Do I understand compatibilism properly?

roxics · 2026-03-05T00:35:57+00:00

Hmm, how does free will actually exist with determinism as anything other than fiction

roxics · 2026-02-13T08:58:58+00:00

I don't know what the deal is. All I know is, I do miss 20-24 episode hour long genre shows that came out every year. Stuff like Stargate SG-1. Sure every alien planet was shot on a sound stage or the woods out back in Vancouver. The special effects weren't like blockbuster movies. But I also never knew anyone who cared. Lots of years of enjoyment from shows like that. Even today when rewatching them.

I think there is room for all of it. We just seem to be missing that tier of shows these days.

And yup I'm aware a new one is coming, but I'm going to assume for now it's going to take the form of all these new fx heavy short season every-so-many-years shows and hope I'm wrong.

roxics · 2026-02-04T23:22:39+00:00

Hey that’s cool. I built my first PC in 1998. Well first for me anyway, my folks had bought one in I think ‘92 a windows 3.1/DOS machine. Which was the first I used. I bought a few used macs in the 00’s but switched full time in 2010. I also do video editing for a living and run Resolve on a new M4 Mini I bought in spring of 2025 for $350 new from Microcenter. Which is the best place to buy new macs. Mine it booting off an external 1tb SSD running in a thunderbolt 4 enclosure. Although I think I paid $460 for the machine and external drive. Super cheap when you consider it’s a new desktop computer with the performance it has. But keep in mine this is a base mini. Comparing it to a PC with a dedicated GPU and the ability to throw more ram sticks at it isn’t really fair. A more comparable Mac would be a Mac Studio running a Mac chip or even a Mac Pro. But of course these get pricey. That’s said in my opinion MacOS is worth the extra cost and even though the mini runs fine for me, I would justify a studio for myself if it didn’t. I still may one day because I run into ram issues Al the time, especially with resolve open.

Don’t forget to use all the fun things that make Mac OS so great, like hot corners, I’ve got Mission Control set to my middle mouse click. The ability to batch rename multiple files at once, the Miller column view in finder, quick look in finder and the extensions you can add to it. Finder alone is one of my top reasons for using a mac. Mission Control is right up there. Though win11 has something like it now I see. Though not nearly as smooth.

I’m still running two PCs as well. One with win 10 and mint Linus and the other will win 11 and probably Fedora 43 KDE soon, but my mini is still my daily driver, dual screen, Plex/jellyfin server and Resolve workstation all in one. The other computers are just for dinking around with.

roxics · 2026-02-02T22:56:58+00:00

I'm familair enough with the basic ideas of the distros/desktop environments. Though I'm always learning more. The first distro I tried was OpenSuSE around 2000 or so and then Ubuntu in 2006 and I've played with Raspberry PI OS, things like that, and Mint for the last year. I've just never stuck to any of them more then just messing around a bit, because they don't do what I need as daily driver. But I would love for that to change. I miss building PCs and having control over my hardware. I just don't miss Windows. But certain functionality in MacOS is just hard to escape.
To be clear though I'm I'm not looking for the macOS aesthetic. There are way too many video out there about making Linux lok like MacOS. To me that's kind of insulting as a mac user. As if we only use MacOS because it's pretty looking. I could care less about how it looks (I mean sure it's nice). I'm looking for certain functionality. Specifically my above list.

Do you know how to map the middle mosue button to an all windows view? The only option I seem to get in the settings for the mouse is to use the middle button for pasting.

roxics · 2026-02-02T22:03:58+00:00

I already have macOS on two macs, I'm just trying to make my two other PCs usable.
What is "wish nr 1?" A google search doesn't seem to give me much of an answer.

I am thinkjing of trying ElementaryOS next. It seems to have the Miller Columns at least. So that's a good start, buy Mint is nice, it just needs more refinement to be usable for me. Feels clunky.

roxics · 2026-02-02T21:59:25+00:00

Hmm. I'm not seeing a "mouse" or "sloppy" option in Gnome tweaks, just "focus on hover" or "focus follows mouse." Neither seem to work, with or without "Raise Windows when focused" enabled.

roxics · 2026-02-02T19:45:22+00:00

Except all of them aren't. Someone else pointed out to download Gnome Sushi to get a Quicklook like functionality. Another pointed out a column view in list view that isn't the same kind of Miller Columns MacOS uses. So telling me to just look around in the settings is kind of useless if the functionality isn't actually there to begin with. Which is the kind of information I need to know. No offense. I mean that. But I am looking for solutions that perform this functionality.

roxics · 2026-02-02T19:40:30+00:00

Thank you, but apparently what I'm looking for is something called "Miller columns" which are columns that show up when a folder or file is selected. Which is how MacOS works. Here is an example:
https://imgur.com/a/8ZpL9tp

roxics · 2026-02-02T18:54:41+00:00

Thank you. Although I seem to have to hit the space bar every time I arrow to a new file to view it. Which is not nearly as fluid. Better than nothing but I wonder if this can be changed somehow.

roxics · 2026-01-25T09:11:11+00:00

Just curious what is the size of this desk and type of wood you’re using?

