tomkatt

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[–] tomkatt 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Pro-tip - newer HE detergents are very concentrated. Use less than you think you need. A half cap is for highly stained items, we're talking grass stains, blood, turmeric, etc. You only need a little for most loads. Maybe a quarter cap or less, or a quarter cup if using real measurements.

Also, if you're using a newer HE washer, also be sure to enable the "extra rinse" on the cycle. They really, really suck at rinsing off detergent by default (especially if you use too much) and will bleach/fade your clothes in the dryer if not fully rinsed.

[–] tomkatt 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

IMO Mario Kart 7 is a better game than MK8.

[–] tomkatt 1 points 1 month ago

Props for the Hiromi recommendation, though I'd personally choose Seeker from the Alive album.

[–] tomkatt 19 points 1 month ago

It’s why we’re able to fix all the things. We dogfood shit setups, unsupported configurations, and weird edge cases so you don’t have to.

[–] tomkatt 0 points 1 month ago

This. I'm in a town with a population under 2500, and the nearest city is around 30 miles away. Even the small local grocer that just carries basic goods is something like 5 miles away.

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

You might say they're a step above. On a higher rung even.

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

(☞゚ヮ゚)☞

That’s what I’m talking about. Keep those (step)dad jokes coming.

[–] tomkatt 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Okay, this is corny but I love it. I personally refer to my stepladder as my “not-my-real ladder” all the time.

[–] tomkatt 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Actually, I'm gonna add another really simple option: Lyrion (Formerly Logitech Media Server). My wife swears by this one, supports local library, integrates with LastFM, and if you use Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, or Spotify, you can integrate your streaming service with your local library for radio mixes.

Can install it right on a laptop or PC and connect to wherever your music is (local on the machine, on a NAS, etc.). After you install it, you can access it directly via a web browser or webapp, which will make it accessible from desktop or phone.

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

Not necessarily overkill, you can run Plex on almost anything. I used to run it on an old NUC6 I had laying around, then upgraded to a NUC8, and more recently I setup it up as a VM on Proxmox on a Ryzen 5700u mini-PC and just reimported the DB.

Virtualizing it has been good for my purposes since now it’s running alongside AssetUPnP, AudioBookshelf, and a dockerized squeezelite setup, and I’ve another VM on the host running Home Assistant with still plenty of resources to spare. Crazy we can do that now with a “server” that literally fits in my palm.

But virtualizing it makes hardware acceleration for video transcode be I more complicated, just a heads up. I play everything native so don’t use it, but YMMV.

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Edit - Plexamp is an awesome radio/DJ player, though I generally send to a Wiim Mini, as AirPlay quality with Plexamp can be kind of ass compared to direct DLNA.

[–] tomkatt 19 points 1 month ago

There are lots of solutions, but as others have noted, Plex with Plexamp is great.

I’d recommend getting a NAS for storage and running mirrored disks. This way you’ve got some redundancy in the event of a disk failure.

 

Such iconic music. This version is great to rock out to.

 

This is one of my favorite games of all time, and this song in particular always leaves me feeling interesting emotions. I love how it starts out sounding tense with the drums and staccato strings before bursting into the main melody, feels so uplifting. Soaring indeed.

 

e.g. - I tried to pull up https://lemmy.world/c/news, assuming searching communities for "news" would bring it up, but it doesn't show in the community list, even though other local communities like "sportsnews" do. Does the search not work as expected currently?

 

This whole soundtrack is a banger, but I especially love this one. Those strings around the 1:20 mark.. just... 🤌 so good.

Seriously too, if you haven't played this game, do it. It's basically Ace Combat but with much of the Ace Combat jank and anime removed.

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Probably not a popular game being a licensed title, but I've always enjoyed it, and the first stage track is a jam.

This one's by Iku Mizutani; absolute legend who also composed for incredible NES titles like Shatterhand and Shadow of the Ninja (they're also ridiculously good).

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This whole OST is outstanding. Dale North is just fantastic.

Shuu's Spire in particular is great, it's my favorite track on the album.

 

On the Gweeen!!!

 

One of the only tracks on this OST that I like much more than the Japanese version. The VRC6 chip was pretty cool, but this track was a bit overdone in the original game.

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