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  • One of my tests is checking for pores. AI tends to make skin look too smooth/uniform where real people have an uneven distribution of pores, making the AI image look unnatural.

  • Once in a Generation Person
  • There's always been very vocal criticisms of her from people who don't agree with her (for whatever reason they may have). But since she first started her activism, over a decade ago, no one I personally know has had a negative view of her. The people who don't like her are very vocal about it, but on the whole I've always assumed she's well liked.

    I've personally been a fan of hers since I found out about her, and every time I hear about her doing something I basically always go "hell yeah"

  • Let them eat starlink!
  • I think I found the answer. When I checked Starlink's site, those prices plans match up with the personal plans, but it appears that the user in the screenshot has a business plan.

    Starlink Local Priority Pricing Starlink Global Priority Pricing

    Screenshots should be the Business Local Priority & Global Priority pricing respectively. My prices might be different than the original screenshot (I'm in Canada and I'm not sure how they localize pricing), but the data amounts seems to line up with the selections in the screenshot.

  • I recently got a fancy wireless Steelseries headset, and since I'm probably going to switch to Linux in the future I'm a bit worried about the continued functionality of it in a non-Windows setting.
  • I literally got the Acrtic Nova 7 a month ago, and I daily drive OpenSUSE. There were no issues getting it set up for normal use, but Sonar doesn't have a Linux version and as far as I could find there are no instructions to get it working so all of those creature comforts will not work.

    One thing to note is that if you connect to Windows via Bluetooth and not the dongle, make sure to unpair the headset before wiping Windows. I ran into this because I had it connected to my old phone and had to unpair it to connect it to my new one (the headset will not pair to a new device unless intentionally unpaired from the old one)

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  • I used sheets because it was portable and flexible, but now I'd almost always just use a db instead.

    My main use for excel now is "I need to send data to someone who isn't a programmer" and doing json > CSV conversions to see if my 3000 rows of data from a 3rd party have all the necessary bits.

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  • I really enjoyed spreadsheets before becoming a programmer (I still enjoy them, I just spend less time on them) and basically self taught over the years using Google Sheets.

    There are several really useful functions on sheets that simply do not exist in Excel, and there are others that work almost the same but not quite. Having to use Excel drives me insane sometimes because of how clunky it feels.

    By contrast, using LibreCalc feels kinda how you'd expect an open source Google Sheets to feel? It's slightly clunkier, but it gets the job done and generally feels better to use than Excel

  • Just had a fun experience
  • My script is basically just the following in a .sh file:

    sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

    I think there's an autoremove statement as well, but I can't remember exactly off the top of my head.

    What broke it was entirely my fault, not the script. While I'm not entirely sure what had occurred, it's definitely related to me turning off the computer in the middle of what I'm going to call "post processing" where everything is put in place.

    My best guess is that there were mismatched files from different versions that were causing some kind of error. Because I was able to navigate the file system and actually use gnome-terminal once I got there, I'm starting to think I broke something in Cinnamon rather than the kernel. The consequences were that the "taskbar" was gone, I couldn't access the "start menu", my windows couldn't be resized, and no keyboard shortcuts worked.

  • Just had a fun experience

    TL;DR: Lost internet mid update, decided to be an idiot and restart my laptop. Turns out it was in the middle of a kernel update, took some puttering to make things work again.

    Story time. I have a Mint laptop that I use rarely because of my openSUSE desktop. Because I use it so rarely, every time I turn it on, there will be a kernel update. So today, I turned it on and ran my update script only to have it lose internet halfway through (it was a VPN issue).

    Because I can be impatient, I said, "Surely nothing will go wrong," and hard powered off the laptop. Reboot it, and my desktop background is gone. Also, Ctrl+Alt+T isn't working. Actually, nothing except for my desktop icons are accessible. Turns out when I powered off my laptop, it was in the middle of specifically the kernel update (or at least some portion of it).

    Through trial and error, I figured out that I got to open exactly one program and have it work as intended. Once I opened a second one, I could no longer go back to the first, and once I opened a third, my keyboard would no longer work.

    But I got lucky because I had a folder available on my desktop. I was able to open the file manager, navigate to /usr/bin/gnome-terminal to get that open, and re-run the update script. After rebooting the computer, everything worked as normal, but it was a terrifying moment. Cautionary tale, I guess?

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    Eldritch Blast Appreciation Post

    I've been playing DnD since 5e came out, and I've always been a warlock fan. By far my favourite class to play, there's just so much versatility in the class.

    I started playing BG3 with my table top group a few weeks ago, and to make sure that I don't miss out on story and stuff I started my own single player campaign. Created a Great Old One/Blade warlock that would mirror one of my favourite builds I've ever done (polearm master hexblade).

    I'm now level 10 in game, and my Tav's Eldritch blast is absolutely terrifying. Between magic items and other features, I can pump out a minimum of 39 damage per cast (math at the bottom of this post).

    It's just so useful, and allows me to have a proper DnD party where not everyone is combat optimized. I have a Dungeon Delver Astarion for dealing with traps and locked doors, Laezel and Karlach are different kinds of tanks, Gale casts Magic Missile and utility spells. I can actually take my "non-combat companions" into combat and not worry.

    Now for the math:

    Eldritch Blast:

    • 1d10 per beam on hit.

    Level 9:

    • 3 Beams per cast

    Agonizing Blast:

    • Add CHA mod damage to each beam.

    Magic Clothing from Act 2 (can't remember name or how I got it):

    • Add CHA mod damage to every cantrip (basically duplicate of Agonizing blast)

    Ring that grants advantage on all attacks:

    • Can't miss most targets

    Ring that allows you to cast a cantrip as a bonus action once per short rest:

    • Double the number of beams

    Hat that gives +2 CHA (max 22):

    • Gives 22 CHA (+6 mod)

    With all of these buffs, eldritch blast becomes:

    3 attack rolls +10 to hit /w advantage (1/400 to critical fail, 399/400 minimum 12 to hit) 1d10+12 damage per hit 1/short rest cast twice in one round.

    Final damage totals:

    Normal round: 39 - 66 (Avg. 54) Double round: 78 - 132 (Avg. 108)

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    Water St. Ch'Town

    In case anyone sees this and is heading to town this morning, Water St. has been closed, plan on taking Grafton St. or Riverside Dr.

    Absolute genius, doing construction on all three routes off the bridge at the same time.

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    Cache Appears to Exceed Maximum Cache Size

    I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, and it doesn't bother me, but I noticed this while messing around in the settings and figured I should mention it here.

    My current cache is at 157.1 MB and maximum cache is set to 128 MB.

    This might just be a nothing burger, but if it isn't I'd rather speak up than not. Loving the app

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