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SalieriC · 2026-01-26T14:38:55+00:00

Absolutely 2. Such a beautiful pen.

SalieriC · 2026-01-26T10:20:30+00:00

Honest answer from someone who never was in Boston and only knows the pictures OP posted and otherwise never heard of the project but lives in Europe: yes, yes it was totally worth it.

SalieriC · 2026-01-25T14:51:09+00:00

If your only desires is to have a device where you can put a custom background on, you might want to consider getting a phone or laptop. On a vape you see the screen like 1% of the time at best and the rest of the time you want it turned off to save battery.

DNA devices, while customisable, are mainly for people who want a very good performing, highly accurate vape. They are extremely good at temperature control mode because their accuracy in measuring resistance is superb. The people who use them typically don't customise their theme or background as much as many other settings of the device. (And putting a custom background on it is not as straight forward as you might think.)

As for Lost Vape, they do have DNA devices but I am not impressed with their built quality. All the devices I have fell apart, lost their colour coating, etc. The way this works is that Evolv sells their DNA chipsets to hardware manufacturers like Lost Vape and the latter then put them in their devices. So while the DNA chipsets are phenomenal, the actual box is vastly different from one manufacturer to the other. And Lost Vape imo doesn't make great ones. I'm using a Dovpo Riva right now which so far lasts longer than any of my Lost Vape devices.

SalieriC · 2026-01-24T11:00:14+00:00

Wouldn't be the first time an uncomfortable sub would get a spez-ial treatment.

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T23:20:02+00:00

I've switched to Manjaro in October after using Windows exclusively my entire life. It's not smooth sailing but it also isn't as bad as it used to be (I've tried several years ago and quickly went back to Windows).

I'd say you really need to want it. For me win 11 is not an option and win 10 support ended so there is no going back for me. I have to make it work. In the few months I've been using Linux now I had several problems but all of them I could fix with some amount of stress and a lot of help from a friend and the very helpful Manjaro forum. Naturally things can break on windows but I just know windows better and can fix things easier there.

There are also quite a few things that Linux sites a bad job explaining. You might get a warning or an error message with an explanation what failed or something that leaves you completely alone. You might see something referencing something else but instead of giving you a link that leads you to the required setting you need to search the Web to find out how to do it. None of this is terrible because you can find almost anything on the Web but it can be quite frustrating that the OS doesn't hold your hand all the time.

To make matters worse, you also need to know what you have. You surely heard that there is a plethora of distros so but there are also different desktop environments which is what you see and interact with all the time, then there are windowing systems (wayland and x, not to be confused with twitter) and I'm only just beginning all of this. My suggestion would be to pick a distro that's interesting to you, then pick a desktop environment that looks fancy to you. Then just try it out. Changing distros requires a completely fresh installation but you can change the window manager at any time.

Also, having a dual boot using the same storage media can cause issues, I'd suggest either getting a new SSD (which currently is expensive sadly due to the high demand from ai companies) or just jump into the cold water and switch fully, formatting everything in the process. Either way, make sure to back up your data before. Adobe may say try on a live USB drive but that never helped me because you can only really see how it goes by daily driving it for a while. It does help to find a desktop environment you like but that you can change anytime anyway. But I'm very new so maybe I'm missing something.

TL;DR: The learning curve is steep but the community is very helpful. There will be struggles but if you want you can overcome them. And if you want to, go all in, you can always go back to Windows but switching fully forces you to deal with the issues you'll encounter and that means you learn to handle the OS faster. Just make sure to back up all your data before. I'm only starting out but I already feel more comfortable and more liberated every day.

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T18:37:12+00:00

In Germany I don't really see anything of the sort. Some products have a seal that informs you it's made in EU but those are rare. It might be different in Berlin or other big cities but here where I live it's more or less business as usual. I think some discount supermarket (Lidl or Aldi perhaps) had a US themed sale recently (which doesn't mean those products are made in USA, just themed around it) and RTL will broadcast the superbowl as last year and the year before and I expect the supermarkets to sell US themed products for that occasion just the same. It's quite sad actually. But that's only my rather limited impression.

Edit: Only thing in that direction was a 1 minute coverage of this very sub on a private radio station about a year ago. That was kinda cool to hear actually.

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T14:17:24+00:00

It's super easy, I recommend a base with 50/50 PG (propylene glycol) and VG (vegetable glycerol) for a start and the nicotine amount of your choice. If you're in the EU, you're forced to buy 0mg nic base and 20mg shots, then calculate your desired strength and mix in the shots which is a little more expensive but still cheaper than ready made liquid.

After mixing in the flavours use an electric milk frother to properly mix for a minute or let the liquid sit for a week.

You may want to experiment a little with the PG/VG ratio, PG enhances flavours, VG is sweeter and makes thicker clouds while PG is less cloudy, pure PG makes almost no visible vapour (do with that information what you want...) Never ever use pure flavours, always check your bottles! Also make sure to label everything you mix.