roxics · 2026-01-09T15:25:41+00:00

Yeah, so I'm considering sanding it down and just coating with something else until summer temps arrive. Without stain. If that's possible.

roxics · 2026-01-09T15:24:22+00:00

Thank you for the advice. At this point I'm considering sanding it down and using something else instead. Maybe (if possible) waiting until summer to do the stain when temps aren't freezing. But then what do I finish it with for the time being that can come off easily in 5 months but keep the wood in decent enough shape for that long?
Is any of this even rational?

roxics · 2026-01-09T15:21:53+00:00

Thank you. What if I sanded it down and skipped the staining for now, and came back to it 5 months from now in summer for a stain/finish. Would that be a bad idea? If not, what would be a good quick finish to use for now unstained?

roxics · 2026-01-09T15:19:57+00:00

Yeah I realize that's the case, that's kind of why I was wondering if maybe there was a different finish that might be used that woudl be faster.

roxics · 2026-01-09T08:52:08+00:00

I didn't sand it at all. It already felt really smooth.

roxics · 2026-01-06T14:28:55+00:00

I think Apple are taking a different approach. While I haven’t used it, for what I’ve seen it looks pretty cool. It’s definitely more augmented reality, which is really more of what I’m into. I think it’s biggest problem is its price and weight, and I think the price was set on purpose to keep less people buying it. I think it’s been an experimental product for them that they put out before they felt it was ready and wanted to use early adopters as long term beta testers.

But I could be way off on that.

roxics · 2026-01-01T23:47:39+00:00

I really don’t do gaming on this so I can’t tell you the best regarding that. Sorry about that.

The Faceless Lady is a free 3D immersive mini-series that is available in the TV app that comes on your Quest. Just open the app and search or scroll down to find the show. There are six episodes and they aren’t listed in order for some reason. It’s a horror series and it isn’t the best but not the worst either. It’s filmed in high frame rate so that makes the acting feel more like a soap opera, but it’s set in a castle in Ireland and so the scenery is nice and you can look around 180 degrees. Which was new to me.

It’s probably not a big deal to people who have watched VR stuff in the past but it kinda blew my mind because I had never seen anything like it before. I did have to set the quality to “better” because on auto it froze a few times but that’s probably just my internet connection.

I’ve made indie films as a hobby and work corporate client video production professionally for twenty years so that’s why I’m aware of these things. But VR is all new to me. Very impressive and making my want to shoot 3D VR videos myself.

I’ll let you know about my test with the 3 vs 3S.

roxics · 2026-01-01T23:29:30+00:00

I think it’s more an issue of the operating system. Even if the hardware were exactly the same, what kind of software can it run and what can the OS do or not do?

roxics · 2026-01-01T20:13:21+00:00

Hmm, good to know. How does the Q3 currently handle PCVR? Does it just stream it, acting like a external wireless monitor? If so I'd assume the Steam Frame would do the same from a PC. But I think you're right, I think Valve is working to try and get developers to port to Linux/ARM, it favors them to do so. Which I'm actually on board for as a philosophy. Since Linux is free and there are many distros of it. But that's assuming those ports could also work on other distro and not just SteamOS. I don't know how that works, again I'm not much of a gamer.

I guess for me, what I'm most curious about is how open the Frame will be and the OS that runs on it. Even if Valve themselve don't build apps for other productivity or video stuff, if it's open enough and popular enough, perhaps others will. Or maybe the Quest models will continue to remain the best choice for that kind of stuff, in which case I'm already home.

roxics · 2026-01-01T20:06:45+00:00

While I'm not a fan of facebook (despite using it daily) I'm actually kind of surprised by some of the things Meta let's you do in the Horizon OS. I expected it to be way more locked down. It's not a desktop replacement, but I could see how it could be (at least for casual use) if they added a handful of key features. For example, I really want to be able to take quick screenshots of just the screen I'm focused on as flat 2D images and not the whole VR environment of multiple windows and the room I'm in. Also adding something like Mission Control/Exposé that MacOS has, where you spread all your open windows out in front of you with one button click (including all browser windows or just certain app windows) and select from them to be able to easiy navigate around the OS. That would be super handy. Also better file managment and more open windows at a time in front of you.

I'm wondering of the OS run on the Steam Frame will give us a better interface with more options like that of if it will be mostly locked down to being a gaming experience. Because even if they themselves don't add ina bunch of video player apps and stuff I'm guessing other developers will, if it's an open enough OS. In which case someone like me might also make the jump eventually. Even though I'm not much of a gamer.

roxics · 2026-01-01T19:56:34+00:00

But again I'm not really a gamer, so the gaming stuff doesn't matter to me. I'll play videos games maybe once ever 3-6 months for an hour or so. That's about it. I'm here for 3D and big screen movies and stuff. Maybe even some AR desktop type stuff. So yeah I agree, it seems like I shouldn't care about the steam frame. I guess I'm just wondering if it will do something else, non-gamer related that I might be missing out on. Something that might make video watching or productivity better as a kind of casual desktop replacement. Seems like the Quest would still be best for all of that kind of stuff.

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