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@ MentalEdge @sopuli.xyz

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Eskating cyclist, gamer and enjoyer of anime. Probably an artist. Also I code sometimes, pretty much just to mod titanfall 2 tho.

Introverted, yet I enjoy discussion to a fault.

  • Things I learned migrating from Win10 to Mint

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  • Worse is that setting this then results in automatic upscaling on everything

    This is true on all systems. Windows and MacOS both also use internal sound servers to mix all audio sources into the single PCM signal that goes to the sound card.

    If incoming PCM signals are at some other samplerate than what is being fed to the audio device, they must be resampled.

    You can't feed two PCM signals at different samplerates into a single output any other way. Or even a single one, if the input samplerate is different from the selected output samplerate.

    This is how it works everywhere. Not just linux. It is a fact of digital audio.

    which will have your CPU maxed out.

    Just. No.

    Your system is not going to be burning up the CPU doing audio resampling. It simply isn't that demanding a task. It's something all system do regularly anyway, whether it's upsampling or downsampling, one audio stream (or at least two for stereo) or a dozen, or more.

    Linux in general is awful for audiophiles.

    This to me is an admission you have no idea what you're talking about. Linux is PREFERRED by tons of audio engineers because its audio handling and routing capabilities on a system level are unmatched, as well as the ultra-low audio processing latencies it can achieve when configured for it on a kernel level.

  • Things I learned migrating from Win10 to Mint

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  • As mentioned by someone else, the reason guides and linux helpers tend to tell you to use terminal, is because it's already installed, and will work almost regardless of distro.

    That doesn't mean a GUI option does not exist. It's just that distros essentially being collections of independent software, rather than monolithic integrated systems like windows, they tend not to come installed with all the GUI applications that exist. And if they do, guides and people helping you still can't rely on you having a particular one installed.

    For audio there is a litany of control panel applications you might install, some of which allow doing things that are a right pain on windows.

    As an example, I use qpwgraph to route audio from a co-op game into a remote sunshine stream while excluding other system audio, while simultaneously using discord to voice chat with a friend who'd otherwise have to listen to themself as well as the game.

    Qpwgraph allows you to route audio in almost any way you might imagine. Want to send each stereo channel to completely different audio devices? Sure. Send system audio into the mic input of a discord call? Why not. Use multiple audio devices at the same time? Go ahead. Flip the stereo channels? Weird, but ok.

    And the app isn't what does it. It's just a GUI for capabilities that already exist in the pipewire sound server.

    Similar cases exists for all kinds of things you might otherwise do in the terminal.

  • Things I learned migrating from Win10 to Mint

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  • Mint was the most user friendly maybe 5 years ago. But even back then I had lots of problems with it.

    It's development has been slow while strides have been made to the point that I'd consider either Bazzite, popOS, or Zorin the simplest for a new user to get into today.

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    You have coin, yes?

  • Is there a way to get the local feed of another instance?

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  • That you can't do.

    It's possible in some cases but looks like Thunder doesn't support it for guest profiles.

    The local feed is unique to each instance, and content in it may not exist on yours. For a community to be federated to a given instance, it must have at least one local user who is a subscriber, and the community can't be local only.

  • Is there a way to get the local feed of another instance?

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  • Thunder can add instances using a "guest" profile. Basically browse only mode without an account.

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  • Nuts are just bad.

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  • What about marzipan?

  • Heading to 2026

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  • smol

  • The void can be loud sometimes

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  • I mean, most people haven't experienced a single day of existence where they'd have rather... Not.

    And it follows they have no concept of how someone can still function if they feel that way. Intuitively, you'd think those two things are mutually exclusive.

    So, probably also wierd how easy it can be to continue to go through the motions of life even as there is less than nothing inside.

    I hope the "days I want to be alive/days I want to not exist"-ratio improves for you.

  • Fat kitten

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  • That's rare.

    Being predators cats have a hunger drive that kicks in early to make them look for food before they're too weak to hunt. In nature, cats are usually always a little hungry. Hence, if the food is palatable, most cats will eat constantly and end up eating more than they need by at least some margin.

    It's not an active decision by the animal, but rather the hunger drive, which can vary quite a lot between individuals.

    This is complicated by the fact that cats are picky, to the point they can outright refuse to eat something they aren't used to, or just eat less of it.

    My cat would never stop eating his favorite treat (freeze dried meats), the same cat eats a little too much kibble if I let him, and no wet food at all no matter how hungry he is. This kind of thing, you might argue is a decision.

  • What's the best way to make money online?

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  • Theft.

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  • Fat kitten

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  • Well yeah.

    The post is about kittens.

    I'm talking about pets in general, and how they don't decide stuff like this.

  • Fat kitten

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  • A downvote doesn't suggest anything at all.

    This comment does.

  • Fat kitten

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  • That's... Not what I'm saying. What the fuck?

    The kitten doesn't need to stay fat. That's all.

    If a pet is getting its food from you, it's on you to give it the right amount.

    The same applies to asking a vet for advice, if you don't know.

    Bottom line: The health of a pet (or any animal in human care) is the responsibility of the respective human.

    My second comment initially made ABSOLUTELY NO STATEMENT beyond that fact, or what it means in practice.

  • Fat kitten

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  • Ok.

    Doesn't change that the health of an animal kept as a pet, is the responsibility of the respective human.

    Edit: are you downvoters assuming I'm suggesting you separate the kitten and mother? I'm not.

    Kittens and mother cats should go essentially untouched by humans for several weeks after birth.

    After that, just don't continue to allow the kitten to overeat and it'll be fine.

  • Fat kitten

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  • Pets don't decide to be fat.

    Pet owners decide to overfeed them.

  • The void can be loud sometimes

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  • Oh it's plenty useful. Like I mention, at work with people who have no business knowing whats going on in your head it can be great.

    But it's not good for you.

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  • i cant wait to get a steam frame

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  • Unknown.

    It'll be running some kind of ARM soc. Hades has been demoed running flawlessly on it. No VR titles yet, but there is no reason they couldn't work, too.

  • The void can be loud sometimes

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  • I think you made a common mistake. See, you don't just bury the darkness, you need to also disossiate from reality so that even if you internally suffer accidental contact with the void, it doesn't make it all the way out to become a physical expression.

    This way, you can disconnect your outward behaviour from you active thinking, so that even if you mentally implode, no-one can tell!

    Neat, huh?

    (This is horrible advice, do not attempt. Never hide this level of anguish with loved ones. Potentially useful in professional settings, but still harmful.)

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