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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • The time it took you to write this would have been better spent reading the article:

    Because Android isn’t technically “installed” on the Switch, but rather an external microSD card, you can switch between the default system and Lineage at any time.

    Running Lineage is a big deal for those of us who have a switch laying around that no longer have a use for it.

    • It can be an android tv device replacement
    • Buy a $20 goose neck tablet mount, and now it’s a way to play streamed steam games or use the android tv jellyfin client to watch/play stuff without using the main TV
    • Bedside clock/radio with loads of extra features
    • Dedicated HomeAssistant remote

    Or, the basic use case - Play emulated games on a neat handheld package with a decent screen on a plane or something, without needing to carry or buy another device.








  • S3 is what people actually think of when they think of sleep mode, or modern standby. The running state of the operating system is stored in RAM, in low power mode. All context for the cpu, other hardware like disks and network is lost and those devices are completely shut down - bar the RAM. Basically, you close the lid at the end of the day, and you’re nearly at the same charge level the next morning.

    This saves a lot of power. On my older 8th gen intel cpu laptop, it loses maybe 1-2% charge per day in this mode.

    My new 13th gen laptop still has deep sleep, or standby (s3) as a hardware function, but it’s technically not supported. It actually doesn’t work when enabled, and just falls back to s1 (sleep, everything’s still on, just in low power mode). It loses about 2-3% per hour in this mode

    S4 (Hibernate) does roughly the same as S3, but the OS state is stored to the disk instead of ram, so that can be shut off too. Now the device is completely powered off, losing no charge while ‘asleep’.

    S5 is off

    S4 sleep takes much longer to wake up from than s3, so was less desirable. In the modern computing world (especially end user devices), commonly there’s full disk encryption going on, which adds a layer of complexity to resuming from disk, as you would when waking up from hibernation (s4).

    Making it resume without putting in a decryption password for example (using a TPM), isn’t simple, and breaks a lot when you do system upgades




  • The only soulslike that’s reasonably flashy yet simple enough that comes to mind is Code Vein

    It’s slightly more cartoony than black desert, but has a high degree of character customization.

    Story’s fine, but not required.

    Combat was cool. I found it fine even on a bluetooth controller. Didn’t get massively frustrated with input lag.

    Character builds can vary quite a lot, and are mostly viable. I played a glass cannon and my friend played a tank. They worked just fine alone or together. On that note, the coop is serviceable.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/678960/CODE_VEIN/

    Probably wait for a discount.


  • I can honestly say my space grey first-gen magic keyboard has served me well. It sits on my desk at work, I use it every day, and it only needs charging once every few months.

    The only thing I’ve ever done to damage it is pulling the z key off to clean between the keys, I tried to jam it back on wrong and ruined part of the scissor mechanism

    My next keyboard may yet be one of the newer models, but it’s to expensive to pull the trigger yet.

    Having tried it in person, I’m also considering the logitech mx keys mac variant. I didn’t even notice the key shaping while actually typing, and it’s the first keyboard I’d say comes close to being a magic keyboard replacement.

    I like the option(alt)/command(super) switched layout.

    I’ve got a keychron k3 ultra v2 too. I finally gave in on the mechanical keyboard train and splurged a bit - but now:

    • I need a wrist rest, even this ultra low profile version is way higher than I’m used to.
    • I hate the layout (my own fault for buying the most cramped version)
    • On linux at least, bluetooth is not the greatest (sometimes needs a keyboard restart to fix key send delay and repeat keys)
    • I picked the optical (cherry mx red equivelant) switches and they’re mushy af.

    I’ve had the white slim first-gen mini magic keyboard for years too. The battery swelled up, so I removed it and use it wired now. That was probably 8/9 years old.