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  • Realistically I’ll probably die in a heat wave.

    Just for fun, if a like-minded individual has any possibility to physically preserve my brain (not a copy!) in their makeshift lab I’d probably roll the dice on that one if things were half-clean. Yeah, I know, the odds aren’t good.

    In terms of cyborg stuff, I would want something more organic than popsci typically shows though. Like having a semi-synthetic body that is its own multi-cellular, symbiotic organism. That can further connect to other things (like to the myconet to exchange resources).

    I would not want to live forever, though. If I did anything like that I’d probably live isolated for a while and then retire into my own brain.






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    3 months ago

    Yeah I tried it for XFCE yesterday*, noticed a few things I wanted weren’t there (because XFWM isn’t ported over) and promptly switched back. Didn’t seem to me like it was more responsive or anything like that**.

    But I am still using a 1050Ti, so who knows. That also kind of kills my interest in the idea even if I didn’t have fixed-if-you-use-this-specific-DE type issues. I also don’t really like the idea of CSD.

    * after looking up that labwc not being installed was why the session wouldn’t launch before

    ** entirely possible it is better in very specific scenarios, but the screen tearing that I see on X11 is diagonal (like the screen is 2 triangles, desynced) and honestly I don’t even know the exact game to test (as I don’t see tearing in videos or any other usage as far as I know)







  • I did have this music bookmarked (6 1/2 hours of Commodore 64 SID Music) despite no direct connection/nostalgia to the C64. It just has something better than other retro music.

    So how do I make my own SID tunes?

    In most cases, you will need access to either a real C64 or a C64 emulator such as CCS64 or VICE. Ideally it is preferred that you actually compose on the real thing

    I’d prefer pure midi (for use in a game engine like Godot, midi players are a fun idea too), anything where the soundfonts are free and not too big. Far down on the list for me though, and I’d probably need to lean on public domain midi files at first anyway.




  • I doubt a system with a 1050 has the power supply for that

    Remember that was an outlier for the build. PSU is 650w silver. Though it’s currently nice to not need a GPU power cable.

    I’m mostly happy with 1050Ti performance level for what I do. Probably will just stick with it unless I could get used AMD (for better time on Linux), like an 8GiB Polaris card for a moderate uplift. Probably not considering I don’t know anyone and don’t feel like buying used online.



  • I am somewhat stuck in the past. ~7mbps internet on a good day, (fast) storage is not unlimited, computer is 2019 sale parts except still using 2016 budget GPU (1050Ti).

    100MiB or under: it’s free real-estate

    600MiB: I can tolerate this as an average size

    2GiB: common AA size, function and quality better match

    15GiB+: this is probably not worth it, beyond eye-candy maybe

    60GiB+: This is diminishing returns, and likely multiple technical (and arguably better) choices could have avoided such bloat.

    More understandable with physical media, though my last console did not age gracefully (YLoD, another unit I got via barter runs but probably has dry thermal paste). Also I mostly play free (and/or older) games these days.

    Also personally: polygons are often enough. See Spyro’s vertex color skyboxes: