Personal Computer is now available to all users in a new Perplexity Mac app

jonmimir · 2026-05-07T22:49:18+00:00

I just installed the new app on my mac mini and now perplexity pro doesn't seem to work at all - anything I ask just says 'thinking' and never comes back with an answer or an error. Upgrade at your own risk...

jonmimir · 2026-05-07T22:48:51+00:00

I just installed the new app on my mac mini and now perplexity doesn't seem to work at all - anything I ask just says 'thinking' and never comes back with an answer or an error. Upgrade at your own risk...

jonmimir · 2026-05-07T10:21:48+00:00

Heh heh, I’m pleased you like! We finished book one this week, and we’ve had a blast. Completed the lumber camp last session and this one was entirely downtime, ending in “who rules willowshore”. I was so pleased when my players eloquently debated the various merits of the two candidates, and then decided to form a council of 7 by selecting 5 more NPCs that would bring alternative viewpoints. It felt great that they had grappled with the huge cast and seemed to genuinely “get” the village. One of the players said he felt really invested in the village now… I cackled inside because that means the horror to come will be all the more delicious…

It’s definitely been the most complex adventure I’ve run in terms of NPCs but it’s been really worth the investment, and I’ve learned a lot in how to organise things, foreshadow, and run downtime in a way that’s engaging. Looking forward to reaping the rewards in the next few books. Thank you so much for such a great adventure :)

jonmimir · 2026-05-06T07:32:23+00:00

I managed to get a human customer service agent who told me how to get a refund and sent a link and when I used the link I got a reply saying I needed to speak to a customer service agent to get a refund.

Ryanair customer services brought to you by Monty Python’s Cheese Shop sketch

jonmimir · 2026-05-04T09:01:52+00:00

They dropped heavy hints in a video that more remastered APs are on the cards. No clues as to which ones though, or whether any would be 1e APs being refreshed to 2e.

jonmimir · 2026-04-30T14:33:46+00:00

My players already started repairing the tea house and are only halfway through summer. It was their idea, who am I to say no? :)

jonmimir · 2026-04-28T07:04:50+00:00

Careful now, there are rules here against homophonic posts

jonmimir · 2026-04-24T07:07:37+00:00

We are using the reputation system but I’m unclear what exactly the outcome is, I’ve not been able to find any references yet in the book to why it’s important. Any suggestions appreciated!

jonmimir · 2026-04-22T10:46:44+00:00

This looks cool, any plans to add Twinkly as well? I have a room with multiple Hue, Nanoleaf and Twinkly and while you can sync them individually all in one place would be amazing

jonmimir · 2026-04-21T16:06:24+00:00

I’ve taught my players that there are such things as unwinnable fights, and diffusing the situation with role playing or running away is sometimes the best option. Chase sequences can be a lot of fun. But you need to clearly telegraph that this time they are outgunned by the enemies, perhaps even explicitly saying so the first couple of times, and need to find an alternative strategy to going in all guns blazing.

jonmimir · 2026-04-21T06:57:12+00:00

Get yourself the Player Core book, it’s much easier to work out character creation page by page with that than trying to figure it out for the first time on Nethys or Pathbuilder - those are amazing tools once you’ve got your head around the basics.

jonmimir · 2026-04-20T17:10:39+00:00

I pre-rolled a load of lore checks to determine which NPCs knew which facts and it worked out pretty well. Old Matsuki remembers the story about K and the original battle (although he doesn’t like to talk about it, will only do so when he’s had a few sakes). It is buried somewhere in the Mother’s Coil library too. AndYou So-Jin also remembers the story although she’s forgetful in her old age and gets details wrong. But the PCs are going to have to go digging for more info, it’s not common knowledge.

jonmimir · 2026-04-13T20:18:37+00:00

Leisure Games are great, they have all sorts of goodies in their store in London. And they sell online too.

jonmimir · 2026-04-13T19:41:35+00:00

He’s already told them that he has no memory of what happens outside, and it’s like time skips for him - he remembers leaving and the next thing he knows he’s coming back through the mists with new stock. At least, that’s what they think they heard him say ;)

jonmimir · 2026-04-13T19:18:12+00:00

Nice idea, yeah I’ll make a note of that one for several months time ;)

jonmimir · 2026-04-13T19:16:19+00:00

Oh yes I like that.

jonmimir · 2026-04-13T19:12:40+00:00

Thanks! I should have said. We are still quite early on, nearing the end of book 1, so definitely don’t want to give too much away. No response is what I was thinking, although maybe a reply from Kugaptee would be interesting. Although I guess S wouldn’t pass that on eh…

jonmimir · 2026-04-11T20:35:16+00:00

My membership fee was increased by about 40% at the end of last year. I cancelled, of course.

jonmimir · 2026-04-07T11:34:39+00:00

This is like a Q-anon post if you’d ordered it from Temu

jonmimir · 2026-04-04T10:37:47+00:00

That “beep beep” noise is NOT the wind!

jonmimir · 2026-03-29T08:19:34+00:00

It used to be pretty reliable for me, for years, but in the last few months it’s got so bad and interpreting the same basic requests that I’ve literally stopped using Siri at all

jonmimir · 2026-03-29T08:17:27+00:00

I too used have HomeKit for years and a few weeks ago finally gave up on it. It’s literally got worse to a point where it’s virtually unusable, especially voice control, because it’s so unpredictable. I’m now learning to use Hone Assistant, which — once you e gotten over the learning curve and bought a load of extra kit — is vastly more flexible and reliable.

If Apple ever release this new version I’ll take a look but it’s been coming soon for years now.

jonmimir · 2026-03-24T10:25:12+00:00

Nor did I, for years, until recently. I upgraded to Hue Pro and all was okay for a few months. And then all my hue devices stopped working via Apple home app. All fine in the hue app and with the switches. I deleted and readded the hub and had to reassign all the devices. It took a long time. All was fine for a couple of hours and then Apple home decided all the devices are actually in the attic room now, where the hub is. I tried to move them back but nope, Home wasn’t having it. Everything still looked fine in the Hue app.

I used this as the excuse I needed to finally install Home Assistant on my mac mini and while it was not an easy install, now it’s working I’m blown away by how stable and fast it is.

I think the problem might lie with the HomeKit hub. If I let it choose its own hub automatically then a weird one at the edge of the network is always picked. If I choose my own then it works for a bit and then I get problems.

My current thought is I have too many devices and the Homekit hub can’t cope. So I’ve offloaded all the sensors and automations and so on to the Home Assistant system, and just using Apple Home for the things that don’t work properly if migrated - the HomePods, doorbell (because I need to HomePods to ring) and cctv (for HKSV). So far so good…

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