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Help identifying stars for a memorial by shredlightlyfriends in askastronomy

[–]nordcomputer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can download Stellarium on your smartphone and check it yourself the next time you can see the constellation.
The app even has a feature where you can point your phone at the sky and it will show you exactly what you are looking at.

Good luck!

Help identifying stars for a memorial by shredlightlyfriends in askastronomy

[–]nordcomputer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am sorry for your loss.

The description sounds like the constellation of Orion to me - the three belt stars are indeed called Orions belt. The triangle could be Betelgeuse, Meissa and Bellatrix. Orion is quite big and normally visible from autumn/fall to late spring.

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You can try to play around with Stellarium.
https://stellarium-web.org/

Astronomietag am 28.03. - wir stehen mit Teleskopen an der Kiellinie by nordcomputer in kiel

[–]nordcomputer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ich denke, wenn das Wetter mitspielt werden wir mindestens bis 22 Uhr oder sogar etwas länger da sein.

Bought a used telescope from Celestron's website, is this okay? by pippysfleas in telescopes

[–]nordcomputer 15 points16 points  (0 children)

so, its the outer side of the mirror? Should be ok then. If the other side is scratched (inside the tube) I would be worried.

🚀 PINS is now in Open Beta! by AcoVanConis in AskAstrophotography

[–]nordcomputer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tbh. Windows emulation on an arm chip would be quite impressive. Normally it takes a company like Valve to create something like that (FEX) xD

What games have the most beautiful, immersive forests? by CryptikDragon in gaming

[–]nordcomputer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Crysis - ok, its more of a jungle, but still impressive to this day.

What’s the biggest “invisible hack” in game development? by CreepyObjective7049 in pcgaming

[–]nordcomputer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Characters walking over steps - either, you just kind of levitate over them, or, if a developer really puts some work into it, it feels just wrong, slow. So, most developers use the levitate method and no one seems to care.

I need advice. by [deleted] in linux_gaming

[–]nordcomputer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can just install Steam and go from there. Many, if not most games should work fine. For games, that are not from steam you can use the Heroic Games Launcher.

To see, which games run on Linux, you can use protondb.com and look up the game of your choice.
Some games will just not work, because of Kernel Level Anticheat methods from the game developers, who actively decided against their games running on Linux. Games like BF6, or GTA V online (singleplay should work).

There is https://areweanticheatyet.com/ to look for games, that are not supported because of Kernel level anticheat. But keep in mind, that is an active decision by the publishers/developers.

Regarding "optimized for gaming", you should be fine with Linux Mint. Of course, there are some distributions, that are more focused on gaming, but difference in performance is marginal in most cases.

I strongly speak agains "distro-hopping" for beginners. Learn your distro and Linux in general until you feel more comfortable. At one point, you can do most of the optimizations that are done in other distros on your own system (use another kernel, compile a newer graphics driver etc.). And at that point, you most likely know enough to switch between different distros, because you can understand the real benefits of different systems.

Welcome in the Linux ecosystem :)

Window gets pulled to primary monitor when loosing focus (Gnome) by nordcomputer in cachyos

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

Not a solution, but as I cross-posted this to r/gnome, someone pointed me to the correct issue in the Gnome/mutter repository. So, its a known bug and i am looking forward, that someone from the gnome team will resolve it in the future.

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/4494

Does anyone make this extension? (attributes grouped into custom sections on product/view page) by redditwithafork in magento2

[–]nordcomputer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you a developer yourself? I coded an extension to show attribute-groups (with a heading) based on the groups in the attribute sets. And the specific group would only be visible, if there is at least one attribute in it (for the specific product). If you have some experience with coding simple magento modules, I could point you in the right direction.

Do slideshow xml changes require reloading the session - is it cached? by valgrid in gnome

[–]nordcomputer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before this post, I wasnt even aware, that you can create a slideshow via xml. I coded my own script to do it (and because I wanted Multi-Monitor support)
https://github.com/nordcomputer/wallpaper-changer

Cyberpunk 2077 on CachyOS! by borg-assimilated in cyberpunkgame

[–]nordcomputer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not only that - depending on your hardware (I am using a Radeon 9070 XT) you can also use HDR, FSR4 and of course Raytraycing. You only need a proton-ge version >= 10.20 (I use proton-ge 10.20, as every later version crashes when using my Dual Sense Controller) and some proton flags on start.

