH, I can only say it's far more stable than openSUSE, Ubuntu and Manjaro which are the non-atomic distros I've used for a long time. Aur
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by mikae1 12d ago
Just demosaiced JPEG XL? That's not raw. Lossless JPEG XL is in the DNG spec since three years (v1.7). So, you can convert your proprietary camera raw files to smaller ISO standard compliant JPEG XL compressed DNG raw files (mosaiced,
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by mikae1 12d ago
> PNG, the lossless format is great for diagrams and stuff with sharp edges. But also, like GIF, it's pointless when lossless WebP exists and is supported everywhere. It's more efficient. Lossy WebP does not make as much sens
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by mikae1 13d ago
> I don't understand the distinction you use here. Distinction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683258 I use "dnf" to upgrade my system and "flatpak update" and "brew upgrade"
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by mikae1 13d ago
> No it is mostly a convenience gimmick. Support for external hardware calibration is important though. Until you decide to use Linux and all the distros you're interested in force you to use Wayland (which is a color management t
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by mikae1 13d ago
> Where do you draw the line between system packages and user facing apps? If it works in Homebrew, I almost always pick Homebrew. :) I have a pretty good feeling for what works since for the past few years I've mostly used an ato
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by mikae1 13d ago
Thank you for Linux Homebrew! It works so damn well. For me the distro package manager is for system packages, Homebrew and Flatpak for the user facing apps.
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by mikae1 13d ago
Actually, Homebrew 7 is supported on your Mac, you just have to install Linux to use it. :) If you want to continue using the same MacBook that will be only path forward when Apple decides to EOL it (if it hasn't already happened). I&#
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by mikae1 16d ago
> There’s a reason Apple displays are still the gold standard. Apple is not the gold standard, Eizo's ColorEdge monitors are. Built-in hardware calibration is non-negotiable for color critical work. Monitors drift over time.
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by mikae1 21d ago
Thanks.:)
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by mikae1 21d ago
Ouch, that sucks.
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by mikae1 21d ago
> Aim to keep it 7-10 years Security updates will end 01 Sep 2028. https://endoflife.date/fairphone
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by mikae1 21d ago
> Of course there is no warranty You always have the right to a minimum 2-year guarantee from the moment you received the goods. However, national rules in your country may give you extra protection.[1] [1] https://europa.eu
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by mikae1 22d ago
Is there are a reason why you mention die, not dice, so many times in your post? Do you actually mean die? Honest question since it's repeated.
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by mikae1 23d ago
So, they've realized podcasters and vloggers are a large part of their target audience. Then I believe they have to implement some models for speech restoration. These days most people just Adobe Podcast Enhance and forget and, from wh
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by mikae1 1mo ago
> Vanilla OS is built on Debian sid Tuxedo settled for Testing. Reason for Sid? > Additionally, with Vib (Vanilla Image Builder), anyone can customize their own system image, or even create their own distro with minimal effort. Th
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by mikae1 1mo ago
Bogging down? I've been on almost 100% Flapaks for years and have never noticed any adverse effects.
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by mikae1 1mo ago
My point was that the risk of erasing all the trust built keeps a wise photographer from missteps.
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by mikae1 1mo ago
That's how it's sold, but have you heard about any major tech company that sends their worker home when they've achieved what they used to achieve pre-AI? EDIT: Instead of simply down-voting, you're welcome to name examp
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by mikae1 1mo ago
That's (sadly) a Swedish name, yes.
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by mikae1 2mo ago
Because the photographer builds trust, over years, by not manipulating their images using AI. All trust is erased if anyone spots the manipulation.

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