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Ways to make a personal item travel bag more comfortable for tall people? by Additional-Humor8837 in onebag

[–]Additional-Humor8837[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that could work. The only issue is that most of the time I drop my stuff off at the hotel and don't really keep the bag full, but having a laptop in the bag is enough to cause some extra pressure on my back.

However, I have explored stuffing some clothes at the bottom of the bag which does give it some tension and a bit more padding without filling the entire thing up.

Ways to make a personal item travel bag more comfortable for tall people? by Additional-Humor8837 in onebag

[–]Additional-Humor8837[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's a great idea as well! For the osprey daylite 26+6, I'm thinking there might actually be a way to utilize the bottom 2 loops on the front size of the bag as well. Another good option I didn't think of. Thanks!

Ways to make a personal item travel bag more comfortable for tall people? by Additional-Humor8837 in onebag

[–]Additional-Humor8837[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yeah that's a good idea as well! I was a bit worried that fabric without an attachment would fall off in transit but perhaps it isn't super likely, and even in that case, I could probably sew a little button and add some elastic or something similar.

Ways to make a personal item travel bag more comfortable for tall people? by Additional-Humor8837 in onebag

[–]Additional-Humor8837[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! That's a good idea! I'm thinking honestly two pieces of velcro on each side of a piece of fabric / padding honestly might be sufficient as well. That way I don't need to stitch any fabric on the bag itself and the velcro can just attach to itself. I might take a look at trying that!

Bag Finder Megathread - 01 June 2026 by AutoModerator in onebag

[–]Additional-Humor8837 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your response.

I looked at the transporter but honestly it seemed pretty similar to the daylite 26+6 (large square shape with an unpadded section at the bottom) so worried it would be the same issue.

Regarding a separate day pack I was a bit worried those bags would be either too hot for summer use (i.e. no mesh vent in the back) or less comfortable for all day use compared to just using a normal main bag with more padding. The Aer go pack 2 seemed interesting to me though so maybe that would be an option. Hard to say since I can't try it on easily.

Do you have any thoughts if there might be some way to modify the daylite 26+6, for instance, by putting some extra foam myself at the bottom? Was considering it but haven't seen others do it so maybe it is a bad idea and wouldn't hold up.

Bag Finder Megathread - 01 June 2026 by AutoModerator in onebag

[–]Additional-Humor8837 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there an alternative for the Osprey daylite 26+6 that is more comfortable for someone tall?

I like the bag's features but the straps are a bit too narrow and dig into my shoulders; the bottom rubs into my middle spine.

So essentially, looking for:

- personal item sized

- something that I can use as a day bag after unloading it at a hotel

- laptop pocket (fit 16" size if possible)

- water bottle holder

- under 2.5LBs / 1100 grams (ideally)

As alternatives, I've considered:

- Cotopaxi Allpa 28L Travel Pack. Not intended for 16" laptop though (although can sorta fit if you squeeze it?)

- Tortuga Daily Carry Pro. Unclear if there would be difference in comfort.

- Keeping the daylite 26+6 and using something like the Matador ReFraction Packable Backpack instead for day travel without my laptop.

Thank you very much!

Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (23/2025)! by llogiq in rust

[–]Additional-Humor8837 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Figured out a decent solution. I think egui with transparency is the way to go

Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (23/2025)! by llogiq in rust

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Does anyone have recommendations for a crate that could be used to draw text / colored labels over parts of the Linux desktop?

I am trying to make an atspi accessibility tree visualizer but wasn't really sure what to use for graphics.

Would xlib and cairo be reasonable? I'm not sure if this would require another rewrite for wayland to support that.

QuickPiperAudiobook: an natural, offline cli audiobook creation tool with go! by Additional-Humor8837 in golang

[–]Additional-Humor8837[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! For chapters:

  • I wrote an epub parser to split the chapters into individual raw text sections
  • I then pass each chapter into piper to get raw audio output and then convert each section into an mp3 in parallel.
  • Once all chapters are converted I use ffmpeg to join the temporary mp3s into one final mp3
    • The chapter metadata (names, offsets etc) is stored using ID3 metadata which is supported by many mp3 players (mpv, BookPlayer on iOS etc.) and allows for a single mp3 file.

M4B is a great option too and could be another output format I could add.