tomkatt

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[–] tomkatt 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I use the wired version, is the wireless rf or bt?

[–] tomkatt 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I have one at both of my desks and it’s the best mouse (trackball or otherwise) that I’ve ever used.

[–] tomkatt 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

But the post isn't negging on Early Access in general, it's pointing out that Early Access games shouldn't have DLC, and I agree. It's Early Access, which means it's unfinished. Why the hell is there paid DLC content? That's essentially expansion content without even finishing and releasing the game.

Honestly it's ridiculous, as even "full release" 1.0 games tend to be unfinished messes until six months after release these days.

[–] tomkatt 60 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I bought one of these mini PCs (Beelink SER5) a while back to use as a low power desktop and the first thing I did was nuke the default partitions and install Linux. Never trust preinstalled OS.

[–] tomkatt 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

XFCE 4 Life.

[–] tomkatt 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey, check out the resmed airsense 10 autoset card-to-cloud version. It’s a lot cheaper and has no cellular connectivity, no wireless module. I just found out about it tonight, thinking of buying one as a backup machine. Looks like it ticks all your boxes.

CPAP.com has a starter bundle for it right now for $400.

[–] tomkatt 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I currently use a Resmed Airsense 10 and can’t recommend it enough; best sleep I’ve ever had.

Just avoid anything by Philips Respironics. They’ve been messing around hard, class action suits and recalls and haven’t really made anyone whole from the debacle (myself included, I came out of pocket to replace my old Dreamstation).

[–] tomkatt 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Just use OSCAR to get the data locally from the SD card.

https://www.sleepfiles.com/OSCAR/

Learn more about the machine and do your own management as well. It’s very easy to get into the machine settings to control your air flow, temperature settings, and so on. Take the time to learn what the data from the machine means.

[–] tomkatt 3 points 1 year ago

Nice. I’ve got over 70 books in my “to-be-read” queue right now.

[–] tomkatt 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Presumably because the saline quantities were tracked and documented just like the fentanyl was. Tap water isn't a medical supply. Still completely fucking heinous either way.

[–] tomkatt 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I buy new which is against the overall trend, but I also tend to drive my cars into the ground and want something functional and warrantied, I don't want second hand issues in the event someone didn't do the regular maintenance and I live in the boonies now where reliable transportation is a must. I'm not interested in "new" just functional.

Last car before this I drove for 14 years and I only traded it in because I needed a CUV crossover to handle light off-road use after moving to a rural area (my old car was a small sedan style hatchback with a fixed suspension). I'd otherwise still be driving the old one I bought in 2006.

My "new" car (bought in late 2020) was fairly cheap as these things go (I got the 2020 model instead of the new 2021) and I paid a third of it cash down and got a 0% APR on it due to a financing deal, so zero interest at all. I'm also paying well above the monthly payments and expect to have it fully paid off within the next year, just because I hate having a car payment. Currently the car costs as much or more on the used market than I paid for it new, and with many more miles on it than I currently have.

Also, in fairness, I can 100% afford it and if needed could pay it off lump sum right now. I don't buy or finance things I can't comfortably afford.

[–] tomkatt 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty great. Had a small (1050 sq/ft) house built in a semi-rural area and live comfortably. Two bedrooms, two bathrooms, was only ~$210k. Bought about $6k in points to get the interest rate at 2.25%. My mortgage is less than I was paying in rent for a ratty old single bed/bath 640 sq/ft townhome.

Plus I got out of the city. It's quiet. Night sky is beautiful out here. Just stars as far as the eye can see. I got mountain views, deer chilling outside my house. I've got one neighbor across the street and my next closest neighbor is like a quarter mile up the road. It's lovely.

Also, I don't plan on selling, but apparently the place is already worth something like 30% more than the purchase price.

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