Zikeji
@Zikeji@programming.dev
Nice. Software developer, gamer, occasionally 3d printing, coffee lover.
- Comment on Belkin is killing off parts of the Wemo Line 2 weeks ago:
I went with the open source one. Slightly more expensive, but has I wanted to I could have bought all the parts and assembled it myself, compiled the firmware, etc.
- Comment on Belkin is killing off parts of the Wemo Line 2 weeks ago:
If a device relies on any kind of external service to initially set up or function thereafter, do not buy. Regardless of brand.
This is what I strive for. When I was looking for a wall charger for my EV I was shocked at how there was only one option that wasn’t “cloud” based. And those aren’t cheap.
- Comment on Modder behind the 'Swiss army knife of PC gaming' deletes their 20 year-old Steam account with anti-Valve manifesto: 'By the end of my bitter dealings with Valve… there was zero hope' 2 weeks ago:
In my opinion, that’s not on Steam to support their client on a long past EOL operating system. Not withstanding the added development workload and costs, there is also significantly more risk associated with supporting an OS that isn’t receiving security patches.
Not to mention the modder’s example Windows fucking 98. Steam still supports Windows 7, which was released in 2009. Your 6 year old PC will be fine.
- Comment on call of the void 2 weeks ago:
This reply is more of a light hearted nitpick and not replying to the substance of your comment but…
For example, when I say “this apple is red”, anyone reading this can easily visualize a red apple because of your experience seeing a apple.
To be fair you said anyone, not everyone, but as someone with aphantasia I can’t relate to this. I can’t visualize an apple.
- Comment on Jump Ship Demo is Live! 1 month ago:
It has Platinum in ProtonDB for now. Definitely appears to be playable on Linux.
- Comment on And I was just about to register :/ 1 month ago:
If I have to use an ad blocker to make a site remotely usable (and you have to to make it usable), then I don’t even want to give them traffic.
- Comment on Doom the dark ages... 2 months ago:
The gameplay looks fine. It looks like a Doom game. But I won’t buy a game with DRM, so I won’t be buying it until that gets removed (at earliest).
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 2 months ago:
Is the maximum 24 characters because their database column is a VARCHAR(24)? That’s one of the first questions that I thought of. Sure, it doesn’t guarantee plaintext, but it’s a indicator that it may be stored plaintext, considering hashing doesn’t care about length. Or at the very least whoever has had eyes on this code doesn’t know shit about security, which makes me less confident in the product as a whole.
The only reason I can think of to have a maximum would be to save on bandwidth and CPU cycles, and even then 24 characters is ridiculously stingy when the difference would be negligible.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
Whoops! Didn’t notice that typo. I wouldn’t even dream of subjecting my steam deck to the same 900 mods as my PC.
- Comment on 2 months ago:
I modded Cyberpunk 2078 and jumped straight to the NNM app, no issues. Running quite a few mods.
- Comment on PSA: I want a law for PC games to be offered in physical versions again 3 months ago:
Is there another meaning to “PSA” that isn’t “public service announcement”? It confuses me being in the title as this entire post is written as a suggestion / CTA, not a PSA.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 3 months ago:
Every time I recall those episodes, and the pain, it gets easier to do, emotionally.
And theoretically I could just get it operated on - there have been improvements in the field. But the prospect of going under the knife is scary, especially in an area where one fuckup or miscalculation could lead to partial paralysis for life. Throw in a mix of abusive American healthcare and… Weekly therapy is more preferable.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 3 months ago:
No. I’ve considered it though, but I’m a tad worried it won’t make a difference considering the options I’ve seen probably don’t result in 200lbs of force being applied.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 3 months ago:
In my spine my L5-S1 and L4-L5 are herniated (as of 2017, haven’t checked if any more are). Full on herniated, not bulging. It started when I was 20, and my doctor said surgery should be avoided since it could impact my quality of life significantly at my age (not that my QoL wasn’t already severely impacted). Epidurals and physical therapy didn’t help.
Back then it wasn’t miserable 24/7 but it had it’s moments. Eventually I had an “episode” where I was bedridden in immense amounts of pain for a solid week. During that desperation I found the IDD option and started that. It was rough back then at the start. But within weeks the constant pain died down and I recovered mobility as well as my sciatica improved.