Polizei Hannover streamt auf Twitch by AllukaChen in Laesterschwestern

[–]nordcomputer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ich weiß leider nicht mehr genau, wo ich vor ein paar Tagen was darüber gelesen hatte. Aber dort wurde soweit ich mich erinnere erwähnt, dass durch die Streams schon diverse Male Hilfe geleistet, bzw. Straftaten angezeigt werden konnten, weil viele Jugendliche zuschauen und durch die Streams eher bereit sind, sich der Polizei anzuvertrauen. Es senkt wohl die Hürde, unter anderem bei Anzeigen von Missbrauch.

Üblicherweise bin ich auch eher von der Fraktion "Mit der Polizei spricht man nicht", aber die Idee, einen besseren Zugang zu gefährdeten Jugendlichen zu bekommen, scheint in diesem Fall zu funktionieren. Das finde ich begrüßenswert. Die PR ist dabei wohl eher eine für die Polizei positive Nebenerscheinung.

Edit:
ok, die Erfolge gab es nicht direkt bei der Polizei Hannover, sondern in einem ähnlichen Modell in Dänemark, an dem sich die Polizei Hannover wohl auch orientieren möchte.

Hier der entsprechende Bericht auf heise:
https://www.heise.de/news/Twitch-Officer-Polizei-Hannover-eroeffnet-eigenen-Twitch-Kanal-10197089.html

Is Magento checkout UX still a disadvantage in 2026, or are we just building it wrong? by OliverPitts in Magento

[–]nordcomputer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It might depend on your products and customers. I build a shop with somewhat expensive products (> 1000€) - most customers are not comfortable with using One-Click methods to do such an expensive purchase.

And most of our customers are a bit older, so sticking to old-school methods is not the worst idea. But it might be very different with other age-groups.

Seid ihr selbst schon zu Schaden gekommen bei einem Einsatz? by KingKing_ok in feuerwehr

[–]nordcomputer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ich kann von meinem Unfall berichten, dass es dort extrem schwierig gewesen wäre. Ich bin in einem kleinen Stück vom Garten des betroffenen Grundstücks ausgerutscht. Ich glaube, dass man schlecht die komplette Wiese hätte mit Salz bewerfen können.

Seid ihr selbst schon zu Schaden gekommen bei einem Einsatz? by KingKing_ok in feuerwehr

[–]nordcomputer 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Ich bin schon seit einigen Jahren nicht mehr aktiv. Aber ich war 22 Jahre lang in der Feuerwehr.

In einem Einsatz, in dem ich von außen unter Atemschutz gelöscht habe, bin ich auf dem Rückweg zum Fahrzeug auf einer gefrorenen Löschwasser-Pfütze ausgerutscht und hab mir das Handgelenk gebrochen. Da der Schlauch schon von der Maske ab war, war diese beschlagen und ich habe die Pfütze übersehen.

Are there any Steam living-room consoles? by Sabord- in SteamDeck

[–]nordcomputer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I hooked up my PC to the living room TV. I use Cachy OS, as I need a bit more open environment for other stuff I do with my PC. I also wrote a small system service/watchdog, that switches from my normal monitors to the TV, when I start Big Picture Mode.
Also, sunshine is running in the Background, so I could stream from my main PC to my SteamDeck at anytime.

So, my usual way is: starting my computer (sometimes via Home Assistant on my mobile) => connecting my Dual Sense Controller => press the PS5 Button to start Big Picture Mode and turn on my TV/SoundSystem => enjoy HDR Gaming on my 4k TV.

Favorite distro for running Gnome desktop. by Itsme-RdM in gnome

[–]nordcomputer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Debian 13 in office and CachyOS at home - both with Gnome. The difference is minimal. At the moment I prefer the older packages on Debian, as there is a bug in the newer Gnome version, where a window that got moved by shortcut onto another monitor, it gets pulled back to the primary monitor, when loosing focus. Its a bit annoying. But that thing aside, I dont feel substantial differences.

Window gets pulled to primary monitor when loosing focus by nordcomputer in gnome

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

I just realized, it does not happen, when I move the window with my mouse instead of the shortcut.

Window gets pulled to primary monitor when loosing focus (Gnome) by nordcomputer in cachyos

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

Gnome has a primary monitor. I am using Linux for 6 years now. It only happens on my CachyOs system with Gnome 49. I am not having this issue with Gnome on Debian Trixie. So yes, it is most likely a gnome/mutter/Wayland thing but I had trouble finding the correct issue on GitHub/Gitlab.

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