falkerie71

joined 1 year ago
[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Install GCam, few reasons:

  1. The new update that requires you to go into a menu to change exposure and white balance instead of just tapping on the viewfinder to show the two sliders infuriates me to no end.
  2. Custom video bitrate. Not every video I take needs to be full quality, and even then, full quality video on my Pixels so far are not worth it. Couple hundred megabytes just for 1 min of footage that doesn't even look that good? Nah.
  3. Photosphere >>>>> panorama. I don't understand why they decided to kill it off entirely.
[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Every photocopy machine I've come across that accept USB sticks do not support exFAT, so what I would do with my USB stick is to split it into two partitions, one FAT32 and the rest exFAT.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago

A pair of Stardew Valley pendants from Etsy is probably more meaningful than diamond rings, tbh.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Megumin from KonoSuba. It's a hilarious show, I'd recommend giving it a watch.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Fair. I guess I never really needed to deal with that since I upload in original. That and Google Photos Takeout Helper made migrating easy for me.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not entirely disagreeing with you but, what exactly is "malicious" about separating photo and metadata? It could be just how their servers process and stores those photos, with the added benefit of geotagging videos.

I use Google Photos and upload in original quality. When I download from takeout, the metadata is still in the original files. Iirc, only if you select upload in "high quality" where they compress it again, do you lose the metadata in the file stored in the cloud.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

If you like Hollow Knight and Sekiro, Nine Sols is another game I'd recommend. Kind of a combination of the two, the 2D traversal and game mechanics of HK, with the unforgiving parry heavy combat of Sekiro.

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

"It has been our territory since Ancient Times™"

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Should I also get the Below Zero bundle?

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yup. When the game ends, you will see a list of player IDs you've met during your journey

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I NEVER PLAYED NG+ SO I DID NOT KNOW THAT. WTF LOL😂

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Literally every game by Supergiant. Most recent would be Hades 2, when I finally beat the 3rd boss and start slashing into the fourth area, the music was so hype I was smiling all the way through.
A better pick may be Transistor though. It's kind of a half action half strategy game, where you kind of pause to plan out and execute your next moves. During that pause phase, the music would turn into a muted version, and main character would hum to it in sync.

Also, Journey and Abzu. They simply are experiences that should not be had without good headphones.

 

Asphalt used on road surfaces are byproducts from fossil fuel. With the ultimate goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuel to combat climate change, are there any good alternatives for road surfaces? I don't think I've ever heard of a viable replacement of asphalt in the works, or even a plan to replace it in any environmental discussions before. At least, not enough for me to notice.

Extented question would be: what are some products derived from fossil fuel that are used in everyday life, but still lack viable alternatives you don't see enough discussions about?

 

I'm considering setting up a NAS to backup my stuff and replace Google Photos. Currently I'm looking at Asustor AS6704T and Synology DS923+, with the former having more powerful hardware and hardware encoding, and the latter having a better first party software experience.

Some quick comparisons show me that Synology Photos is infinitely better than Asustor Photo Gallery. AI face recognition, content tagging, and reverse Geocoding are features I've gotten used to in Google photos, which Synology has and Asustor doesn't.
I'm also aware of but not really familiar with other photo backup/management solutions, namely Immich, Photoprism, Piwigo, and Lychee. Immich would probably fit me the best, but Piwigo with plugins would support Photosphere photos that I occasionally take with my Pixel.

So I guess I'm asking you guys what your preferred photo backup solution is? I probably should mention that I personally take photos with a Pixel (jpg and MP4 files), but my family uses iPhones (heic and mov files). No RAW photos for now, but for those who do and would edit photos, how would you manage them?

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