thejevans

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[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, I'm talking about not just Nix, but NixOS. Nix (the package manager) can do a lot, but NixOS + disko + home-manager can literally be all of the configuration for your machine from drive partitioning through to dot files. Throw in nixos-anywhere and impermanence and you can have an insane amount of control over all of your computers.

Ansible, Terraform, Chef, etc. do have some overlap, but the main difference is that those tools iterate through the system modifying it piece by piece and NixOS is declarative.

If something fails in some of my bigger Ansible playbooks, it could mean 30 minutes of just running through all the steps again. I could probably break it into sections, but then I have to worry about making sure they all get run when things get updated. In my NixOS install, it's way faster, I can roll back to a previous state, and troubleshooting is way easier in my opinion.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 17 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

You can't have your entire system configuration in a repository of plain text files, which has lots of advantages, but it's not worth caring about unless you feel excited to get into it.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago

I've been able to return some games based on news that they will be adding kernel-level anti-cheat. I'm glad Valve is doing this right.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

really weird that they only included a discord link, but here is the repo: https://github.com/dittofeed/dittofeed

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago

Fuck this channel for platforming fringe ideas and presenting them as if they are on equal footing with, let's be honest, reality.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

I use it as second monitor, so I don't game on it. Now that I think about it, though, it might be fun to play gameboy or DS emulators on it.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

I used to do something similar. Passing GPU between host and VM without rebooting is a major pain in the ass. What I did instead was had a Linux hypervisor and 3 VMs (Linux, Windows, and MacOS). I would swap between the 3 VMs, and they each had access to my GPU. It was fun to set up and somewhat convenient, but got really annoying as it was my only workstation at the time.

I would highly suggest to just accept dual-booting and if it takes too long, get a faster SSD and/or faster RAM.

I've since gone Linux full-time, and I have no complaints. None of the games I can no longer play would be worth having Windows to deal with. I thought I would miss them at first, but I'm happy playing what's available.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

You're right, that is extremely confusing

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 98 points 2 weeks ago

Good. Keeping it the same means that the original Steam Deck will remain a target device for game developers for longer.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

well, yeah, Element X is in pre-alpha. Of course it doesn't have feature parity with Element.

 

The way he just blew off the 50/50 split criticism was pretty gross. Basing it off of Youtube's bad-relative-to-the-rest-of-the-market 45/55 split, and then making it worse is not great, especially when coming from someone who makes YouTube content for a living.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

100%

I love my pinecil. I have a ts80p as well and the pinecil is just better.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

It has sleep tracking and it works okay.

 

I'm having an annoying issue with pipewire. I have a Scarlett 8i6 audio interface. I have it set to Pro Audio so that I can access all the input and output channels, and I have virtual devices defined to allow applications to access groups of channels as discrete devices.

For some reason, all applications keep automatically switching to my secondary (mono) output. I can sometimes get them to switch to my primary stereo output, but it's only ever a one-off and they will switch back when the current media is done playing. any thoughts?

config:

context.modules = [
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Primary - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_primary"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                audio.position = [ FL FR ]
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "playback.scarlett_8i6_primary"
                audio.position = [ AUX0 AUX1 ]
                target.object = "alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-output-0"
                stream.dont-remix = true
                node.passive = true
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Secondary (Mono) - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_secondary"
                media.class = "Audio/Sink"
                audio.position = [ MONO ]
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "playback.scarlett_8i6_secondary"
                audio.position = [ AUX2 ]
                target.object = "alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-output-0"
                stream.dont-remix = true
                node.passive = true
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Microphone - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "capture.scarlett_8i6_mic"
                audio.position = [ AUX0 ]
                stream.dont-remix = true
                target.object = "alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-input-0"
                node.passive = true
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_mic"
                media.class = "Audio/Source"
                audio.position = [ MONO ]
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Instrument - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "capture.scarlett_8i6_inst"
                audio.position = [ AUX1 ]
                stream.dont-remix = true
                target.object = "alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-input-0"
                node.passive = true
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_inst"
                media.class = "Audio/Source"
                audio.position = [ MONO ]
            }
        }
    }
    {   name = libpipewire-module-loopback
        args = {
            node.description = "Mix - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6"
            capture.props = {
                node.name = "capture.scarlett_8i6_mix"
                audio.position = [ AUX2 AUX3 ]
                stream.dont-remix = true
                target.object = "alsa_input.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_8i6_USB_F8CEK2H1B8391D-00.pro-input-0"
                node.passive = true
            }
            playback.props = {
                node.name = "scarlett_8i6_mix"
                media.class = "Audio/Source"
                audio.position = [ FL FR ]
            }
        }
    }
]
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11820406

Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11820406

Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

 

Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by thejevans@lemmy.ml to c/battlestations@lemmy.world
 

PC

  • Nobara Linux
  • Fractal Torrent
  • Asus Proart B550
  • AMD Ryzen 5800X3D
  • Noctua NH-D15
  • GSkill 2x16GB DDR4-3600
  • Powercolor Hellhound 7900XTX
  • Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB
  • Crucial P3 Plus 4TB
  • Asus WiFi 6E card
  • Be Quiet Dark Power 13

Husky height adjustable workbench

  • DT770 Pros
  • AT2040 Mic
  • Yamaha MG06X Mixer
  • Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 3rd gen
  • Drop BMR1 speakers
  • P.I. Engineering L-Trac
  • ESP32-S3-Box3
  • Sony Dualsense
  • BenQ lightbar

Glorious GMMK Pro

  • GMK WoB
  • holy pandas + tealios v2

Monitors

  • Gigabyte M27Q-X
  • LG Dualup

Camera

  • Sony a5100
  • Sigma 16mm f/1.4
  • no-name LED panel
  • Amaran 100d
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6395416

Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" to prevent "a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions."

 

Faced with new laws in California and other states, big tech lobbyists want to sign a "Memorandum of Understanding" to prevent "a compliance market where lawyers drive the decisions."

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6372946

A few friends asked for me to walk through how I set up the dashboard I have in my kitchen, so I figured I'd share it here, too. Here is a barebones walkthrough with config files.

 

A few friends asked for me to walk through how I set up the dashboard I have in my kitchen, so I figured I'd share it here, too. Here is a barebones walkthrough with config files.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4506191

I've used sleek as my primary todo.txt UI for a while now, and I'm really happy with it. If you are interested in a simple, but useful way to put together a todo list in plaintext, the todo.txt spec is a great way to handle it, and sleek is by far the nicest GUI I've found.

About a week ago, I ran into a minor annoyance with an edge use-case that I have, and I wrote about it in the sleek github discussion page. Within 4 days, the maintainer of the project had a new build ready that fixed my issue. Nobody else said they needed it, but they took the time to add the feature I requested and now my workflow is that much easier.

I know not every project is like this, or can be like this, but there's no way that something like this would get added at anywhere near this pace in proprietary software. I, for one, am super grateful that software like this and the people that maintain it exist. Thank you.

Please check out sleek!

sleek is an open-source (FOSS) todo manager based on the todo.txt syntax. It's available for Windows, MacOS and Linux

 

I've used sleek as my primary todo.txt UI for a while now, and I'm really happy with it. If you are interested in a simple, but useful way to put together a todo list in plaintext, the todo.txt spec is a great way to handle it, and sleek is by far the nicest GUI I've found.

About a week ago, I ran into a minor annoyance with an edge use-case that I have, and I wrote about it in the sleek github discussion page. Within 4 days, the maintainer of the project had a new build ready that fixed my issue. Nobody else said they needed it, but they took the time to add the feature I requested and now my workflow is that much easier.

I know not every project is like this, or can be like this, but there's no way that something like this would get added at anywhere near this pace in proprietary software. I, for one, am super grateful that software like this and the people that maintain it exist. Thank you.

Please check out sleek!

sleek is an open-source (FOSS) todo manager based on the todo.txt syntax. It's available for Windows, MacOS and Linux

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