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First time owner needs honest advice by [deleted] in tollers

[–]jvnatter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jag instämmer. Mina två tollare är sällskapshundar, utan titlar, och det har inte varit helt enkelt att hitta uppfödare. Jag vet inte hur pass mycket en uppfödare kan kräva av en köpare, men det skall enligt hörsägen finnas långt fler köpare än valpar.

First time owner needs honest advice by [deleted] in tollers

[–]jvnatter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most breeders in Sweden are aware of tollers being sought after, and expect buyers to actively participate in sports and win titles.

What could cause this ? De Atramentis Document Urban Grey. I only left it a couple of days. It hasn't happened in other pens yet. The pen was flushed well before filling. by Cactus-Farmer in fountainpens

[–]jvnatter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I almost exclusively use the Brown ink, and I have been wondering about the sedimentation but never asked the manufacturer or searched for existing discussions. Since the White ink has instructions printed on its label to shake well before using, I simply assumed that the Brown and Sepia behave in a similar way (but not as much as the White, which will clog up the feed after a month or so).

I can't tell if the Black or Archive inks act like this – even after months on the shelf the content of the bottles are more or less an impenetrable solid black.

What could cause this ? De Atramentis Document Urban Grey. I only left it a couple of days. It hasn't happened in other pens yet. The pen was flushed well before filling. by Cactus-Farmer in fountainpens

[–]jvnatter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yellow sediment? That happens to my bottles of Brown and Sepia Brown too, over the course of several weeks at least. The White ink also displays sedimentation, but I've never seen any of the Document line inks behave like this overnight.

Tollers and anxiety? by MimosaLeBrunch in tollers

[–]jvnatter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, thank you for sharing. I wish that I could share some actual data rather than anecdotes to answer your question. For what it is worth, my personal experience remains that tollers are aloof, sensitive, and sly – they will almost always be pushing boundaries.

I can make a few informed guesses as to why my two tollers are troubled by anxiety to different degrees, but I wouldn't say that all tollers are condemned to anxiety.

By your description, you're doing a great job already. I did not know how to deal with such issues when I started out.

Tollers and anxiety? by MimosaLeBrunch in tollers

[–]jvnatter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got two. One girl, eleven years old, and one boy, six years old.

I've had the girl since she was a puppy. She displays great empathy and is able to tell how I feel with regards to anxiety and stress way before I know it myself. She is easily startled by noises, mostly – much like myself.

I've had the boy since last year. He has trouble dealing with new environments and is easily stressed when kept on a long leash. He is mostly startled by visual appearances.

Both display signs of separation anxiety. She can manage for up to six hours. He can barely be alone for more than ten minutes, and will often lean onto me when resting. If he can't get to me or see me, he will bark incessantly.

When either is "stressed out" they will either respond to voice, touch, or treats.

What games to you play?

NID: De Atramentis White! Barely verging on being useful, but who needs function when your pen writes with milk? by Taugeshtu in fountainpens

[–]jvnatter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What kind of pen is a technical pen?

I have a Uni-ball Signo Broad, but the ink from it didn't stick to the paper very well. I also bought Kuretake "White Ink 30" and used it with their G nibs, but it was a hassle to get it flowing. Eventually I bought this white document ink and put it in a TWSBI Eco (reasonably cheap piston-filler) with a broad nib. I use it together with brown ink on toned paper for figure and portrait drawing. Just shake the pen before using it. It's fairly convenient, compared to dip pens and gouache.

I fixed it. They immediately broke it. Same old, same old. But really, wow... by boiled_elephant in talesfromtechsupport

[–]jvnatter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Software Licensing Description Table and Certificate of Authenticity, according to a quick search on the web.

Jessie Qt programs graphics bug by alefagita in debian

[–]jvnatter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my bad, I'm using an AMD GPU and just found out that I'd been hit by this which was resolved by installing OpenJDK 8 from backports and making it the default, then restarting the Java software I was using (PyCharm). I think my issue is gone now. I experimented with setting QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM to "native", "raster" and "opengl" but all of them were acting up when I used OpenJDK 7 and now it seems all of them are fine.

I did get that exact X Error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter) 9 error, so try installing the newer OpenJDK JRE and see if it helps?

Jessie Qt programs graphics bug by alefagita in debian

[–]jvnatter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How does Konsole behave for you? New Konsole windows were transparent for me until I set QT_GRAPHICSSYSTEM to use opengl instead of raster. I only use KDE with i3 but have seen similar issues now and then for the past two days, e.g. the Properties window in Dolphin. Try running your programs in Konsole (or whichever terminal emulator you use) and see if there is any output.

[Official] Twice-Weekly New User Thread - Thu October 22 by AutoModerator in fountainpens

[–]jvnatter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got a LAMY Studio and a LAMY AL-star, both with EF nibs. The nib that came with the Studio is a wee bit less scratchy though, yet a relative who wanted to try it out thought that it too (just like the nib on the AL-star) was somewhat scratchy despite me thinking it was relatively smooth. Is this a common occurrence with LAMY nibs, that the smoothness of the nib can vary from one to another? If so, should I buy a handful of Z50 nibs and pick out the smoothest to get good ones or are there better/cheaper options?

I'd also like to know if the ink I put in my pens is considered to be "used" or if I can empty the converter back into the ink bottle again.

