the16bitgamer

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I made a update to the main post, but I will update here too.

They were good, but the quality of the bags themselves were obviously cheap, and one of the two bag I tailored up, broke down on the lower strap loop. I probably could return it, but it might just be easier to sew back down.

The LEDs though were a godsend. The event I went was a night and at night finding people was so, so easy. We split up and try to find each other again, just look for the person with the glowing bag. It also was bright enough that I was able to see the specific color of candy I wanted in my bag, and illuminate friends for photos.

Making more bags if we go again so everyone has one.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So if I download a pirate copy, I'm in the clear because I purchased a license.

Nope since the copy of the software was obtained with someone else's license. That said this would be hypothetically impossible to prove in court so 🤷

Circumventing DRM is questionable since I think it's illegal to distribute but not own. So let's say you have a CD installer for the Sims and download a crack exe to launch it without the CD. You are in the clear but the host for the download is not.

GOG or backing the game up yourself is the only way around this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

Depends on region… depends on what you want to read… depends on you e-reader.

For example a kobo or a kindle will only read from kobo and amazon respectively.

Kobo and Google Play Books is my first stop to shop, since it supports Adobe Digital Editions, along with their own apps.

Amazon is my second stop. Not because I like them, I’m I. The same boat as you. But believe it or not their encryption is based off of your devices serial number. And you can DeDRM your Kindle books very easily.

Then it’s from publishers directly if they let you, like J-Novel Club is pricy but they offer drm free books.

My last option is obscure, but cool if you are looking for a deal. Humble Bundle is where I go for textbooks and older series. Only issue is they sell only in Bundles, and you’d get a lot of stuff you may not necessarily want. But the deals are crazy if you don’t want to pirate.

Finally depending on value and how much I feel the book is worth, I may sail the high seas.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

The remote is IR, so it’s facing up so the receiver can see it. That said I don’t think it’ll work when the bag is full. It’s in the front pocket for easy access.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Though dim, it can fill a room with light

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Honestly if you are looking to move to Canada, they are desperately looking for Nurses especially out in Eastern Canada like Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

Immigration is being tightened right now, but if you already have a degree and looking to get recertified here its a good starting point.

Source: lived in Halifax for 5 years and know a connection or two in that industry

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Because printing in Linux both works and is supported and not supported and hope that there are drivers and they work.

For example, I have a brother printer and in both arch and Ubuntu/mint the printer worked out of the box. But I was missing features like double sided printing. So I had to download drivers for it.

In arch the drivers were on the AUR, so I was printing is seconds.

In Ubuntu/mint they weren’t in my package manager, so I had to go to brother’s website and hope they had drivers. Brother did and while it took a bit it did work too. No worse than windows.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Twaddle: something insignificant or worthless or another word Nonsense.

Discovered this word while reading the dictionary during silent reading in English and they wouldn’t let me play games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Welp I guess this also includes NSO games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not worried, after all I didn't use any emulators

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

For me I was looking for reliability, so I ended up with Prusa. But I ended up with them thanks to a few simple rules I followed.

  1. Can the machine and it's parts be replaced with off shelf components?

  2. Does it use, or is the platform compatible with open source slicers (Prusaslicer/Cura)?

  3. Does the community support the device with mods on 3D model repositories (Thingiverse/Printables)?

  4. Does the manufacturer have a track record for support (or the lack thereof)?

Before I got my Prusa, the Creality Ender 3 was the goto, and it was a really reliable machine. For my printing needs I need a direct drive print head, and a better auto bed leveling routine. But the Ender 3 s1 looks pretty good as an alternative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I've use metal watch bands for years instead of silicone. Current one was for my Pebble time I got from Fossil and it's still going strong.

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