Through… Losing a job I discovered the effects wear off after 2ish months and I start being susceptible to the episodes and random function loss again, so now I just go weekly to keep things peachy. It isn’t full recovery obviously, I still wind up in pain if I do too much with my back, even stuff as little as bending over slightly to do the dishes (because I’m tall), but it beats being disabled in constant pain… Those few episodes I’ve had haunt me. Being so helpless I couldn’t even.
- Comment on Even his doctors are full of it 3 months ago:
I undergo weekly spinal decompression therapy. While not exactly the same as the medieval torture devices, being strapped in and having my spine pulled from both directions with 200lbs of force is pretty close.
And yes, it feels amazing for a second or two.
- Comment on Torrenting is not allowed on Windscribe 3 months ago:
I have used AirVPN for half a decade and never ran into any issues, if you’re looking for an alternative with port forwarding.
- Comment on Adult gamers of Lemmy how do you find time to game without being exhausted of the screen? 3 months ago:
I work full time at a computer. I have two jobs, so I put in 68 hours a week (second is 28 hours a week, no overlap).
I have no issues with eye fatigue best I can tell, that or I’ve just gotten so used to it. I will note I do have the blue light filter on my glasses lenses my optician recommended.
- Comment on Hamster 3 months ago:
Considering the little girl brought it in, it’s definitely more plausible she wouldn’t notice the magnet. And considering the amount of parents who give hamsters as pets and never take any responsibility over it themselves, even more so.
But I’d also assume, with no real insight into the behavior of hamsters, that one in this situation would wind up either tearing it’s cheek off (depending on the strength of the magnet) or figuring out it can dislodge / move enough to free it.
- Comment on The Humane Ai Pin Has Already Been Brought Back to Life 4 months ago:
- Comment on This City’s Sewer System Is Full of Alligators, but It’s Not New York 5 months ago:
Save a click: it’s Gainesville Florida. The New York in the title is a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference.
- Comment on How much of my sleep debt do I need to pay off? 5 months ago:
Honestly one could probably make a comparison to a loan shark, you keep paying it off but the interest is so high and you keep borrowing more you just stay in debt and keep sinking deeper.
- Comment on How much of my sleep debt do I need to pay off? 5 months ago:
Sleep debt itself is a weird metric. You can’t “pay it back”, lost sleep is lost sleep, period.
The body doesn’t keep track, the body just complains. You might feel weird if there is a dramatic change to your sleep schedule.
- Comment on Amazon Artificially Discounting Items $0.01 Below the Free Shipping Limit 5 months ago:
There’s Filler Checker as well for those that don’t have such a collection.
- Comment on if you work night shifts, do you have a life? Are you healthy? 5 months ago:
I work an odd schedule - two jobs, one WFH Sat-Tue from 8PM to 3AM, then a hybrid (2 days WFH) dayjob (Mo-Fr) from 10AM to 6PM. It’s been this way on and off but so far I’m at over a year with this particular schedule, but I’ve had similar schedules in the past.
I would say I have a life, but my hobbies are more introverted anyway. Am I healthy? No, bit I wouldn’t say that’s entirely related to the schedule, I have other conditions.
It can be taxing at times but most of the time it’s just life.
- Comment on Google is now forcing gemini in their gmail app 6 months ago:
Despite have AI off as much as possible within our Google Workspace at work, today all of my coworkers have received multiple ads / prompts by Google to use Gemini. In Gmail, in Google Meet, and more. Our policies don’t allow us to use it so this is just ridiculous.
- Comment on Resume help 6 months ago:
Just keep in mind each person is impacted differently. Symptoms aren’t one size fits all, and even NTs get some relatable symptoms occasionally.
- Comment on What's the last point on your todo list? 6 months ago:
“hot tub - $$$$”
Right under “fix the back pain that plagues my life” which is right below “get LASIK”.
- Comment on The Black Friday sale for the most popular gaming system on the planet doesn't actually have any games on sale...? 7 months ago:
It is, which is why I check on darkpattern.games when finding a new one.
In a similar vein, Slice and Dice is on mobile and well worth it in my opinion.
- Comment on Why are most mobile games trash? 8 months ago:
There are some great mobile games out there. A few of my favorites include Dawncaster and Slice & Dice. Personally when I’m looking for a new game I use www.darkpattern.games to check if they are exploitive.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
You might tell yourself in retrospect that you consciously made that decision to deepen it and twist it, but with the adrenaline, panic, fear? You instinctually reacted to survive, and the fact you were able to withdraw from the situation before inflicting greater harm is a testament to the fact it wasn’t cruel.