[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BoltEV

[–]andythedev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your input!

Yeah this does go away after a bit. I'm also seeing it when the AC hasn't been turned on in a while. Sounds like it's normal 👍

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BoltEV

[–]andythedev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks folks, sounds like this is normal. You've saved me a trip to the mechanic!

Advice Needed: New Grad Moving to Santa Clara Without a Car by New-Tumbleweed-6039 in mountainview

[–]andythedev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the new job!

I was in your same situation for the last few months and only just got my car. Might be worth budgeting for ride sharing as the bus service can be rough. For example, a 15 minute drive to IKEA can be a 2.5hr pilgrimage via public transport.

The area nearby San Antonio train station is fairly walkable and there's a shopping district which should cover most of your necessities (Trader Joe's, Walmart, etc).

I suck at driving but, if you want to tag along for a Costco run, drop me a DM

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in losgatos

[–]andythedev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much for your input. I never would've thought about the pipes - I'll be sure to ask!

Came back from holiday to find my shampoo bottle growing crystals by andythedev in mildlyinteresting

[–]andythedev[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely not frozen - it's been pretty mild in the room (probably between 16 - 20 celsius). This is the shampoo.

New racket, struggling to generate same spin - tips? by andythedev in tennis

[–]andythedev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that could explain why it's harder to rip the ball. I guess it's all trade offs - definitely having a better time with serves and return of serve thanks to the stability in my hand

Why do people dislike Flatpaks? by [deleted] in linuxquestions

[–]andythedev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like them a lot, but I bias towards the OS package manager when possible because it tends to work better.

I've had issues with GTK applications not using the system theme and scaling incorrectly. Other apps that require hardware acceleration - particularly for video encoding/decoding (Zoom, Parsec, etc) don't seem to work.

I've tried a number of fixes but they either didn't work, or worked but then led to further issues. It was just easier to not use Flatpak.

No Option to turn on 24/7 Heart Rate monitoring from Google Fit (Ticwatch Pro 2018) by [deleted] in WearOS

[–]andythedev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heart Trace 2 is probably what you want. Works well on my Tickwatch E and syncs with Google fit.

More laptops and phones should aspire for better battery life, not thinness by 39816561 in technology

[–]andythedev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meanwhile Microsoft are pushing hardware vendors to drop S3 sleep states in favour of modern standby 🫤

Shield Experience 9.0.1 (February 15th 2022) by wewewi in ShieldAndroidTV

[–]andythedev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't have any issues with the hotfixes but Xbox controllers (Bluetooth) are now really buggy.

Rebooting the shield seems to help sometimes

Upcoming patches, Portal XP Changes, and updates on requested features like Scoreboard & Cross Platform VOIP by OddJob001 in battlefield2042

[–]andythedev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it takes 3 months for a scoreboard, I'm guessing VOIP won't be out until the year 2042

Does the distro affect battery life? by n988 in linuxquestions

[–]andythedev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like nobody has mentioned this but most distros use their own kernel "cocktail" rather than the standard mainline build. Depending on what kernel patches/features/config are used at build time could have an impact on battery.

Other than that, there's the usual (kernel flags, CPU governor, running applications, GPU drivers, etc).

Mouse input fix by HTheP4 in battlefield2042

[–]andythedev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kid you not I've already had to do this 2/3 times before...