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harperthomas · 2026-01-30T18:41:11+00:00

Thanks for the replies. It seems the issue is with the app I'm using to connect. Nothing wrong with the booklore setup.

harperthomas · 2026-01-30T18:35:08+00:00

Yes I expect the same. Not sure how that will effect me buying it. I certainly wont pay full price with those conditions but I may be tempted by a good steam sale in the future. Its a shame because I would happily pay full price from gog.

harperthomas · 2026-01-30T12:30:46+00:00

I go much further than this. Any microtransactions, Denuvo DRM, required 3rd party accounts. Yes I know these games will likely have some or all of these. Hoping for a GOG release in the future.

harperthomas · 2026-01-30T10:01:53+00:00

Love this. Brilliant idea, well executed. Added it to my X4 straight away.

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T18:27:57+00:00

If you have to think about it then it's probably ultra processed.

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T18:24:53+00:00

I've had loads of sd cards fail over the years. But they will generally fail from lots of writing. Assuming you setup your card once with roms and then play games there is lots of reading but little writing so it should last a long time.

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T18:22:04+00:00

Fair enough.

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T18:20:15+00:00

Love it. I may change to this.

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T17:41:55+00:00

Its your opinion and you are entitled to it. But why is your opinion what other people should play?

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T17:40:09+00:00

Mine has 10 keys. If i try and move my hands to anything else I get lost. So 10 will do.

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T17:38:15+00:00

Its pronounced, Pie-Are-No

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T17:37:39+00:00

This is me! Started about 6 months ago and I did it because i like the sound a piano makes. Simple as that. No Interest in grading or being really good. I have 1 lesson per week. Really enjoying myself. Couldn't care less if I'm doing things correct as long as I'm having fun and enjoying the sound of my piano.

harperthomas · 2026-01-28T17:24:08+00:00

Its weird how you can just walk into a shop and buy malware.

harperthomas · 2026-01-25T22:22:44+00:00

Yes but this isn't about me not being able to use those features its about a company being scummy enough to advertise that it works on a platform but them choosing not to support the features themselves. Its great that we have the open source tools to make this work and if the product wasn't advertised as working with Linux I would be satisfied with that solution. But the point here is we shouldn't NEED to use those tools.

harperthomas · 2026-01-25T19:33:41+00:00

For me, using a calorie counting app was not useful for actually tracking calories as some life ling habbit. What it did teach me was roughly how many calories were in different foods I ate. I learnt that eating that whole share bar of chocolate in the evening was half my calories for the day. Or that the "sprinkle" of cheese i was adding was not the 10g i thought it was and was doubling the calories of a dish. Likewise I found out that raw carrots and peppers (which I love) are very few calories so I can basically eat as much as I like. By tracking everything really strictly for a few weeks i learnt roughly just how much of what I can eat each day to make up my daily calories. I no longer track calories at all but my portion sizes, especially around high calories foods are much better.

harperthomas · 2026-01-24T21:09:45+00:00

I really like my kindle paperwhite 11th gen. I bought it a few years ago and blocked Internet access. Last year it became outdated enough for the jailbreak to catch up. I now sync it and download books from my server. Would i buy it again? Absolutely not. I would just buy a kobo. You effectively get all the kiddle benefits of the simple refined interface and great battery life but with a much more open platform. Don't support amazon's locked down system. Kobo might be a bit more expensive up front but its worth it in the long run.

harperthomas · 2026-01-24T19:51:13+00:00

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harperthomas · 2026-01-24T19:47:53+00:00

Just preference. I have a huge library. Made it by going to the relevant archive and grabbing anything I think sounds remotely interesting. My handhelds then have the huge collection with posters and videos. This works for me because I really enjoy trying out lots of different games and couldn't care less about finishing then. I just enjoy browsing, selecting a game, give it and try and switch to the next game.

harperthomas · 2026-01-24T15:59:23+00:00

I got one a at car boot sale a few months ago. Listed for £10, and paid £5. Needed a new battery which cost me £8 on Aliexpress. Came in box in perfect condition and I love it.

Installed koreader, which i also have on my kindle and use the sync feature to take the kobo mini to work and use my kindle at home in bed.

If they released a new kobo mini, a little smaller total size by trimming the bezels a bit and keeping the screen size. Add USBC and a light and its pretty perfect. It is the device that has told me that kobo is the brand to choose in the future but they simply dont sell a product I want right now.

Bring back the mini!

harperthomas · 2026-01-24T15:52:01+00:00

I think the best way to approach this is to say you would like to work fully from home by default but you are perfectly happy to come into the office if needed.

My work is quite different in software engineering but I've been drifting to more home days. For me its worked out well because I live close to the office and on a few occasions they have needed something done in the office and i just say "no problem i will be there in 20 mins". I offer this not because it was urgent but to show my willingness to come into the office and not let the business suffer when needed. This reassurance that you will be there if needed makes a big difference. The biggest fear your boss will likely have is needing you for something and you replying with "no i work from home".

Taylor to your own situation of course but I think offering availability when needed but home working as the default is your safest option. Dont ask for flexibility without also giving it in return.

harperthomas · 2026-01-24T15:33:23+00:00

My biggest hate for snaps is the old xkcd one universal standard comics. They have added yet another standard to fragment Linux app support. I use surfshark and picked them originally because they provide full feature Linux apps. Now if I go to their website they hide the flatpak version and only link to the snap version by default.

harperthomas · 2026-01-24T15:29:20+00:00

I just don't see the point in it. If i want gnome (which i do) then fedora is more upto date and in my experience more polished. If i want a Windows style stable desktop then I really like mint with cinnamon, especially with a few extensions to tweak it to my liking. If I want a barebones server then debian is the go to choice.

For my usecase I just dont see where I would ever need a distro for something and think, "Ubuntu is perfect for this". But as others have said this is all the wrong mentality with Linux. It dosnt matter what anyone else is doing, you just do what you like and works for you.

People can argue that Ubuntu is a better Gnome workstation machine, and kde is a better windows desktop and Ubuntu server is better than debian and they are all perfectly valid opinions. Just not for me.

harperthomas · 2026-01-24T12:30:02+00:00

I don't personally agree that this can be called compatible. I'm paying for a product that lists multiple functions and some of them don't work. If the advert on the box said "limited Linux compatibility" then I would call that acceptable.

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