BaroqBard

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[–] BaroqBard 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Somehow ctrl+f failed to find this one, but Path of Exile is probably my drug of choice there. While I raked in 1k hrs with Dota2, I'm not sure I"d recommend it unless you really want to sell your soul to MOBA life. And it's not quite to 1k yet, but honorable mention must go to Satisfactory as it's well on its way to being game #3 in the 1k+ list with me.

[–] BaroqBard 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Interestingly, when I was doing some research on the European cultural shift from Humanism to the Enlightenment, I recall some sources (forgive me, at work and not able to refer to them) suggesting that living in and around Roman ruins greatly lent itself to the Christian narrative that the people were living in a "last age of decay" just prior to the apocalypse. So technically pre-apocalypse, but more or less on the nose

[–] BaroqBard 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah, as a Pennsylvanian, this def needs an update

[–] BaroqBard 4 points 3 months ago

If I may recommend it, give Symfonium a try for an app front end. It's actually stellar. I tried Finamp with the same and wasn't as jazzed

[–] BaroqBard 3 points 5 months ago

I actually adore all of your miku posting. I can feel the Philly patriotism 100% hahaha

[–] BaroqBard 17 points 7 months ago

That's cool as hell to hear. The cynic in me is a bit ignorant of Swiss law and corporate behavior therein but is sure that at some point some douchebag will figure out a way to weasel out of it or push it in the direction of enshittification all over again, but it's cool to see them make this move none the less.

[–] BaroqBard 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On top of this, I doubt many of the Steam Deck's current competitors could have sold at a loss like Valve did (IIRC, they sold at a loss or at least pretty close to it). Microsoft, however, definitely has the spare money as a larger corp if they decided to really back the XBox/Gaming division. Price-wise, they could compete. If they're in the same pricing ballpark, manage a reasonable quality handheld, and can promise perfect windows compatibility with games, that might be something.

[–] BaroqBard 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Dude, I just started getting into BAR and, while a complete noob with a strong nostalgia for TA, I can't even begin to imagine playing it on the Steam Deck. Not that I'm naysaying here, I'm just more in a kind of "I want to believe" state since it's pretty much becoming one of my all time favorites.

All that said, brilliant write up! Share some of your control details for BAR too if you have a chance!

[–] BaroqBard 2 points 9 months ago

I use it, mostly because I wanted to build an analogue to Google Drive/Photos, though it took some work to get it to a point where it felt good. Since the default Photos app feels pretty garbage to me, I installed the Memories app (same thing but better, very like Google photos) as well as Preview Generator & Recognize.

These seem to do the trick. The automated tagging isn't without its issues (pretty janky, frankly), but I'm pretty content with it to the point where I'm not looking to change in a hurry. Haven't tried Immich, though it looks pretty enough like I'd probably just go with it since it does the one task it's supposed to do, but again, I'm comfy and don't feel the need to find a new home for my photos yet.

[–] BaroqBard 3 points 9 months ago

Absolutely beautiful

[–] BaroqBard 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Big issue for musicians. Many of us have instruments that are just small enough to be carry-ons but just large enough to be a bit unwieldy compared to other carry-ons, so nabbing primo carry-on storage is a must.

[–] BaroqBard 2 points 10 months ago

Loads of data sciency stuff - one monitor for normal text editing/terminal work, another for accessing remote environments, and a third for a combo of work comms and music.

When not sciencing, I won't lie, there's a lot of Path of Exile with PoB on one screen and a podcast on the third.

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