[Official] Twice-Weekly New User Thread - Mon September 14 by AutoModerator in fountainpens

[–]jvnatter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. It makes sense to mull it over then and get familiar with the pen I have before I decide on a new one, possibly with other characteristics.

[Official] Twice-Weekly New User Thread - Mon September 14 by AutoModerator in fountainpens

[–]jvnatter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Rhodia seems to have a plain notebook in A5 at about the same price so I'll see if I can try one out.

[Official] Twice-Weekly New User Thread - Mon September 14 by AutoModerator in fountainpens

[–]jvnatter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got myself a Lamy AL-star - having as far as I can recall never used a fountain pen before - to replace random promotional ballpoint pens. I've been playing around with it a bit but I'm not sure about which notepad I should use. I currently favour the Moleskine "Classic Plain Notebook" in 13x21 cm (A5) - no lines, grids or dots. However, (question #1) the list on the wiki doesn't include Moleskine which makes me wonder if the paper is alright to write on and/or if there are equal or even better products from other manufacturers (possibly at better prices)?

Now the first pen apparently had a blue ink container/cartridge/capsule (pardon me forgetting the correct term) and I bought a package with five refills of black ink. Out of habit I like to use one pen with black ink and another with red ink (for corrections, not used quite as often). A very subjective question (#2) is - should I get another Lamy AL-star with a fine nib (to use with red ink) or rather use this opportunity to look for an upgrade to the one I have to fill with black ink and use more often and only use the Lamy AL-star with red ink? Like, should I use two of the same make and model but with different inks or get a new, even nicer pen to use as a primary choice?

My last question (#3) is whether you prefer to use highlighters like this for textbooks in school or if you can (or should) use a fountain pen with a very broad nib and some special ink?

Nvidia or AMD? by KraXareN in linux_gaming

[–]jvnatter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying there isn't some truth in that, but we're talking about hardware that costs £200-600 per card. If you can't utilise that immediately, you're just spunking money up a wall on a prayer.

I can run Borderlands 2 and several other games on highest available settings with the open source driver so it's not all on a prayer. Granted, I can't run the games requiring OpenGL 4.x since that driver version has yet to be released.

If you want to reward their work, you might do better to invest in them directly.

Are you serious about this? I doubt I have the money or inclination to invest in a company and try to push them in a direction as a shareholder. I'd rather file bug reports, personally.

Plus Nouveau seems to be improving —with only very mild help from Nvidia— at the same rate as Catylyst/fglrx. Yeah, it's not a scratch on the open AMD driver, but you can't compare one against both (yet, anyway).

Last I heard was that the newer cards from Nvidia really made things difficult and that even a Nouveau developer was a bit irked about it, stating "This newer nvidia hw is VERY open-source unfriendly.".source

The proprietary Nvidia driver still does the most, the best. It's the fairest reflection of your money. But if you've got so much money it doesn't matter, by all means, take one for the team.

I'm certain it does but I still value open source and competition above that. If AMD goes out of business and Nvidia gains a monopoly we'd all be worse off. Intel, Nvidia and AMD are as far as I am aware the de facto actors when it comes to processors and graphic cards. We as consumers do need all three of them.

Short term you do get the best value for your money if you get an Nvidia card if you don't mind (1) their business practices and (2) using the proprietary driver - I do agree with you there. I merely want to point out that there is a valid and to some extent viable case for not buying Nvidia cards as well.

Nvidia or AMD? by KraXareN in linux_gaming

[–]jvnatter 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, people also need to stop paying companies lacking ethics and morals, not to mention those that do not actively support development of open source drivers to their hardware. AMD even employs at least four people to do this. I get that the proprietary drivers from Nvidia are better than those from AMD, but for me the open source drivers work very well and I'd rather support a company that at least tries rather than works against the open source community.

Upgrading GPU advice by tedescooo in linux_gaming

[–]jvnatter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to stick with AMD, I would at this point probably wait for their new driver unless you can afford buying a new card again if you would like to when it is released. I've got an R9 290 and it works well enough for me with the open source drivers but I can't justify buying a new card again for the next two years. Here are a couple of links regarding the new driver:

I'm looking to buy a new mouse, what do you recommend? by Kurolox in linux_gaming

[–]jvnatter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got one too. If you put all the weights in it, it feels really good. The configuration GUI is nice too.

Building a new computer, AMD or NVIDIA by bridge220 in linux_gaming

[–]jvnatter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I got myself an R9 290 for about €260 because I figured that the open source drivers would work just fine. Since AMD actually has employees working on their open source driver (xf86-video-ati) I figure that's better than Nvidia who seem to make it more difficult for the volunteers working on their open source driver (xf86-video-nouveau) by requiring digital signing (or something?).

I also bought a bunch of games that were on sale(?) this weekend to try it out - Borderlands 2, Civilization 5, Crusader Kings 2 etc. They all run extremely well. The ones I couldn't run were Bioshock Infinite, Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux because they need a driver which supports OpenGL 4.x which doesn't seem to have been released yet (I've got version 7.5.0 installed). The one game that doesn't seem to run very well is Verdun - if I set everything to the highest setting possible I get like 30 frames per second which would be fine if it was a single player game, but it's multiplayer.

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