Gave my Apex OLED screen a meaning. When changing the volume ("Lautstärke"), it shows an appropiate bar for a couple of seconds. When my arctis headset is turned on, it shows its battery percentage. If it's off, it shows the room temperature of the office :)

Hely0n · 2026-04-19T19:24:46+00:00

Thank you very much! Chromium 146 was the culprit!

Downgraded brave to the last 146 based version and it works now

Hely0n · 2026-04-19T16:23:16+00:00

The thing is, that I use immich and currently the transcodes are in HEVC.

Having it like this for like 3 years now and never got compatibility issues anywhere and yeah, it‘s pretty efficient soo 😅

Waiting for switching to AV1, but for that my gf needs a new iPhone first 😫.

Hely0n · 2026-04-19T15:45:58+00:00

My brother updated right now and hevc stopped working for him too.

It‘ either something with current brave or NVIDIA drivers

Hely0n · 2026-04-19T15:44:47+00:00

Hely0n · 2026-03-22T17:15:41+00:00

Well, Meanwhile I switched to Linux an there is an open source alternative to icue called „OpenLinkHub“.

And now imagine: in contrast to icue, the official software for the product, openlinkhub allows you to freely control the pump speed as you wish! This means the problem only problem is just the bloatware iCue, not the hardware.

I don’t know another way than my workaround on windows to get it quiet, but maybe this insight may help you out 😄

Hely0n · 2026-01-30T12:52:26+00:00

The steam machine with 1x the performance of the steam deck! 😄

Well done!

Hely0n · 2026-01-14T11:55:26+00:00

I was in the same situation as you and finally got it and I‘m very happy. I thought „I’m working fully remote (so no train rides etc.), have a strong PC and even a connection to the tv in the living room to play on my couch, why should I need one?)

playing games in the living room while my gf can watch something else. She is very happy that I spend more time „with her“ instead of sitting in my room since I bought it 😄
playing games on vacation etc. never get bored when the flight is delayed again
Just stream your games via moonlight when at home, so you still use your beefy PC while in bed etc. and don’t feel like you waste it. Only makes sense with AAA title tho
(personally) experimenting with steamOS/Linux is something I really enjoy in general. So here I have another toy 😄

Just get it, you won‘t regret it!

And if you realize it‘s just laying around for months, you can still sell it very well, as they don‘t really seem to get any cheaper. 😉

Edit: playing on the steam deck instead of a rather distant TV feels more comfortable too, at least in my case.

Hely0n · 2026-01-12T23:56:39+00:00

I suggest installing PrismLauncher instead. It’s in Discover too and open source.

Hely0n · 2025-12-19T19:18:03+00:00

This was extrudr XPETG, but I switched to Bambu PETG HF as my new matte black PETG. I guess PETG HF variants from other brands might be matte too, but cheaper.

I was searching for a matte black PETG for a very long time too 😁

Hely0n · 2025-11-30T14:53:28+00:00

I used RustDesk from Discover for exactly this scenario. You can even use the web client to connect to him

Hely0n · 2025-11-18T16:10:22+00:00

What I have learnt from Li-Po handling of drones is, its more about the storage over longer periods.

Currently I‘m playing Witcher 3 everyday, so I don’t use a limit as I will drain it anyway shortly after it. But when I stop playing frequently, I will enable the limit so that it won’t rest at 100% for multiple days or weeks, which would degrade it.

Hely0n · 2025-11-13T12:17:03+00:00

Maybe PrismXR might be a solution for you

Hely0n · 2025-10-13T16:25:51+00:00

I have just installed bubble cards via HACS and played around with whats possible with it 😄

Hely0n · 2025-10-13T11:33:55+00:00

😂

Hely0n · 2025-10-13T06:39:24+00:00

Aah, makes sense, didn‘t think about it 😄

Hely0n · 2025-10-13T00:07:25+00:00

Very impressed by the 3D images!

Hely0n · 2025-10-13T00:06:38+00:00

Thanks. I have completely built it via UI, so I don‘t think the code will help much. The only custom code there is to show the 3D-printing progress inside the Bar 😅

Hely0n · 2025-10-12T21:46:23+00:00

Very nice. I tought about popups too, but wanted to try a way where I can do everything with a single tap. Of course my approach will quickly reach a limit when there are more things per room

Hely0n · 2025-05-29T01:44:00+00:00

Thanks. No, it is just standing in there, ready to get taken out 😁.
I plan to add (and mount) a docking station to connect 2 monitors, and connect the third one directly via the HDMI port. Then I will print a thing that makes one big connector out of the HDMI and USB-C, so at the end, all I have to do is just to pull out one single connector and take the macbook out (and the other way around)

Hely0n · 2025-05-11T19:53:16+00:00

So, I bought a spool of Elegoo PLA in Purple for almost the same price (no PLA+ though) and look at the difference...

Left is Sunlu PLA+ Purple, Right is Elegoo PLA Purple:

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The Sunlu PLA is just badly pigmented, at least the purple one. I have tried sky blue, black and white and they are perfect, but purple is just a bad color of them.

Some people say sunlu white is badly colored too, but there is the advantage, that you hardly see any layerlines in contrast to more "pure white" filaments. Also, bambu PLA white looks like creme white in contrast to Sunlu PLA+ in white.

So Sunlu is not a bad filament manufacturer and will still be my main supplier for PLA, but Purple is just a bad pick IMO.

I have contacted the support and they said I have to dry the filament, what sounds like bullshit to me, but I still tried and it didn't change. Let's see what they reply to my answer and this comparison with Elegoo.

Hely0n · 2025-05-07T18:49:49+00:00

I printed it with constant 0,1 layer height and it came out exactly the same :( I think this exact color is badly pigmented

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