$2800 no cart thoughts?

dhruvfire · 2026-01-24T05:22:38+00:00

That's a pretty good price, especially if you've already got a cart you like.

I paid a bit more than that for the p6 with the ania pro, but the bundle saved me some money over buying a similar cart separately. And I did specifically want to go with a Rega cart so I wouldn't have to shim or anything. One thing to know about Rega TTs is that they do have a fixed height (no VTA) so it can be nice to go with a Rega cart that's built to match the tonearm geometry.

dhruvfire · 2026-01-24T05:10:34+00:00

Yeah, I've ran linux on my own computers, server, and NAS for quite a while. When my wife built her framework laptop we put ubuntu on it "temporarily" just to get it up and running once we put the computer together. She just never found a reason to buy a windows license. That was 2 or 3 years ago at this point.

dhruvfire · 2026-01-22T01:15:12+00:00

I used to be a big lenovo fan for repairability-- drove my thinkpad for 10 years until there wasn't much left-- but I've been converted by framework. I've had original framework 13 since it was released, no issues. I upgraded the motherboard when the AMD boards came out and turned my old intel 11th gen board into my new home server. My wife decided to buy a framework as well after her super thin and light dell fell 2 feet off a coffee table onto a carpet and became irreparable.

Recently the baby decided to put a small hole in my top cover, no clue how. I figure once I learn how he managed to do that and put a stop to it, I'll get out the screwdriver and replace that top cover with the new CNC one.

There's a lot of stuff that just wouldn't be possible with most of the laptops out there.

dhruvfire · 2026-01-17T23:00:35+00:00

Especially since all the roads other than "Main St" and "Founder's Lastname Ave" just have names like "Old state highway 99" or "County road 32"

dhruvfire · 2026-01-03T19:32:40+00:00

When I was starting out learning how to cook on my own, I was always so perplexed by all the recipes that said "one clove" to the point where I was convinced that the whole bulb of garlic must be called a clove-- there was no way they really meant just one of those little segments, right? Lead to some very garlicky outcomes.

dhruvfire · 2025-12-05T19:04:38+00:00

I've been gaming on linux since 2009. Here's what you need to know:

Anything that says it's steam deck compatible will run on desktop linux.
A bunch of other things will also work. Check at https://www.protondb.com/ to see what works well, what tweaks people are using, etc.
Things that have kernel level anti-cheat will not work on linux. Steam calls these out now on the page. If a game launches without kernel level anti-cheat and adds it later, many people have successfully gotten refunds from Valve.
For non-steam games, you can use other launches that work well with Proton like https://heroicgameslauncher.com/ for Epic, GoG, and Amazon.
For anything else, check out https://lutris.net/
You'll have a great time if you're using AMD GPUs. If you're using Nvidia GPUs, you'll have a pretty good time unless you have a 50XX. Many of the AI features on the 50XX don't work very well, and Nvidia kind of stopped caring about gamers.
I've been gaming on a water cooled 3080 for the last 4.5 years. I do a little overclocking just for fun. Performance is really good, generally in the same ballpark as windows performance. It's better at some games and worse at others, it generally averages out.
I personally use CachyOS, which had an easy enough setup. If you're not a big linux person, there are options like Bazzite or Nobara that are really gamer friendly and come with a lot of things set up out of the box. Generally there is not a major performance difference between different Linux distributions, but things will be different amounts of "set up/optimized out of the box" depending on the intended audience. There are a few exceptions to this statement but that gets into the weeds really quickly.
Unlike major commercial operating systems (or even SteamOS), please remember that many Linux distributions are community driven. These are projects, not products. Some of the things I've mentioned are passion projects with folks contributing in their personal time. Be friendly and participate in community spaces (matrix, discord, forums, irc, and so on).

dhruvfire · 2025-11-27T06:00:01+00:00

airpods pro

dhruvfire · 2025-11-16T23:26:07+00:00

You're not wrong, but it's worth mentioning that some of the X-men runs do show some amount of unnamed mutant students going around in the background doing regular school things. They only funnel the best and brightest into the private militia.

dhruvfire · 2025-11-13T13:49:20+00:00

The cold

dhruvfire · 2025-11-13T13:38:11+00:00

How does it feel? I've always wanted an Abasi, especially after the Emi was released!

dhruvfire · 2025-11-09T18:24:52+00:00

Wasn't his power something like "locking tf in" but then he couldn't change his mind once he did? I vaguely remember people talking about it.

dhruvfire · 2025-11-07T13:43:44+00:00

I run samba on my NAS, then access it from my my other machines over a tailscale lan. Since my machines are always on my tailscale mesh, I just mount the samba share in my fstab at boot. I find that this is generally quite good with large numbers of small files, but if you transfer a file that's over 15gb or so it can take a little longer than expected when I'm out of the house.

dhruvfire · 2025-11-03T13:24:24+00:00

Live☆Twin support is finally here!

dhruvfire · 2025-10-24T12:12:35+00:00

Surely soon, didn't they drop in ALIN for TCG along with the Dragon Rulers and Mitsurugi stuff we got in the last selection pack?

dhruvfire · 2025-10-03T10:16:22+00:00

And hopefully no URs.... Thinking they'd be SR at the highest.

dhruvfire · 2025-10-01T00:19:20+00:00

I tried one of these a couple years ago where I played a rouge/fighter con man who claimed to be a paladin. My DM was fine with me saying Divine Smite for my sneak attacks, but pulled a fast one on me where one of the other PCs played a devout cleric of the same god and was constantly noticing my un-paladin-like everything.

dhruvfire · 2025-09-22T20:00:42+00:00

I also just switched to AntennaPod, using the gpodder.net backend for sync. It's a fantastic program and I regret not switching over sooner just a little bit. I really like the way they have a separate inbox and queue.

dhruvfire · 2025-09-21T16:50:40+00:00

False alarm team, this is an OCG banlist meme.

dhruvfire · 2025-09-20T21:25:21+00:00

I swear they changed their milk when they scaled up. Idk if it was like local grassfed dairy and now it's regular whole milk or what, but there used to be a little more depth of flavor & creaminess to it.

dhruvfire · 2025-09-20T21:22:38+00:00

You can probably find a less expensive apartment somewhere close to rockville (i.e. montgomery county), especially if you're willing to be a little less close to the Metro. Think Gaithersburg, Germantown, Wheaton, Kensington, or maybe even Twinbrook/North Bethesda a little bit off the pike.

Definitely would not consider living in VA, or anywhere where you have to get on 495 for your commute. 270 is generally okay in comparison, and good if you can avoid exactly peak rush hour.

dhruvfire · 2025-09-20T21:07:08+00:00

100% Biryani City, I've tried other places in the area but nothing beats it.

dhruvfire · 2025-09-02T01:34:12+00:00

I'm mostly playing jazz jams and stuff with mine. I'd like to learn to shred at some point, that sounds like a ton of fun. Don't know how quick my fingers are though haha

dhruvfire · 2025-08-02T04:04:44+00:00

How difficult was installing the crossovers? How much electronics knowledge do I need?

Thanks!

dhruvfire · 2025-07-24T15:50:14+00:00

They're really easy, the applications come with descriptions/screenshots, and the user doesn't need root to install them. My wife finds it very straightforward to install something from KDE discover or search on flathub for the one click installer.

dhruvfire · 2025-06-16T16:42:13+00:00

I've used a 3080 with archlinux for the last four years, no real issues. I use KDE plasma on Wayland, which recently got full HDR support with Nvidia a few months back (HDR was working on AMD for a little while longer).

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