@adiwan
Germany
http://adiwan.deviantart.comMaking some pony art.
Computer science student.
Retro gamer.
Linux user.
Loves epic soundtracks.
Just a typical Geek/Nerd who loves new things.
Mod of http://askthevetpony.tumblr.com
Main tumblr http://adiwan.tumblr.com
Notices by adiwan (adiwan), page 11
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Google image search and Bing image search, and consequently any other image search, is getting more useless by the minute. I was searching for some portrait images for an upcoming D&D adventure. For example I wanted a few different Kobold images, like a rich snobby type, a miner, cultist-like in a hood. All I got were cartoony, furry AF, overly sexualized, AI-generated, or pure eye cancer in all regards of taste, artistic or image quality.
about 9 months ago from web -
@scribus I am struggling as well with mine. It barely lasts a day idling. I have to keep it plugged in over night, otherwise there is a chance it's dead next morning.
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Futurama continues to be bordering to be meh. The Fyre parody would have been old even a week after the incident. Probably the better ones is the fast fashion moth. The coffee aliens episode is very forgettable despite
about 9 months ago from web -
@scribus New car smell is already bad in my opinion, couldn't be any worse with a fart in the air. When I bought my car I got regular headaches from the rubber and plastic degassing. I'm glad it's all gone now.
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@scribus Eventually we, as a society, will end up in a dystopia that is Demolition Man before cryosleep will be possible. I had a discussion with a friend about cryosleep. He says if all the cell tissue problems are solved that come with cryosleep then cryosleep won't be necessary. It means that if a method exists that repairs or reverses all the damage that cryosleep induces then there is a method for making a person live forever and thus making cryosleep not necessary.
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@adiwan A short research only has one medical application. All other search results point toward the rubbery and pleasure-oriented kind. The intended use of the medical bean bag is for holding the patient in position during procedures and operations and is rather small.
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Crazy idea: A bed that is basically a bean bag, except the outer layer is airtight. When laying on the bed the body sinks in and with an applied vacuum to the bean bag the sleeping position gets fixed. I don't know how comfortable or uncomfortable this might be but at least it prevents contorting oneself into a painful position. I cannot count how many times I slept in a way that made my back hurt or pinched a nerve or even restricted blood flow to my arms.
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Sometimes it's good to just unsubscribe high frequency posters. On tumblr I followed someone who once posted quality stuff but over half a year it got more unhinged by the day to the point of being annoying. Shocker, I know it's tumblr we're speaking of, but the post per minute and information entropy became so high that any passive interaction turned to being a waste of energy, both in reading and trying to getting past the stuff.
about 9 months ago from web -
I think it's relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb3Din9gSRs
about 9 months ago from web -
Aw man. A site I used to use to watch cartoons vanished.
about 9 months ago from web -
Once again I was reminded that buying flat bread is a gamble in Summer. Just after a day the flat bread I bought had moldy spots. I ate half on the first day, the other went into the trash. Monetary loss of about 50 cents.
about 9 months ago from web -
I also say that Milka and Kinder chocolate is also trash.
about 9 months ago from web -
Cannot escape the Internet. A store I frequent has Mr Beast chocolate bars on display. I won't buy this milk chocolate trash. 70%-80% cocoa or bust. Anything else is chocolate flavored sweetened cheese.
about 9 months ago from web -
@thelastgherkin He got bazinga'd.
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I've installed the 2TB SSD in my new laptop and installed Debian. Copying the old data from my HDD took a while over USB3, however it went kind of smoothly. I've lost only marginal data. Nothing of importance, only a few PDFs of old university slides and a compiled program.
It is eye-opening how fast the new laptop is. About 9 years of difference between the two devices isn't nothing to scoff at. Still wish that my old one worked. I hope I can use its components for anything else, especially the keyboard and then the display. I think I have a bigger success with the display tho.about 10 months ago from web -
@scribus Keyboard smartphones are cursed by the lack of commitment from the manufacturer and the lack of enthusiasm from the public.
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@scribus I thought about it but this model is a tad too expensive for a 2 year old phone. Also I saw reviews that show that the paint is peeling off the keyboard after a short time. Also there aren't any OS updates as far I have seen.
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My Lenovo Thinkpad P52 arrived but I have still to wait for my m.2 SSD so I can install Linux on that. Thankfully the laptop has 2 m.2 slots, so I can keep the 500gb that is already installed, and install Linux on the other. If I'm really desperate I can add a normal laptop 2.5'' SATA.
about 10 months ago from web -
Ah yes. Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory promoting shady medicine.
about 10 months ago from web -
@elli I have a friend who is a teacher and they have children who have never touched a Windows PC. Those children are in a majority. THAT is scary.
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Anyone claiming a smartphone or tablet can replace a regular computer is a delusional fool who has not tasted the power and freedom that a computer offers. I tried catching up on my tablet and it made me realize once again how limiting and cumbersome touchscreens are and how android is not making it easy navigating anything and its ecology is not geared to power users. Autocorrect and predictive text blocks are mere crutches and poor imitations of the feats one can do when mastering touch typing on a physical keyboard. I coould learn doing that on a screen keyboard but doing so blindly is verging on the impossible.
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@scribus The laptop is dead. Long live the new used laptop. Just ordered a ThinkPad P52 with a NVidia Quando P2000. Not the greatest but it will do. I wanted to get away from puny Intel graphics. Good thing I didn't buy a new smartphone. I almost pulled the trigger on that.
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Aw man. My Thinkpad X201 died. It only blinks the Wifi LED wildly and has a spinning fan on startup. I bought it used 10 years ago. Gonna need a new used.
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Modeled and 3d-printed myself some magnetic cable ties https://i.imgur.com/UFqgqBa.jpeg I want to use them to manage my cables under my desk. My go-to one will be the one on the left that can be attached around the corner of a square metal tube. The ones on my desk are very slim so the flat one has barely any surface to hang to.
about 10 months ago from web -
Finally got my figures of Kiryu and Majima. I'm missing Ichiban. I could order directly from Japan but I'm not in the mood to deal with import duties.
about 10 months ago from web -
My most favorite function is the sigmoid function. It has a nice ease-in and ease-out.
about 10 months ago from web -
@zeldatra I really want to have anything with sugar and high caloric food to be taxed. I cannot wait until Germany does the same as the UK and Poland and many others.
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@scribus I think we live on a planet similar to Frogstar from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Frogstar_World_B Instead of shoes it's office chairs. I've never had an office chair that was of sufficient quality. Even my current one had the problem that its cushioning was almost nonexistent after half a year.
Before I buy a car seat I try to repair the cushions by stuffing a gel or silicone pillow into, anything that survives long butt-to-cushion interactions. I already have a silicone pillow that I put on top but it tends to slide off more times I can tolerate. -
Tasted the first Jalapeno from my garden. I could barely endure the pain. I never thought it would be this hot, especially with these growing conditions.
about 10 months ago from web -
I'm low-key considering buying a car seat instead of a new office chair. I rather build a platform for the car seat than waste yet again over 200 bucks for a sub-par "ergonomic" office chair with worse butt comfort. I just looked-up car seats in my local listings and a whole set of two front seats and the backseat row can be bought for 100.