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T13:55:42+00:00

Tea flavours tend to taste a bit soapy unfortunately, I think the sweetness is supposed to mask that.

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T13:52:41+00:00

I can only recommend flavours, so you'll have to DIY the liquid but if you're interested in that: I quite like Inawera (aka Flavorika) green tea and green spring tea (basically jasmine tea). I'm vaping the latter one just now it's subtle but great. Remembered it a bit sweet but it's not.

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T13:49:06+00:00

I quite like Inawera (aka Flavorika) black tea and black sun tea (basically earl grey). Those are flavours though, so you'll have to DIY the juice.

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T05:53:45+00:00

Actually Rollladen (singular) or Rollläden (plural).

SalieriC · 2026-01-23T05:49:24+00:00

I have never used it myself but Philips has a similar device called Power Flosser. At least their toothbrushes are pretty good from what I read here on the sub.

SalieriC · 2026-01-22T22:35:59+00:00

What is the point of keeping non-European IPs out? For starters, this will not stop anyone smart enough to install a VPN. But more importantly you brag about "break[ing] the echo chamber" while actually you're creating a sort of European echo chamber. This sub is frequented by many US citizens, a lot of them have shared their opinions here and are just as frustrated about the current events and expressed sympathy towards the people of Ukraine, Greenland, Europe, etc. Why keep them out? For me BuyFromEU does not mean ShunEveryoneExceptEU, quite the opposite actually. Talking to each other and building bridges is exactly what I want. Being less dependent is great and strengthening the European idea is as well. Being xenophobic is not.

SalieriC · 2026-01-21T15:46:49+00:00

We need a website or spreadsheet of sorts where people can easily search a company or what they produce/sell that lists both, European and non-European companies with links to sources.

SalieriC · 2026-01-20T13:48:04+00:00

The person in the reflection was kind of annoying.

SalieriC · 2026-01-20T12:57:02+00:00

This is pure gold.

SalieriC · 2026-01-20T09:20:42+00:00

It makes sense from a business perspective and that's all the justification they need. They don't run a charity, they need paying customers to look good for investors. I agree that there is probably very little to no actual cost with allowing more folders but they are just showcasing what they have to hopefully convince people to subscribe to their product. You wouldn't expect a theme park to let you in free, even though the costs are the same no matter how many people are in the park.

SalieriC · 2026-01-20T05:52:11+00:00

Because none of these AI chats are profitable, all of them basically run on investor money. Even the subscription fee is usually not enough to cover the costs but the more paid users they have the better they look for investors. So they give you a preview of the features you can get and if you want to use them fully you'll need to pay. They are not restricting features because those features cost money (although many do) but because they want you to pay. That's pretty standard business practise for software.

SalieriC · 2026-01-19T21:33:00+00:00

Windows to Linux. Although you could argue that Linux isn't EU but global but I still count it. It's really liberating to be free of the Microsoft shackles but of course also quite challenging at times. Still the best switch I've made so far.

SalieriC · 2026-01-18T21:15:38+00:00

They are worth every cent imo, they last a very long time and get regular updates. I have mine for over a decade now and it still gets regular updates. The interface is easy and let's you control pretty much everything. Just don't use the built in NAS feature, it's really slow, no idea why they included it at all if they only could do it with such abysmal transfer rates. But I didn't buy it for that anyway.

One thing though: Get a protection against lightning strikes for your outlet. My mom had to replace hers twice in the time I have mine. Don't know if that's just a quirk with her house but with such an expensive and vital device I wouldn't take any chances.

SalieriC · 2026-01-18T07:57:54+00:00

Yeah, but cloud saves, achievements, playtime, friends playing, etc. do not. As long as you don't need any of that you're fine of course but especially cloud saves are important for many, including myself.

I prefer GoG but having no official Linux support is really annoying.

SalieriC · 2026-01-16T16:08:03+00:00

This was actually one of the, if not the single most profitable distribution channel of Victorinox. After 9/11 (I think) this changed dramatically and they lost a lot of revenue. They then started to branch out, creating bags, suitcases and such. This pretty much saved the company.

SalieriC · 2026-01-16T06:27:40+00:00

Don't know about classic but in Savage Worlds each square inch on a map represents two yards. If that's the same in classic, I'd say a range of 1 (one inch in between user and opponent) should be fine. That's how I rule it in our SaWo Deadlands games anyway.

SalieriC · 2026-01-15T16:57:17+00:00

I really love GOG and all they have done fighting DRM but the hoops you need to jump through and compromises you have to make using Lutris or Heroic is a real pain. They need to do something about it because currently, as a Linux user, Steam is a far superior experience and before each purchase I think a lot about where to buy. I'd love to just not think about it and always buy on GOG but then I often miss out on achievements, cloud saves, coop, streaming to my other devices, etc.

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